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WRF Pre-processing System Version 4.5

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@mgduda mgduda released this 21 Apr 22:06
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This major release of the WRF Preprocessing System includes the following notable changes and fixes:

  • Add entries for CLDMASK, CLDBASEZ, CLDTOPZ, and BRTEMP to the METGRID.TBL file in support of MAD-WRF.

  • Add a new Vtable (Vtable.GFS_OZONE) and METGRID.TBL entry to allow for processing of GFS total column
    ozone.

  • Improve the accuracy of the wind rotation angle fields SINALPHA and COSALPHA at sub-km grid scales.

  • Update ungrib to fully support 9-character variable names.

  • Introduce a new geogrid table, GEOGRID.TBL.ARW_LCZ, that includes an entry for a global 100-m LCZ dataset.

  • Add support for processing DWD ICON model GRIB2 data in ungrib and metgrid.

Aside from changes to the WPS code, the static fields for use with the GSL GWD scheme have also been updated to incorporate corrections to an issue in the orographic asymmetry fields (ufs-community/UFS_UTIL Issue #716).

Acknowledgements: Special thanks are due to Michael Graf (@grafmi), Jordan Schnell (@jordanschnell),
Adam Dury (@WQadam), Pedro Jimenez Munoz (@pedro-jm), Cenlin He (@cenlinhe), and Michael Toy (@mdtoyNOAA).