Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation

Program Chairs: Jose-Henrique G.M. Alves , NOAA ; Neil A. Jacobs ; Louisa Bogar Nance ; Hendrik L. Tolman, Dr. Ir. , NWS

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Tuesday, 23 January 2024

1:00 PM-2:00 PM: Tuesday, 23 January 2024

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Virtual Poster Slam Session #4
Hosts: (Joint between the Virtual Posters; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; and the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation )
Cochairs: Xue Zheng, LLNL; James G. Yoe, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; Andrea M Jenney; Alexander Engell; Nick P. Bassill, UAlbany; Vijay Limaye
V50
12JCSDA Application of the Joint Effort for Data Assimilation Integration (JEDI) to the Online CMAQ Regional Model: Atmospheric Composition (TROPOMI NO2)
Hyundeok Choi, SAIC at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; SAIC @ NOAA NWS NCEP EMC, Laurel, MD; and C. R. Martin, A. Tangborn, Y. Wang, H. Liu, K. Wang, C. H. Jeon, J. Huang, and I. Stajner

V51
12JCSDA Multi-Source Data Fusion and Integration for Hazard Model Validation using Geospatial Information System
Edmund James Robbins, Florida Tech, melbourne, FL; Florida Tech, melbourne, FL; and E. Sziklay, J. P. Pinelli, and N. N. Kachouie, PhD

V53
12JCSDA Deep Learning Methods for Damage Estimation using Integration of Building Data and Satellite Imagery
Nezamoddin N. Kachouie, PhD, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and E. J. Robbins

V54
3CMI Examining Impacts of Wave Coupling on the Future Global Forecast System
Indigo Fox, NOAA, College Park, MD; SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and J. Meixner and L. Stefanova

V55
12MJO North Pacific Jet Regimes Preceding Cool Season Tornado Events in the Lower Mississippi Valley
Thomas J. Galarneau, NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. A. Hoogewind, A. C. Winters, L. L. Hood, and C. A. Hoopes

Handout (2.6 MB)

V56
15ENERGY Improving the Accuracy of Wind Gust Forecasts for Power Distribution Systems
Rafael Toshio Inouye, SIMEPAR - Parana Environmental Technology and Monitoring Service, Curitiba, PR, Brazil; and C. Beneti, L. Calvetti, L. E. S. Oliveira, and S. Paz

Handout (3.0 MB)

V58
15HEALTH CHaRT: The Climate Health and Risk Tool
Tim Sheehan, University of Washington, School of Public Health, Seattle, WA; and J. J. Hess

V58A
15HEALTH NASA Data Made Easier for Air Quality Applications
Elizabeth Joyner, NASA, Suffolk, VA
Manuscript (124.0 kB)

Handout (4.8 MB)

V59
12WXCLIMATE Subseasonal Ocean Forecast Along US West Coast in NCEP/EMC's UFS-based Global Coupled Modeling System
Sulagna Ray, NCEP, College Park, MD; and L. Stefanova, J. Meixner, J. Wang, A. Mehra, and F. Yang

Handout (1.3 MB)

V61
21SPACEWX Where the plane of the lunar orbit meets the surface of the Earth - a netCDF database
Lucy O'Keefe Hancock, Citizen Weather Observer Program, Houston, TX
Manuscript (854.0 kB)

Handout (1.2 MB)

V62
23AIRPOL Effects of Taebaek Mountains on the Spatial Distributions of PM10 and PM2.5 in Gangwon Province.
Song-Lak Kang, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. lee

Handout (312.9 kB)

V64
16AEROSOL A Comparative Study of Combined Lidar-Polarimeter Aerosol Retrievals using Spheroidal and Hexahedral Particle Shape Models with Data from the ORACLES Field Campaigns
Greema Regmi, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD; and R. Espinosa, J. V. Martins, A. Puthukkudy, M. Saito, O. Dubovik, and O. Kemppinen

Handout (7.1 MB)

V66
16AEROSOL Database development of atmospheric ice-nucleating particle concentrations from ARM mega sites
Naruki Hiranuma, University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, TX; and A. D. Pantoya

V67
16AEROSOL Developing a technique for separating ice nucleating substances via density gradient centrifugation
Soleil Worthy, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and L. Chen, M. Line Torrijos, Y. Xi, C. Mah, V. Varatharajah, and A. K. Bertram

