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| | 2 | == Introduction == |
| | 3 | WRF for GRID (WRF4G) is a framework for the execution and monitoring of the WRF Modelling System (see [http://www.meteo.unican.es/work/2012_Garcia-Diez_VALUE_WRF.pdf this presentation] for an introduction to WRF) in distributed computer resources (see this presentation). It provides a flexible and easy way of designing complex experiments involving many simulations (multiple start/end dates, multi-parametric simulations, long climate runs, ...). The monitor allows a precise control of the experiment's state, where broken simulations are automatically detected and relaunched at the next submission. |
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| | 5 | Given a list of computer resources the user can access, WRF4G submits the experiment to them according to the experiment needs. Users can configure different kind of resources (Their local PCs, stand-alone servers, PBS or SGE Clusters,...) and use them at the same time to run different simulations of a WRF experiment. Output files are centrally stored regardless the computing resources used to run the simulations. |
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| | 7 | WRF4G separates the experiment design from the execution environment. To prepare a experiment, users are required to fill in two files: [wiki:WRF4Gexperiment_wrf4g experiment.wrf4g] which defines the WRF experiment, and [wiki:WRF4Gresources_wrf4g resources.wrf4g], where running environment and storage resources are configured. WRF4G provides a [wiki:WRF4GCommandLineInterface command line interface] that allow the users to prepare, run and monitor their experiments. |
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| | 9 | The following picture shows the main WRF4G components (see the following [http://www.meteo.unican.es/work/WRF4G_Presentation.pdf presentation] for further information) and the interaction among them. |
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| | 11 | [[Image(wrf4g_workflow_ani.gif,50%)]] |
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| | 13 | == Documentation == |
| | 14 | * [wiki:WRF4GFrameworkConfiguration Framework] |
| | 15 | * [wiki:WRF4GInstall Installation Guide] |
| | 16 | * Tutorials: |
| | 17 | * [wiki:WRF4GTutorial How to run a simple experiment] |
| | 18 | * [wiki:WRF4GTutorial2 Advanced tutorial] |
| | 19 | * [wiki:WRF4GTutorial2#HowtomanageWRF4Gerrors How to manage WRF4G errors] |
| | 20 | * [wiki:WRF4GTutorial2#HowtoaddnewcomputingresourcestoWRF4G How to add new computing resources to WRF4G] |
| | 21 | * [wiki:WRF4GTutorial2#HowtoaddanewWRFgeographicaldomain How to add a new WRF geographical domain] |
| | 22 | * [wiki:WRF4GTutorial2#Howtoreconfigurethefeaturesofanexperiment How to reconfigure the features of an experiment] |
| | 23 | * [wiki:WRF4GTutorial2#Howtoresubmitanexperiment How to resubmit an experiment] |
| | 24 | * [wiki:WRF4GTutorial2#Howtorerunaspecificchunkofarealization How to rerun a specific chunk of a realization] |
| | 25 | * [wiki:WRF4GTutorial2#Howtousewrf4g_killcommand How to use wrf4g_kill command] |
| | 26 | * [wiki:WRF4GWRFReforecast Reforecast Tutorial] |
| | 27 | * [wiki:WRF4GCommandLineInterface Command Line Interface] |
| | 28 | * [wiki:WRF4GWRFDistributions WRF Distributions] |
| | 29 | * Configuration files: |
| | 30 | * Resources setup |
| | 31 | * [wiki:WRF4Gframework4g_conf framework4g.conf] |
| | 32 | * [wiki:WRF4GGridConfiguration gwd.conf] |
| | 33 | * Experiment setup |
| | 34 | * [wiki:WRF4Gexperiment_wrf4g experiment.wrf4g] |
| | 35 | * [wiki:WRF4Gresources_wrf4g resources.wrf4g] |
| | 36 | * [wiki:WRF4GProlog prolog.wrf4g] |
| | 37 | * [wiki:WRF4GFAQ FAQ] |
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| | 39 | == Problems == |
| | 40 | If you happen to have any problems, please [https://www.meteo.unican.es/trac/meteo/newticket?component=WRF4G&owner=carlos&cc=antonio send us a ticket!!] |
