Overview
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Overview Contents
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Introduction_ |br|
`WRF Modeling System Components`_ |br|

.. _Introduction: overview.html
.. _`WRF Modeling System Components`: wrf_modeling_system_components.html

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Introduction
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The Advanced Research WRF (WRF-ARW) model has been in development since <YEAR>. The most recent release is available from the `WRF Repository`_. The WRF model is a flexible, state-of-the-art atmospheric simulation system, and is portable and efficient on parallel computing platforms. It is suitable for use in a broad range of applications across scales ranging from meters to thousands of kilometers, including

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.. csv-table:: 
   :header: "Research Applications", "Functional Applications"
   :widths: 30, 30

   "Parameterization", "Idealized simulations"
   "Data assimilation", "Real-time numerical weather prediction"
   "Forecasting",       "Model coupling"
   "Tropical cyclones", "Teaching"
   "Regional climate" 
   "Fire"

.. _`WRF Repository`: https://github.com/wrf-model/WRF/releases

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Resources
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`WRF Users Website`_

`WRF Tutorial Presentations`_

`WRF-ARW Tech Note`_

`WRF Online Tutorial`_

`WRF Compiling Tutorial`_ 

`How to Cite WRF`_ 

`WRF Support Forum`_

.. _`WRF Tutorial Presentations`: http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/tutorial/tutorial.html
.. _`WRF-ARW Tech Note`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/docs/technote/contents.html
.. _`WRF Online Tutorial`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/OnLineTutorial/index.php
.. _`WRF Compiling Tutorial`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/OnLineTutorial/compilation_tutorial.php
.. _`WRF Users Website`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/
.. _`How to Cite WRF`: https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/citing_wrf.html
.. _`WRF Support Forum`: https://forum.mmm.ucar.edu/phpBB3/


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