WRF Tutorials

Tutorial Presentations

Lectures given during WRF Tutorials are available in video and .pdf formats. Links to the .pdf formatted slides provide the most-recently updated full versions of these presentations, which was in July 2023, unless noted otherwise.

Click the desired below links to access the presentations.

Video Presentations

A set of recorded presentations are available from the WRF YouTube channel. This includes presentations on basic WRF and Weather Extremes. These lectures were recorded prior to the July 2020 tutorial, and therefore may have some outdated components, but the majority of the information remains unchanged.

Note

Live presentations given during tutorials are not recorded.

• Access recorded presentations on YouTube

WRF Modeling System (.pdf)

WRF Modeling System Overview
Real-data Case Initialization
Idealized Case Initialization
Running WPS and WRF
Nested Domains
Compiling WRF & WPS
Four-dimensional Data Assimilation (FDDA)/ Nudging
WRF Best Practices
Additional WRF Options
WRF Computation
WRF Computation (Older) (last updated Jan 2021)
WRF Registry (last updated Jan 2021)

WPS-specific Lectures (.pdf)

WPS Overview
WPS Advanced Features

WRF Physics and Dynamics (.pdf)

Overview of Physical Parameterization
Convective Physics
Radiation Physics
Surface Physics
Microphysics
PBL & Turbulence Physics
WRF Dynamics

Graphics, Tools, and Data (.pdf)

Post-processing with WRF-python
Post-processing with VAPOR
Post-processing with NCL (last updated Jan 2021)
Data, Utilities, and Other Post-processing
Verification of WRF Simulations

Presentations from Tutorials Prior to 2021

Prior to January 2021, presentations were kept for each tutorial. If interested in the slides from a specific tutorial, see Archived Tutorials.

Note

Note that there was no tutorial in July 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tutorial Participant Group Photos

Click the below links to access the WRF Tutorial participant group photos from tutorials over the years.

Year	Winter	Summer
2023	January 2023 (1) January 2023 (2)	No picture available
2022	January 2022 (1) January 2022 (2)	July 2022
2021	January 2021	July 2021 (1) July 2021 (2)
2020	January 2020	No summer 2020 tutorial
2019	January 2019	July 2019
2018	January 2018	July 2018
2017	January 2017	July 2017
2016	January 2016	No picture available
2015	January 2015	July 2015
2014	January 2014	July 2014
2013	January 2013	July 2013
2012	January 2012	July 2012
2011	January 2011	July 2011
2010	January 2010	July 2010
2009	January 2009	July 2009
2008	January 2008	July 2008
2007	January 2007	July 2007
2006	January 2006	July 2006
2005	October 2005	July 2005