General Information
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WRF — Weather Research and Forecasting Model
Configuration
| Model | WRF-ARW (Advanced Research WRF) |
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| Initialization | GFS (Global Forecast System), 00Z daily |
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| Forecast Length | 84 hours (3.5 days), hourly output |
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| Center | 38.711°N, 76.865°W (Mid-Atlantic US) |
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Nested Domains
| Domain | Resolution | Region |
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| Domain 1 | 36 km | Eastern US / Western Atlantic |
| Domain 2 | 12 km | Mid-Atlantic / Northeast US |
| Domain 3 | 4 km | Long Island & surrounding waters |
Physics Parameterizations
| Microphysics | Thompson scheme |
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| Longwave Radiation | RRTM |
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| Shortwave Radiation | RRTMG |
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| Surface Layer | MYNN surface layer |
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| Planetary Boundary Layer | MYNN 2.5-level TKE |
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| Land Surface | Noah LSM |
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| Cumulus | Grell-Freitas ensemble (Domains 1–2 only; Domain 3 convection-permitting) |
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Computational Infrastructure
The model is run daily on the CoMAP HPC cluster named "CHAOS". The pipeline consists of
GFS data download, WPS preprocessing (ungrib + metgrid), domain setup (real.exe),
WRF integration (wrf.exe), and automated post-processing and plotting.
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