Program
for the 2019 Joint WRF/MPAS Users’ Workshop
Monday,
June 10
WRF Lecture
Series: An Overview of Atmospheric Model Visualization and Analysis Tools and
Approaches
1:30 - 5:00
P.M.
2:40-3:10
Coffee Break
Tuesday,
June 11, 8:30 - 8:45
Welcome
Remarks
Session 1:
Annual Model Development Updates
8:45 - 9:50
Tuesday, June 11
Chair: Jordan Powers, NCAR
1.1
|
The Weather
Research and Forecasting Model: 2019 Annual Update.
Dudhia, Jimy, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology
Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
presentation
|
1.2
|
WRFDA 2019
Update.
Liu, Zhiquan, Jonathan Guerrette, Jamie Bresch,
Juanzhen Sun, Junmei Ban, Yali Wu, Wei Sun, and Chris Snyder, MMM,
National Center for Atmospheric Research
presentation
|
1.3
|
MPAS Update.
Skamarock,
Bill, MMM, National
Center for Atmospheric Research
presentation
|
1.4
|
Using the
Coupled-Ocean-Atmosphere-Waves-Sediment-Transport (COAWST) Modeling System to
Investigate Storm Dynamics.
Warner, John
C., U.S. Geological
Survey, Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole, MA,
Joseph B. Zambon, Ruoying He, North Carolina State University, Department
of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, NC, Maitane
Olabarrieta, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL, and Christie Hegermiller, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, Woods Hole, MA
presentation
|
9:50 - 10:15
Coffee Break
Session 2:
Other Model Developments
10:15 - 12:00
Tuesday, June 11
Chair: Ligia Bernardet, CIRES and NOAA
2.1
|
Atmospheric
modeling of the high southern latitudes with Polar WRF.
Bromwich,
David H., Jianjun Xue,
Lesheng Bai, and Keith M. Hines, Byrd Polar & Climate Research Center,
The Ohio State University
presentation
|
2.2
|
Results from the
implementation of an implicit-explicit vertical advection scheme in WRF-ARW
for CAM systems.
Wicker, Lou, NOAA/NSSL
presentation
|
2.3
|
The final Rapid
Refresh and High-Resolution Rapid Refresh operational implementation and the
bridge to a Unified Forecast System.
Alexander,
Curtis, David Dowell,
Steve Weygandt, Stan Benjamin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Ming Hu, Tanya Smirnova, Joe Olson, Jaymes Kenyon,
NOAA and University of Colorado/Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Georg Grell, NOAA, Eric James, NOAA
and CIRES, Haidao Lin, NOAA and Colorado State University/Cooperative
Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Terra Ladwig, Jeff Duda,
NOAA and CIRES, John Brown, Trevor Alcott, NOAA, and Isidora
Jankov, NOAA and CIRA
presentation
|
2.4
|
The MAD-WRF
solar irradiance nowcasting model: model overview and evaluation of the cloud
initialization system.
Jimenez, P.A , G. Thompson, J. Dudhia and J.A. Lee, National
Center for Atmospheric Research
presentation
|
2.5
|
Augmenting MPAS
with online diagnostics.
Wong, John, Todd Hutchinson, Brett Wilt, and James
Cipriani, The Weather Company, an IBM Business
presentation
|
2.6
|
Using
hierarchical time-stepping to utilize MPAS-A computational resources for
customized extreme variable-resolution meshes.
Ng, Ka-Ki, Kwan-Shu Tse, Yuk Sing Lui, Wai-Nang
Leung, Chi Chiu Cheung, and Sze-Chuan Suen, ClusterTech Limited, Hong Kong
presentation
|
2.7
|
A machine
learning surface layer parameterization for WRF.
Gagne, David, Tyler McCandless, Branko Kosovic, Amy
DeCastro, Thomas Brummet, Sue Haupt, Richard Loft, National Center for
Atmospheric Research, and Bai Yang, NOAA
presentation
|
12:00 - 1:30
Lunch
Session 3:
Software Development
1:30 - 3:00
Tuesday, June 11
Chair: Todd Hutchinson, The Weather Company, an
IBM Business
3.1
|
Performance
evaluation of numerical weather prediction and climate models on Intel
architecture.
Ovsyannikov,
Andrey, Intel
Corporation
presentation
|
3.2
|
MPAS on GPUs.
Suresh,
Supreeth, NCAR/UCAR,
and Raghuraj Kumar, NVIDIA
presentation
|
3.3
|
GPU performance
study for the WRF model on the Summit supercomputer.
Adie, Jeff, NVIDIA,
Gökhan Sever, Rajeev Jain, DOE Argonne NL, and Aide, Jeffrey, NVIDIA
presentation
|
3.4
|
Challenges and
techniques to port MPAS on to GPUs.
