The annual WRF users' event will take place at the NCAR's Center Green Campus, Boulder, Colorado, on 20 - 24 June 2011
June 20 (Monday afternoon): Fundamentals of WRF Physics (Part 2: Planetary boundary layer and land surface)
June 21 - 23: The 12th WRF Users' Workshop
June 24 (Friday morning): Instructional Sessions (NCL, VAPOR, and WRF 4DVAR.
The objectives of the Users' Workshop are to discuss model development and to evaluate model's performance. Hence, papers focusing on development and testing in all areas of model applications are especially encouraged. Authors may request either a poster or oral presentation. We would like authors to consider submission for poster presentation due to time contraints for oral sessions.
To submit an abstract please go to the registration page.
Workshop schedule will be posted on the web by June 3.
Short tutorial sessions will be offered for:
VAPOR (http://www.vapor.ucar.edu),
WRF Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation, and
NCL (http://www.ncl.ucar.edu).
During the workshop, WRF helpdesk will open for several sessions for users to discuss their special issues with developers.
All workshop activities will be finished by noon Friday, 24 June 2011.
Short abstract submission: 6 May
Extended abstract submission: 10 June
Early registration ends: 3 June
Late registration begins: 4 June
After 3 June 2011: No refunds for cancellations
Short abstracts will be distributed during the workshop. Workshop presentations and extended abstracts will be published on the web (you may indicate that you do NOT want us to publish your materials, when you submit it). Extended abstracts in PDF format can be submitted via the registration page, and will appear on the web before the workshop.
The early registration fee is $200.00. If you register after 3 June, the registration fee will be $250.00.
Blocks of hotel rooms are reserved at 2 local hotels. More information about the workshop location and lodging is available at the "Travel/Lodging" link.
Jimy Dudhia, Georg Grell, Joe Klemp, Cliff Mass, Louisa Nance, Jordan Powers, and Wei Wang