This virtual course will provide an introduction to the capabilities within WRF-Hydro® and provide participants with the basic building blocks to start their research with it. Participants will gain experience with hands-on model configuration and execution and run experimental model simulations and comparisons with a prepared example test case utilizing cloud-based technology. Participants will also be provided with information on additional resources that can be used to further their familiarity with WRF-Hydro and build on the basics learned during this tutorial.

February 23, 2021 at 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Eastern Time (Virtual)

Registration close date: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Participant cap: 200

REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED FOR THIS COURSE

$32 for student members
$64 for members
$104 for non-members

Registration policy:

AMS requires a valid payment to be made within 5 days of the start of a course or sooner if registration has reached capacity. You will be contacted by AMS staff if payment is required. Refunds will not be issued to attendees within 7 days of the start of a course.

Instructors:

Molly McAllister
National Center for Atmospheric Research

David J. Gochis
National Center for Atmospheric Research

Arezoo Rafieeinasab
National Center for Atmospheric Research

Course Description:

WRF-Hydro®, an open-source community model, is used for a range of projects, including flash flood prediction, regional hydroclimate impacts assessment, seasonal forecasting of water resources, and land-atmosphere coupling studies. It was designed to link multi-scale process models of the atmosphere and terrestrial hydrology to provide: 

• An extensible multi-scale & multi-physics land-atmosphere modeling capability for conservative, coupled and uncoupled assimilation & prediction of major water cycle components such as precipitation, soil moisture, snow pack, ground water, streamflow, and inundation
• Accurate and reliable streamflow prediction across scales (from 0-order headwater catchments to continental river basins and from minutes to seasons)
• A research modeling testbed for evaluating and improving physical process and coupling representations

In this one day tutorial you will be provided with an introduction to the capabilities within WRF-Hydro and the basic building blocks to start your research with it. Example studies of events and model simulations will be presented as a demonstration of WRF-Hydro’s capabilities. Participants will gain experience with hands-on model configuration and execution and run experimental model simulations and comparisons with a prepared example test case. Participants will also be provided with information on additional resources that can be used to further their familiarity with WRF-Hydro and build on the basics learned during this tutorial. 

Prerequisites:

• Prior hydrologic and/or atmospheric modeling experience is required.
• Applicants should be comfortable working in a UNIX environment, running Unix command line operations and text editors.
•  Familiarity with the R and/or Python programming language is recommended.

Course Requirements:

Each participant is required to  utilize their own computer capable of accessing  reliable internet and running a web browser. Google Chrome is recommended.

Course attendees are required to take the pre-course survey.

It is suggested that attendees use a computer with dual monitors.