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WRF
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The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is a computer program with a dual use for forecasting and research. It is the latest numerical program model to be adopted by the National Weather Service as well as the U.S. military and private meteorological services. It is also being adopted by meteorological services worldwide. It features multiple dynamical cores, a 3-dimensional variational (3DVAR) data assimilation system, and a software architecture allowing for computational parallelism and system extensibility. WRF is suitable for a broad spectrum of applications across scales ranging from meters to thousands of kilometers.
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Category: General
Sub Category: Climate and Weather Modeling
Publisher: SNational Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and the Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL), the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA), the Naval Research Laboratory, Oklahoma University, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Date Published: December 2006
Version: 2.2
Pricing:
License: Free
Runtime:
$1/CPU-hr.
What is a CPU-hr.?
A CPU-hr. is the aggregate CPU time spent across all machines, rounded up to the nearest hour (e.g., a task running on 1,000 CPUs for one minute = 1,000 CPU minutes or approximately 17 CPU hours, costing you only $17).
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Key Features
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- WRF allows researchers the ability to conduct simulations reflecting either real data or idealized configurations.
- WRF provides operational forecasting a model that is flexible and efficient computationally, while offering the advances in physics, numerics, and data assimilation contributed by the research community.
- WRF can be used in nonhydrostatic applications in which moist-convective processes are treated explicitly, thereby avoiding the ambiguities of cumulus parameterization.
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Description |
The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is a computer program with a dual use for forecasting and research. It is the latest numerical program model to be adopted by the National Weather Service as well as the U.S. military and private meteorological services. It is also being adopted by meteorological services worldwide. It features multiple dynamical cores, a 3-dimensional variational (3DVAR) data assimilation system, and a software architecture allowing for computational parallelism and system extensibility. WRF is suitable for a broad spectrum of applications across scales ranging from meters to thousands of kilometers.
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Technical Information |
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Publisher Information |
WRF came into being via a collaborative partnership, principally among the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and the Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL), the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA), the Naval Research Laboratory, Oklahoma University, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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License: Free
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