Unified WRFv2.1 Code
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Automatically generated from WRF source code using the f90tohtml
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of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. Very rich functionality, including ability to list code directories
by both source file and subroutine, color coding of links, and notations of
numbers of calls to a subroutine. Main display frames show hyperlink
annotated source listings. Clicking on subroutine calls, USE statements,
include statements, and other elements displays the information in another
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on-line documentation for the tool itself. Additional functionality from the WRF Code Database
browser has been integrated into the code browser: clicking a subprogram name
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WRF
documentation for Registry-generated code
o State definition and allocation (html)
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Moving
nesting implementation. (html)
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Setting/changing
WRF tiling using the “set_tiles” routine (html)
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Information
about DEREF_KLUDGE. (html)
Additional WRF Software Documentation
Documents in this section have been produced through the efforts of the WRF Tiger Team .
Description of WRF Registry (click here)
Of the 165,000 lines of WRF V2.x source code, some 40,000 lines are automatically generated at compile time using the Registry. This document, by Michalakes (NCAR) and Schaffer (FSL), specifies the semantics for the entries in the WRF Registry (Registry/Registry.EM and Registry/Registry.NMM in the current WRF distribution).
WRF I/O and Model Coupling API (click here, Word) (click here, PDF)
This is the specification document for the WRF Application Program Interface to external packages providing I/O functionality to the WRF model. For example, NetCDF is one such package for self-describing data used for WRF input and output datasets. Examples of coupling interfaces include the MCT package from Argonne National Laboratory and the Model Coupling Environment Library from the University of Southern Mississippi (MCT and MCEL are currently experimental interfaces, and are not intended for general use in the WRF 2.0 distribution).
Description of WRF Moving Nest Implementation (click here)
Draft document, by John Michalakes. This document, designed to be integrated with the Unified WRF Code Browser above, is part of the WRF Training and Documentation Tiger Team-produced documentation.
Description of WRF Lateral Boundary Condition I/O (click here)
This draft document, by Sundararaman G. Gopalakrishnan of NOAA/NCEP, is part of a comprehensive of WRF Software Developer document being developed by the WRF Training and Documentation Tiger Team.
Description of WRF Call Tree, Modules, and Top-level routine
These draft contributions to the WRF documentations contributed by Tom Black at NOAA/NCEP as part of Tiger Team activties.
Older (pre 2.0) Documentation (click here)
The above link points to the Weather Research and Forecast Model 1.2: Software Design and Implementation Document. Though somewhat out of date with WRF 2.0, the document contains useful information.
Page created: May 14, 2004, John Michalakes ( michalak@ucar.edu ), NCAR
Updated: March 14, 2005, John Michalakes