Presentations from the 2022 Annual WRF & MPAS Users’ Workshop¶
Instruction Sessions¶
IS-1 |
Project Raijin: GeoCAT Updates on Unstructured Grids Research and Development |
Orhan Eroglu, NSF NCAR/CISL |
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IS-2 |
MPAS-A Open-Source Development: How You Can Get Involved |
Bill Skamarock and Michael Duda, NSF NCAR/MMM |
Model Developments (1)¶
Chair: Jordan Powers, NCAR/MMM
1.1 |
The Weather Research and Forecasting Model: 2022 Annual Update |
Jimy Dudhia, NSF NCAR/MMM |
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1.2 |
WRFDA 4.4 Update and JEDI-MPAS 1.0.0 release |
Jake Liu, NSF NCAR/MMM |
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1.3 |
Developing MPAS Earth System Model Capabilities - an Update |
Bill Skamarock, NSF NCAR/MMM |
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1.4 |
WRF-Chem v4.4: updates, applications, and future plans |
Jordan Schnell, NOAA/GSL |
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1.5 |
What is MUSICA? How does MUSICA compare to WRF-Chem? And going to higher resolution |
Wenfu Tang, M. Barth, L. Emmons, R. Kumar, G. Pfister and S. Tilmes, NSF NCAR/ACOM |
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1.6 |
Shared Physics Repository for WRF, MPAS, and CM1 |
L. Fowler, G. Mullendore, George Bryan, Michael Duda, Jimy Dudhia, Wei Wang, and May Wong, NSF NCAR/MMM |
Model Developments (2)¶
Chair: Jordan Schnell, NOAA
2.1 |
Recent additions to the WRF-Solar model: The WRF-Solar Ensemble Prediction System and the MAD-WRF short-term prediction component |
P. Jimenez, NSF NCAR/RAL |
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2.2 |
Modifying the Height-Based Vertical Coordinate in MPAS to Permit a Constant Pressure Upper Boundary for Geospace Applications |
J. Klemp, NSF NCAR/MMM |
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2.3 |
Development and evaluation of the coupled MPAS-CMAQ model system |
J. Willison, J. Pleim, D. Wong, R. Gilliam, R. Bullock, J. Herwehe, C. Hogrefe, and G. Pouliot, EPA |
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2.4 |
Bringing realistic aerosol emissions and initialization to improve cloud condensation nuclei and ice nuclei representation in MPAS forecasts |
L. Fowler, NSF NCAR/MMM |
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2.5 |
Weakly coupled data assimilation with aerosol-cloud interactions in WRF-Chem/WRFDA |
S. Ha, NSF NCAR/MMM |
Air Quality, Fire Weather, & Real-time Prediction (1)¶
Chair: Mary Barth, NSF NCAR/MMM/ACOM
3.1 |
Consequence Analysis of Sulfur Dioxide Emissions from Shisakajima Copper Smelter |
Toyoaki NAKARAI, Jo NAKAYAMA, Kento SHIOTA, Yuichiro IZATO, and Atsumi MIYAKE, Japan |
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3.2 |
Experimental Atmospheric Forecasting System for Indochina and Southeast Asia |
Ronald Macatangay, National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, Thailand |
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3.3 |
Evaluation of WRF/Chem model real-time air quality forecasts over the Eastern Mediterranean |
George K. Georgiou, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus |
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3.4 |
Modeling transport of Saharan mineral dust over the Iberian Peninsula: A multi-scheme assessment of size distribution and optical properties |
Miguel Pino Carmona, University of Granada, Spain |
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3.5 |
Vertical Distribution of Aerosols during Deep-Convective Event in the Himalaya Using WRF-Chem Model at Convection Permitting Scale |
Prashant Singh, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany |
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3.6 |
The Firebrand Parameterization in WRF-Fire: Simulations for the Marshall Fire |
M. Frediani, NSF NCAR/RAL |
Air Quality, Fire Weather, & Real-time Prediction (2)¶
Chair: Bill Skamarock, NSF NCAR/MMM
4.1 |
Modeling fire-atmosphere interactions with WRF-SFIRE |
Adam Kochanski, Angel Farguell, Kathleen Clough, Jeremy Benik, Derek V. Mallia, Jan Mandel, and Kyle Hilburn, San Jose University |
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4.2 |
IBM GRAF Update and Roadmap - Unified Hourly Global High-Resolution 72HR Forecasts Using JEDI |
Brett Wilt, IBM/Weather |
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4.3 |
Weather on Demand |
Olafur Rögnvaldssn, Joao Hackerott, Jorge Rosas-Santana and Karolina Stanislawska, Belgingur, Iceland |
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4.4 |
WRF/MPAS used as operative model for small centers of meteorology |
Jorge Humberto Bravo Méndze, Freelane, Mexico |
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4.5 |
A Cold-Bias Problem over Lowland Snow Using the NOAH-MP LSM: Demonstration of the Problem and Possible Solutions |
C Mass, and D. Ovens, Univ of Washington |
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4.6 |
Brown carbon radiative effects over High Mountain Asia: WRF-Chem model implementation and application |
Cenlin He, NSF NCAR/RAL |
Model Applications & WRF-MPAS Comparisons¶
Chair: Robert Fovell, The State Universiyt of New York at Albany
5.1 |
Structure of latent heating rate in the severe convective environment - WRF Simulation using Microphysical Process from WDM6 |
Madhulatha, Jimy Dudhia, Rae-Seol Park, and M.Rajeevan, IMD, India |
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5.2 |
Simulating the morning transition of flow over the Eastern Snake River Plain |
Yue Qin, Boston Univ |
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5.3 |
Day-ahead forecasting of solar irradiance using WRF-Solar and evaluation using the National Solar Radiation Database |
J. Kim, NSF NCAR/RAL |
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5.4 |
MPAS-powered downscaling solution for wind resource assessment |
Marta Gil Bardaji, Vortex FdC/University of Barcelona, Spain |
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5.5 |
Comparison of WRF and Regional MPAS: Ensuring Consistent Physics Configurations |
M. Wong, M. Chen, B. Skamarock, and W. Wang, NSF NCAR/MMM |
Model Applications in Climate & Tropical Predictions¶
Chair: Jimy Dudhia, NSF NCAR/MMM
6.1 |
The impact of climate change on heavy precipitation events in the eastern Mediterranean: Insights from event-based storylines |
M. Armon, F. Marra, D. Rostkier-Edelstein, C. Garfinkel, O. Adam, U. Dayan, Y. Enzel, E. Morin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel |
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6.2 |
Assessment of ITCZ types over the tropical Pacific in a Channel Model |
Mayara Lins, Maria Cristina Silva, Pallav Ray, Xin Zhou, Fabricio Silva, and Helber Gomes, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil |
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6.3 |
Understanding the role of topography on the diurnal cycle of precipitation in the Maritime Continent during MJO propagation |
Haochen Tan, Argonne National Lab |
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6.4 |
Three Dimensional Structure of Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves in MPAS-A |
R. Rios-Berrios, NSF NCAR/MMM |
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6.5 |
Improved simulation of mid-latitude climate in a new channel model compared to contemporary GCMs |
P. Ray, X. Zhou, H. Tan, J. Dudhia, M. W. Moncrieff, C. O’Connor, and K. Carmer, Florida Institute of Technology |
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6.6 |
Dynamical Downscaling Using WRF in a Fully Coupled Regional Climate Model |
M. Seefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder |