H33G:
Research, Development, and Evaluation of the National Water Model and Facilitation of Community Involvement I


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Session ID#: 62491

Session Description:
The NOAA National Weather Service, Office of Water Prediction, is leading development of the National Water Model (NWM). The NWM represents transformative cyberinfrastructure by providing a platform for community hydrologic model development. At its ultimate build-out, the NWM will include operational capabilities for forecasting the full suite of water budget variables at a continental scale, providing insight into floods, droughts, water quality and water supply. The development of the NWM provides natural collaborative opportunities for federal agencies involved in water prediction and the research and academic communities in both hydrologic and atmospheric sciences. Continental-scale hydrologic prediction represents a new frontier at the nexus of atmospheric and hydrologic modeling, with important connections to remote sensing, data assimilation, anthropogenic effects, big data, decision support, calibration and parameter estimation, machine learning, model testing and evaluation. This session seeks presentations or posters on any of these topics, facilitation of collaborations and enhancing community involvement.
Primary Convener:  Fred L Ogden, NOAA Affiliate, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Conveners:  Trey Flowers, National Water Center, Office of Water Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States and Jerad Bales, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrological Science, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrological Science, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Trey Flowers, National Water Center, Office of Water Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Chairs:  Trey Flowers, National Water Center, Office of Water Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States and Jerad Bales, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc., Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Fred L Ogden, NOAA Affiliate, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
Index Terms:

1803 Anthropogenic effects [HYDROLOGY]
1805 Computational hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1902 Community modeling frameworks [INFORMATICS]
3355 Regional modeling [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Multi-variate evaluation of the NOAA National Water Model (Invited) (447747)
David J Gochis1, Brian A. Cosgrove2, Aubrey L Dugger3, Logan R Karsten1, Kevin Michael Sampson4, James L McCreight5, Trey Flowers6, Edward P Clark6, Tomislava Vukicevic7, Fernando Renzo Salas8, Katelyn FitzGerald9, Arezoo Rafieeinasab5, Michael J Barlage10, Laura Read5, David N Yates11, Molly McAllister1, Linlin Pan1, Wei Yu12, Yongxin Zhang9 and Erin Towler13, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NOAA/NWS/OHD, Silver Spring, United States, (3)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (4)Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc., Boulder, United States, (5)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (6)National Water Center, Office of Water Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (7)Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, (8)NOAA, Geospatial Intelligence Division, Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, United States, (9)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (10)NOAA/OAR/GSL, Boulder, United States, (11)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (12)Weather Tech Services, LLC, Boulder, CO, United States, (13)NCAR, Boulder, United States
NOAA’s National Water Model: An Update on Model Activities and Related Initiatives (394736)
Brian A. Cosgrove1, David Gochis2, Thomas Martin Graziano3, Edward P Clark4, Trey Flowers4 and Fred L Ogden5, (1)National Weather Service Silver Spring, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (3)NOAA, NWS Office of Water Prediction, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (4)National Water Center, Office of Water Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (5)NOAA Affiliate, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
A Cross-Scale, Hydro-Meteorological Forecast Evaluation of National Water Model Forecasts of the May 2018 Ellicott City, MD Flood (415081)
Francesca Viterbo1,2, Kelly M Mahoney1, Brian A. Cosgrove3, David Gochis4, Laura Read4, Fernando Renzo Salas5, Robert Cifelli6 and Jason Elliott7, (1)NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)NOAA/NWS/OHD, Silver Spring, United States, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)NOAA, Geospatial Intelligence Division, Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, United States, (6)NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington, Sterling, VA, United States
An Overview of Present Capabilities and Future Needs for Integrated Coastal Urban Flood Modeling (450810)
Thomas C Massey, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal & Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, United States, Ahmad Tavakoly, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, United States, Mark Wahl, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS, United States, Aaron Byrd, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Coastal & Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS, United States and Michael Follum, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mills, WY, United States
Customizing the National Water Model to meet Regional Needs for Water Prediction (381293)
Andrew Gronewold1,2, Laura Read3, David Gochis4, Lacey Mason5, Kevin Michael Sampson6, Brian A. Cosgrove7, Katelyn FitzGerald8, Aubrey L Dugger9, James L McCreight3, Chuliang Xiao2 and Eric J Anderson10, (1)NOAA-Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (5)University of Michigan, Institute for Fisheries Research, School for Environment & Sustainability, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (6)Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc., Boulder, United States, (7)NOAA/NWS/OHD, Silver Spring, United States, (8)Boise State University, Boise, ID, United States, (9)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (10)NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
A Coupled Ocean, Wave, Hydrologic, Riverine Flow Model for Delaware Bay/River Basin: Analysis of Hurricanes Irene, Isabel and Sandy (413119)
Roham Bakhtyar, NOAA / Office of Water Prediction / National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Kazungu Maitaria, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Water Center (NWC), Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Panagiotis Velissariou, NOAA/NWS/OWP National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Trey Flowers, National Water Center, Office of Water Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Hassan Mashriqui, Office of Water Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Graeme R Aggett, Lynker, Boulder, United States
Using Dimensionless Scaling Parameters as Decision Metrics in a Heterogeneous Hydraulic Routing Scheme (399936)
Kelly Flint, San Diego State University, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego, CA, United States, Maryam Asgari Lamjiri, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Sean Matus, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States, Ehab A Meselhe, Tulane University of Louisiana, River-Coastal Science and Engineering, New Orleans, United States and Kyle T Mandli, Columbia University, Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, New York, United States
Hyper-Resolution Flood Inundation Modeling: a NOAA/NWS Path Forward (433190)
Michael B Smith, NOAA/NWS Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Silver Spring, United States, Nathan Patrick, NOAA/NWS California-Nevada River Forecast Center, Sacramento, CA, United States, Jongkwan Kim, NOAA/NWS Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Nels J Frazier, Lynker, Boulder, United States and Trey Flowers, National Water Center, Office of Water Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

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