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------------------------
WRFDA PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTICE
------------------------
WRF Data Assimilation System (WRFDA) was developed at the National
Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) which is operated by the
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). NCAR and
UCAR make no proprietary claims, either statutory or otherwise,
to this version and release of WRFDA and consider WRFDA to be in
the public domain for use by any person or entity for any purpose
without any fee or charge. UCAR requests that any WRFDA users include
this notice on any partial or full copies of WRFDA. WRFDA is provided
on an "AS IS" basis and any warranties, either express or implied,
including but not limited to implied warranties of non-infringement,
originality, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose,
are disclaimed. In no event shall UCAR be liable for any damages,
whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, consequential or special, that
arise out of or in connection with the access, use or performance of
WRFDA, including infringement actions.
======================================
This is the main directory for the WRFDA Version 4 source code release.
======================================
V4.4 Release Notes :
-------------------
Version 4.4 was released on April 26, 2022.
For more information about WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
- New features:
----------------
- New capability for assimilating GPM GMI radiance data, contributed by Dr. Dongmei Xu at
the Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology.
Shen, F., D. Xu, H. Li, J. Min, and R. Liu，2021: Assimilation of GPM Microwave Imager Radiance data with
the WRF Hybrid 3DEnVar System for the Prediction of Typhoon Chan-hom (2015), Atmospheric Research. 251, 105422.
- New option for surface aerosol data assimilation with the MADE-VBS aerosol scheme. The ~doc/README.DA_chem
file provides a description for all chemical/aerosol DA options currently available.
Ha, Soyoung, 2022: Implementation of aerosol data assimilation in WRFDA (V4.0.3) for WRF-Chem (V3.9.1)
using the MADE/VBS scheme. Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 1769–1788.
- Ingest NCEP's satwnd.bufr to assimilate more AMVs that are not included in NCEP's prepbufr file.
The "use_satwnd_bufr" namelist parameter default is true.
- Updated features:
-------------------
- Allow to set thinning mesh differently for different conventional observations through a new namelist
parameter "thin_conv_opt(num_ob_indexes)". Also reduced memory use for thinning conventional observations.
- WRFDA gpsref code has been restructured to move QC steps in da_get_innov_vector_gpsref.inc to a separate
subroutine in a new file da_qc_gpsref.inc. New namelist variables are added to have more flexibility for
testing gpsref QC impact. Several issues with gpsref diagnostic output have been fixed and qcstat info
for gpsref is now in new qcstat_gpsref_xx.
- Bug fixes and enhancements for applications related to offline VarBC (use_background_errors=false),
3DEns-FGAT (num_fgat_time>0 and ensdim_alpha>0 and je_factor=1.0), precondition_cg=true and
orthonorm_gradient=true when ensdim_alpha>0, full-ensemble mode (ensdim_alpha>0 and je_factor=1.0).
- Enable the assimilation of metop-c AMSU-A and MHS radiances with updated VARBC.in and "radiance info" files.
- Bug fixes:
------------
- For direct assimilation of radar reflectivity, remove the use of "qthres" in the forward operator, which can
cause an unrealistic low bound of computed reflectivity. Also simplify the quality control to keep data with
both observed and background reflectivity >=rfmin (a namelist parameter).
- Fixed a bug in calculating TAMDAR aircraft temperature bias correction.
- Fixed memory leaks and runtime crashes due to the missing specification for time info inside chemical DA..
V4.3 Release Notes :
-------------------
Version 4.3 was released on May 10, 2021.
For more information about WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
New features:
--------------
- New capability for Multi-Resolution Incremental 4DVar (MRI-4DVar).
Liu, Z., J. Ban, J.-S, Hong, and Y.-H. Kuo, 2020: Multi-resolution incremental
4D-Var for WRF: Implementation and application at convective scale,
Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 146, 3661-3674.
- New capability for assimilating surface pm2.5, pm10, O3, CO, NO2, SO2 using 3DVar.
