Program for the Joint WRF/MPAS Users’ Workshop 2020 (Virtual)

Location: online

Date: 8 – 9 June 2020

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Monday, 8 June, 1:00 – 3:30 P.M. (All times are Mountain times) WRF Lecture Series: Learning about Scale-Aware Physics Chair: Jimy Dudhia
1:00 – 1:15	An Introduction to Scale-Aware Physics. Dudhia, J., Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory (MMM), National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Presentation Recording
1:15 – 1:45	Deep, middle, low, and dx: almost resolving convection but not quite…. Grell, G., Global System Laboratory, Earth System Research Laboratories (ESRL), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Presentation Recording
1:45 – 2:15	Dependence of deep convection schemes on horizontal grid-spacing in MPAS: Difference in formulation, impact on forecasts. Fowler, L., MMM/NCAR Presentation Recording
2:15 – 2:30	Break
2:30 – 3:00	A Scale-Aware Treatment of Subgrid Mixing in the WRF Model. Bao, J.-W., Physical Science Laboratory, ESRL/NOAA Presentation Recording
3:00 – 3:30	Representation of turbulent mixing in the atmospheric boundary layer at gray-zone grid spacings and its applications for idealized and real-case WRF. Shin, H.-Y., Research Application Laboratory (RAL), NCAR Presentation Recording
Tuesday, 9 June, 1:00 – 3:00 P.M. (All times are Mountain times) Annual Model Development Updates Chair: Jordan Powers
1:00 – 1:15	Introduction Klemp, J., MMM/NCAR Presentation Recording
1:15 – 1:35	The Weather Research and Forecasting Model: 2020 Annual Update. Dudhia, J., MMM/NCAR Presentation Recording
1:35 – 1:50	WRFDA 2020 Updates Liu, J., MMM/NCAR Presentation Recording
1:50 – 2:05	WRF-Chem V4.2: A summary of status, updates and applications. Schnell, J., CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, GSD/ESRL/NOAA Presentation Recording
2:05 – 2:15	Break
2:15 – 2:30	The Model for Prediction Across Scales - Atmosphere: A GPU release, progress on the development of earth system model capabilities, and coming deep atmosphere extensions. Skamarock, W., MMM/NCAR Presentation Recording
2:30 – 2:45	Recent developments in Noah-MP, its public repository, and initial results from the new WRF-CTSM coupled model. Chen, F., RAL/NCAR, M. Barlage, P. Valayamkunnath, D. Lawrence, N. Sobhani, B. Sacks, NCAR, and S. Levis (Sam Levis Consulting) Presentation Recording
2:45 – 3:00	Sharing Physics Between WRF and MPAS with CCPP. Gill, D., L. Fowler, M. Chen, C. Craig, J. Dudhia, S. Goldhaber, J. Jang, W. Wang, and K. Werner, NCAR Presentation Recording
3:00 – 3:15	Q&A Q&A Recording