Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model tutorial will be offered during a 2-week period in Jan/Feb 2011 at the NCAR Foothills Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado.
The tutorial will be divided into 2 sessions. Participants can attend any combination of these sessions.
1. Basic WRF Tutorial (31 Jan - 4 Feb 2011)
The Tutorial is full we are accepting names for the Waitlist ONLY at this time.
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. MET Tutorial (7 - 8 Feb 2011)
There are still a few seats available for this Tutorial.
A tutorial on the Model Evaluation Tools (MET) will be offered
for 2 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, 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 40 participants for the MET tutorial.
Register early, as registration always exceeds capacity! After these seats have been filled a waiting list will be established and the status will remain as pending until a seat becomes available.
The registration fees are:
$400.00 for the basic WRF tutorial,
$175.00 for the MET tutorial, and
Payments are due by 1 December 2010 and there will be no refunds for cancellations made after 17 January 2011.
Upon registering, you will receive an email acknowledging that we have received your registration application. At this point your registration will be "pending." Once we have received your application and we still have seats available you will receive an email stating you have been accepted at which time your credit card will be charged. We will not charge your credit card until you are accepted.
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.
25 October 2010: Registration Opens
1 December 2010: Payment Due
After 17 January 2011: No refunds for cancellation
31 January - 4 February 2011: WRF Tutorial
7 - 8 February 2011: MET Tutorial
You can cancel your registration at any time by going into the website registration page and clicking on cancel.
If you need to cancel your attendance at the WRF Tutorial, please be aware of our policy:
Before 18 January 2011, we will refund your registration fee less $25.00 to cover administrative fees.
After 17 January 2011, there will be no refunds.
We are looking forward to your attendance!