Tip 1 for download WRF files to WestGrid computers at UBC.
(Hint: copy and paste unix code in appropriate directories)


WRF Model download info for UBC ATSC 507 NWP. 
Created by Jesse Mason.  Jan 2013.
Updated by Jesse Mason.  Jan 2015. 
The unix commands we use are: 

cd = change directory
wget = download into the current directory from a web page
tar = unpack compressed files
ls = list the contents of a directory
mkdir = make a new directory
ssh = open a secure connection to a remote computer
Check your unix/linux manual for details.



1) Open up a terminal window in a mac or via something like PuTTY on a windows machine

2) ssh into your westgrid account on the computer named orcinus using your user name given to you when you received the account.  Namely,type:
ssh -Y username@orcinus.westgrid.ca
(the –Y option allows you to open gui windows such as EMACS for editing)

3) If this is your first log in it will ask you to accept Type: 
yes

4) Supply your password that was given to when you created the west grid account. This will log you into your home directory (which has the same name as your username)

5) How you create your directories is up to you, but if we all have the same names it will be easier to follow along and de-bug

6) In your home directory create a directory called WRF.  To do this, type: 
mkdir WRF
Caution: upper and lower case is significant in unix.  This will be the directory that holds the WRF model and its associated pre- and post-processors.
 
7) Change into this directory, by typing
cd WRF

8) Copy over WRF into this directory
   cp /global/scratch/henryk/WFRT/WRFV3.6.1.fixed.tgz .

9) Do it again for the WPS
   cp /global/scratch/henryk/WFRT/WPSV3.6.1.TAR.gz .


10) Make a directory inside your WRF directly called packages. Namely, type:  
    mkdir packages

11) Change into this directory, by typing
    cd packages

12) We will copy over the 4 needed libraries from here, paste and execute the below lines one at a time
    cp /global/scratch/henryk/WFRT/jasper-1.900.1.zip .
    cp /global/scratch/henryk/WFRT/libpng-1.5.9.tar.gz .
    cp /global/scratch/henryk/WFRT/netcdf-3.6.3.tar.gz .
    cp /global/scratch/henryk/WFRT/zlib-1.2.6.tar.gz .





Done…for now.