HWT: 2020 Supported Research

Advancing forecast verification efforts for Unified Forecast System (UFS) advanced physics testing using spatial verification methods

Dates: October 1, 2019–September 30, 2021

Funding organization/program:

  • Weather Program Office (WPO)
  • Joint Technology Transfer Initiative

Principal investigators and affiliations:

  • Jason Otkin (University of Wisconsin, CIMSS)

Improving National Weather Service (NWS) convection allowing hazardous weather prediction by using a cost-effective large background ensemble in a regional FV3 hybrid En-Var data assimilation system

Dates: July 1, 2019–June 30, 2022

Funding organization/program:

  • Weather Program Office (WPO)
  • Testbed Program

Principal investigators and affiliations:

  • Xuguang Wang (University of Oklahoma)

Using convective mode information for hazard prediction with convection-allowing models

Dates: July 1, 2019–June 30, 2022

Funding organization/program:

  • Weather Program Office (WPO)
  • Testbed Program

Principal investigators and affiliations:

  • Ryan Sobash (NCAR)

Implementation and testing of stochastic perturbations within a stand-alone regional (SAR) FV3 ensemble using the Common Community Physics Package (CCPP)

Dates: July 1, 2019–June 30, 2022

Funding organization/program:

  • Weather Program Office (WPO)
  • Testbed Program

Principal investigators and affiliations:

  • Jeff Beck (Developmental Testbed Center)
  • Jamie Wolff (Developmental Testbed Center)

Improved diagnosis of severe wind occurrence through machine learning

Dates: July 1, 2019–June 30, 2022

Funding organization/program:

  • Weather Program Office (WPO)
  • Testbed Program

Principal investigators and affiliations:

  • William Gallus (Iowa State University)

Assessing increased vulnerability knowledge and high temporal resolution guidance on forecaster and emergency manager decision making

Dates: July 1, 2019–June 30, 2022

Funding organization/program:

  • Weather Program Office (WPO)
  • Testbed Program

Principal investigators and affiliations:

  • Jack Friedman (University of Oklahoma)

Development and Testing of a GSI-based Multi-Scale EnKF System for Convection-Allowing Stand-Alone Regional FV3

Dates: July 1, 2019–June 30, 2022

Funding organization/program:

  • Weather Program Office (WPO)
  • Testbed Program

Principal investigators and affiliations:

  • Youngsun Jung (University of Oklahoma)