How to install WRF in CentOS 6.2 64bit

The Weather Research & Forecasting Model Installation Manual

By: M.e.Hafez

Introduction

The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model is a next-generation mesoscale numerical weather prediction system designed to serve both atmospheric research and operational forecasting needs. [1]

Installation Environment

In our case Fedora 13 64-bit has been chosen to install WRF system (Direct link in reference 2). The processor specification as the following.

model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3363 @ 2.83GHz (1 CPU, 2 cores)

Install Dependencies

NOTE: use root privilege to install all dependencies

< gfortran>

yum install gcc-gfortran

< netcdf – Network Common Data Form >

yum install netcdf netcdf-devel

< tsch – C shell >

yum install tcsh

< ncl – NCAR Common Language > : for graphics

yum install ncl ncl-devel

< jasper > : for compression

yum install jasper-devel jasper-libs

< png – Portable Networ Grohics > : for compression

yum install libpng libpng-devel

< redhat lsb graphics >

yum install redhat-lsb-graphics

< restart the machine to take effect >

reboot

< ncview >

yum install ncview

< m4 >

yum install m4

< gv >

yum install gv

< cloog-ppl >

yum install cloog-*

< restart the machine to take effect >

reboot

< make sure that the previous libraries are up to date >

yum update gcc-gfortran netcdf tcsh ncl ncl-devel jasper-devel jasper-libs libpng-devel libpng

< export NETCDF >

export NETCDF=/usr bash

if not working try this

export NETCDF=/usr

< msp library >

yum install msp430-gcc msp430-libc

< python-devel >

yum install python-devel

< c compiler maybe needed >

yum install gcc gcc-c++ gcc-gfortran

< make sure sed and mawk are installed >

yum install sed mawk

< grip >

yum install grip

< grib api >

yum install grib_api

< wgrip and wgrip2 in different command >

yum install wgrib

yum install wgrib2

< libXp >

yum install libXp libXp-devel

< java and Xtst >

yum install libXtst libXtst-devel java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel java-1.6.0-openjdk

< compat fortran library >

yum install compat-libgfortran-41

< java gcj >

yum install java-1.5.0-gcj java-1.5.0-gcj-devel

<perl-Time-HiRes>

yum install perl-Time-HiRes

< make sure the following libraries are exist at /usr >

find /usr -name libmawt.so

find /usr -name libXp.so.6

find /usr -name libgfortran.so.1

< restart the machine to take effect >

reboot

WRF installation

NOTE: log-in as “wrf” user

< export NETCDF >

export NETCDF=/usr

< download the installation script and extract it, then after that add +x permission >

wget http://www.meteoadriatic.net/pub/wrf/ems_install.pl.gz

gunzip ems_install.pl.gz

chmod +x ems_install.pl

<create the installation directory >

mkdir /home/wrf/wrfems

< execute the installation script and follow its questions >

cd /home/wrf

./ems_install.pl --install

< restart the machine to take effect >

reboot

Referances

[1] - http://www.wrf-model.org

[2] - ftp://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archive.fedoraproject.org/fedora/linux/releases/13/Fedora/x86_64/iso/

[3] - http://www.meteoadriatic.net/pub/wrf/ems_install.pl.gz

partitions configuration

swap: 8192MB

boot: 1024

/ : rest of the space