NOAA Modeling Development Forum


Session ID#: 35949

Session Description:
Numerical modeling executed in the NCEP Production Suite (NPS) forms the foundation of all forecasting for the National Weather Service (NWS).  The NWS needs to remain at the cutting-edge of research and model development, and continuously transition science advances from the research community to operations.  A key element in modernizing the NPS are the 2015 and 2016 external reviews by the UCAR Community Advisory Committee for NCEP (UCACN) Model Advisory Committee (UMAC), and that the modernization is consistent with the findings and recommendations of the NOAA Unified Modeling Task Force / Committee.  Some of the key recommendations were simplification and better governance of the NPS, and a closer working relationship between the NWS and NOAA research, and with academia in general.  A second key element is the Next Generation Global Prediction System project, where the NWS has started to adopt a more project-oriented approach to improving the NPS.  The (results of) this project are now also moving into the regional mesoscale modeling in the NPS.  This town hall is designed to communicate progress on model development and the response to UMAC recommendations to the public, and to provide a forum for gathering feedback from our customers.
Primary Contact:  Arun Chawla, NOAA, NCEP, College Park, United States
Presenters:  Hendrik L Tolman, NOAA Washington DC, NOAA NWS NCEP/EMC, Washington, DC, United States, Avichal Mehra, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD, United States, Vijay Tallapragada, National Centers For Environmental Prediction-Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD, United States and Michael B Ek, Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD, United States
Cross-Topics:
  • AI - Air-Sea Interactions
  • OM - Ocean Modeling
 

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