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2 Before proceeding, please read README.basics first to get some basic ideas on
3 running WRFDA with conventional data.
4 Then, if you are interested in radiance data assimilation, please read through
5 this README.radiance to learn more on the settings and extra input files
6 required for radiance data assimilation.
7 Please see also Chapter 6 of WRF ARW User's Guide for more details.
9 RTM (Radiative Transfer Model) that can be used in WRFDA:
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14 Setup and Run - with radiance data
18 In addition to the basic input files (LANDUSE.TBL, fg, ob.ascii, be.dat) mentioned
19 in README.basics, the following extra files are required for radiance:
20 radiance data in NCEP BUFR format, radiance_info files, VARBC.in,
21 RTM (CRTM or RTTOV) coefficient files (see "Notes on coefficients" below).
23 ln -sf ${DAT_DIR}/gdas1.t00z.1bamua.tm00.bufr_d ./amsua.bufr
24 ln -sf ${DAT_DIR}/gdas1.t00z.1bamub.tm00.bufr_d ./amsub.bufr
25 ln -sf WRFDA/var/run/radiance_info ./radiance_info # radiance_info is a directory
26 ln -sf WRFDA/var/run/VARBC.in ./VARBC.in
28 Either ln -sf WRFDA/var/run/crtm_coeffs_2.3.0 ./crtm_coeffs # crtm_coeffs is a directory
29 or set namelist variable crtm_coef_path to the location of coef files
30 crtm_coef_path='/user/WRFDA/var/run/crtm_coeffs_2.3.0'
31 (RTTOV only) ln -sf rttov10/rtcoef_rttov10/rttov7pred51L ./rttov_coeffs # rttov_coeffs is a directory
35 Pay special attention to &wrfvar4, &wrfvar14, &wrfvar21, and &wrfvar22
36 See WRFDA/var/README.namelist for namelist descriptions.
44 rtminit_platform=1,1,1,1,1,1,
45 rtminit_satid=15,16,18,15,16,17,
46 rtminit_sensor=3,3,3,4,4,4,
47 thinning_mesh=120.0,120.0,120.0,120.0,120.0,120.0,
50 write_iv_rad_ascii=false,
51 write_oa_rad_ascii=true,
55 use_crtm_kmatrix=true,
56 use_rttov_kmatrix=true,
57 crtm_coef_path='./crtm_coeffs'
58 crtm_mwwater_coef='FASTEM5.MWwater.EmisCoeff.bin'
59 crtm_irwater_coef='Nalli.IRwater.EmisCoeff.bin'
60 crtm_irland_coef='USGS.IRland.EmisCoeff.bin'
61 rttov_emis_atlas_ir=0,
62 rttov_emis_atlas_mw=0,
65 time_window_min="2008-02-05_10:30:00.0000",
68 time_window_max="2008-02-05_13:30:00.0000",
71 3. Notes on coefficients
75 Starting with V4.0, CRTM coefficient files are NOT included in any of the
76 WRF or WRFDA tar files. There are two ways to get this data.
77 1. Users need to download their required subset of CRTM coefficient files
79 http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/wrfda/download/crtm_coeffs.html
80 2. The full set of CRTM coefficients may be downloaded from:
81 ftp://ftp.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/jcsda/CRTM/REL-2.3.0/crtm_v2.3.0.tar.gz
83 Prior to V4.0, the subset of CRTM coefficient files were included in the
84 WRFDA tar file in the WRFDA/var/run/crtm_coeffs_2.2.3 directory (please see
85 also WRFDA/var/run/README).
87 After unzip/untar crtm_v2.3.0.tar.gz, you will find all the coefficient files
88 under the directory fix. You will need to create another directory to copy or link
89 the files that will be used in WRFDA. Please see also the CRTM user guide
90 ftp://ftp.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/jcsda/CRTM/CRTM_User_Guide.pdf
91 for the options of proper coefficient files for your applications.
95 Please visit http://research.metoffice.gov.uk/research/interproj/nwpsaf/rtm
96 for the RTTOV information.
97 The RTTOV coefficient files that come with the RTTOV source code or that are
98 downloaded separately are placed in different sub-directories.
99 To run WRFDA, the coefficient files to be used should all be under the
100 rttov_coeffs sub-directory in the WRFDA working directory.
101 For most basic applications, the coefficient files available in the RTTOV source
102 code rttov11/rtcoef_rttov11/rttov7pred51L would be sufficient.