Where to get WRF help

A large subset of RDA users also run WRF.  In order to clear up confusion about the appropriate place to get help, I'm compiling this information in one place.

• The RDA team (rdahelp@ucar.edu) helps our data users with WRF Preprocessing System (WPS) up to providing accurate Vtables that describes data obtained from us. 
• The WRF team (wrfhelp@ucar.edu) picks up support from that point.  
• Questions relating specifically to WRF-Chem should be sent to wrfchemhelp.gsd@noaa.gov 
• Send all other WPS, WRF Data Assimilation (WRFDA) and WRF model questions to wrfhelp@ucar.edu.

For fastest answers to common RDA questions, read the RDA FAQ page or search this blog.

Remembering Roy Jenne (1931-2016)

Roy L. Jenne, the founding leader of NCAR's data support services and a researcher of global climatology, died November 18 at Foothills Hospital in Boulder. He was 85.

Shortly after arriving at NCAR in 1965, Jenne started the Data Support Section (DSS), which is now part of NCAR's Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL). DSS has helped researchers at NCAR and in the atmospheric and Earth system science community ever since.

"With a small team, he recognized the importance of collecting, preserving, and providing access to scientific data," said Steven Worley, CISL's current DSS manager. "In addition to data, he also loved the science that relied upon it."

Under Jenne's direction, NCAR became one of the world's primary archives of observational and model data to support weather and climate research, including the efforts of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and of global atmospheric reanalyses in the United States and abroad.

Read more from Remembering Roy Jenne (1931-2016).

A memorial gathering for family, friends, and colleagues has been scheduled for the Damon Room at the Mesa Lab on February 16 from 3 to 5 p.m.

If you can't attend in person, please share your favorite Roy Jenne stories as a comment.

RDA Data Access Services Restored

All RDA data access services have been restored.   We apologize for the any inconvenience during yesterday's downtime.