HWT: 2018 Supported Research
Demonstration of a rapid update convection-permitting ensemble forecast system to improve hazardous weather prediction
Dates: September 1, 2017–August 31, 2019
Funding organization/program:
- OWAQ
- Hazardous Weather Testbed
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Glen Romine (UCAR)
Integration of Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor azimuthal shear into a CONUS conditional probability of tornado intensity product in the Hazardous Weather Testbed
Dates: September 1, 2017–August 31, 2019
Funding organization/program:
- OWAQ
- Hazardous Weather Testbed
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Matthew Mahalik (CIMMS, NOAA/OAR/NSSL)
- Alan Gerard (NOAA/OAR/NSSL)
Improving NWS convection allowing hazardous weather ensemble forecasts through optimizing multi-scale initial condition (IC) perturbations
Dates: September 1, 2017–August 31, 2019
Funding organization/program:
- OWAQ
- Hazardous Weather Testbed
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Xuguang Wang (University of Oklahoma)
Evaluating stochastic physics approaches within select Convection Allowing Model (CAM) members included in the CLUE during the Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) Spring Experiment
Dates: September 1, 2017–August 31, 2019
Funding organization/program:
- OWAQ
- Hazardous Weather Testbed
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Jamie Wolff (UCAR)
- Isidora Jankov (Colorado State University, CIRA)
Developing an objective evaluation scorecard for storm scale prediction
Dates: September 1, 2017–August 31, 2019
Funding organization/program:
- OWAQ
- Hazardous Weather Testbed
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Tara Jensen (UCAR)
Development and optimization of radar-assimilating ensemble-based data assimilation for storm-scale ensemble prediction in support of HWT Spring Experiments
Dates: September 1, 2017–August 31, 2019
Funding organization/program:
- OWAQ
- Hazardous Weather Testbed
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Ming Xue (University of Oklahoma)
Improving the design and utility to severe weather forecasters of convection permitting ensembles through application of a probabilistic object-based post-processing and verification technique
Dates: September 1, 2017–August 31, 2019
Funding organization/program:
- OWAQ
- Hazardous Weather Testbed
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Aaron Johnson (University of Oklahoma)
Assessing the impact of assimilating ground-based infrared radiometer data into convective-scale numerical weather prediction models
Dates: October 1, 2016–September 30, 2018
Funding organization/program:
- OWAQ
- Joint Technology Transfer Initiative
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Tim Wagner (University of Wisconsin, CIMSS)
Development of NWS convective scale ensemble forecasting capability through improving GSI-based hybrid ensemble-variational data assimilation and evaluating the multi-dynamic core approach
Dates: October 1, 2016–September 30, 2018
Funding organization/program:
- OWAQ
- Joint Technology Transfer Initiative
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Xugang Wang (University of Oklahoma)
Development and implementation of probabilistic hail forecast products using multi-moment microphysics and machine learning algorithms
Dates: October 1, 2016–September 30, 2018
Funding organization/program:
- OWAQ
- Joint Technology Transfer Initiative
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Nathan Snook (University of Oklahoma)
- Ming Xue (University of Oklahoma)
- Youngsun Jung (University of Oklahoma)
- Amy McGovern (University of Oklahoma)
FACETs: Developing operationally-ready Hazard Services-Probabilistic Hazard Information (PHI) for convective hazards
Dates: November 1, 2017–October 31, 2020
Funding organization/program:
- OWAQ
- Joint Technology Transfer Initiative
Principal investigators and affiliations:
- Tracy Hansen (NOAA/OAR/ESRL/GSD)