Sun, W., Liu, Z., Chen, D., Zhao, P., and Chen, M., 2020: Development and application
of the WRFDA-Chem three-dimensional variational (3DVAR) system: aiming to improve air
quality forecasting and diagnose model deficiencies, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 9311-9329.
Updated features:
-----------------
- WRFDA gen_be_v3 is updated for cv_options=5 and ensemble applications.
Please see var/gen_be_v3/README.gen_be_v3.
See http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/updates-4.3.html for a full list of updates
V4.2 Release Notes :
-------------------
Version 4.2 was released on April 23, 2020.
For more information about WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
New features:
---------------
- New capability for directly assimilating radar reflectivity using a new observation
operator and its TL/AD considering snow and graupel.
Wang, S. and Z. Liu, 2019: A radar reflectivity operator with ice-phase hydrometeors
for variational data assimilation (version 1.0) and its evaluation with real radar data,
Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 4031–4051.
- New capability for variational bias correction of TAMDAR T observations.
The bias correction is applied based upon aircraft's IDs and phases (descent/ascent/cruise).
To turn on this function, set "use_varbc_tamdar = true" in namelist (\wrfvar4).
Gao, F., Z. Liu, J. Ma, A. N. Jacobs, P. P. Childs, and H. Wang, 2019: Variational Bias
Correction of TAMDAR Temperature Observations in the WRF Data Assimilation System.
Monthly Weather Review. 147. 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0025.1.
- New channel-based cloud detection scheme for Infrared sensors based on the Particle Filter.
This is now the default option for IR cloud detection (use_clddet=2).
Xu D., T. Auligné, G. Descombes, and C. Snyder, 2016: A method for retrieving clouds with
satellite infrared radiances using the particle filter. Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 3919–3932.
- New capability for an IR-only cloud detection scheme for AHI radiance data assimilation.
To turn this option on, set use_clddet_zz=true.
Wu, Y., Z. Liu, and D. Li, 2020, Improving forecasts of a record-breaking rainstorm in Guangzhou
by assimilating every 10-min AHI radiances with WRF 4DVAR. Atmospheric Research, 239, 104912.
Zhuge, X., Zou, X., 2016. Test of a modified infrared-only ABI cloud mask algorithm for AHI
radiance observations. J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol. 55 (11), 2529–2546.
- New stand-alone gen_be_v3. See var/gen_be_v3/README.gen_be_v3 for more info.
Updated features:
------------------
- Improved analysis_type="RANDOMCV". Now multiple perturbed output can be obtained with one WRFDA run, set new namelist "n_randomcv" to the desired number of ensemble.
- For EnVar DA applications, logical "alpha_vertloc" namelist switch is replaced by new integer
option "alpha_vertloc_opt". See var/README.namelist.
- New DA ep_format option to read in ensemble perturbation (ep) generated by existing gen_be_ep2
and new gen_be_v3 utilities.
See http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/updates-4.2.html for a full list of updates
V4.1 Release Notes :
-------------------
Version 4.1 was released on April 12, 2019.
For more information about WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
New features:
------------------
- Himawari AHI radiance data assimilation
Wang, Y., Z. Liu, S. Yang, J. Min, L. Chen, Y. Chen, and T. Zhang, 2018:
Added value of assimilating Himawari-8 AHI water vapor radiances on analyses
and forecasts for "7.19" severe storm over north China. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos.,
123, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027697.
- 3DVAR and hybrid-3D/4DEnVar now work with moist potential temperature.
Updated features:
------------------
- Update WRFDA to handle RTTOV v12.1. New emissivity formulations are enabled
as well as HDF-only emissivity atlas files. Compiling WRFDA for RTTOV now
requires an HDF5 library.
- The code-base of CRTM carried with WRFDA is updated from v2.2.3 to v2.3.0.
Starting with V4.0, CRTM coefficient files are NOT included
in any of the WRF or WRFDA tar files. There are two ways to get this data.
1. A subset of coefficient files can be download from
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/download/crtm_coeffs.html
2. The full set of CRTM coefficients may be downloaded from:
ftp://ftp.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/jcsda/CRTM/REL-2.3.0/crtm_v2.3.0.tar.gz
For external users, replace the link ‘var/run/crtm_coeffs’ with the directory
contained in the appropriate tar file. A copy is also available under ~wrfhelp
on the NCAR cheyenne supercomputer (for internal use).
