National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) and

South Asian Meteorological Association (SAMA)
Capacity Building/ Training School on WRF Modeling system
03 - 20 April 2023
About WRF Model:
The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is a mesoscale numerical weather prediction system. It is a
state-of-the-art model, designed for both atmospheric research and operational forecasting applications. The model
is useful for a variety of meteorological applications at sizes ranging from tens of meters to tens of thousands of
kilometers.
About C-DAC :
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is the premier R&D organization of the Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for carrying out R&D in IT, Electronics, and associated areas. C-DAC
has initiated many computational earth science projects employing the PARAM family of supercomputers to stay up
with forecasting advances and build self-reliance. C-DAC uses HPC for Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Environmental
Sciences in research and technology by offering a comprehensive computing environment, modeling and simulation
services, and data analysis/processing tools.
The NSM Mission is to strengthen our nation's academic and R&D institutions by building a massive supercomputing
grid with more than seventy high-performance computing centers. NSM's purpose is to provide our scientists and
researchers with state-of-the-art supercomputing resources so they may conduct cutting-edge research in their
respective fields.
About SAMA:
South Asian Meteorological Association (SAMA) is a professional non-profit society for the promotion of
Meteorological and allied sciences and their application for the safety, well-being and sustainable development of
the citizens of the nine South Asian countries. Presently, SAMA has more than 400 members including life and
student members. SAMA has three corporate members; ICIMOD, Nepal, and RIMES, Bangkok, and NAM S&T
Center, New Delhi. During its journey in the last 2.5 years, SAMA has conducted many webinars, training workshops
and lecture series.

About Training:
The purpose of the training school is to: a) provide basic knowledge on WRF b) train individuals in WRF system
porting and operation; and c) train personnel in customizing the WRF model to fit individual needs. The 3-week
training (lectures and practice sessions) would cover: i) System set up ii) Basics of Linux and High Performance
Computing, parallel programming iii) WRF and associated libraries installation (iv) WRF running on HPC system, and
(v) post-processing and visualization.
This would be beneficial to Masters/ PhD students, professionals in Atmospheric Sciences and allied subjects.
How to Register: Click here to register
Selection will be based on qualification, background and knowledge of Linux.

Advisory panel Organizing Committee

AVM (Retd) Prof. Ajit Tyagi, SAMA Dr. Akshara Kaginalkar, C-DAC Pune
Prof. (Dr.) Someshwar Das, SAMA Mr. Sahidul Islam, C-DAC Pune
A certificate will be issued on successful completion and evaluation of the trainees
For more details, contact : sama03aug@gmail.com; cas@cdac.in
 National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
South Asian Meteorological Association (SAMA)

Capacity Building/ Training School on WRF Modeling system

03 - 20 April 2023
Inaugural Program
03 April 2023, 2 PM IST (UTC+5:30 Hours)

AVM (Retd) Prof. Ajit Tyagi

14:00-14:04 Welcome address
President, SAMA
Introduction Prof. (Dr.) Someshwar Das
14:04-14:08
WRF Training Secretary, SAMA
Dr. Akshara Kaginalkar,
14:08-14:12 Remarks by C-DAC Senior Director (Sc.G) & HoD
(HPC S&E Application), C-DAC Pune
Mr. Ashish Kuvelkar,
14:12-14:16 Remarks by C-DAC Senior Director (Sc.G) & HoD
(HPC Technology), C-DAC Pune
Dr. Madan Lall Shrestha,
14:16-14:20 Elucidation
Vice President, SAMA, Nepal
Mr. Ahmed Rasheed, Member,
14:20-14:24 Elucidation
Advisory Panel, SAMA, Maldives
Dr. Mohan Kumar Das
14:24-14:28 Vote of thanks
Joint Secretary, SAMA, Bangladesh
 Training details