V68
28PROBSTAT Analyzing extreme diurnal temperature range in spring on the Korean peninsula using a sliding window approach
Song-Lak Kang, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. lee

Handout (1.9 MB)

Sunday, 28 January 2024

4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024

Recording files available
Presidential Forum: Climate Science as Service to Society
Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )
Moderator: Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT
Panelists: Bob Inglis, republicEn.org; Monica P. Medina, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024


AMS Career Resource & Graduate School Fair
Location: Hall D (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the 23rd Annual Student Conference; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Annual Meeting Welcome Reception
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the 23rd Annual Student Conference; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Monday, 29 January 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 29 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 1
Testing and Evaluation of Community Earth System Models
Location: 315 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation
Chair: Louisa Bogar Nance
CoChair: Austin A. Coleman
8:30 AM
1.1
Using the Short-Range Weather App and the Grell-Freitas Convection Scheme to Analyze the Mesoscale Convective Complex of June 24-26, 2023
Sarah Kirsten Womantree, NOAA, Boulder, CO; Metropolitan State Univ. of Denver, Denver, CO; CIRES, Boulder, CO; and G. Ketefian, J. Beck, L. Bernardet, and M. A. Harrold

8:45 AM
1.2
An Overview of Global Verification at the Environmental Modeling Center
Alicia M. Bentley, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD; and J. J. Levit, G. S. Manikin, L. C. Dawson, M. P. Row, B. Zhou, S. R. Shields, L. G. Chen, J. Peng, Y. Mao, S. M. Simon, S. Ardani, P. C. Shafran, and S. L. Melchior

9:00 AM
1.3
Verification and Comparison of Storm and Storm-Environment Fields in the HRRR, RRFS, and NSSL MPAS Models
Corey K. Potvin, NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. Reames, A. J. Clark, D. Dowell, M. G. Duda, T. A. Jones, K. H. Knopfmeier, E. R. Mansell, W. Skamarock, Y. Wang, L. J. Wicker, and N. Yussouf

9:15 AM
1.4
Bring Your Own Python: Extending the METplus Forecast Verification System Capabilities for Users
Daniel R. Adriaansen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Soh, J. Halley Gotway, R. Bullock, T. L. Jensen, G. P. McCabe Jr., J. Opatz, and H. Fisher

9:30 AM
1.5
Hierarchical Testing for Improvement of Stochastic and Deterministic Physical Parameterizations within the Unified Forecast System (UFS)
Kathryn M. Newman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and X. Sun, L. Bernardet, M. B. Ek, H. Christensen, J. Berner, and L. Bengtsson

9:45 AM
1.6
Preliminary Results from an Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System Using MPAS Model Core at the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory
Nusrat Yussouf, Cooperative Institute for Severe & High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO), Norman, OK; and Y. Wang, L. Reames, and T. A. Jones

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Coffee Break [Main Terrace (BCC), Camden Lobby (BCC), Hall E (BCC)]
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 2
Innovative Computing Approaches for Community Earth System Models
Location: Key 12 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation
Chair: Jose-Henrique G.M. Alves, NOAA
CoChair: Krishna V. Kumar, NOAA
10:45 AM
2.1
Experiments on Machine Learning Post-processing Models Applied to Probabilistic Wave Forecasts
Ricardo Martins Campos, AOML, Miami, FL; and D. Figurskey and A. Mehra

11:00 AM
2.2
EPIC’s UFS Application Support and Updates
Edward Snyder, NOAA, Omaha, NE; and M. A. Potts and D. Huber

11:15 AM
2.3
Code Reproducibility Practices in the UFS Weather Model and Land DA Application Development
Zach Shrader, EPIC/Raytheon, Charlotte; and F. Andrade-Maldonado, J. Kim, R. S. Kim, and M. Lueken

11:30 AM
2.4
Unifying Workflows with the Strangler Fig Pattern
Brian Weir, RTX Corp., Riverdale, MD; and F. J. W. Gabelmann Jr., C. R. Holt, P. Madden, E. Carpenter, and N. Bharwani
Manuscript (41.6 kB)

Handout (1.5 MB)

11:45 AM
2.5
Development of Multi-Layer Dry Deposition Mechanisms in Canopy-App
Beiming Tang, NOAA, Fairfax, VA; NOAA ARL, College Park, MD; George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and B. Baker, P. C. Campbell, R. Saylor, Z. Moon, Y. Tang, W. Li, and W. T. Hung

