Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction
	1.1	WRF EMS: What is it?
	1.2	Why Should You Care?
	1.3	What if I Need Help?
	1.4	Summary of SOO/STRC WRF EMS Features
	1.5	How much computer do I need?

Chapter 2: WRF EMS Installation
	2.1	Installing the SOO/STRC WRF EMS
	2.2	Running the wrf_install.pl script

Chapter 3: An Abbreviated Tour of the WRF EMS
	3.1	Top level of the WRF EMS distribution
	3.2	Inside the bowels of the data directory
	3.3	The always useful util directory

Chapter 4: Running the WRF EMS
	4.1	Introduction
	4.2	Six easy steps to making a WRF simulation
	4.3	Flow Diagram of the WRF EMS
	4.4	WRF EMS Environment variables
	4.5	The wrf_clean.pl script

Chapter 5: Creating a WRF EMS domain with the SI GUI
	5.1	Introduction
	5.2	Running the WRF Static Initialization GUI

Chapter 6: Using wrf_prep.pl
	6.1	Introduction
	6.2	A summary of wrf_prep.pl features
	6.3	wrf_prep.pl configuration files
	6.4	Initialization data sets
	6.5	Adding new initialization data sets
	6.6	Running wrf_prep.pl from the command line
	6.7	A few wrf_prep.pl examples

Chapter 7: Using wrf_run.pl
	7.1	Introduction
	7.2	A summary of wrf_run.pl features
	7.3	wrf_run.pl configuration files
	7.4	Running wrf_run.pl from the command line
	7.5	Running the WRF in shared and distributed memory
	7.6	Configuring a workstation for distributed memory simulations
	7.7	A few wrf_run.pl examples
	7.8	Using the "--autopost" option

Chapter 8: Using wrf_post.pl
	8.1	Introduction
	8.2	A summary of wrf_post.pl features
	8.3	wrf_post.pl configuration files
	8.4	Running wrf_post.pl from the command line
	8.5	Commentary and couple of wrf_post.pl examples
	8.6	Post processing ARW core nested domains
	8.7	Processing WRF forecast files into GRIB 1 format
	8.8	Controlling the output of fields to the GRIB files

Chapter 9: Using wrf_autorun.pl
	9.1	Introduction
	9.2	A summary of wrf_autorun.pl features
	9.3	wrf_autorun.pl configuration file
	9.4	Running wrf_autorun.pl from the command line
	9.5	Running wrf_autorun.pl from a cron
	9.6	Running wrf_autorun.pl for case study use
	9.7	Commentary and few wrf_autorun.pl examples

Chapter 10: Running ARW nested simulations with the WRF EMS
	10.1	Nesting with the ARW core
	10.2	Using the SI GUI to configure a ARW core nested simulation
	10.3	Running wrf_prep for an ARW core nested simulation
	10.4	Running wrf_run for an ARW core nested simulation
	10.5	Important discussion on nesting options and start times
	10.6	WRF ARW core nesting and configuration files
	10.7	WRF ARW core nesting and wrf_autorun

Chapter 11: Running NMM nested simulations with the WRF EMS
	11.1	Nesting with the NMM core
	11.2	General guidance for nesting with the NMM core
	11.3	Using the SI GUI to configure a NMM core nested simulation
	11.4	Running the wrf_autonest.pl routine

Chapter 12: Running wrf_update.pl
	12.1	Introduction
	12.2	wrf_update.pl configuration file
	12.3	Examples running wrf_update.pl

Chapter 13: Benchmarking your system
	13.1	Benchmark case information
	13.2	How to run the benchmark
	13.3	What to do with the benchmark results

Chapter 14: Getting WRF displayed in AWIPS
	14.1	Adding model information to AWIPS
	14.2	AWIPS Localization
	14.3	GRIB Decoder
	14.4	AWIPS Purge Process
	14.5	Local Purge Process
	14.6	Adding Model Information to GFE

Chapter 15: General Guidance for Building a Local Cluster
	15.1	General guidance
	15.2	Hardware for setting up a simple Beowulf cluster
	15.3	Server configuration
	15.4	Node configuration
	15.5	NFS configuration

Appendix A: Adding or Modifying Initialization Data Sets to the WRF EMS
	A.1	Introduction
	A.2	Anatomy of a _gribinfo.conf file

Appendix B: Some wrf_prep.pl Examples
	B.1	General examples
	B.2	Examples with multiple initialization data sets
	B.3	Examples with tiled data sets
	B.4	Examples with LAPS data sets
	B.5	An examples with ARW core nested domain

Appendix C: GRIB 1 File Output Fields
	C.1	Fields available from the WRF post processor

Appendix D: How-To: Creating LAPS initialization grids
	D.1	Introduction
	D.2	Steps in creating LAPS initialization grids for WRF EMS