Kumar,
Raghuraj, NVIDIA, S. Suresh, NCAR/UCAR
presentation
|
3.5
|
Quantifying
“these results should be almost the same”; for differences: how big is too
big?
Gill, David, National Center for Atmospheric
Research
presentation
|
3.6
|
Automated
testing in MPAS and WRF models.
Abdi-Oskouei,
Maryam, MMM/JCSDA,
UCAR, David Gill, Michael Duda, MMM/UCAR, and Yannick Tremolet, JCSDA/UCAR
presentation
|
3:00 - 3:30
Coffee Break
Session 4:
Data Assimilation - Development and Testing
3:30 - 4:30
Tuesday, June 11
Chair: Jake Liu, NCAR
4.1
|
Data
assimilation for MPAS.
Snyder, Chris, and Zhiquan Liu, National Center for
Atmospheric Research
presentation
|
4.2
|
Implementation
of incremental analysis updates (IAU) in 1-hr updated cycling forecasting
system.
Chen, Min, Institute of Urban Meteorology, CMA,
Beijing, China, and Xiang-yu Huang, Centre for Climate Research
Singapore, Singapore
presentation
|
4.3
|
Retrospective
analysis of 2015-2017 winter-time PM2.5 in China: response to emission
regulations and the role of meteorology.
Chen, Dan, Institute of Urban Meteorology,
China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, Zhiquan Liu, Junmei
Ban, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Pusheng Zhao, and Min
Chen, Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration,
Beijing, China
presentation
|
4.4
|
Improving
forecasts of the record-breaking Guangzhou “57” rainstorm by assimilating
every 10-min AHI radiances with WRF 4DVAR.
Wu, Yali, Zhiquan Liu, National Center for
Atmospheric Research, and Deqin Li, Institute of Atmospheric
Environment, Shenyang, China
presentation
|
4:30 - 5:30
Tuesday, June 11
Plenary
Discussion: User Support Update and How to Use Git and GitHub
Chair:
5:30 - 7:00
Tuesday, June 11
Information
Exchange
Session 5:
WRF-Chemistry – Development and Testing
8:30 - 10:00
Wednesday, June 12
Chair: Georg Grell, GSD/ESRL/NOAA
5.1
|
Modeling diurnal
variation of surface PM2.5 concentration over East China with WRF-Chem:
Impacts from boundary mixing and emission.
Du, Qiuyan, Chun Zhao*, Mingshuai Zhang, Xue Dong, Yu
Chen, University of Science and Technology of China, Zhen Liu, The
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Zhiyuan Hu, Siyu Chen, Lanzhou
University, China, and Qiang Zhang, Tsinghua University, China
presentation
|
5.2
|
Prediction of
acidity in WRF-Chem.
Barth, Mary
C., National Center
for Atmospheric Research, and Rahul Zaveri, Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory
presentation
|
5.3
|
Numerical
simulation of an extreme haze pollution event over North China Plain based on
initial and boundary condition ensembles.
Liu, Hongbo, Xiaobin Li, JuanJuan Liu, LASG,
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, China, and Ziyin Zhang, Institute
of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, China
presentation
|
5.4
|
Scavenging of
ozone precursors in convective clouds observed during a SEAC4RS case study.
Cuchiara,
Gustavo C., NCAR and
University of Colorado,
Mary C. Barth, NCAR, Alan Fried, University of Colorado
presentation
|
5.5
|
Impact of
topography on aerosol transport from the southern Tibetan Plateau and its
implication for aerosol climatic impact.
Zhao, Chun, Meixin Zhang, University of Science
and Technology of China (USTC), China, Zhiyuan Cong, Institute of
Tibetan Plateau research, China, Qiuyan Du, Mingyue Xu, Yu Chen, Rui Li,
Yufei Fu, USTC, Ming Chen, and Jimy Dudhia, NCAR
presentation
|
5.6
|
Assimilation of
GOCI AOD retrievals to improve air-quality forecasting during the KORUS-AQ
period.
Ha, Soyoung, MMM/NCAR
presentation
|
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
Session 6:
Model Evaluation (Part 1):
10:30 - 12:00
Wednesday, June 12
Chair: Lou Wicker, NSSL/NOAA
6.1
|
Partitioning
between deep and shallow convection in MPAS.
Fowler, Laura
D., and Mary C. Barth, Mesoscale
& Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric
Research
presentation
|
6.2
|
Mechanisms
improving tropical rainfall diurnal cycle in convection-permitting WRF.
Argüeso, D., Department of Physics, University of
the Balearic Islands, Spain, A. Di Luca, Climate Change Research
Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia, and R. Romero, Department
of Physics, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
presentation
|
6.3
|
The
representation of precipitation characteristics in high resolution WRF
simulations over western Canada.
