Having to turn off WRF-Hydro Coupled due to compilation issues that are being resolved slowly.

Citation:

Hatheway, W., Snoun, H., ur Rehman, H. et al. WRF-MOSIT: a modular and cross-platform tool for configuring and installing the WRF model. Earth Sci Inform (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-023-01136-y

WRF Multi Operational System Install Toolkit

This is a BASH script that provides options to install the following Weather Research & Forecasting Model (WRF) packages in 64-bit systems:

• Weather Research & Forecasting Model (WRF)
• Weather Research & Forecasting Model Chemistry (WRF-CHEM)
• Weather Research & Forecasting Model Hydro Standalone (WRF-Hydro)
• Weather Research & Forecasting Model Hydro Coupled w/ WRF (WRF-Hydro Coupled)
• Weather Research & Forecasting Model CMAQ (WRF-CMAQ)

• Weather Research & Forecasting Model Wildland Fire (WRF-SFIRE)

- Basic Nesting is set up

System Requirements

• 64-bit system
  • Darwin (MacOS)
  • Linux Debian Distro (Ubuntu, Mint, etc)
  • Windows Subsystem for Linux (Debian Distro, Ubuntu, Mint, etc)
  • RHL Systems (AlmaLinux, Fedora, RedHat, CentOS) currently being tested
• 350 Gigabyte (GB) of free storage space

Libraries Installed (Latest libraries as of 11/01/2023)

• Libraries are manually installed in sub-folders utilizing either Intel or GNU Compilers.
  • Libraries installed with GNU compilers
    • zlib (1.3.1)
    • MPICH (4.2.2)
    • libpng (1.6.39)
    • JasPer (1.900.1)
    • HDF5 (1.14.4.3)
    • PHDF5 (1.14.4.3)
    • Parallel-NetCDF (1.13.0)
    • NetCDF-C (4.9.2)
    • NetCDF-Fortran (4.6.1)
    • Miniconda
  • Libraries installed with Intel compilers
    • zlib (1.3.1)
    • libpng (1.6.39)
    • JasPer (1.900.1)
    • HDF5 (1.14.4.3)
    • PHDF5 (1.14.4.3)
    • Parallel-NetCDF (1.13.0)
    • NetCDF-C (4.9.2)
    • NetCDF-Fortran (4.6.1)
    • Miniconda
    • Intel-Basekit
    • Intel-HPCKIT
    • Intel-AIKIT

Software Packages

• WRF
  • WRF v4.6.0
  • WPS v4.6.0
  • WRF PLUS v4.6.0
  • WRFDA 4DVAR v4.6.0
    
• WRF-CHEM
  • WRF Chem w/KPP 4.5
  • WPS v4.6.0
  • WRFDA Chem 3DVAR
• WRF-Hydro Standalone
  • WRF-Hydro v5.2
• WRF-Hydro Coupled
  • WRF-Hydro v5.2
  • WRF v4.6.0
  • WPS v4.6.0
• WRF-CMAQ
  • WRF v4.6.0
  • CMAW v5.4
  • WPS v4.6.0
• WRF-SFIRE
  • WRF-SFIRE v2
  • WPS v4.2

Pre/Post Processing Packages Installed

• WRF

  • Development Testbed Center (DTC) Model Evaluation Tools (MET) v11.1.1
  • Development Testbed Center (DTC) Enhanced Model Evaluation Tools (METplus) v5.1.0
  • ARWPost v3
  • WRF-Python (Conda installed)
  • OpenGrADS
  • GrADS
  • NCAR Command Langauge (Conda installed)
  • Climate Data Operators (Conda installed)

• WRF-CHEM

  • Development Testbed Center (DTC) Model Evaluation Tools (MET) v11.1.1
  • Development Testbed Center (DTC) Enhanced Model Evaluation Tools (METplus) v5.1.0
  • ARWPost v3
  • WRF-Python (Conda installed)
  • OpenGrADS
  • GrADS
  • NCAR Command Langauge (Conda installed)
  • Climate Data Operators (Conda installed)
  • Prep-Chem-SRC v1.5 (GNU only)
  • WRF CHEM Tools
    • Mozbc
    • Megan Bio Emiss
    • Megan Bio Data
    • Wes Coldens
    • ANTHRO EMIS
    • EDGAR HTAP
    • EPA ANTHO EMIS
    • UBC
    • Aircraft
    • FINN

• WRF-Hydro Standalone

  • Development Testbed Center (DTC) Model Evaluation Tools (MET) v11.1.0
  • Development Testbed Center (DTC) Enhanced Model Evaluation Tools (METplus) v5.1.0

