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)