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Lunch Break
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 3
Community Earth System Model Development
Location: Key 12 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation
Chair: Hendrik L. Tolman, Dr. Ir., NWS
CoChair: Cory R Martin, PhD, NOAA NWS NCEP EMC
1:45 PM
3.1
Evolving the UFS to Meet our Future Prediction Needs: A Case Study from CAM.
Louis J. Wicker, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK; and C. R. Alexander, L. Bernardet, J. R. Carley, A. Chawla, B. D. Gross, D. Heinzeller, C. Jablonowski, N. A. Jacobs, D. Rosen, D. J. Swales, H. L. Tolman, Dr. Ir., K. C. Viner, and J. Wang

2:00 PM
3.2
Development of UFS-Based Future Weather to Subseasonal to Seasonal Applications at NWS/NCEP
Avichal Mehra, NOAA, College Park, MD; and F. Yang, A. Chawla, V. S. Tallapragada, J. Meixner, B. Fu, M. J. Barlage, and N. P. Barton

2:15 PM
3.3
Recent and Upcoming Upgrades to Operational Post Processing Systems at NOAA Environmental Modeling Center
Hui-Ya Chuang, EMC, College Park, MD; and W. Meng, Y. Mao, B. Cui, J. Meng, A. Benjamin, G. chen, H. M. Lin, J. Du, J. J. Levit, and S. Trahan

Handout (1.1 MB)

2:30 PM
3.4
Improving Earth System Models via Hierarchical System Development
Michael B. Ek, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. J. Hertneky, L. Xue, PhD, T. L. Jensen, X. Sun, L. Bernardet, S. Flampouris, Y. C. Teng, PhD, and W. Li

2:45 PM
3.5
Establishing Community Requirements of Hierarchical System Development for Earth System Models
Tracy J. Hertneky, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and X. Sun, L. Bernardet, M. B. Ek, T. L. Jensen, S. Flampouris, PhD, and Y. C. Teng, PhD

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 4
Innovative Community Infrastructure for Earth System Models
Location: Key 12 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation
Chair: Neil A. Jacobs
CoChair: Jessica Meixner, NOAA NWS NCEP EMC
4:30 PM
4.1
WRF-MOSIT: A Modular and Cross-Platform Tool for Configuring and Installing the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model
William A. Hatheway, M.S, Meteorologist, San Marcos, TX; and H. Snoun, H. Ur Rehman, and A. Mwanthi

Handout (571.0 kB)

4:45 PM
4.2
The Common Community Physics Package: Recent Updates and New Frontiers
Ligia Bernardet, NOAA Global Systems Laboratory and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO; and D. Swales, G. Firl, M. J. Kavulich Jr., J. Dudhia, S. Trahan, M. Zhang, W. Li, T. J. Hertneky, and L. Xue, PhD

Handout (1.6 MB)

5:00 PM
4.3
EPIC Community Infrastructure Supporting Innovation of the Unified Forecast System
Keven Michael Blackman, NOAA, Omaha, NE; and M. A. Potts, J. Kim, K. J. Booker, and S. Flampouris

5:15 PM
4.4
Unified Workflow Tools and Framework: An Update
Christina R. Holt, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, NOAA/GSL, Boulder, CO; and F. Gabelmann, P. Madden, E. Carpenter, N. Bharwani, and B. S. Weir

5:30 PM
4.5
Towards Coupled Fire-Atmosphere Modeling with the Unified Forecast System
Masih Eghdami, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. A. Jimenez, M. E. Frediani, PhD, D. Rosen, T. W. Juliano, B. Kosovic, M. J. Kavulich Jr., and R. Ahmadov

5:45 PM
4.6
EPIC Community Engagement Supporting Community Modeling Innovation
Keven Michael Blackman, NOAA, Omaha, NE; and A. C. Jones

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Exhibit Hall Opening Reception
Location: Hall F/ Swing (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Agency Updates; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


ESWN Reception
Location: Pratt Street Ale House
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

7:30 PM-10:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Coriolis (LGBTQ+ and Allies) Reception
Location: Pisces (Hyatt Regency Baltimore)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 5
Earth System Model Governance and Community Building
Location: Key 12 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation
Chair: Hendrik L. Tolman, Dr. Ir., NWS
Cochairs: Alicia M. Bentley; Stylianos Flampouris
8:30 AM
5.1
NOAA's 10-Year Modeling Strategy
Michael Morgan, NOAA - Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction, Washington, DC; and H. L. Tolman, Dr. Ir., P. Burke, D. L. Carlis, M. Srinivasan, J. Vogt, D. Koch, and B. D. Gross

