WRF-Solar® Reference Configuration

The following configuration should be used as a reference by the WRF-Solar® community to help us better understand the model performance which would translate into faster development and more efficient use of solar technologies.

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Users should use the Community Version of WRF version 4.2, or higher, to be able to use all these options:

&time_control
run_days = $RUN_DAYS,
run_hours = $RUN_HOURS,
run_minutes = 0,
run_seconds = 0,
start_year = $START_YEAR,
start_month = $START_MONTH,
start_day = $START_DAY,
start_hour = $START_HOUR,
start_minute = 00,
start_second = 00,
end_year = $END_YEAR,
end_month = $END_MONTH,
end_day = $END_DAY,
end_hour = $END_HOUR,
end_minute = 00,
end_second = 00,
interval_seconds = $INTERVAL_SECONDS,
input_from_file = .true.,
history_interval = 15,
frames_per_outfile = 1000,
restart = .false.,
restart_interval = 9999,
io_form_history = 2
io_form_restart = 2
io_form_input = 2
io_form_boundary = 2
io_form_auxinput1 = 2
io_form_auxhist2 = 2
debug_level = 0
/

&domains
time_step = 30,
time_step_fract_num = 0,
time_step_fract_den = 1,
max_dom = 1,
s_we = 1,
e_we = $E_WE,
s_sn = 1,
e_sn = $E_SN,
s_vert = 1,
e_vert = 45,
eta_levels = 1.00000, 0.99629, 0.99257, 0.98879,
0.98486, 0.98071, 0.97622, 0.97130,
0.96585, 0.95977, 0.95299, 0.94540,
0.93692, 0.92744, 0.91686, 0.90507,
0.89195, 0.87737, 0.86120, 0.84331,
0.82356, 0.80181, 0.77793, 0.75181,
0.72335, 0.69246, 0.65911, 0.62329,
0.58506, 0.54455, 0.50195, 0.45755,
0.41175, 0.36503, 0.31802, 0.27144,
0.22617, 0.18317, 0.14344, 0.10788,
0.07710, 0.05132, 0.03028, 0.01343,
0.00000,
p_top_requested = 5000,
num_metgrid_levels = $NUM_METGRID_LEVELS,
num_metgrid_soil_levels = $NUM_METGRID_SOIL_LEVELS,
dx = 9000,
dy = 9000,
grid_id = 1,
parent_id = 1,
i_parent_start = 1,
j_parent_start = 1,
parent_grid_ratio = 1,
parent_time_step_ratio = 1,
feedback = 0,
/

&physics
mp_physics = 8,
ra_lw_physics = 4,
ra_sw_physics = 4,
radt = 5,
sf_sfclay_physics = 1,
sf_surface_physics = 2,
bl_pbl_physics = 5,
bldt = 0,
bl_mynn_tkeadvect = .true.,
cu_physics = 0,
cu_rad_feedback = .false.,
cudt = 0,
bl_mynn_edmf = 0,
shcu_physics = 5,
isfflx = 1,
ifsnow = 1,
icloud = 1,
icloud_bl = 0,
num_soil_layers = 4,
sf_urban_physics = 0,
num_land_cat = 21,
aer_opt = 1,
swint_opt = 2,
usemonalb = .true.,
/

&dynamics
w_damping = 1,
diff_opt = 1,
km_opt = 4,
damp_opt = 3,
zdamp = 5000.,
dampcoef = 0.2,
non_hydrostatic = .true.,
/

&bdy_control
spec_bdy_width = 5,
spec_zone = 1,
relax_zone = 4,
specified = .true.,
nested = .false.,
/

&grib2
/

&namelist_quilt
nio_tasks_per_group = 0,
nio_groups = 1,
/

&diags
solar_diagnostics = 1,
/