WRF Basic Tutorial Agenda

Monday – January 25, 2010

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 – January 26, 2010

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 Bill Skamarock
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 – January 27, 2010

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 Bill Skamarock
     
12:30 - 01:45 Tutorial Get-Together
   
01:45 - 02:45 WPS Advanced Usage Michael Duda
02:45 - 03:00 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 – January 28, 2010

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 – January 29, 2010

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 New Features in Version 3.2 Jimy Dudhia
03:00 - 03:30 Summary and Wrap-up Wei Wang

Bus leaves NCAR at 3:45 pm