• WRF-Hydo Coupled

  • Development Testbed Center (DTC) Model Evaluation Tools (MET) v11.1.0
  • Development Testbed Center (DTC) Enhanced Model Evaluation Tools (METplus) v5.1.0
  • ARWPost v3
  • WRF-Python (Conda installed)
  • OpenGrADS
  • GrADS
  • NCAR Command Langauge (Conda installed)
  • Climate Data Operators (Conda installed)
  • WRF-GIS-Preprocessor (Conda installed)
  • WRF-SFIRE
  • Development Testbed Center (DTC) Model Evaluation Tools (MET) v11.1.1
  • Development Testbed Center (DTC) Enhanced Model Evaluation Tools (METplus) v5.1.0
  • ARWPost v3
  • WRF-Python (Conda installed)
  • OpenGrADS
  • GrADS
  • NCAR Command Langauge (Conda installed)
  • Climate Data Operators (Conda installed)

• WRF-CMAQ

  • Development Testbed Center (DTC) Model Evaluation Tools (MET) v11.1.1
  • Development Testbed Center (DTC) Enhanced Model Evaluation Tools (METplus) v5.1.0
  • ARWPost v3
  • WRF-Python (Conda installed)
  • OpenGrADS
  • GrADS
  • NCAR Command Langauge (Conda installed)
  • Climate Data Operators (Conda installed)

MacOS Installation

• Make sure to download and Homebrew before moving to installation. > cd $HOME

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

brew install git

git clone https://github.com/HathewayWill/WRF-MOSIT.git

cd $HOME/WRF-MOSIT

chmod 775 *.sh

./WRF-MOSIT.sh 2>&1 | tee WRF_MOSIT.log

APT Installation

• (Make sure to download folder into your Home Directory): > cd $HOME

sudo apt install git -y

git clone https://github.com/HathewayWill/WRF-MOSIT.git

cd $HOME/WRF-MOSIT

chmod 775 *.sh

./WRF-MOSIT.sh 2>&1 | tee WRF_MOSIT.log

YUM/DNF Installation

• (Make sure to download folder into your Home Directory): > cd $HOME

sudo (yum or dnf) install git -y

git clone https://github.com/HathewayWill/WRF-MOSIT.git

cd $HOME/WRF-MOSIT

chmod 775 *.sh

./WRF-MOSIT.sh 2>&1 | tee WRF_MOSIT.log

• Script will check for System Architecture Type and Storage Space requirements.

• Once running the script users will be provided with options to select how the WRF-MOSIT will compile and install the various packages.

  • First option, Which compiler users want to use Intel or GNU compilers.
  • Second option, Which graphic display package should be installed. GrADS or OpenGrADS
  • Third option, Auto Configuration. This allows users to have a one-click install
  • Fourth option, Secondary WPS geography file download choice.
    • Author of script recommends selecting "YES" if user is unsure.
  • Fifth option, Optional WPS geography file download choice.
    • Author of script recommends selecting "YES" if user is unsure.
  • Last option, Pick which WRF software user wants to install

Exports to run WRF and WPS programs

• GNU Compilers

  export LDLIBRARYPATH=$HOME/WRF/Libs/NETCDF/lib:$LDLIBRARYPATH

  export LDLIBRARYPATH=$HOME/WRF/Libs/grib2/lib:$LDLIBRARYPATH

  export PATH=$HOME/WRF/Libs/MPICH/bin:$PATH

  export PATH=$HOME/WRF/Libs/grib2/lib:$PATH

• Intel Compilers

  source /opt/intel/oneapi/setvars.sh

  export LDLIBRARYPATH=$HOME/WRFIntel/Libs/NETCDF/lib:$LDLIBRARY_PATH

  export LDLIBRARYPATH=$HOME/WRFIntel/Libs/grib2/lib:$LDLIBRARY_PATH

  export PATH=$HOME/WRF_Intel/Libs/grib2/lib:$PATH

• Make sure to change the name of the WRF Folder to whichever version you are using, WRF_CHEM, WRFHYDRO, etc.

##### *** Tested on Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, MacOS Ventura, MacOS Sonoma, Centos7, Rocky Linux 9, Windows Sub-Linux Ubuntu*** - Built 64-bit system.

- Tested with current available libraries on 07/01/2024, exceptions have been noted in the script documentation.

Estimated Run Time ~ 60 to 120 Minutes @ 10mbps download speed.

- Intel compilers take slightly more time to install packages.

Special thanks to:

• University of Zadar's Ivan T. - Youtube's meteoadriatic
• GitHub user jamal919
• University of Manchester's Doug L
• University of Tunis El Manar's Hosni S.
• GSL's Jordan S.
• NCAR's Mary B., Christine W., & Carl D.
• DTC's Julie P., Tara J., George M., & John H.

- UCAR's Katelyn F., Jim B., Jordan P., Kevin M.,

Citation:

Hatheway, W., Snoun, H., ur Rehman, H. et al. WRF-MOSIT: a modular and cross-platform tool for configuring and installing the WRF model. Earth Sci Inform (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-023-01136-y

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