- Enhance the gts_omb_oma diagnostics by appending time slot information after the level information.
- Allow pseudo ob at not-first time slot for 4DVAR.
- New WRFDA namelist options for specifying errors for radar rhv(rrn/rsn/rgr)
- New WRFDA namelist options for turning on/off some diagnostic output.
- Fix to allow assimilation of SSMI TPW contained (prior to Nov 2009) in prepbufr
obs files when ob_format=1 and use_ssmiretrievalobs=.true.
See http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/updates-4.1.html for a full list of updates
V4.0 Release Notes :
-------------------
Version 4.0 was released on June 8, 2018.
For more information about WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
New features:
------------------
- GOES-Imager radiance data assimilation
- GPSRO Excess PHase (GPSEPH) observation operator
- Large-scale analysis constraint (LSAC)
- Divergence constraint (DIVC)
Updated features:
------------------
- WRFPlus code is now fully integrated into WRF and TLM/ADJ code, located under the 'wrftladj' directory.
- Starting with V4.0, CRTM coefficient files are NOT included in any of the WRF or WRFDA tar files.
There are two ways to get this data.
1. A subset of coefficient files can be download from
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/download/crtm_coeffs.html
2. The full set of CRTM coefficients may be downloaded from:
ftp://ftp.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/jcsda/CRTM/REL-2.2.3/crtm_v2.2.3.tar.gz
WRFDA with hybrid vertical coordinate (HVC) and moist potential temperature (THM):
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 3DVAR works with HVC since V3.9, but does not work with THM
- Neither WRFPlus nor 4DVAR work with HVC or THM
- It is recommended to turn off HVC (set hybrid_opt=0, etac=0.0) and THM (set use_theta_m=0)
when using WRF V4.0 along with WRFDA V4.0
See http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/updates-4.0.html for a full list of updates
======================================
This is the main directory for the WRFDA Version 3 source code release.
======================================
V3.9.1 Release Notes :
-------------------
Version 3.9.1 was released on August 17, 2017.
For more information about WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
Updated features:
- Reduced memory usage for non-4DVAR runs
- Some bugs have been fixed
See http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/updates-3.9.1.html for a full list of updates
======================================
V3.9 Release Notes :
-------------------
Version 3.9 was released on April 17, 2017.
For more information about WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
New features:
- AMSR2 cloudy radiance assimilation
- 4DEnVar assimilation capability
- Radar "null-echo" assimilation
Updates:
- Many bug fixes and performance improvements, including:
- For use_radar_rhv=true, total reflectivity and retrieved hydrometeors were calculated incorrectly
- Several compile-time and run-time bugs for PGI compilers
- Updated CRTM to version 2.2.3 (from 2.1.3)
- New run-time options for improving surface data assimilation (FM-12 SYNOP)
- Improved implementation of cloud control variables (no longer requires conditional compilation)
- New run-time options for calculating cloud base height for use_radar_rqv=true
- WRFPLUS has been upgraded to V3.9 and is consistent with the released WRF version 3.9.
See http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/updates-3.9.html for a full list of updates
======================================
V3.8.1 Release Notes :
-------------------
Version 3.8.1 was released on August 12, 2016.
For more information about WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
Updated features:
- Additional information is now printed to log files, including:
- Domain mapping info
- Extra minimization info
- CRTM-specific code is now compiled automatically
- A number of issues have been fixed for this release, including:
- Fixed compilation problems for Fujitsu compilers
- A fix for some BUFR compilation problems if user has certain environment variables set
- A fix for crashes with 4DVAR assimilation when using RRTMG radiation physics
- Avoiding alarming (but harmless) error messages from GEN_BE stage 0
- Fixing CRTM compilation problems for some Cray platforms
- Cleaning up various log file outputs and clarifying some error messages
- Fixed some incorrect default variables for certain physics options
- WRFPLUS has been upgraded to V3.8.1 and is consistent with the released WRF version 3.8.1.
See http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/updates-3.8.1.html for a full list of updates
======================================
V3.8 Release Notes :
-------------------
Version 3.8 was released on April 8, 2016.
For more information about WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
New features:
- A new observation type: AMSR2 radiance
- A new dynamic constraint for 3DVAR and Hybrid assimilation
Updates:
- The CV7 Background Error feature has been updated with major bug fixes
- Fixed problems with excessive noise in moisture field for some radar options (use_radar_rhv, use_radar_rqv)
- Improved assimilation of surface pressure obs for sfc_assi_options=1
- Improved consistency of surface diagnostics (T2, Q2, U10, and V10) between WRFDA and WRF
- Updated libraries:
- RTTOV interface now supports RTTOV Version 11.1, 11.2, or 11.3
- Many bug fixes and performance improvements
- WRFPLUS has been upgraded to V3.8 and is consistent with the released WRF version 3.8.
See http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/updates-3.8.html for a full list of updates
======================================
V3.7.1 Release Notes :
-------------------
Version 3.7.1 was released on August 14, 2015.
For more information about WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
Updated features:
- A number of issues have been fixed for this release, including:
- A fix for the new radar option "use_radar_rqv"
- A fix for crashes and/or incorrect results for 4DVAR when assimilating radiance data with
RTTOV with the option "rttov_emis_atlas_ir=1"
- Fixing display problems in OBSPROC for large numbers of observations
- Avoiding problems in OBSPROC with default observation error values
- An incorrect interpolation of U and V in new CV7 option in GEN_BE has been fixed
- WRFPLUS has been upgraded to V3.7.1
See http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/updates-3.7.1.html for a full list of updates
======================================
V3.7 Release Notes :
-------------------
Version 3.7 was released on April 20, 2015.
For more information on WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
New features:
-New background error option: CV7 (cv_options = 7)
-Radar assimilation has been updated: new options have been added for reflectivity assimilation
-A new mp_physics option is available for WRFPLUS in 4DVAR runs
Updated features:
-WRFDA can now use WRF files with the "lat-lon" (cylindrical equidistant) map projection. This
does not include global WRF files.
-Updated libraries:
-RTTOV interface is now for RTTOV Version 11.1 or 11.2
-Bug fixes and performance improvements
-WRFPLUS has been upgraded to V3.7.
======================================
V3.6.1 Release Notes :
-------------------
Version 3.6.1 was released on August 14, 2014.
For more information about WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
Updated features:
- A number of issues have been fixed for this release, including:
- The FGAT capability has been updated to produce better results
- Several bugs which may cause compilation failure
- Bugs in SEVIRI radiance assimilation
- Errors when using RTTOV to assimilate radiances in 4DVAR
- The FGAT capability has been updated to produce better results
- Many other minor problems
- WRFPLUS has been upgraded to V3.6.1
See http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/updates-3.6.1.html for a full list of updates
======================================
V3.6 Release Notes :
-------------------
Version 3.6 was released on April 18, 2014.
For more information on WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
New features:
-Dual-resolution hybrid assimilation has been implemented
-New instruments can be assimilated:
-Meteosat SEVIRI
-Metop-B instruments
-AIREP humidity observations
-Observation thinning for conventional observations in ASCII format
Updated features:
-GPS Radio Occultation data can now be read separately from other conventional data types
-Wind speed/direction assimilation has been updated, and namelist options have changed. See the
relevant section of the User's Guide for more information.
-Updated libraries:
-CRTM Version 2.1.3
-BUFR Version 10.2.3
-RTTOV interface is now for RTTOV Version 11.1
-Bug fixes and performance improvements
-WRFPLUS has been upgraded to V3.6.
======================================
V3.5.1 Release Notes :
-------------------
Version 3.5.1 is released on September 23, 2013.
For more information on WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
The following bugs have been fixed:
-BUFR libraries have been updated to allow WRFDA to read and assimilate NCEP PREPBUFR files of
any endianness.
