WRF is a state-of-the-art atmospheric modeling system that is applicable for both meteorological research and numerical weather prediction. It offers a host of options for atmospheric physical processes and can run on a variety of computing platforms. WRF is suitable for a broad range of applications across scales ranging from tens of meters to the global, including the following:
- Meteorological investigations
- Real-time NWP
- Idealized atmospheric simulations
- Data assimilation studies and development
- Coupling with other earth system models
- Modeling and model use instruction and training