A Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model tutorial will be offered during a 2-week period in January 2010 at the NCAR Foothills Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado.
The tutorial will be divided into 3 sessions. Participants can attend any combination of these sessions.
1. Basic WRF Tutorial (25-29 January 2010)
The tutorial will consist of lectures on various components of the WRF modeling
system for both the Advanced Research WRF (WRF-ARW) and the Nonhydrostatic
Mesoscale Model (WRF-NMM), along with hands-on practice sessions. The topics
include:
a. WRF Pre-processing System
b. WRF dynamics and numerics
c. WRF physics
d. Software framework
e. Post-processing graphical tools
2. WRF-Var Tutorial (1-3 February 2010)
A WRF-ARW only variational data assimilation tutorial (including hands-on
practice) will be offered for 2 and a half days during the second week of
the tutorial. Users may attend this tutorial without attending the basic
WRF tutorial however; a basic understanding of the WRF model is required
to make full use of the WRF-Var tutorial.
4. MET Tutorial (3-4 February 2010)
A tutorial on the Model Evaluation Tools (MET) will be offered
for 1 and a half days during second week. MET
is a package of state-of-the-art forecast evaluation (i.e., verification)
tools designed for use with WRF model output. The tutorial will include
some training on verification practices as well as the application of MET,
with lectures and hands-on practical sessions. Users may attend this tutorial
without attending the basic WRF tutorial. However; a basic understanding
of the WRF model is desirable in order to make full use of the MET tutorial.
Basic knowledge of atmospheric science and numerical modeling, as well as Fortran and Unix, is required for the class. All participants are strongly encouraged to work through one or more of the online tutorials for WRF-ARW, WRF-NMM, WRF-Var, and MET depending on your interest, prior to attending the tutorial classes.
Due to the constraints of physical space and computers, we can only accommodate a maximum of 60 participants for the WRF basic tutorial and a maximum of 35 participants for the WRF-Var, MET, and WRF-Chem tutorials.
Register early, as registration always exceeds capacity!
The registration fees are:
$400.00 for the basic WRF tutorial,
$200.00 for the WRF-Var tutorial, and
$150.00 for the MET tutorial
Payments are due by 30 October 2009 and there will be no refunds for cancellations made after 14 December 2009.
Upon registering, you will receive a confirmation that you have registered and that your acceptance is pending. Once you have been confirmed for the tutorial the credit card information that you entered into the registration will be charged. At this point another confirmation that you have been accepted to the tutorial class will be sent once payment has been received.
If you choose to pay by another option then while you have been accepted into the tutorial you will only be confirmed once we receive your payment. If we do not receive your payment by 30 October then you will be removed from the tutorial and your spot given to someone on the waiting list. Participants on the waiting list will be notified as soon as possible regarding available space in the class.
If you have any questions or are unable to register please e-mail: workshop@ucar.edu.
Please see the Registration & Payment Page for more details.
30 September 2009: Registration Opens
30 October 2009: Payment Due
After 14 December 2009: No refunds for cancellation
25-29 January 2010: WRF Tutorial
1-3 February 2010: WRF-VAR Tutorial
3-4 February 2010: MET Tutorial
If you need to cancel your attendance at the WRF Tutorial, please be aware of our policy:
Before 14 December, we will refund your registration fee less $25.00 to cover administrative fees.
After 14 December 2009, there will be no refunds.
We are looking forward to your attendance!