Session 4B NOAA’s Unified Forecast System [UFS] as a Collaborative Community-Based Modeling System for Research and Operations IV

Monday, 29 January 2024: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
323 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Jacob R. Carley and Vijay S. Tallapragada, NWS, NCEP/EMC/MDAB, College Park, MD

Papers:
4:30 PM
4B.1
The Rapid Refresh Forecast System: Looking Beyond the First Operational Version
Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/OAR/GSL, Boulder, CO; and J. R. Carley

4:45 PM
4B.2
The Three-Dimensional Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis System (3D-RTMA) - Latest Developments
Guoqing Ge, CIRES and NOAA/GSL, Boulder, CO; and T. T. Ladwig, M. Pondeca, M. Hu, E. Colon, A. M. Gibbs, M. T. Morris, G. Zhao, C. Hartsough, M. Rancic, R. Panda, J. R. Carley, S. S. Weygandt, C. R. Alexander, and M. Peña

5:00 PM
4B.3
Multi-Year Comparisons of OU MAP Real-Time Convection Allowing Ensemble Forecasts Produced During 2017-2022 HWT Spring Forecasting Experiments
Brett Castro, National Weather Center REU, Hopewell Junction, NY; and N. A. Gasperoni, PhD, X. Wang, and Y. Wang

5:15 PM
4B.4
Recent Development of JEDI-based Data Assimilation for GFS and RRFS at OU MAP Lab
Yongming Wang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and X. Wang

5:30 PM
4B.5
Evaluating the Impact of Global Ensemble Perturbations for Partial Cycling EnKF Members on RRFS Prototype Performance
Michael J. Kavulich Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Beck, G. Ketefian, M. A. Harrold, V. Vargas Jr., W. Mayfield, C. Zhou, D. Dowell, T. T. Ladwig, J. R. Carley, C. R. Alexander, and J. Dong

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