9:00 AM
5.3
Q&A Michael Morgan and Nick Anderson

9:15 AM
5.3
Building a Modeling Community
Tracy Fanara, NOS, St. Petersburg , FL; NOAA, Gainesville, FL; NOAA, Seattle/Silver Spring, WA

9:45 AM
5.5
Developing Skills for Future Modelling and Innovation: The Transatlantic Data Science Academy
Zorica n/a Jones, Met Office, UK, Exeter, United Kingdom; and G. Pankiewicz, D. Wilson, M. Huang, and K. Garrett

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024


Coffee Break [Main Terrace (BCC), Camden Lobby (BCC), Hall E (BCC), Hall F (BCC)]
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024


Lunch Break
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 7
Earth Systems Innovation for Community Modeling I
Location: Key 12 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation
Chair: Jose-Henrique G.M. Alves, NOAA
CoChair: Lingyan Xin, OAR
1:45 PM
7.1
Developing Guidelines for Measuring, Defining and Fostering Innovations in Earth Prediction Systems at NOAA's Weather Program Office
Laura Dailey, OAR, Marlton, NJ; and J. H. G. M. Alves, J. E. Ten Hoeve III, C. R. Kondragunta, J. C. Carman, J. Dale, and M. Huang

Handout (1.6 MB)

2:00 PM
7.2
UFS Forecast Model Evaluation and Improvement for S2S Hydrometeorological Prediction in the Western United States
Andrew J. Newman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Bennett, Y. Cheng, K. M. Newman, E. D. Gutmann, A. W. Wood, and A. Rafieei Nasab

2:15 PM
7.3
Developing Enhanced Diagnostic Output for the UFS: Increasing Information Extraction with Minimal Expense
James Correia Jr., NWS/Weather Prediction Center, College Park, MD; and L. J. Reames

2:30 PM
7.4
Improving Stochastic Parameterizations of Chaotic Diabatic Processes in Weather and Climate Models
Gilbert P. Compo, Univ. of Colorado CIRES, Boulder, CO; NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Sardeshmukh

2:45 PM
7.5
Parameterizations of Boundary Layer Mass Fluxes in High-Wind Conditions for Unified Forecast System models
Xiaomin Chen, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and F. D. Marks Jr., ScD

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024


Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing [Hall E (BCC) & Hall F (BCC)]
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

3rd Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation Posters
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation
Chairs: Louisa Bogar Nance; Neil A. Jacobs; Hendrik L. Tolman, Dr. Ir., NWS; Jose-Henrique G.M. Alves, NOAA
534
Got Code ? Join the UFS Community !
Hendrik L. Tolman, Dr. Ir., NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

535
Development of the Unified Post Processor (UPP) to support UFS-based Application Implementations at NCEP
Wen Meng, EMC, College Park, MD; and H. Y. Chuang, J. Wang, D. Jovic, R. Mahajan, S. Trahan, and J. J. Levit

536
Benchmarking Historical Simulations of Leaf Area Index from CMIP6 Using Satellite Climate Data Records
Jessica L. Matthews, NOAA, Asheville, NC; and Y. Rao, E. E. Robinson, K. Konrad, and K. Slyman

Handout (604.6 kB)

538
Extreme Precipitation Events in Northeast Brazil Triggered by Different Synoptic Scale Systems
Matheus Jose Arruda Lyra, Federal Univ. of Alagoas, Maceio, AL, Brazil; and D. L. HERDIES, H. B. Gomes, M. C. L. Silva, F. D. D. S. Silva, H. B. Gomes, M. F. L. D. QUADRO, J. Mantovani, W. Coelho, L. Calvetti, É. P. Vendrasco, S. N. Figueroa, and J. Pendharkar

539
Validation of a Global Nonhydrostatic Atmospheric Dynamical Core Using Discontinuous Galerkin Method
Yuta Kawai, RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Kobe, Japan; RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Kobe, Japan; and H. Tomita