Date & time in hrs IST) Topic Resource person

03/04/23, Monday 14:30 - 15:15 L1 Linux OS Theories Ms. Shweta & team
03/04/23, Monday 15:20 - 16:05 L2 Linux OS Theories Ms. Shweta & team
03/04/23, Monday 16:10 - 16:55 L3 Basic Parallel Programming 1 Ms. Shweta & team
03/04/23, Monday 17:00 - 17:45 L4 Parallel Programming 2 + sample demo Ms. Shweta & team
05/04/23, Wednesday 11:00- 12:00 L5 Fundamentals in Atmospheric Modeling Dr. R Vellore, IITM
05/04/23, Wednesday 12:10- 13:00 L6 Overview of Physical Parameterizations Prof. S B Roy, IITD
05/04/23, Wednesday 14:00- 15:00 L7 Dynamic Solver and Physics Dr. R Vellore, IITM
05/04/23, Wednesday 15:05- 15:50 PS1 Linux OS Practice Session, Gr-1 Ms. Sweta & team
05/04/23, Wednesday 15:55- 16:40 PS2 Linux OS Practice Session, Gr-2 Ms. Sweta & team
05/04/23, Wednesday 16:45- 17:30 PS3 HPC Practice Session, Gr-1 Ms. Sweta & team
05/04/23, Wednesday 17:35 - 18:30 PS4 HPC Practice Session, Gr-2 Ms. Sweta & team
06/04/23, Thursday 11:00 - 11:45 L8 Overview of WRF modeling system Mr. Sahidul Islam
06/04/23, Thursday 11:50 - 12:30 L9 WPS Theories & Domain configuration Mr. Sagar Pokale
06/04/23, Thursday 14:00 - 15:15 PS5 Domain Configuration Practical, Gr-1 Mr. Sagar Pokale
06/04/23, Thursday 15:30 - 16:45 PS6 Domain Configuration Practical, Gr-2 Mr. Sagar Pokale
10/04/23, Monday 11:00 - 12:00 PS7 Compile WRF & WPS Practical, Gr-1 Mr. Sahidul Islam
10/04/23, Monday 12:10 - 13:10 PS8 Compile WRF & WPS Practical, Gr-2 Mr. Sahidul Islam
10/04/23, Monday 14:30 - 15:30 L10 Data/ Initial & Boundary conditions Dr. A K Das, IMD
10/04/23, Monday 15:45 - 16:45 L11 IMDAA Description for Input data Dr. Indira Rani, NCMRWF
11/04/23, Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00 PS9 Practical with IMDAA Data, Gr-1 Dr. Hari Prasad, NCMRWF
11/04/23, Tuesday 12:10 - 13:10 PS10 Practical with IMDAA Data, Gr-2 Dr. Hari Prasad, NCMRWF
11/04/23, Tuesday 14:30 - 15:15 L12 Description of NCEP/NCAR/ERA Data Mr. Sagar Pokale
12/04/23, Wednesday 11:00 - 12:00 PS11 Practical with NCEP-FNL data, Gr-1 Mr. Akshay Kulkarni
12/04/23, Wednesday 12:10 - 13:00 PS12 Practical with NCEP-FNL data, Gr-2 Mr. Akshay Kulkarni
12/04/23, Wednesday 15:00 - 15:45 L19 VAPOR Mr. SrisaiMeher
13/04/23, Thursday 11:00 - 12:00 L13 WRF Nesting, Setup, and Run Dr. Sumita Kedia
13/04/23, Thursday 14:30 - 15:45 PS13 Practical : WRF Nesting and Run, Gr-1 Dr. Sumita Kedia
13/04/23, Thursday 16:00 - 17:15 PS14 Practical : WRF Nesting and Run, Gr-2 Dr. Sumita Kedia
14/04/23, Friday 11:00 - 12:00 L14 Other Runtime options, Best Practices Mr. Sahidul Islam
14/04/23, Friday 12:10 - 13:00 L15 WRF Utilities and Postprocessing Mr. Sahidul Islam
17/04/23, Monday 11:00 - 11:45 L16 GrADS Theories Mr. Akshay Kulkarni
17/04/23, Monday 11:45 - 12:30 L17 GrADS Theories Dr. Sumita Kedia
17/04/23, Monday 14:00 - 15:10 PS15 WRF Postprocessing: GrADS, Gr-1 Mr. Akshay Kulkarni
17/04/23, Monday 15:20 - 16:30 PS16 WRF Postprocessing: GrADS, Gr-2 Mr. Akshay Kulkarni
18/04/23, Tuesday 14:00 - 15:30 PS17 GrADS Practice Session, Gr-1 Dr. Sumita Kedia
18/04/23, Tuesday 15:30 - 16:45 PS18 GrADS Practice Session, Gr-2 Dr. Sumita Kedia
19/04/23, Wednesday 14:00 - 14:45 L18 NCL Mr. Sahidul Islam
19/04/23, Wednesday 15:45 - 16:30 L20 GIS tool for WRF data visualization Mr. SrujanGavhale
20/04/23, Thursday 11:00 - 11:45 L22 Model Verification Tools Dr. Palash Sinha
20/04/23, Thursday 11:50 - 13:00 PS19 Practice session/ Case Study, Gr-1 Dr. Palash Sinha
20/04/23, Thursday 14:30 - 16:00 PS20 Practice session/ Case Study, Gr-2 Dr. Palash Sinha
Dr. A Tyagi/
20/04/23, Thursday 16:15 - 17:15 Summary and Wrap-up Prof. Bhaskar Rao