How to set up and run WRF model
Outline
How to download and compile the WRF code? Namelist Input and output files
How to download and compile WRF?
Download WRF source code from
http://www.wrf-model.org/users/download.html What you get is
WRFV1.TAR.gz After gunzip and untar the file, you should see a
directory WRFV1 cd to WRFV1 directory, and you should see ..
WRFV1 directory
CHANGES
Makefile
README
README_test_cases
Registry/
arch/
clean
compile
configure
dyn_eh/
External/frame/inc/main/phys/run/share/test/tool/
Type ‘configure’ to create configure.wrf file for your particular machine:
azalea2:/mmmtmp/wrfhelp/WRFV1>configurechecking for perl5... nochecking for perl... found /usr/local/bin/perl (perl)Will use NETCDF in dir: /usr/local/netcdf-------------------------------------------------------Please select from among the following supported
platforms.
1. Compaq OSF1 alpha (single-threaded) 2. Compaq OSF1 alpha SM (OpenMP) 3. Compaq OSF1 alpha DM/SM (RSL, MPICH, RSL IO,
OpenMP) 4. Compaq OSF1 alpha DM/SM (RSL, DECMPI, RSL IO,
OpenMP)
Enter selection [1-4] : 1
You’ll see:You have chosen: Compaq OSF1 alpha (single-threaded)These are the default options for this platform:--------------------------------------------------------------#OMP = OMPCPP = FC = f90CC = ccCFLAGS =FCOPTIM = -fast -O4 -inline all……--------------------------------------------------------------These will be written to the file configure.wrf here in the top-leveldirectory. If you wish to change settings, please edit that file.If you wish to change the default options, edit the file: arch/configure.defaults
Configuration successful. To build the model type compile .
After one obtains the configure.wrf file, type
compile eh_real
to compile
If compile is successful, you should have two executables built in directory main/:
real.exe
wrf.exe
And these executables are linked to ./test/eh_real/
test/eh_real directory
These are what one’d see in test/eh_real/ directory:
LANDUSE.TBL
RRTM_DATA
namelist.input
real.exe -> ../../main/real.exe
wrf.exe -> ../../main/wrf.exe
Before you run real and wrf, edit the namelist for runtime options
&namelist_01 time_step_max = 1, number of time steps to run max_dom = 1, number of domains (leave as is) dyn_opt = 3, dynamics option: 1 = leapfrog, not yet implemented 2 = Runge-Kutta 2nd order 3 = Runge-Kutta 3rd order
diff_opt = 1, diffusion option: 1 = old diffusion scheme (uses khdiv,kvdif) 2 = new diffusion scheme (uses km_opt) (stress form) km_opt = 1, eddy coefficient option 1 = constant (from khdiv kvdif) 2 = 1.5 order TKE closure 3 = Smagorinsky first order closure damp_opt = 1, upper level damping flag 0 = without damping 1 = with damping
Description of namelist_01
ISFFLX = 1, heat and moisture fluxes from the surface 1 = with fluxes from the surface 0 = no flux from the surface
IFSNOW = 0, snow-cover effects 1 = with snow-cover effect 0 = without snow-cover effect
ICLOUD = 1, cloud effect to the optical depth in radiation 1 = with cloud effect
0 = without cloud effect
Description of namelist_01
num_soil_layers = 5, number of soil layers in land surface model
spec_bdy_width= 5, number of rows for specified boundary value nudging
spec_zone = 1, number of points in specified zone (spec b.c. option)
relax_zone= 4, number of points in relaxation zone (spec b.c. option)
tile_sz_x = 0, number of points in tile x direction
tile_sz_y = 0, number of points in tile y direction
numtiles= 1, number of tiles per patch (alternative to above two)
debug_level = 0/ 50,100,200,300 values give increasing prints
Description of namelist_01
&namelist_02
grid_id = 1, domain identifier
level = 1, domain nest level
s_we = 1, start index in x (west-east) direction
e_we = 32, end index in x (west-east) direction
s_sn = 1, start index in y (south-north) direction
e_sn = 32, end index in y (south-north) direction
s_vert = 1, start index in z (vertical) direction
e_sn = 31, end index in z (vertical) direction
Description of namelist_02
Description of namelist_02
time_step_count_output = 10, history output frequency in timesteps
frames_per_outfile = 10, output times per history file
time_step_count_restart = 10, restart output frequency in timesteps
time_step_begin_restart = 0, timestep for restart run to begin
0=not a restart