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 8
Earth Systems Innovation for Community Modeling II
Location: Key 12 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation
Chair: Laura Dailey
CoChair: Mark Olsen, NOAA/OAR/OWAQ
4:30 PM
8.1
Subseasonal Predictability of Fire Weather Metrics for Decision Support
Samantha J Kramer, Sonoma Technology, Petaluma, CA; and B. Kirtman, B. Potter, S. Huang, and K. Besong-Cowan

4:45 PM
8.2
Comparing Surrogate Severe Forecasting Skill and Storm Object Properties of the Experimental NSSL MPAS, RRFS, C-SHiELD, and HRRR Models
Larissa Joy Reames, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO), Norman, OK; and A. J. Clark, M. G. Duda, T. A. Jones, K. H. Knopfmeier, E. Mansell, C. K. Potvin, W. Skamarock, Y. Wang, L. J. Wicker, and N. Yussouf

5:00 PM
8.3
Use of Analysis Increments to Advance MJO Prediction in the NOAA UFS
Stefan Neil Tulich, CIRES and NOAA/PSL, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Bao, I. K. Hu, L. Bengtsson, and P. Pegion

5:15 PM
8.4
Toward Fully Non-Parametric Data Assimilation for the UFS
Jonathan Poterjoy, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and K. Kurosawa

5:45 PM
8.6
NOAA's 2023 Weather Program Office Innovations for Community Modeling Projects: Bringing Fresh Science to the Unified Forecast System
Jose-Henrique G.M. Alves, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Ten Hoeve III, J. C. Carman, J. Dale, C. R. Kondragunta, M. Huang, D. H. Kang, M. Olsen, and L. Xin

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024


Exhibit Hall Reception
Location: Hall F/ Swing (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Wednesday, 31 January 2024

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


Coffee Break [Main Terrace (BCC), Camden Lobby (BCC), Hall E (BCC), Hall F (BCC)]
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


Lunch Break
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing [Hall E (BCC) & Hall F (BCC)]
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


Awards Reception and Ceremony
Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


Wednesday Night Live
Location: Key Ballroom Salon 1-8 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Thursday, 1 February 2024

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Thursday, 1 February 2024


Exhibit Hall Breakfast
Location: Hall F/ Swing (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Agency Updates; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024


Lunch Break
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

Recording files available
J15A
Joint Special Session: The Earth Prediction Innovation Center to Accelerate Community-Developed Scientific and Technological Enhancements into the Operational Applications for Numerical Weather Prediction
Location: 320 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation )
Cochairs: Vijay S. Tallapragada, NWS; Jose-Henrique G.M. Alves
1:45 PM
J15A.1
Joint Technology Transfer Initiative: Building the Bridge to Transition Community-based Weather Research to the NWS Operations
Chandra R. Kondragunta, OAR, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Pratt, V. Kunkel, K. Garrett, N. P. Kurkowski, and W. M. Sellers

2:00 PM
J15A.2
NOAA Weather Program Office (WPO) Initiatives to advance UFS Data Assimilation Research, Education and Community Innovations
Krishna V. Kumar, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Huang, D. M. Koch, J. E. Ten Hoeve III, J. C. Carman, J. H. G. M. Alves, and J. Vogt

2:15 PM
J15A.3
Activities and Preliminary Results from the 1st Hybrid NOAA/Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiment
Adam J. Clark, NSSL, Norman, OK; and I. L. Jirak, T. A. Supinie, J. Vancil, D. E. Jahn, K. H. Knopfmeier, Y. Wang, P. Heinselman, L. J. Reames, P. S. Skinner, P. C. Burke, K. A. Hoogewind, J. Martin, M. L. Flora, L. J. Wicker, B. C. Matilla, M. Krocak, D. Dowell, C. Schwartz, M. G. Duda, W. Skamarock, A. L. Brannan, C. Karstens, E. D. Loken, N. A. Dahl, D. R. Harrison, D. A. Imy, A. Wade, J. Picca, and J. Milne

2:30 PM
J15A.4
Alleviation of Low Humidity Biases in WRF-ARW and UFS-SRW Model Simulations over Complex Terrain
Max R. Marchand, Tomorrow.io, Naples, FL; and S. Davis, A. Pattantyus, P. P. Rama Durga Surya, and S. Flampouris

2:45 PM
J15A.5
The Impacts of the Grell-Freitas Scheme on Short-Range Forecasts of the April 19, 2023 Convective Event
Robby Michael Frost, NOAA, Boulder, CO; University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Beck, G. Ketefian, M. A. Harrold, and L. Bernardet

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024


Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )