Open source QGIS toolkit for the Advanced Research WRF modelling system. (February 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Open source QGIS toolkit for the Advanced Research WRF modelling system. (February 2019)
- Main Title:
- Open source QGIS toolkit for the Advanced Research WRF modelling system
- Authors:
- Meyer, D.
Riechert, M. - Abstract:
- Abstract: The Advanced Research WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) model is a popular atmospheric model used for research and Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP). However, despite its popularity, its set-up and configuration often demand several interdisciplinary skills that go beyond the understanding of physical processes. Pre-processing tasks, such as importing custom high-resolution datasets in the WRF Pre-processing System (WPS), still require a considerable effort from the user. We present GIS4WRF, a free, open-source, and cross-platform QGIS Python plug-in to help scientists and practitioners with their Advanced Research WRF modelling workflows. GIS4WRF incorporates new and existing tools for data-processing, configuration, simulation, and visualization into a single graphical environment, and offers WRF-CMake binary distributions for Windows, macOS, and Linux. We highlight its main features and provide useful insights into several key approaches and techniques used in its development. We end with two example applications highlighting the contributions of GIS4WRF in simplifying several WRF-related tasks. Highlights: GIS4WRF brings new and existing WRF tools into a single graphical environment. It combines tools for data processing, configuration, simulation, and visualization. It integrates into QGIS's growing ecosystem of geoscientific software.
- Is Part Of:
- Environmental modelling & software. Volume 112(2019)
- Journal:
- Environmental modelling & software
- Issue:
- Volume 112(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 112, Issue 2019 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 112
- Issue:
- 2019
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0112-2019-0000
- Page Start:
- 166
- Page End:
- 178
- Publication Date:
- 2019-02
- Subjects:
- WRF -- WPS -- QGIS -- Plug-in -- Python -- Software development
Environmental monitoring -- Computer programs -- Periodicals
Ecology -- Computer simulation -- Periodicals
Digital computer simulation -- Periodicals
Computer software -- Periodicals
Environmental Monitoring -- Periodicals
Computer Simulation -- Periodicals
Environnement -- Surveillance -- Logiciels -- Périodiques
Écologie -- Simulation, Méthodes de -- Périodiques
Simulation par ordinateur -- Périodiques
Logiciels -- Périodiques
Computer software
Digital computer simulation
Ecology -- Computer simulation
Environmental monitoring -- Computer programs
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363.70015118 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13648152 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.10.018 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1364-8152
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