WRF Domain Wizard A tool for the WRF

WRF Domain Wizard A tool for the WRF Preprocessing System Jeff Smith and Paula Mc. Caslin February 27, 2007

What is WRF Domain Wizard The graphical user interface for WPS n Used to n ¨ Define the region and projection of ¨ Define any nests ¨ Write information to namelist. wps ¨ Run the WPS programs a domain on map

Domain Wizard Technical Info n Software is written in Java ¨ Minimum JRE 1. 4; recommend JRE 1. 6 for best performance ¨ Runs on local computer or remote computer; Needs SSH-2 and SFTP to connect to remote computer ¨ Can be run from webpage as a Java Web Start application or downloaded and run from the command line ¨ 384 MB of RAM (memory) available 1024 x 768 (or better) video display

Domain Wizard Architecture and Flow Java Virtual Machine user’s computer (linux, windows, etc. ) WRF Domain Wizard Web Page WRF Domain Wizard Java Web Start Link http connection Download Link Local I/O SSH I/O Local or Remote Computer Has WPS Installed On It geogrid ungrib metgrid namelist. wps, WPS data WPS Programs Disk files (user downloads and runs from command line)

Domain Wizard Website Resource http: //www. wrfportal. org/Domain. Wizard. html

Domain Wizard – How to Run n Run using Java Web Start ¨ An application-deployment technology automatically downloads your software then run it. No need to set up directories, run installation programs, or configure anything. Just click the link and the program runs. (The first time you click on the link above, there is a delay while the software downloads. ) ¨ Java and Java Web Start (javaws) come standard with Linux and Mac. If the “Launch WRF Domain Wizard" appears the program will start. If you don't have Java on your system, download a Java Runtime Edition (JRE).

Domain Wizard – How to Run

Domain Wizard – How to Run n Run using Java Web Start

Domain Wizard – How to Run n Run using Java Web Start

Domain Wizard – How to Run n Run using Java Web Start

Domain Wizard – How to Run n Run using Java Web Start

Domain Wizard – How to Run n Run by Downloading jar file ¨ Download the WRFDomain. Wizard. zip to e. g. c: WRFDomain. Wizard or /home/WRFDomain. Wizard ¨ unzip WRFDomain. Wizard. zip ¨ Run "run_Domain. Wizard. bat" (Windows) or "run_Domain. Wizard" (Linux) java -Xmx 384 m -jar Domain. Wizard. jar ¨ You can place a shortcut icon on your desktop

Domain Wizard – How to Run n Configuration Interface

Domain Wizard – How to Run n Configuration Directory Chooser

Domain Wizard – How to Run n Configuration selecting remote system

Domain Wizard – How to Run n Configuration complete

Domain Wizard – How to Run n Configure file Domain. Wizard. cfg ¨ Located in your home directory, will contain, e. g. : hep n /export/tmp/wrf/WPS n /export/tmp/wrf/geog n /home/mccaslin/cases n

Domain Wizard Tutorial-1

Domain Wizard Tutorial-2

Domain Wizard Tutorial-3

Domain Wizard - Demo