time_step_sound =4, number of sound steps per timestep
&namelist_03
dx = 200, grid length in x direction
dy = 200, grid length in y direction
dt = 2., time-step for advection
ztop = 20000., the height of the model top
zdamp = 5000., damping depth from model top
dampcoef = 0.2, damping coefficient (dampcoef <= 0.25)
smdiv = 0, divergence damping (0.1 is typical)
epssm = .1, time off-centering for vertical sound waves
khdif = 0, horizontal diffusion constant (m^2/s)
kvdif = 0, vertical diffusion constant (m^2/s)
mix_cr_len = 200, the critical value of the mixing length for
isotropic and anisotropic diffusion
Description of namelist_03
radt = 0, minutes between radiation physics calls
bldt = 0, minutes between boundary-layer physics calls
cudt = 0, minutes between cumulus physics calls
julyr = 0, Julian Year for model start
julday = 1, Julian Day for model start
gmt = 0./ GMT time for model start
Description of namelist_03
&namelist_04
periodic_x = .false., periodic boundary conditions in x direction
symmetric_xs = .false., symmetric boundary conditions at x start (west)
symmetric_xe = .false., symmetric boundary conditions at x end (east)
open_xs = .false., open boundary conditions at x start (west)
open_xe = .false., open boundary conditions at x end (east)
periodic_y = .false., periodic boundary conditions in y direction
symmetric_ys = .false., symmetric boundary conditions at y start (south)
symmetric_ye = .false., symmetric boundary conditions at y end (north)
open_ys = .false., open boundary conditions at y start (south)
open_ye = .false., open boundary conditions at y end (north)
nested = .false., nested boundary conditions (inactive)
specified = .false., specified boundary conditions (inactive)
top_radiation= .false., upper radiative boundary conditions (inactive)
Description of namelist_04
chem_opt = 0, chemistry option
mp_physics microphysics option
= 0, no microphysics
= 1, Kessler scheme
= 2, Lin et al. scheme
= 3, NCEP 3-class simple ice scheme
= 4, NCEP 5-class scheme
ra_lw_physics longwave radiation option
= 0, no longwave radiation
= 1, rrtm scheme
ra_sw_physics shortwave radiation option
= 0, no shortwave radiation
= 1, Dudhia scheme
= 2, Goddard short wave
Description of namelist_04
bl_sfclay_physics surface-layer option
= 0, no surface-layer
= 1, Monin-Obukhov scheme
bl_surface_physics land-surface option
= 0, no land-surface
= 1, thermal diffusion scheme
bl_pbl_physics boundary-layer option
= 0, no boundary-layer
= 1, mrf scheme
cu_physics cumulus option
= 0, no cumulus
= 1, Kain-Fritsch scheme
= 2, Betts-Miller-Janjic scheme
Description of namelist_04
h_mom_adv_order = 5, horizontal momentum advection order (5=5th, etc.)
v_mom_adv_order= 3, vertical momentum advection order
h_sca_adv_order= 5, horizontal scalar advection order
v_sca_adv_order= 3, vertical scalar advection order
io_form = 1, (not active)
= 2, NetCDF format
Description of namelist_04
&namelist_05
start_year = 2000, four digit year of starting time
start_month= 11, two digit (01-12) month of starting time
start_day = 20, two digit (01-31) day of starting time
start_hour = 12, two digit (00-23) hour of starting time
start_minute= 00, two digit (00-59) minute of starting time
start_second= 00, two digit (00-59) second of starting time
end_year = 2000, four digit year of ending time
end_month = 11, two digit (01-12) month of ending time
end_day = 21, two digit (01-31) day of ending time
end_hour = 00, two digit (00-23) hour of ending time
end_minute = 00, two digit (00-59) minute of ending time
end_second = 00, two digit (00-59) second of ending time
interval_seconds= 43200, time interval in seconds between analysis (and boundary) times
Description of namelist_05
real_data_init_type which type of real input:
= 1, WRF SI
= 2, MM5
= 3, user written routine read_generic in module_si_io.F
Description of namelist_05
WRF input files
Running real.exe turns
wrf_input.d01.yyyy-mm-dd_hh:mm:ss
to
wrfinput and wrfbdy
WRF output files
After one runs wrf.exe, WRf produces these output files:
wrfout_01_000000: history file
wrfrst_01_nnnnnn: restart file where nnnnnn is model time step
If one splits output files, one may obtain:
wrfout_01_xxxxxx
where xxxxxx is the time step at which the output file is written.
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