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Users must build the code (i.e. executable files) on their own machines. Please refer to the Technical Description & User Guides for support on how to build the stand-alone WRF-Hydro® and fully-coupled WRF/WRF-Hydro® executables.
Link to Model Code Development GitHub RepositoryAs of June 2018 active development of the WRF-Hydro source code occurs in a public Github repository. The public repository provides an account of modern software development practices including but not limited to: versioning, issues, bug fixes, tags, testing, and guidelines for community contribution. Download the presentation by Kyle T. Mandli: Building an Open Source Community Around the National Water Model
WRF-Hydro model source code is open for contribution. See our Contribution Guidelines.
| Version | Download | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 5.1.1 | WRF-Hydro® v5.1.1| Source Code DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3625238 |Release Notes WRF-Hydro® v5.1.1| v5.1.1 Technical Description | January 2020 |
| 5.0.3 | WRF-Hydro® v5.0.3| Release Notes WRF-Hydro® v5.0.3 (Use the Technical Description for v5.0) | October 2018 |
| 5.0 | WRF-Hydro® v5.0.0| Source Code DOI: 10.5065/D6J38RBJ |Release Notes WRF-Hydro v5.0 | v5Technical Description | May 2018 |
Citations:
Gochis, D.J., M. Barlage, R. Cabell, M. Casali, A. Dugger, K. FitzGerald, M. McAllister, J. McCreight, A. RafieeiNasab, L. Read, K. Sampson, D. Yates, Y. Zhang (2020). The WRF-Hydro® modeling system technical description, (Version 5.1.1). NCAR Technical Note. 107 pages. Available online at: https://ral.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/public/WRFHydroV511TechnicalDescription.pdf.
Gochis, D.J., M. Barlage, A. Dugger, K. FitzGerald, L. Karsten, M. McAllister, J. McCreight, J. Mills, A. RafieeiNasab, L. Read, K. Sampson, D. Yates, W. Yu, (2018). The WRF-Hydro modeling system technical description, (Version 5.0). NCAR Technical Note. 107 pages. Available online at https://ral.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/public/WRF-HydroV5TechnicalDesc.... Source Code DOI:10.5065/D6J38RBJ
Gochis, D.J., W. Yu, D.N. Yates, 2015: The WRF-Hydro model technical description and user's guide, version 3.0. NCAR Technical Document. 123 pages. Available online at https://ral.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/public/WRF_Hydro_User_Guide_v3..... Source Code DOI:10.5065/D6DN43TQ
We recommend using the most current version. Support is no longer provided for the following past versions.
WRF-Hydro® users who use the Noah land surface model will find information specific to the Noah and NoahMP LSM and the accompanying 'High Resolution Land Data Assimilation System (HRLDAS)' at http://www.ral.ucar.edu/research/land/technology/lsm.php
WRF-Hydro® users who are interested in using the NASA Land Information System (LIS) with WRF-Hydro® will find information specific to LIS at http://lis.gsfc.nasa.gov/.
Note: The coupling to LIS is presently at a prototype stage and no user support for this is presently available.
WRF-Hydro® users who are interested in using the NCAR Community Earth System Model/Community Land Model (CESM/CLM) with WRF-Hydro® will find information specific to those models at http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/tss/clm/.
Note: The coupling to CESM/CLM is presently at a prototype stage and no user support for this is presently available.
