Alan Rhoades

Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science: Option in Atmospheric Science

Welcome to my project page! Currently, I'm installing and running the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model on the Physics Department server for my senior project. My interest in the WRF model stems from its wide applicability to various atmospheric phenomena in a range of spatial scales. More specifically, I am intrigued by its possibility to assess and predict future climate change induced forcings.

Further readings:

WRF User's Manual

IPCC, 2007 : Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M.Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.

Websites of interest:

WRF User's Help Forum

WRF post processing and visualizer NCAR Command Language (NCL) Overview

NCAR Command Language (NCL) Workshop Presentations

NASA Global Climate Change Imagery

RealClimate

Videos of interest:

NOVA: Extreme Ice