1.1    The Weather Research and Forecasting Model: 2012 Annual         Update

Dudhia, Jimy, National Center for Atsmospheric Research

This talk will outline the model developments in WRF since the last meeting. These include the 3.3.1 and 3.4 releases of the WRF model. New options and other updates will be described. The new options include the NoahMP and SSiB land-surface models, the Fu-Liou-Gu (UCLA) radiation, the QNSE-EDMF PBL, the NSSL (Mansell) microphysics, and WENO advection option, plus other modifications including an option for surface winds in complex terrain for the YSU scheme, a revised version of the M-O surface-layer scheme, and a new sea-ice albedo option.