Erler, Andre
R., Aquanty Inc.,
Canada, and Brian Menounos, University of Northern British Columbia,
Canada
presentation
|
6.4
|
Evaluating
simulated microphysics using GPM satellite observations in the Pacific
Northwest.
Conrick,
Robert, and Clifford F.
Mass, University of Washington
presentation
|
6.5
|
Revisiting
sensitivity to horizontal grid spacing in convection-allowing models over the
central–eastern United States using a large dataset.
Schwartz,
Craig S., and Ryan A.
Sobash, National Center for Atmospheric Research
presentation
|
6.6
|
Convective
system structure, evolution and severe weather potential in 1 versus 3 km WRF
forecasts.
Weisman,
Morris, National
Center for Atmospheric Research
presentation
|
12:00 - 1:30
Lunch
Session 7
(Poster Session): Wednesday, June 12
Poster
Set-up: 1:15 P.M.
Odd-numbered
Posters: 1:30 - 2:30
Even-numbered
Posters: 2:30 – 3:30
Free
Poster Viewing: 3:30-4:30
Session 7
(Posters): Data Assimilation
P1
|
L1 estimation of
fire arrival time using satellite data.
Hearn, Lauren, Angel Farguell, James Haley, and Jan
Mandel, University of Colorado Denver, and Adam Kochanski, University
of Utah
|
P2
|
Recovering fire
arrival time from satellite data by machine learning.
Farguell,
Angel, James Haley,
Lauren Hearn, and Jan Mandel, University of Colorado Denver, and Adam
Kochanski, University of Utah
Poster
|
P3
|
Data
assimilation cycling in a coupled fire-atmosphere model.
Haley, James, Angel Farguell, Jan Mandel, and Lauren
Hern, University of Colorado Denver, and Adam Kochanski, University
of Utah
|
P4
|
Testing the
radial wind data assimilation for 3-km high resolution convective forecasts.
Zhou, Chunhua, NCAR, Ming Hu, Guoqing Ge, NOAA/ESRL,
Ying Zhang, Michael Kavulich, and Lindsay Blank, NCAR
|
P5
|
Presentation
Withdrawn
|
P6
|
All-sky infrared
radiance assimilation using GOES-16 ABI in WRFDA.
Guerrette,
Jonathan (JJ), Zhiquan
(Jake) Liu, and Chris Snyder, NCAR/MMM
|
P7
|
PBL
thermodynamic profile assimilation and impacts on land-atmosphere coupling.
Santanello,
Joseph, NASA-GSFC,
Sara Zhang, SAIC/NASA-GSFC, Dave Turner, NOAA-ESRL, and
Patricia Lawston, ESSIC/NASA-GSFC
|
P8
|
Continuously
Cycled Surface and Radar Data Assimilation and its influence on Afternoon
Thunderstorm Prediction in Taiwan.
Chen, I-Han, Jing-Shan Hong, and Ya-Ting Tsai, Central
Weather Bureau, Taiwan
|
P9
|
Towards
operational data assimilation with global MPAS at convective-allowing
resolution.
Cipriani,
James, Ken Dixon, and
Brett Wilt, The Weather Company, an IBM Business
|
P10
|
2015 and 2016
winter-time air pollution in China: SO2 emission changes derived from a
WRF-Chem/EnKF coupled data assimilation system.
Chen, Dan, Institute of Urban Meteorology,
China Meteorological Administration, China, Zhiquan Liu, Junmei Ban, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, and Min Chen, Institute of Urban
Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, China
|
P11
|
NOAA’s
Commercial Weather Data Project: Evaluating the impact of assimilating
additional GNSS-RO data into operational forecast models.
Newman,
Kathryn, Chunhua Zhou,
Julia Pearson, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and
Developmental Testbed Center (DTC), Hui Shao, Joint Center for
Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA), and Louisa Nance, NCAR and DTC
|
Posters:
Chemistry Development and Testing
P12
|
A comparison of
simulated dust over Southwest Asia produced by the three dust-emission
schemes currently implemented in the community WRF-Chem model.
LeGrand,
Sandra, U.S. Army
Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
|
P13
|
Sensitivity
analysis of aerosol chemical mechanisms in air quality modeling (WRF-Chem).
Lee, Hyo-Jung, Hyun-Young Jo, Yu-Jin Jo, Shin-Young
Park, Geum-Hee Yang, Jong-Min Kim, and Cheol-Hee Kim, Pusan National
University, South Korea, Young-Hee Lee, and Lim-Seok Chang, National
Institute of Environmental Research, South Korea
|
P14
|
Emissions,
transport, and chemistry of smoke from Western U.S. wildfires.