-Compilation failure with some older Fortran95 compilers
-A problem with Variational Bias Correction (VARBC) on some platforms
-A problem with OBSPROC's built-in observation error file (obserr.txt) on some platforms
-A bug causing failures when "print_detail_outerloop=true"
-A few more miscellaneous fixes
======================================
V3.5 Release Notes :
-------------------
Version 3.5 is released on April 18. 2013.
For more information on WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
New features:
-Wind Speed/Direction Assimilation: Wind speed/direction observations can now be directly
assimilated.
-New satellite instruments can be assimilated:
-METOP Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI)
-NPP Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS)
-FY3 Microwave Temperature Sounder (MWTS) and Microwave Humidity Sounder (MWHS)
Updated features:
-Yellowstone compilation options: Specific compilation options for the new NCAR supercomputer
Yellowstone have been added.
-Updated I/O for improved back-compatability with previous versions of WRF and WRFDA
-WRFDA-3DVAR can now read two different PREPBUFR observation files at once
-The "ntmax" namelist variable is now a vector, and can be set to a different value for each
outer loop
-WRFPLUS has been upgraded to V3.5 and it is consistent with the released WRF version 3.5.
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V3.4.1 Release Notes :
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Version 3.4.1 is released on August 16, 2012.
- For more information on WRFDA, visit the WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
- WRFDA registry files have been reconstructed.
Default namelist settings are now in registry.var file.
- WRFPLUS registry bug fixes related to mp_physics=9,10,13,14,16,17,18
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V3.4 Release Notes :
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Version 3.4 is released on April 6, 2012.
- The WRFPLUS (WRF adjoint and tangent linear model) has been upgraded to V3.4 and it is consistent
with the released WRF version 3.4. Added parallel WRF TL/AD based on WRF 3.4.
- WRFDA 4D-Var now supports compilation to run in parallel.
- WRFDA 4D-Var now supports precipitation data (such as stage IV) assimilation.
- The ability to generate forecast sensitivity to observations has been updated.
- WRFDA Hybrid 3D-Var has been updated.
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V3.3.1 Release Notes :
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Version 3.3.1 is released on September 27, 2011.
- WRF 4D-Var has been improved on lateral boundary condition control, analysis scheme for surface
observation etc.
- Lots of bug fixes.
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V3.3 Release Notes:
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Version 3.3 is released on April 6, 2011.
- RTTOV interfaces has been upgraded to version 10.0
Please download RTTOV v10.0 and install it in appropriate location
if you want to use RTTOV to assimilate radiance observation with bufr format
- crtm_atmosphere is removed from the namelist.
Now the CRTM reference climatology is determined inside WRFDA based on
latitude and month.
- New WRF 4D-Var
The WRFPLUS (WRF adjoint and tangent linear model) has been upgraded to V3.3
and it is consistent with the released WRFV version 3.3. However, only dry dynamic
processes are included in WRFPLUS version 3.3 and only serial run is supported
at this release.
WRFDA is also upgraded to consistent with WRFPLUS version 3.3 and the new 4D-Var
system is a single executable application. Please refer to Users' guide for the
details.
- Lots of bug fixes.
V3.2.1 Release Notes:
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Version 3.2.1 is released on August 18, 2010.
- CRTM interface for radiance assimilation has been upgraded to version 2.0.2.
- CRTM V2.0.2 has been included as an internal library in WRFDA codes.
Setting environmental variable CRTM to ANYTHING to activate the CRTM installation
during WRFDA compilation.
- Multivariate gen_be method which considers the correlations between moisture and
other variables is included, but the support for the new capability will be very
limited.
- Lots of bug fixes.
V3.2 Release Notes:
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Version 3.2 is released on March 31, 2010.
- Improvements on multiple outer loop which handling nonlinearity issue
- Adjoint sensitivity tool
- Improved software performance
- Improved WRF adjoint codes.
V3.1.1 Release Notes:
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Version 3.1.1 is released on July 31, 2009.
- Radiance data assimilation using K Matrix capability is completed in V3.1.1 release,
which dramatically speedup the analysis. To use K Matrix , please
set USE_CRTM_KMATRIX=true in wrfvar14@namelist.input.
