Session 2C NOAA Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program (HFIP) II (Forecast Models)

Monday, 6 May 2024: 10:45 AM-12:15 PM
Beacon B (Hyatt Regency Long Beach)
Host: 36th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Cochairs:
Xuejin Zhang, AOML, Miami, FL and Ghassan J. Alaka Jr., AOML, Miami, FL

Papers:
11:00 AM
2C.2
HFIP Real-Time Parallel Experiments for 2023 and 2024 Hurricane Seasons Using HAFS-A Configurations
Bin Liu, Lynker at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and J. Shin, B. Thomas, Z. Zhang, H. S. Kim, B. Li, C. K. Wang, M. F. Aristizabal Vargas, J. D. Steffen, W. Wang, L. Zhu, X. Li, Y. Weng, J. Cheng, A. Mehra, and V. S. Tallapragada

11:15 AM
2C.3
Improving NOAA’s Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System: HAFSv2 Upgrades and Operational Implementation
Zhan Zhang, NOAA, College Park, MD; and X. Zhang, B. Liu, A. Mehra, V. S. Tallapragada, S. Gopalakrishnan, F. D. Marks Jr., ScD, A. J. Poyer, W. Komaromi, and J. Anderson

11:30 AM
2C.4
Performance of GFDL SHiELD and T-SHiELD Forecasts During Recent Hurricane Seasons
Timothy P. Marchok, GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and L. M. Harris, K. Gao, L. Zhou, M. Morin, J. H. Chen, and A. Kaltenbaugh

11:45 AM
2C.5
Cloud and Vertical Velocity Field Improvement in the HAFS-Vortex Initialization
Jung Hoon Shin, Lynker at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and Z. Zhang, B. Liu, Y. Weng, C. K. Wang, Q. Liu, A. Mehra, and V. S. Tallapragada

12:00 PM
2C.6
'A Summary of Recent Achievements and Future Strategic Planning for Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program (HFIP)'
Jason R. Anderson, NOAA OSTI-M, NOAA, Rensselaer, NY; and A. J. Poyer and W. Komaromi

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