Bela, Megan
M., University of
Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) Cooperative Institute for Research in the
Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Earth System Research Laboratory Chemical Sciences Division
(NOAA-ESRL-CSD), Natalie Kille, CU Boulder Department of Atmospheric
and Oceanic Sciences, Stuart A. McKeen, Ravan Ahmadov, CIRES and
NOAA-ESRL-CSD, Gabriel Pereira, Federal University of São João
del-Rei, Brazil, Chris Schmidt, NOAA National Environmental Satellite,
Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), R. Bradley Pierce, Space
Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Susan M.
O'Neill, United States Forest Service, Xiaoyang Zhang, South Dakota
State University, Shobha Kondragunta, NESDIS, Christine
Wiedinmyer, CIRES, and Rainer Volkamer, CU Boulder Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry
|
P15
|
A numerical and
observational study on the particulate matters from extremely high
temperature condition in 2018 in Busan, Korea.
Yang,
Geum-Hee, Hyo-Jung Lee,
Hyun-Young Jo, Shin-Young Park, Yu-Jin Jo, Jong-min Kim and Cheol-Hee Kim, Pusan
National University, Korea
|
P16
|
Modeling for
KORUS-AQ 2016 – Influence of long-range transport on air quality in the Seoul
metropolitan area.
Pfister,
Gabriele, Louisa Emmons,
National Center for Atmospheric Research, and Christoph Knote, Ludwig-Maximilians-University,
Munich
|
P17
|
The evaluation
of precipitation susceptibility from satellite and WRF-Chem model over
Northeast Asia.
Park,
Shin-Young, Hyo-Jung
Lee, Hyun-Young Jo, Yu-Jin Jo, Geum-Hee Yang, Jong-Min Kim and Cheol-Hee Kim,
Pusan National University, Republic of Korea
|
Posters:
Physics Development and Testing
P18
|
Fuel moisture
model in WRF-Fire and assimilation of RAWS data.
Mandel, Jan, University of Colorado Denver,
Adam Kochanski, University of Utah, and Martin Vejmelka, CEAI,
Czech Republic
Poster
|
P19
|
Adjoint
sensitivity analysis of FARMS for Forecasting Variables of WRF-Solar.
Yang, Jaemo, Manajit Sengupta, Yu Xie, National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Pedro A. Jimenez, and Ju-Hye Kim, National
Center for Atmospheric Research
|
P20
|
Sensitivity of
boundary layer structure in complex terrain to land use and land surface
models.
Pattantyus,
Andre, U.S. Army
Research Laboratory
Poster
|
P21
|
Mass-flux
parameterization of turbulent downdrafts in marine stratocumulus clouds.
Wu, Elynn, Handa Yang, Jan Kleissl, Center for
Renewable Resource and Integration, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, University of California, Kay Suselj, Marcin J. Kurowski,
and Joao Teixeira, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
|
P22
|
Moist convection
on Jupiter simulated by a new global circulation model – PlanetMPAS.
Lian, Yuan, Mark I. Richardson, Aeolis Research,
and Adam P. Showman, The University of Arizona
|
P23
|
Sensitivity of
microphysics parameterizations to aerosol loading.
Grell, Evelyn, CIRES, University of Colorado
Boulder and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Bao, Jian-Wen, NOAA/ESRL/PSD,
Michelson, Sara, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/ESRL/PSD
|
P24
|
Two moment
coupled microphysics on Mars.
Lee,
Christopher, University
of Toronto, Canada
|
P25
|
Recent
development of the MYNN turbulence parameterization for RAPv5 / HRRRv4.
Kenyon,
Jaymes, Joseph Olson,
Wayne Angevine, CIRES and NOAA/ESRL, and John Brown, NOAA/ESRL
|
P26
|
WRF explicit
surface wave modeling experiments beneath Hurricane Florence (2018).
Zambon, Joe,
Ruoying He, North Carolina State University - Department of Marine, Earth,
and Atmospheric Sciences, John C. Warner, United States
Geological Survey (USGS), and Christie Hegermiller, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
|
P27
|
Facilitating
development of physical parameterizations for NOAA’s Unified Forecast System.
Bernardet,
Ligia, University of
Colorado Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
(CU/CIRES) and NOAA ESRL Global Systems Division (NOAA/ESRL/GSD) and
Developmental Testbed Center (DTC), G. Firl, National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and DTC, D. Heinzeller, CU/CIRES, DTC and
NOAA/ESRL/GSD, L. Carson, NCAR and DTC, M. Zhang, CU/CIRES, DTC
and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, J. Wolff, NCAR and DTC, J. Henderson, NOAA/ESRL/GSD
and DTC, W. Li, T. Hertneky, NCAR and DTC, L. Pan, CU/CIRES,
DTC and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, L. Blank, M. Harrold, J. Dudhia, and L. Nance, NCAR
and DTC
poster
|
Posters:
Regional Climate Studies
P28
|
Using
Noah-MP-Crop to study cropland impact on regional climate in the Northern
Great Plains.
Scott, Aaron, and Aaron Kennedy, University of
North Dakota
|
P29
|
Characteristics
of 2016 and 2018 heat wave events over South Korea and their predictability
in the operational prediction system of KMA.
Yoon,
Donghyuck, Dong-Hyun
Cha, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea,
and Ki-Hong Min, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
|
P30
|
Relationship
between Indian Ocean SSTs and the East African Short Rains.
Liu, Weiran, Kerry H. Cook and Edward K. Vizy, Department
of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of
Texas
|
P31
|
Changes in
precipitation and snowpack across Alaska in a high-resolution future climate
change simulation.
Newman,
Andrew J., Research
Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Monaghan,
Martyn P. Clark, Center for Research Data & Digital Scholarship,
University of Colorado, Kyoko Ikeda, Lulin Xue, Research Applications
Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, and Jeff. R.
Arnold, Climate Preparedness and Resilience Program, US Army Corps of
Engineers
|
P32
|
Contrasting
responses of urban and forest surface temperature to heat waves.
Wang, Liang, and Dan Li, Boston University
|
P33
|
Sub-km WRF
configuration for testing over the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's
Meteorological Sensor Array in the Jornada Experimental Range.
Dumais,
Robert, Brian Reen,
Chris Hocut, Andre Pattantyus, and Andre Pattantyus, U.S. Army Combat
Capabilities Development Command –Army Research Laboratory, Computational
Information and Sciences Directorate, Battlefield Environment Division, WSMR,
NM.
poster
|
Posters:
Model Evaluation
P34
|
Development of
new tropical cyclone tools within METplus.
Newman,
Kathryn, John Halley
Gotway, Randy Bullock, David Fillmore, Tracy Hertneky, National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Developmental Testbed Center (DTC), Evan
Kalina, U. of Colorado Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences (CIRES) at the Global Systems Division (GSD) of the national Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration Earth System Research laboratory (NOAA ESRL)
and DTC, Mrinal Biswas, NCAR and DTC, Evelyn Grell, CIRES at
Physical Sciences Division of NOAA ESRL and DTC, and Tara Jensen, NCAR
and DTC
|
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
Poster
|
P36
|
IBM GRAF: A
rapidly-updating global NWP system.
Hutchinson,
Todd, Brett Wilt, James
Cipriani, John Wong, Ken Dixon,
The Weather Company, an IBM Business, Rich Loft, Bill Skamarock, and
Michael Duda, National Center for Atmospheric Research
|
P37
|
Modeling extreme
precipitation over East China with a global variable-resolution modeling
framework (MPASv5.2): Impacts of resolution and physics.
Xu, Mingyue, Chun
Zhao, Yu Wang and Meixin Zhang, School of Earth and Space Sciences,
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, Jianping
Guo, State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of
Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China, Zhiyuan Hu, Key Laboratory
for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University,
Gansu, China, L. Ruby Leung, Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change
Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Michael Duda and William
Skamarock, National Center for Atmospheric Research
|
P38
|
Extended range
severe weather forecasts using WRF and MPAS.
Sobash, Ryan, and Craig Schwartz, NCAR/MMM
|
P39
|
Reproduction
analysis of detailed rainfall distribution by WRF using Japanese 55-year
Reanalysis (JRA55).
Inaba, Naoki, Shigeto Ando and Nozomu Takada, Meteorological
Engineering Center, Inc., Japan
|
P40
|
Impact of
cumulus parameterization schemes on the simulation of heavy rainfall event
over the Korea Peninsula on 16 July, 2017.
Park, Haerin, Ulsan National Institute of Science
and Technology
|
P41
|
Removed -
Duplicate
|
P42
|
Adapting MPAS
FDDA to use analysis nudging with 3-hour updates.
Bullock Jr.,
Russell, U. S.
Environmental Protection Agency
Poster
|
P43
|
Spatiotemporal
coastal-urban boundary-layer performance of a high-resolution urbanized-WRF:
Comparisons with ground-based remote sensing during a heat event.
Melecio-Vazquez,
David, Department of
Mechanical Engineering and NOAA-CREST Center, The City College of New York
(CCNY), Jaymes Kenyon, Joseph Olson, Cooperative Institute for
Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, and
NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory, Prathap Ramamurthy, Department
of Mechanical Engineering and NOAA-CREST Center, CCNY, Mark Arend, Department
of Electrical Engineering and NOAA-CREST Center, CCNY, and Jorge E.
Gonzalez-Cruz, Department of Mechanical Engineering and NOAA-CREST Center,
CCNY
|
P44
|
Sensitivity
experiments of urban canopy parameterizations using ensemble WRF simulations
over the Chicago metropolitan.
Sever, Gökhan, Rob Jacob, Rajeev Jain, Aleks Obabko,
Rao Kotamarthi, and Charlie Catlett, Argonne National Laboratory
|
P45
|
Evaluation of a
hierarchy of urban canopy parameterizations in the WRF model during the
passage of a cold front in Houston.
Hendricks,
Eric A., Jason C.
Knievel, and Yi Wang, National Center for Atmospheric Research
|
P46
|
Effect of the
land surface hydrologic processes on land-air interactions in Taiwan using
WRF-Noah and WRF-NoahMP.
Tzu-Ying,
Chen, and Fang-Yi Cheng,
Graduate institute of Atmospheric Physics, National Central University,
Taiwan
Poster
|
P47
|
Influence of
Near Real-Time Green Vegetation Fraction Data in WRF on the Prediction of
Surface Variables over Northern China.
Lu, Bin, Jiqin
Zhong, Institute of Urban Meteorology; China Meteorological Administration,
W. Wang, MMM/NCAR, Zhaojun Zheng, National Satellite
Meteorological Center, CMA, and Min Chen, IUM/CMA
|
P48
|
Application of
WRF-Hydro v5.0 for an operational, highly localized land surface and
streamflow predictions in the Lake George, NY watershed.
Tewari, Mukul, Campbell D. Watson, IBM, Thomas
J. Watson Research Center, and Alvaro B. Buoro, IBM Research, Brazil
|
P49
|
WRF model
resolution impacts on a hydrodynamic model in near-shore environments.
Watson,
Campbell D., Guillaume
Auger, Harry R. Kolar, and Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Research, TJ Watson
Research Center
|
P50
|
Forecasting
intense summer synoptic-scale cyclones over the Arctic Ocean.
Bromwich,
David H., Lesheng Bai, Byrd
Polar & Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Zhiquan
Liu, NCAR, and Hailing Zhang, COSMIC Program Office, UCAR
|
P51
|
Low-level jets
in the Autumnal Marginal Ice Zone: Sensitivity to sea ice extent and the
influence of coupling on surface turbulent heat fluxes.
Hughes, Mimi, Ola Persson, Amy Solomon, CIRES,
University of Colorado, Boulder and NOAA/ESRL/PSD and Janet Intrieri, NOAA/ESRL/PSD
|
P52
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Predicting wet
snow and freezing rain icing events over Vermont using a WRF ensemble.
Siuta, David, and Jason Shafer, Northern Vermont
University - Lyndon
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P53
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Operational air
quality forecast for the Gulf of Mexico. Phase 1: meteorological evaluation.
Garcia,
Agustin, Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, CCA, Mexico, Victor Almanza, Cuauhtemoc
Turrent, and Favio Medrano, Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and
Higher Education (CICESE), Mexico
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P54
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Impact of
spectral nudging on real-time tropical cyclone forecast.
Moon, Jihong, Dong-Hyun Cha, Minkyu Lee, Ulsan
National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea, and
Joowan Kim, Kongju National University, South Korea
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P55
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Near real-time
forecasting experiment of typhoon in the South China Sea with a high
resolution regional fully-coupled model.
Wang, Donghai, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Poster
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P56
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Meteotsunamis in
the Gulf of Mexico and eastern United States during hurricane seasons
2016-2018.
Olabarrieta,
Maitane and Luming Shi, University
of Florida, David S. Nolan, University of Miami, and John C.
Warner, US Geological Survey
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P57
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Large-eddy
simulation of idealized hurricanes at different sea surface temperatures.
Ren, Hehe, Key Lab of Smart Prevention and
Mitigation for Civil Engineering Disasters of the Ministry of Industry and
Information, and Key Lab of Structures Dynamic Behavior and Control of the
Ministry of Education, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, Jimy
Dudhia, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, National Center
for Atmospheric Research, and Hui Li, Key Lab of Smart Prevention and
Mitigation for Civil Engineering Disasters of the Ministry of Industry and
Information, and Key Lab of Structures Dynamic Behavior and Control of the
Ministry of Education, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Poster
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P58
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Evaluation of
the MYNN planetary boundary layer scheme in the Hurricane Weather Research
and Forecast (HWRF) system.
Kalina, Evan, Cooperative Institute for Research
in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)/Global Systems Division (GSD), Robert Fovell,
State University of New York-Albany, Mrinal Biswas, Kathryn Newman, National
Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Evelyn Grell, CIRES and
NOAA/Physical Sciences Division, Laurie Carson, NCAR, and James
Frimel, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere and NOAA/GSD
Poster
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P59
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Evaluation of
the MYNN PBL scheme for predicting tropical cyclones with HWRF model.
Biswas,
Mrinal K., National
Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Developmental Testbed Center (DTC),
Evan Kalina, University of Colorado Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences (CU/CIRES) at the NOAA Earth System Research
Laboratory/Global Systems Division (NOAA/ESRL/GSD) and DTC, Kathryn
Newman, DTC/NCAR, Evelyn Grell, CU/CIRES at the NOAA/ESRL/Physical
Systems Division and DTC, Laurie Carson, DTC/NCAR, and James Frimel, Colorado
State University Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at the
NOAA/ESRL/GSD and DTC
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P60
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Impact of cloud
microphysics schemes on typhoon forecast over the western North Pacific.
