Install WPS

Install WPS on Shaheen or COMET

Download WPS:

cd $SKRIPS_DIR
wget https://github.com/wrf-model/WPS/archive/refs/tags/v4.1.zip
unzip v4.1.zip
mv WPS-4.1 WPSV41
cd WPSV41

Update the configurations. First open configure, update line 154 to add the WRF directory:

standard_wrf_dirs="WRF WRF-4.0.3 WRF-4.0.2 WRF-4.0.1 WRF-4.0 WRFV3 WRFV413_AO"

Configuring

Run the configuration command:

./configure

The screen would say:

Please select from among the following supported platforms.

    1.  Linux x86_64, gfortran    (serial)
    2.  Linux x86_64, gfortran    (serial_NO_GRIB2)
    3.  Linux x86_64, gfortran    (dmpar)
    4.  Linux x86_64, gfortran    (dmpar_NO_GRIB2)
    5.  Linux x86_64, PGI compiler   (serial)
    6.  Linux x86_64, PGI compiler   (serial_NO_GRIB2)
    7.  Linux x86_64, PGI compiler   (dmpar)
    8.  Linux x86_64, PGI compiler   (dmpar_NO_GRIB2)
(and some more options)
Enter selection [1-51] :

I select “17” for COMET and “37” for Shaheen.

Install

Run the compile command for the real applications:

./compile &> log.compile &

If the code is compiled, geogrid.exe, metgrid.exe and ungrib.exe can be seen in the current folder.