P35 Increased momentum toward unified verification and diagnostic evaluation of NCAR community models.
Jensen, Tara L., John Halley Gotway, Michael Ek, NCAR/RAL, Chris Davis, Jimy Dudhia, NCAR/MMM, and Andrew Gettleman, NCAR/CGD
NCAR currently has
many tools that can be applied to the evaluation and diagnostic model
development process. These tools include the enhanced Model Evaluation Tools
(METplus), climate verification tools for the Community Earth System Model
(CESM). Unified evaluation has three goals: (1) to use approaches that are
compatible and interoperable to the extent possible; (2) to help unify modeling
approaches across time and space scales; and (3) to integrate different
communities to share collaborative interpretation of diagnostic results.
METplus includes the core statistical tools in MET, METviewer (database
analysis tool), and a suite of wrappers to assist with easy set-up, low-level
workflow, and plotting. METplus has been applied to everything from CESM
simulations, to high-resolution 15-minute convection permitting simulations,
and evaluation of tropical cyclone forecasts. While it doesn’t embody all
standard verification and diagnostic capabilities yet, its suite of tools is
growing exponentially by the month. Recent efforts have been focused on
developing a unified verification and diagnostic framework for NOAA’s Unified
Forecast System. NCAR’s System for Integrated Modeling of the Atmosphere
(SIMA) initiative could benefit greatly from the progress to date. This
presentation will highlight most recent enhancements to METplus and highlight
where SIMA and UFS diagnostic efforts intersect.