Park, Jinyoung,
Minkyu Lee, Jihong Moon, and Dong-Hyun Cha, Ulsan National
Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
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P61
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Evaluation of a
scale separation technique for assessing WRF forecasts of radar reflectivity.
Raby, John
W., Brian P. Reen,
Huaqing Cai, Jeffrey Smith, and Robert Dumais, Army Research Laboratory
poster
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P62
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Characterization
of the boundary layer structures and local airflow over the complex terrain
in Taiwan using high resolution WRF model.
Wang, Yu-Tzu, Fang-Yi Cheng, National Central
University, Taiwan, and Hyeyum Hailey Shin, National Center for
Atmospheric Research
Poster
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P63
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On the diurnal
development of Sundowner winds in coastal Santa Barbara, CA.
Duine,
Gert-Jan, Earth
Research Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Charles
Jones, and Leila MV Carvalho, Dept. of Geography and Earth Research
Institute, University of California Santa Barbara
Poster
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P64
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Applying design
of experiments to numerical weather prediction.
Smith,
Jeffrey A., US CCDC
ARL (USCCDCARL), Judah L. Cleveland, Oak Ridge Associated Universities,
John W. Raby, USCCDCARL, Richard S. Penc, Self
poster
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P65
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MPAS-A
sensitivity to floating-point precision, mesh configuration, and
interpolation scheme for weather forecasting in western Canada.
Chui, Timothy
C. Y., and Roland Stull,
University of British Columbia, Canada
Poster
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P69
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Comparing
numerical accuracy of icosahedral A-grid and C-grid schemes for the Shallow
Water Model.
Yu, Yonggang
G., Ning Wang, Mark W.
Govett, NOAA/ESRL/GSD
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P70
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A comparison of
MPAS and WRF meteorological models in California: 2013 winter and 2016 summer
case studies.
Gürer, Kemal, Jeremy Avise, and John DaMassa, California
air Resources Board, Air Quality Planning and Science Division
poster
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P71
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A systematic
approach for identifying model differences using the Method for Object-based
Diagnostic Evaluation (MODE).
Hertneky,
Tracy, Tressa Fowler,
and Randy Bullock, National Center for Atmospheric Research and the
Developmental Testbed Center
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Posters:
Model Development
P66
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MarsMPAS: It's
MPAS, but for Mars.
Richardson,
Mark I., and Yuan Lian, Aeolis
Research
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P67
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WRF-XPY:
Numerical modeling framework for operational coupled fire-atmosphere-fuel
moisture forecasting.
Kochanski, Adam,
Derek V. Mallia, University of Utah, Jan Mandel, Angel Farguell
Caus, University of Colorado Denver, Martin Vejmelka, AVAST, and
Sher Schranz, NOAA/CIRA
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P68
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AceCAST
GPU-enabled Weather Research and Forecasting model development and
applications.
Elliott,
Samuel, Paul Maravelias,
Daniel Abdi, Christian Tenasescu, and Gene Pache, TempoQuest Inc.
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Session 8:
Model Evaluation (Part 2):
8:30 - 10:00
Thursday, June 13
Chair: Joe Olson, CIRES and NOAA
8.1
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Mass flux
divergence in a Hurricane.
Huang, Wei, Hewlett Packard Enterprises
presentation
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8.2
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Summer and
wintertime variations of the surface and near-surface UHI in a semiarid
environment.
Salamanca,
Francisco, and Alex
Mahalov, Arizona State University
presentation
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8.3
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Evaluation of
surface sensible weather forecasts by the MPAS model.
Cheng,
William Y.Y., Wanli Wu,
Tom Henderson, Tim Brown, Paul Madden, Christina Holt, Mike Kay, Dusanka
Zupanski, Razvan Stefanescu, Alexander MacDonald, Spire Global Inc,
and Laura Fowler, NCAR
presentation
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8.4
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WRF cold bias
using NOAH-MP over snow.
Mass, Cliff, and David Ovens, Department of
Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington
presentation
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8.5
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Evaluation of a
scale-aware 3DTKE subgrid mixing parameterization in NWP applications.
Zhang, Xu, Baode Chen, Shanghai Typhoon
Institute, Chinese Meteorological Administration, China, Jian-Wen Bao, PSD/ESRL/NOAA
presentation
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8.6
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Evaluation of
HRRR boundary layer structure via high-resolution radiosondes.
Fovell,
Robert, University at
Albany, SUNY
presentation
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10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
Session 9:
Physics Development and Testing
10:30- 12:00
Thursday, June 13
Chair: Rob Fovell, SUNY Albany
9.1
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Urban model and
Noah-MP land model development and future directions.
