Program for the Joint WRF/MPAS Users’ Workshop 2021 (Virtual)
Location: Online
7-10 June 2021
*All times are U.S. Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6)
See the MMM YouTube Channel to access video presentations from the 2021 Workshop.
Monday, June 7
Short Instruction Sessions
9:00-10:30 VAPOR, Scott Pearse, CISL/NCAR
9:00-10:30 MPAS Regional, MMM/NCAR Presentation pdf
10:30-12:00 WRF-Python Michaela Sizemore, GeoCAT/CISL/NCAR Short Abstract
Tuesday, June 8
Session: Development Updates
First Chair: Jordan Powers, NCAR
Second Chair (after break): Jimy Dudhia, NCAR
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9:00-9:15 |
Welcome Remarks |
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9:15-9:40 |
The Weather Research and Forecasting Model: 2021 Annual
Update. Jimy
Dudhia, MMM/NCAR |
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9:40–10:00 |
MPAS
Updates. Bill Skamarock, MMM/NCAR |
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10:00-10:20 |
WRFDA 2021 Update and Status of MPAS DA with JEDI. Jake Liu and Chris
Snyder, MMM/NCAR |
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10:20-10:40 |
Break
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10:40-11:00 |
WRF-Chem V4.3: A
Summary of Status, Updates, Applications, and Future Plans. Jordan Schnell, NOAA/GSL
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11:00-11:20 |
Recent Updates on Land Model Physics of WRF Version 4.3. Cenlin He, RAL/NCAR
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11:20-11:40 |
Using the WRF-Hydro, Hydrologic Modeling Extension Package to Enable Improved Hydrologic Process Representations and Hydrologic Predictions in the Coupled WRF Modeling System, David Gochis, RAL/NCAR
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11:40-12:00 |
Cloud Computing Support for the Weather Research and
Forecasting Model. K. Werner, J. Powers, and D. Gill, MMM/NCAR
Short Abstract |
Wednesday, June 9
Session: Model Applications
First Chair: Brian Jewett, University of Illinois
Second Chair (after break): Cliff Mass, Univ. of Washington
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9:00-9:20 |
Impact of Upstream Tropopause Polar Vortex Observations on
the Evolution of Twin Arctic Cyclones in June 2020. Tomer
Burg and Steve Cavallo, University of Oklahoma |
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9:20-9:40 |
Recent advances in the WRF-Solar model. Pedro Jimenez,
RAL/NCAR |
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9:40–10:00 |
Tropical Convection and Subseasonal Weather Prediction in a
Global Convection-Permitting model. Nick Weber, University of
Washington |
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10:00-10:20 |
Modulation
of Atmospheric Rivers by Mesoscale Frontal Waves and Latent Heating:
Comparison of Two U.S. West Coast Events. Allison
Michaelis et al., Northern
Illinois University |
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10:20-10:40 |
Break
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10:40-11:00 |
Convection-Permitting
WRF Climate Modeling at Continental-Scales. Andreas Prein, R.
Rasmussen, C. Liu, and K. Ikeda, NCAR |
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11:00-11:20 |
Design and Configuration of MPAS for Deep-Atmosphere NWP and Geospace Applications. Joe Klemp and B. Skamarock, MMM/NCAR Presentation pdf |
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11:20-11:40 |
The
NOAA RAP/HRRR orographic drag suite addition to WRF. Mike Toy, J. Olson,
T. Smirnova, J. Kenyon, J. Brown, and G. Grell, NOAA/GSL |
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11:40-12:00 |
MPAS-Atmosphere in SIMA and CESM-CAM: Preliminary results. Bill
Skamarock, Peter Lauritzen, Michael Duda, John Truesdale, Miles Curry, NCAR |
Thursday, June 10
Session: Physics Developments / Challenges
First Chair: Wayne Angevine, CIRES/CU Boulder and NOAA/ESRL
Second Chair (after break): Lulin Xue, NCAR
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9:00-9:30 |
An Overview of Physical Parameterization Development for
the Unified Forecast System. Joe Olson, NOAA |
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9:30-9:50 |
Evaluation of Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL)
Parameterizations Using Large-eddy Simulations (LES) in a Broad Range of
Conditions. George
Bryan, NCAR/MMM |
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9:50–10:10 |
The
E-epsilon PBL Scheme in the WRF Model. Chunxi Zhang, |
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10:10-10:30 |
Simulations Across Scales over Complex Terrain: Lessons
Learned from a Perdigao Case Study. Patrick Hawbecker,
Branko Kosović, Domingo Muñoz-Esparza, Jeremy Sauer, Jimy Dudhia, Edward G.
Patton, RAL/NCAR |
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10:30-10:50 |
Break
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10:50-11:20 |
Microphysics:
Basics of microphysics in weather and climate
models. Hugh Morrison, MMM/NCAR |
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11:20-11:40 |
Does WRF Have a Warm Rain Problem? Robert Conrick, University
of Washington |
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11:40-12:00 |
The Predicted Particle Properties (P3) Microphysics Scheme
-- Applications for Research and Operational NWP. Jason Milbrandt, Environment
Canada |