WRF - Developmental Testbed Center

Table of ContentsUser's Guide for the NMM Core of theWeather Research and Forecast (WRF)Modeling System Version 3Chapter 7: Post Processing UtilitiesNCEP WRF Post Processor (WPP)• WPP Introduction• WPP Required Software• Obtaining the WPP Code• WPP Directory Structure• Installing the WPP Code• WPP Functionalities• Computational Aspects and Supported Platforms for WPP• Setting up the WRF model to interface with WPP• WPP Control File Overviewo Controlling which variables wrfpost outputso Controlling which levels wrfpost outputs• Running WPPo Overview of the steps in scripts to run WPP• Visualization with WPPo GEMPAKo GrADS• Fields Produced by wrfpostRIP4• RIP Introduction• RIP Software Requirements• RIP Environment Settings• Obtaining the RIP Code• RIP Directory Structure• Installing the RIP Code• RIP Functionalities• RIP Data Preparation (RIPDP)o RIPDP Namelisto Running RIPDP• RIP User Input File (UIF)• Running RIPo Calculating and Plotting Trajectories with RIPo Creating Vis5D Datasets with RIPWRF-NMM V3: User’s Guide 7-1