Note: it only applied on CRTM in V3.1.1.
- Improved software portability; only NETCDF library is mandatory
if only LITTLE_R formated conventional observational data to be used.
To use Prepbufr observational files, just set environmental variable
BUFR equal to 1 before the code is compiled. To use radiance BUFR
format data, CRTM or RTTOV is needed.
V3.1 Release Notes:
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Version 3.1 is released on April 9, 2009.
- For more information on WRFDA, visit the new WRFDA Users home page
http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/index.html
and read the online User's Gudie.
- 4DVAR and radiance data assimilation capabilities are included in V3.1.
- New README files under WRFDA/var (README.namelist, README.basics,
README.radiance)
- WRFDA V3.1 executable will work with V3.0 wrfinput/wrfbdy (but requires
inserting a new namelist variable use_baseparam_fr_nml in &dynamics).
However, rerunning V3.1 WPS/real.exe is recommended.
- Changes to namelist variables.
* Some obsolete or unused namelist variables are removed, some new namelist
variables are added, purposes of some namelist variables are changed.
See WRFDA/var/README.namelist for descriptions of supported namelist
variables.
- Changes to obsproc:
* the executable is renamed to be obsproc.exe from 3dvar_obs.exe and
namelist.3dvar_obs is renamed to be namelist.obsproc to reflect
its capabilitiy of producing WRFDA-ready observations for 3DVAR, FGAT,
or 4DVAR applications.
See WRFDA/var/obsproc/README.
* compilation of obsproc.exe is included in "compile all_wrfvar"
- Changes to diagnostic output files
* gts_omb_oma becomes gts_omb_oma_01 (01 indicates outer loop index)
* observations that fail check_max_iv are listed in rej_obs_conv_01.000
( 01 is outer loop index, 000 is processor id)
* qcstat_conv_01 (01 indicates outer loop index) contains observation
number counts
- Most of the scripts under WRFDA/var/scripts are removed from the main source
code tar file. They can still be downloaded separately.
See http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/download/tools.html
For questions, send mail to wrfhelp@ucar.edu
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WRFDA update history:
- V3.0: Apr 4, 2008
- V3.0.1: Aug 6, 2008
- V3.0.1.1: Aug 29, 2008
- V3.1: Apr 9, 2009
- V3.1.1: Jul 31, 2009
- V3.2: Mar 31, 2010
- V3.2.1: Aug 18, 2010
- V3.3: Apr 6, 2011
- V3.3.1: Sep 27, 2011
- V3.4: Apr 6, 2012
- V3.4.1: Aug 16, 2012
- V3.5: Apr 18, 2013
- V3.5.1: Sep 23, 2013
- V3.6: Apr 18, 2014
- V3.6.1: Aug 14, 2014
- V3.7: Apr 20, 2015
- V3.7.1: Aug 14, 2015
- V3.8: Apr 8, 2016
- V3.8.1: Aug 12, 2016
- V3.9: Apr 17, 2017
- V3.9.1: Aug 17, 2017
- V4.0: Jun 8, 2018
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How to compile and run?
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- In WRFDA directory, type `configure wrfda` - this will create a configure.wrf
file that has appropriate compile options for the supported computers.
Note: WRFDA only requires netCDF library for compilation
Install netCDF library with the same compiler that will be used to compile WRFDA.
NCEP BUFR and CRTM libs are included in the WRFDA tar file.
Set environment variables properly according to your applications
before you type 'configure wrfda'. For example,
setenv NETCDF /usr/local/netcdf
setenv RTTOV /usr/local/rttov11 (optional, set to compile WRFDA with RTTOV capability)
- Type 'compile all_wrfvar' when you are ready:
- If sucessful, this will create da_wrfvar.exe and a set of utilities
in directory WRFDA/var/build/.
- cd to the appropriate test or run directory to run WRFDA.
Some basic instruction/namelist.input are available in sub-directories
of WRFDA/var/test.
- See the Users Guide (http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/usersguide.html) for more detailed instructions.