The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model tutorial will be offered during a one and a half week period in January 23 - 31, 2012 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 (23 - 27 January 2012)
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 Syst
b. WRF dynamics and numerics
c. WRF physics
d. Software framework
e. Post-processing graphical tools
2. WRF-MET Tutorial (30-31 January 2012)
A tutorial on the Model Evaluation Tools (MET) will be offered for 2 days during the 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 working in a Unix computer environment, 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 WRF-MET tutorial.
Register early, as registration always exceeds capacity! After these seats have been filled, a wait list will be established and the status will remain as pending until a seat becomes available.
The registration fees are:
$450.00 for the basic WRF tutorial, and
$180.00 for the WRF-MET tutorial.
Payments are due by 25 November 2011 and there will be no refunds for cancellations made after 9 January 2012.
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.
30 September 2011: Registration Opens
25 November 2011: Payment Due
After 9 January 2012: No refunds for cancellation
23 - 27 January 2012: WRF Basic Tutorial
30 - 31 January 2012: WRF-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 10 January 2012, we will refund your registration fee less $25.00 to cover administrative fees.
After 9 January 2012, there will be no refunds.
We are looking forward to your attendance!