Barlage,
Michael, and Fei Chen, NCAR
presentation
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9.2
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Improving cloud
and solar radiation forecasts in the RAP/HRRR forecast systems.
Olson, Joseph
B., Jaymes S. Kenyon, NOAA/CIRES,
Greg Thompson, NCAR, John M. Brown, NOAA, Wayne M. Angevine, NOAA/CIRES,
Dave Turner, Stan Benjamin, and Georg Grell, NOAA
presentation
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9.3
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Scale-aware
tests of the MYNN-EDMF PBL and shallow cumulus scheme with a novel framework.
Angevine,
Wayne M., and Joseph
Olson, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA GSL
presentation
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9.4
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Development of
Bulk cloud microphysics schemes with prognostic hail in WRF.
Bae, Soo-Ya, Song-You
Hong, KIAPS, Korea, and Wei-Kuo Tao, NASA/GSFC
presentation
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9.5
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Evaluating and
tuning the orographic gravity wave drag scheme in the RAP model.
Toy, Michael
D., Joseph B. Olson,
Tanya G. Smirnova, Jaymes S. Kenyon, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory
(NOAA/ESRL), and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences, Boulder, Colorado, John M. Brown, and Georg A. Grell, NOAA/ESRL
presentation
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9.6
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Enhancing
WRF-Solar to provide solar irradiance probabilistic forecasts.
Kim, Ju-Hye, Pedro A. Jimenez, National Center for
Atmospheric Research, Manajit Sengupta, Jaemo Yang, National Renewable
Energy Laboratory, Jimy Dudhia, NCAR, Yu Xie, NREL, and
Branko Kosovic, NCAR
presentation
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12:00 - 1:30
Lunch
Session 10:
Everything Else You Wanted to Know about WRF and MPAS
1:30 - 3:00
Thursday, June 13
Chair: Cliff Mass, University of Washington
10.1
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Can coupled
fire-atmosphere models predict smoke-induced inversions from wildfires?
Mallia, Derek
V., Adam K. Kochanski, Department
of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Jan Mandel, Department
of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Colorado, and Tim
Brown, Desert Research Institute
presentation
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10.2
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Best practices
for simulating wind farm wakes with the WRF Wind Farm Parameterization.
Tomaszewski,
Jessica M., University
of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder), and Julie K. Lundquist, CU Boulder
and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
presentation
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10.3
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Regional MPAS
and WRF: Comparison and Evaluation.
Chen, Ming, May Wong, Bill Skamarock, and Wei Wang, MMM/National
Center for Atmospheric Research
presentation
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10.4
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IBM GRAF -
Scale-aware convective forecast evaluation and improvements.
Wilt, Brett, The Weather Company, an IBM Business
and Wei Wang, National Center for Atmospheric Research
presentation
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10.5
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Subseasonal
prediction in a global convection-permitting model: insights and challenges
in simulating tropical convection and extratropical teleconnections.
Weber, Nick, and Cliff Mass, University of
Washington
presentation
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10.6
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The Common
Community Physics Package CCPP: Unifying physics across NOAA and NCAR models
using a common software framework.
Heinzeller,
Dom, NOAA ESRL –
Global Systems Division (NOAA/ESRL/GSD) and University of Colorado
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CU/CIRES) and
Developmental Testbed Center (DTC), Grant Firl, National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and DTC, Ligia Bernardet, NOAA/ESRL/GSD
and CU/CIRES and DTC, Laurie Carson, NCAR and DTC, Man Zhang, NOAA/ESRL/GSD
and CU/CIRES and DTC, Steve Goldhaber, Cheryl Craig, Dave Gill, Michael
Duda, and Francis Vitt, NCAR
presentation
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3:00 - 3:30
Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:30
Thursday, June 13
Wrap-up
Discussion: NCAR’s Model Unification Effort
An update on the
System for Integrated Modeling of the Atmosphere (SIMA).
Davis, Chris, Jean-Francois Lamarque, Andrew
Gettelman, Bill Skamarock, Mary Barth, and Hanli Liu, NCAR
Short Abstract
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The current
status and future of WRF-Chem.
Grell, Georg, Ravan Ahmadav, NOAA, Mary Barth,
Gabi Pfister, NCAR, and Jerome Fast, PNNL
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4:30 Thursday,
June 13
Meeting
Adjourned
Friday June
14 – Instructional Sessions
8:30 - 10:00
VAPOR
: CG2 - Corporate
Technical Training Center (CTTC Classroom)
WRF
in Amazon Web Services (WRF in the Cloud)
10:30 - 11:30
Building
a WRF Workflow with Scala Computing (WRF in the Cloud)
10:30 - 12:00
WRF-Python
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