Collaborative Visits to Universities and Agencies

MMM encourages collaborative visits between the scientific staff and researchers at other institutions, in order to promote the exchange of science. During FY2002, four staff members visited universities:

Roelof Bruintjes (joint appointment with RAP) completed a six-month collaborative leave with the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, June 2002.

Terry Clark took a collaborative leave to visit Monash University that concluded in late December 2001.

John Latham visited the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology from January until February 2002.

Richard Rotunno began a six-month sabbatical in Italy to teach and collaborate with researchers at the University of Trento and the University l'Aquila, in August 2002.

Morris Weisman took a collaborative leave to be a visiting professor at the State University of New York at Albany from September until November 2001.

Visitor Program

Collaboration between MMM scientists and university or government agency researchers is a high priority within MMM. To this end, MMM encourages visits, both long and short term, by members of other institutions. Students come to study under modelers, or participate in field experiments. Professors come to collaborate in many different aspects, often resulting in joint publications on the collaborated research. In fiscal year 2002, MMM hosted 403 visitors originating from 53 U.S. universities and 39 foreign universities.

MMM visitor, Mathias Rotach, discusses directions with Jielun Sun during the field experiment Niwot Ridge .

MMM hosted four Affiliate Scientists during FY2002. They were Lance Bosart (SUNY), Larry Mahrt (OSU), Bjorn Stevens (with CGD), and Xiaolei Zou (FSU). The division was the site for eight ASP postdoctoral fellows, namely, David Dowell, Craig Epifanio, Joshua Hacker, Todd Lane, Sonia Lasher-Trapp, Wen-Wen Tung, Qing-Hong Zhang and Ian Faloona.

As part of the CAA Project, a six-year effort to develop and install an MM5-based numerical weather prediction system in Taiwan, the Mesoscale Prediction Group (MPG) hosted two visitors from Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration for one month. The visitors worked under MPG scientists to receive training in numerical modeling and the development of real-time mesoscale model forecasting systems. The CAA Project promotes the enhancement of aviation safety and efficiency in Taiwan, and NCAR research includes the investigation of phenomena which directly impact aviation safety, such as the prediction of typhoons and tropical convective systems.


Workshops and Colloquia

Cindy Bruyere and Wei Wang organized and lectured at the two MM5 Tutorials (January and June), and the WRF Tutorial (also in June). They also assisted in organizing the MM5 and WRF Workshops, held in June 2002.

Cindy Bruyere was an invited speaker at the NWP Prediction Strategy for Africa Workshop in Pretoria, South Africa in Sept/Oct 2002.

Jimy Dudhia was an invited speaker at the MM5 and WRF tutorials and workshops during FY2002.

James Dye organized the Airborne Field Mill Science Workshop, (see Field Projects section), which was held in Cocoa Beach, Florida in November 2001.

Robert L. Gall organized the USWRP meetings and workshops. The Warm Season Precipitation Workshop held in Boulder on 7-8 March 2002 had 70 participants. The USWRP Science Symposium on 22-23 April had 60 participants. He also organized the THORPEX Workshop in Maryland which attracted 70 participants in mid March 2002.

Wojciech Grabowski organized the GEWEX Cloud System Study Working Group Workshop in October 2001. There were 30 participants.

Joseph B. Klemp organized the WRF Planning Meeting in June with 20 participants in Washington, DC, the WRF Science Board Meeting in Boulder, CO, and, with William Skamarock, Cindy Bruyere, and Wei Wang, the 3rd Annual WRF Users Workshop, and the WRF Users Tutorial, all in June at NCAR. There were 124 attendees at the 3rd annual workshop, and 81 at the tutorial.

Ying-Hwa Kuo organized the 3rd US-Korea Joint Workshop on Weather Analysis & Prediction held in Boulder on 20-22 February 2002. This workshop had 50 invited participants.

Margaret LeMone organized the IHOP Surface BL Data Meeting at NCAR in August 2002 for 20 participants.

Donald Lenschow was the organizer for the DYCOMS II Workshop at NCAR on 21-23 March 2002.

Chin-Hoh Moeng was one of the organizers for the MMM Retreat in Estes Park, CO in May 2002, and the GTP Colloquium, "New Developments in Subfilter-Scale Closures" at NCAR on 1-9 August 2002.

Mitchell Moncrieff organized the West African Monsoon Workshop at NCAR in November 2001. There were 30 participants. Dr. Moncrieff also organized the 2nd NASA TRMM Latent Heating Workshop at NCAR in October 2001.

Rebecca Morss co-chaired the Societal and Economic Impact Assessment sub-program of
The Observing-system Research and Predictability Experiment (THORpex), which is a major international research and field program being planned for the next 10 years. Rebecca Morss is also continuing to participate in the international and U.S. THORpex planning process.

On June 4-5, 2002, Jordan Powers and Bill Kuo hosted the Antarctic Numerical Weather Prediction and Forecasting Workshop. The workshop's goals were: (1) to review the state and science of Antarctic weather forecasting and real-time modeling, with a focus on MMM's Antarctic Mesocale Prediction System (AMPS); (2) to serve as a forum for the presentation of current research and ideas in Antarctic meteorology, NWP, and forecasting, and (3) to solicit feedback from the users of NWP systems covering Antarctica, including issues of model performance and support needs. Sessions covered the AMPS system, Antarctic NWP research and Antarctic forecasting efforts, and the role of Antarctic NWP in the Ross Island Meteorology Experiment (RIME). The workshop boosted the profile of MMM's Antarctic NWP program, strengthened ties within the Antarctic forecasting community, and yielded new collaborations.


Editorships of Peer-Reviewed Journals

External Scientific, Policy, or Educational Committees or Advisory Panels