Monday – July 13, 2009

Bus for NCAR leaves Golden Buff at 7:40

08:00 - 08:30

Registration and Coffee

08:30 - 09:00

Welcome and Participants’ Introduction

Joe Klemp

09:00 - 09:30

WRF Overview

Jimy Dudhia

09:30 - 10:30

WPS – Description of General Functions

Michael Duda

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00

Real – Description of General Functions

Dave Gill

12:00 - 12:30

WRF and WPS: Compile

Laurie Carson

12:30 - 01:30

Lunch Break

01:30 - 02:15

WPS: Set up and Run

Michael Duda

02:15 - 02:45

Coffee Break

02:45 - 03:45

WRF: Set up and Run

Wei Wang

03:45 - 04:00

Practice Instructions

Cindy Bruyere

04:00 - 05:30

Practice Session 1

GROUP 1

Bus leaves NCAR at 4:15 and 5:45 pm

Tuesday – July 14, 2009

Bus leaves Golden Buff at 7:30 am for Group 2 and 9:00 am for Group 1

08:00 - 09:30

Practice Session 1

GROUP 2

09:00 - 09:30

Coffee

09:30 - 11:00

ARW Dynamics and Numerics

Joe Klemp

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30

NMM Dynamics and Numerics

Matthew Pyle

12:30 - 01:30

Lunch Break

01:30 - 02:30

Nesting in WRF

Dave Gill

02:30 - 03:00

Coffee Break

03:00 - 03:30

Nesting Setup

Wei Wang

03:30 - 04:15

Post-processing Tools (1): NCL

Cindy Bruyere

04:15 - 06:15

Practice Session 2

GROUP 1

Bus leaves NCAR at 4:30 and 6:30 pm

Wednesday – July 15, 2009

Bus leaves Golden Buff at 7:30 am for Group 2 and 9:00 am for Group 1

08:00 - 10:00

Practice Session 2

GROUP 2

09:30 - 10:00

Coffee

10:00 - 11:30

WRF Physics (1)

Jimy Dudhia

11:30 - 11:45

Coffee Break

11:45 - 12:30

ARW Idealized Cases

Wei Wang

12:30 - 01:45

Tutorial Get-Together

 

01:45 - 02:45

WPS Advanced Usage

Michael Duda

02:45 - 03:30

Coffee Break

03:00 - 03:30

ARW Nudging

Jimy Dudhia

03:30 - 04:00

Post-processing Tools (2): WPP

Matthew Pyle

04:00 - 06:00

Practice Session 3

GROUP 1

Bus leaves NCAR at 4:15 and 6:15 pm

Thursday – July 16, 2009

Bus leaves Golden Buff at 7:30 am for Group 2 and 9:00 am for Group 1

08:00 - 10:00

Practice Session 3

GROUP 2

09:30 - 10:00

Coffee

10:00 - 11:00

WRF Physics (2)

Jimy Dudhia

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:15

Post-processing Tools (3): Other

Cindy Bruyere

12:15 - 01:15

Lunch Break

01:15 - 02:45

WRF Registry and Examples

Dave Gill

02:45 - 03:15

Coffee Break

03:15 - 04:00

Objective Analysis: OBSGRID

Cindy Bruyere

04:00 - 06:00

Practice Session 4

GROUP 1

Bus leaves NCAR at 4:15 and 6:15 pm

Friday – July 17, 2009

Bus leaves Golden Buff at 7:30 am for Group 2 and 9:00 am for Group 1

08:00 - 10:00

Practice Session 4

GROUP 2

09:30 - 10:00

Coffee

10:00 - 11:00

WRF Software

Dave Gill

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:15

Domain Wizard

Jeff Smith

12:15 - 01:15

Lunch Break

01:15 - 02:00

Other Run-time options (digital filter, global, adaptive time step, etc.)

Wei Wang

02:00 - 02:30

WRF Utilities

Cindy Bruyere

02:30 - 03:00

Summary and Wrap-up

Wei Wang

Bus leaves NCAR at 3:30 pm

 
WRF Tutorial outline
Monday - July 13, 2009
7:30 Registration for the Basic WRF Tutorial
8:00 to 5:00 WRF Lectures & Practice  
 
Tuesday - July 14, 2009
8:00 to 6:00 WRF Lectures & Practice  
 
Wednesday - July 15, 2009
8:00 to 6:00 WRF Lectures & Practice
 
Thursday - July 16, 2009
8:00 to 6:00 WRF Lectures & Practice  
 
Friday - July 17, 2009
8:00 to 2:00 WRF Lectures & Practice
2:00 to 4:00 Optional Practical Session  
     
Monday - July 20, 2009
7:30 Registration for WRF-Var  
8:00 to 6:00 WRF-Var Lectures & Practice
 
Tuesday - July 21, 2009
8:00 to 6:00 WRF-Var Lectures & Practice
     
Wednesday - July 22, 2009
8:00 to 12:00 WRF-Var Lectures & Practice
12:00 Registration for WRF-Chem  
1:00 to 6:00 WRF-Chem Lectures & Practice
 
Thursday - July 23, 2009
8:00 to 6:00 WRF-Chem Lectures & Practice
12:00 Registration for MET  
1:00 to 6:00 MET Lectures & Practice  
     
Friday - July 24, 2009
8:00 to 6:00 MET Lectures & Practice
     

NOTE:

Participants for the BASIC WRF tutorial are split in to two groups from time to time, so a participant may have 2-3 hours off at times during the day.

A detailed agenda will be posted closer to the tutorial time.