Improving weather forecast skill and rainfall climatology of FV3GFS using machine learning
Presenter: Chris Bretherton, Senior Director, Vulcan Climate Modeling and Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington
NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center Upgrades the Unified Post Processing System to Version 10.0.2
NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) has released an upgrade to its Unified Post Processing System (UPP). The UPP developmental version has been cleaned-up, modularized and modernized as part of the UPP re-engineering effort. Additionally, the Relative Humidity (RH) was unified so that the operational North American Model (NAM) algorithm will be used by all models, […]
Development of Global Aerosol Forecast Model (GEFS-Aerosols) into NOAA’s Unified Forecast System (UFS)
Presenter: Li (Kate) Zhang; NOAA GSL & CIRES CU Boulder
The William M. Lapenta Student Internship
Celebrating and Honoring a Legacy Centered on Professional Development By Genene Fisher Dr. William (Bill) Lapenta left a lasting impression on many people. In addition to being a brilliant scientist and leader in the weather modeling community, he was known for being a remarkable mentor and passionate about helping others with their professional development. As […]
UFS HIGHLIGHTS AT THE 101ST AMS ANNUAL MEETING, 9-15 JANUARY 2021
The 101st annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society starts January 9th, 2021, featuring many presentations related to the Unified Forecast System (UFS). Talks, posters, and town halls representing UFS Community members’ works and from the UFS-R2O Project describe new hurricane, marine, coastal, and coupled models, verification and validation approaches, physics parameterizations, and forecast products. […]
UFS COMMUNITY AND UFS-R2O PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS AT THE 101ST AMS ANNUAL MEETING, 10-15 JANUARY 2021
UFS COMMUNITY AND UFS-R2O PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS AT THE 101ST AMS ANNUAL MEETING, 10-15 JANUARY 2021 The 101st annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society starts January 9th, 2021, featuring many presentations related to the Unified Forecast System (UFS). Talks, posters, and town halls representing UFS Community members’ works describe new hurricane, marine, coastal, and coupled […]
2020 — A Remarkable Year for the UFS
By Hendrik Tolman and Richard Rood Co-Chairs of the UFS Steering Committee Bottom-line, upfront: 2020 was the year when the Unified Forecast System (UFS) went from an idea of a concept to a tangible reality. At the core of this reality are the first UFS code release and Graduate Student Tests (GST) that early in […]
With a Little Help From His Friends: Nurturing the Future of Weather Forecasting
By Jose-Henrique Alves and Jimy Dudhia with Fred Carr, James Doyle, Tom Hamill, Jack Kain and Russell Schneider Sixteen years ago, Bill Lapenta played a decisive role in creating, and later nurturing to maturity, a vision that is revolutionizing weather forecasting in America. Envisioning a simplification of the suite of numerical models used operationally at […]
Geoscience students: Here are four ways you can get involved with the Unified Forecasting System (UFS) this winter
By Leah Dubots1 It’s the most magical time of the year…the semester is over, finals are done, and we get to put our feet up, sip some hot chocolate, and relax. But what happens when we’ve binged The Office for the tenth time this year, and, dare we admit it, are…bored? Fear not, fellow scientists! […]
Using AI to Create Situational Intelligence for Storm Responders
Presenters: Vijay Jayachandran, CEO, ACW Analytics and Peter Watson is the CTO of ACW Analytics
