Selected Visualization Highlights
The Nested Regional Climate Model is a 2-way nested model that provides an integrating research tool essential to address upscaling and downscaling issues. When applied at the appropriate spatial scales and locales such models can resolve climate processes across wide spectrum of scales and reduce the errors associated with physics parameterizations. They also can properly represent spatial variations of climate forcing, such as topography, lakes, and land-sea contrast; and human influence, such as air pollution and land/water use. To address the full requirements, the nested models must include both global and regional models with two-way interactions. WRF and CCSM are ideal candidates for such coupling.The Nested Regional Climate Model
Whole-Year* Visualizations 1996 - 2000: Radar, Precipitable Water, Rain Totals, and Wind (*Year 2000 animations are Jan - Feb.)
The Weather Research and Forecasting Model - Advanced Research WRF version (WRF-ARW) is an advanced, community, mesoscale model designed to serve the research needs of the atmospheric science community. ARW offers portable code, both well-tested and experimental, that are appropriate for a wide range of applications, and for which we have the expertise and resources to support. ARW is versatile, cutting-edge in improvements and approaches, built with research community input, and guided by research community needs. The system offers idealized and real-data simulation capabilities, 3D-Var data assimilation, two-way interacting nested and movable grids, model coupling, and numerous physics options. New features are continuously being implemented and supported, as they are developed.
The Weather Research & Forecasting Model (ARW version)
WRF-ARW forecast visualizations of 2005 Hurricane Katrina & Experimental Spring Convective Forecasts