WRF-4.4-install-script

This is a script that installs all the libararies, software, programs, and geostatic data to run the Weather Research Forecast Model (WRF-4.4) with the option to run 3DVAR & 4DVAR observational data. Script assumes a clean directory with no other WRF configure files in the directory. This script does not install NETCDF4 to write compressed NetCDF4 files in parallel

Installation

(Make sure to download folder into your Home Directory): $HOME

git clone https://github.com/whatheway/WRF-4.4-install-script-linux-64bit.git

cd $HOME/WRF-4.4-install-script-linux-64bit

chmod 775 WRF_ARW_INSTALL_64bit.sh

chmod 775 MET_self_install_script_Linux_64bit.sh

chmod 775 METplus_self_install_script_Linux_32bit.sh

chmod 775 Miniconda3_Install.sh

./WRF_ARW_INSTALL_64bit.sh

Please make sure to read the WRF_ARW_INSTALL.sh script before installing.

I have provided comments on what the script is doing and information on configuration files.

WRF installation with parallel process (dmpar).

Must be installed with GNU compiler, it will not work with other compilers.

• *** Tested on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS. ***

• Built in 64-bit system.
• Tested with current available libraries on 05/10/2022, execptions have been noted in the script documentation.
• If newer libraries exist edit script paths for changes in future.

Post-Processing Software Included

UPP v4.1

User Guide: https://dtcenter.org/sites/default/files/community-code/upp-users-guide-v4.1.pdf

ARWpost v3.1

Added to $PATH and ~/.bashrc for easy access

Model Evaluation Tools (MET) & Model Ecaluation Tools Plus (MET Plus)

Added to $PATH and ~./bashrc for easy access Users Guide (MET): https://met.readthedocs.io/en/main_v10.1/Users_Guide/index.html Users Guide (MET Plus): https://metplus.readthedocs.io/en/v4.1.1/Users_Guide/index.html

OpenGRADS v.2.2.1

Added to $PATH and ~/.bashrc for easy access Users Guide: http://www.opengrads.org/manual/

NCAR COMMAND LANGUAGE (NCL) v.6.6.2

Installed via CONDA package using miniconda3 Conda environment ncl_stable Users Guide: https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Manuals/NCL_User_Guide/

WRF Python

Installed via CONDA package using miniconda3 Conda environment wrf-python Users Guide: https://wrf-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

WRF Hydro GIS Preprocessor

Installed via CONDA package using miniconda3 Conda environment wrfh_gis_env Users Guide: https://github.com/NCAR/wrf_hydro_gis_preprocessor & https://ral.ucar.edu/projects/wrf_hydro/pre-processing-tools

Estimated Run Time ~ 90 - 150 Minutes @ 10mbps download speed.

- Special thanks to Youtube's meteoadriatic, GitHub user jamal919, University of Manchester's Doug L, University of Tunis El Manar's Hosni S.