HWT: 2021 Supported Research
0-3 hour tornado prediction using the Warn on Forecast System (WoFS) and machine learning
Dates: September 1, 2020–August 31, 2022
Funding organization/program:
- Weather Program Office (WPO), Joint Technology Transfer Initiative
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Nate Snook (University of Oklahoma)
- David John Gagne (NCAR)
Flow-dependent machine learning based post-processing of convection allowing ensembles to provide convective outlooks of severe weather hazards
Dates: September 1, 2020–August 31, 2022
Funding organization/program:
- Weather Program Office (WPO)
- Joint Technology Transfer Initiative
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Aaron Johnson (University of Oklahoma)
Generating calibrated forecast guidance for severe weather beyond day 1
Dates: September 1, 2020–August 31, 2022
Funding organization/program:
- Weather Program Office (WPO)
- Joint Technology Transfer Initiative
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Russ Schumacher (Colorado State University)
HWT: 2022 Supported Research
Enhancing the Storm Prediction Center’s Convective Outlook with continuous probabilities and conditional intensity forecasts
Dates: September 1, 2021–August 31, 2023
Funding organization/program:
- Weather Program Office (WPO), Joint Technology Transfer Initiative
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Joe Ripberger (University of Oklahoma)
HWT: 2023 Supported Research
Probabilistic prediction of thunderstorm hazards using the NOAA Warn-on-Forecast System and machine learning
Dates: September 1, 2022-August 31, 2025
Funding organization/program:
- Weather Program Office (WPO), Joint Technology Transfer Initiative
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Montgomery Flora (CIWRO/University of Oklahoma)
A Weather-Ready Nation para todos: Evaluating current practices in communicating hazardous weather risks to Spanish speakers
Dates: September 1, 2022-August 31, 2025
Funding organization/program:
- Weather Program Office (WPO), Joint Technology Transfer Initiative
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Justin Reedy (University of Oklahoma)
HWT: 2026 Supported Research
A Convection-allowing Ensemble System for Short-term Probabilistic Forecasts of Severe Convective Hazards Based on the MPAS Dynamic Core
Dates: September 1, 2025–August 31, 2028
Funding organization/program:
- Weather Program Office (WPO), U.S. Weather Research Program (USWRP)
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Nusrat Yussouf (University of Oklahoma)
- Craig Schwartz (NSF NCAR)
Advancing and Integrating the Next Generation RRFS and WoFS Ensemble Data Assimilation
Dates: June 1, 2025–May 31, 2028
Funding organization/program:
- Weather Program Office (WPO), Joint Technology Transfer Initiative
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Terra Ladwig (NOAA/OAR/GSL)
- Lou Wicker (NOAA/OAR/NSSL)