NU-WRF Version 9 (v9-wrf391-lis72) ("Charney") was released on 13 December 2017.

WHAT CHANGED:

* Upgrade to WRF 3.9.1
  - Includes 2017 Goddard radiation (uses one LUT: BROADBAND_CLOUD_GODDARD.nc)
  - New longwave and shortwave radiation options are ra_lw_physics=57 and
    ra_sw_physics=57 respectively.
  - Update Registry.EM_COMMON and Makefile as needed.
* Upgrade to WRF-chem 3.9.1
* Upgrade to WPS 3.9.1
 - Update GEOGRID.TBL.ARW table.
* Upgrade to MET 6.0
* Upgrade to UPP 3.1.1
* Apply RIP4 2017 updates
* Updated regression testing suites.
  - Removed 2011 Goddard radiation tests.
  - Removed Noah 2.7.1 and Noah 3.2 tests.
  - Updated GFEDv3 tests to use GFEDv4 option.
  - Add new option to setup run scripts.
  - SOILPARM table in lis.config is now read from noah3X_parms directory.
* Upgraded Intel compiler version to 17.0.1.132.
* Updated NUWRF User Guide.

NOTE: Development source code, for versions greater than or equal to
Bjerknes patch 4, is now being tracked in a Git repository. The new URL is:
   progressdirect:/git/projects/nu-wrf.

KNOWN BUGS:

LIS only supports up to 3 grids.
Intel MPI hangs on Discover for large (> 2000 cpu) jobs.  Use SGI MPT instead for big jobs.

KNOWN ISSUES:  

CASA2WRF is not using netCDF4/HDF5 compression in output.