Session: Updates on Global and Mesoscale Models (29th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/25th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction)

Monday, 4 June 2018: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM

Colorado B (Grand Hyatt Denver)

Host: 25th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction

Cochairs:

Georg A. Grell, ESRL, GSD, Boulder, CO and Rebecca Adams-Selin, NOAA

Papers:

1:30 PM

3B.1

Ongoing Upgrades to NOAA's Real Time Mesoscale Analysis System

Jacob R. Carley, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and M. Pondeca, S. Levine, R. Yang, Y. Lin, S. Flampouris, J. Whiting, S. Melchior, A. M. Gibbs, R. J. Purser, B. T. Blake, G. Manikin, B. Yang, E. Colón, X. Zhang, M. T. Morris, M. Pyle, E. Rogers, and J. C. Derber

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

3B.2

NOAA's Next-Generation, Modern-Era Global Reanalysis and Reforecast

Thomas M. Hamill, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. Whitaker and V. Tallapragada

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

3B.3

Assimilation of Polar Orbiter and Geostationary Satellite Data in the Rap and HRRR Models: Recent Upgrades and Ongoing Work with New Observation Sets.

Haidao Lin, CIRA/Colorado State Univ. and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, A. Back, M. Hu, J. M. Brown, and C. R. Alexander

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

3B.4

A New Operational Global Ensemble from the United States Air Force

Evan Kuchera, USAF 16th Weather Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, NE

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

3B.5

Overview of the Navy's Next-Generation NEPTUNE Modeling System

James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and P. A. Reinecke, K. C. Viner, D. D. Flagg, S. Gabersek, M. Martini, J. Michalakes, D. R. Ryglicki, and F. X. Giraldo

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

3B.6

MPAS (Model for Prediction Across Scales): An Overview of Forecast Evaluation and Improvements

Brett A. Wilt, The Weather Company, Andover, MA; and J. P. Cipriani

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM

3B.7

MPAS for Operational Turbulence Forecasts and Other Commercial Applications

John Wong, The Weather Company, an IBM Business, Andover, MA; and T. Hutchinson, J. K. Williams, and C. Meyer

Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM