FY 1999 Annual Scientific Report
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| 1. | Fundamental Research | ||||
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PRECIPITATION PHYSICS | ||||
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DYNAMICAL AND TURBULENT SYSTEMS | ||||
| 2. | Understanding and Predicting the Earth System | ||||
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PREDICTING THE WEATHER ON SHORT TIME AND SPACE SCALES | ||||
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SEPARATING NATURAL VARIABILITY AND ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE | ||||
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ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND AIR QUALITY | ||||
| 3. | Advanced Scientific Facilities | ||||
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COMMUNITY MODELS | ||||
| 4. | Education and Training | ||||
| 5. | Applications and Technology/Information Transfer | ||||
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| 1. | Prediction of Precipitating Weather Systems (PPWS) Program | ||||
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MESOSCALE PREDICTABILITY AND NWP | ||||
| PERTURBATIONS TECHNIQUES FOR ENSEMBLE FORECASTS | |||||
| STATISTICS OF FORECAST AND ANALYSIS ERRORS | |||||
| PREDICTABILITY OF MOIST CONVECTION IN BAROCLINIC SYSTEMS | |||||
| REAL-TIME EXPERIMENTAL NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION | |||||
| PROCESS STUDIES AND MODEL VALIDATION | |||||
| RETRIEVAL AND FORECAST EXPERIMENTS OF CONVECTIVE SYSTEM FROM CASES | |||||
| B. | LIFE CYCLE OF PRECIPITATING WEATHER SYSTEMS | ||||
| MORPHOLOGY OF CONTINENTAL ORGANIZED CONVECTION | |||||
| SEVERE CONVECTION | |||||
| OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION | |||||
| NSSL CONTRIBUTIONS TO FASTEX ANALYSIS | |||||
| TROPICAL CYCLONES | |||||
| C. | MESOSCALE DYNAMICS | ||||
| CATALINA EDDY | |||||
| NSSL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MESOSCALE ALPINE PROJECT | |||||
| CORRECTIONS TO QUASI-GEOSTROPHY | |||||
| D. | DATA ASSIMILATION RESEARCH | ||||
| DEVELOPMENT OF A 3D-VAR SYSTEM FOR RADAR DATA ASSIMILATION | |||||
| DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY MM5 3D-VAR SYSTEM | |||||
| DEVELOPMENT OF A HYBRID ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER/3D-VAR SCHEME | |||||
| ASSIMILATION OF SURFACE MESONET DATA | |||||
| ASSIMILATION OF GPS/MET RADIO-OCCULTATION | |||||
| BACKGROUND ERROR COVARIANCE FOR A REAL-TIME RADAR DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM | |||||
| ASSIMILATION OF HETEROGENEOUS MESOSCALE OBSERVATIONS FOR A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM | |||||
| IMPACT OF MOIST PHYSICS ON MESOSCALE DATA ASSIMILATION | |||||
| ASSIMILATION OF GROUND-BASED GPS TOTAL ZENITH DELAY | |||||
| TARGETED OBSERVATIONS | |||||
| NSSL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WINTER STORMS PROJECT (NORPEX) | |||||
| USE OF SENSITIVITY FIELDS TO IMPROVE MODEL INITIAL CONDITIONS | |||||
| E. | WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECAST (WRF) MODEL DEVELOPMENT | ||||
| MODEL PROTOTYPES FOR INTEGRATING THE DYNAMICAL EQUATIONS | |||||
| SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE PROTOTYPE | |||||
| NUMERICAL METHODS DEVELOPMENT | |||||
| WRF MODEL DATA ASSIMILATION | |||||
| 2. | Cloud and Surface Processes & Parameterization (CaSPP) Program | ||||
| A. | TROPICAL CLOUD SYSTEMS | ||||
| NONHYDROSTATIC GLOBAL MODEL DEVELOPMENT | |||||
| TROPICAL CLIMATE AND CLOUD MICROPHYSICS | |||||
| CLOUD-RESOLVING MODELING OF LARGE-SCALE TROPICAL CIRCULATIONS | |||||
| HIERARCHICAL MODELING OF CLOUD SYSTEMS OBSERVED IN GATE | |||||
| WAVELET ANALYSIS OF SIMULATED TROPICAL CONVECTIVE CLOUD SYSTEMS | |||||
| NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF TROPICAL ISLAND THUNDERSTORMS | |||||
| PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT IN SMALL MARITIME CUMULUS | |||||
| PARTICIPATION IN THE INDIAN OCEAN EXPERIMENT (INDOEX) | |||||
| B. | BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS | ||||
| ENTRAINMENT RATE, CLOUD FRACTION AND LIQUID-WATER PATH IN STRATOCUMULUS | |||||
| STRATOCUMULUS ENTRAINMENT | |||||
| REMOTE SENSING OF THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE | |||||
| C. | LAND-ATMOSPHERE COUPLING AT SMALL SCALES | ||||
| AREA-AVERAGED TURBULENT FLUXES IN BOREAS | |||||
| ANALYSIS OF CASES-97 DATASETS | |||||
| MORNING BOUNDARY LAYER | |||||
| NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER (NBL) | |||||
| MEASUREMENTS OF THE NBL, MORNING, AND EVENING TRANSITIONS IN CASES-99 | |||||
| INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES AND TURBULENT TRANSPORT IN NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS IN A FOREST | |||||
| ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE TO SPATIAL VARIATION OF SOIL MOISTURE | |||||
| HYDROLOGIC COUPLING BETWEEN LAND-SURFACE AND THE CLOUD-FREE PBL | |||||
| FORM DRAG IN FLOW OVER PERIODIC TOPOGRAPHY | |||||
| D. | OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE COUPLING AT SMALL SCALES | ||||
| NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF TURBULENT FLOW OVER A WAVY SURFACE | |||||
| RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATMOSPHERIC MOMENTUM TRANSPORT AND OCEAN WAVES | |||||
| ONE-DIMENSIONAL OCEAN MODEL DRIVEN BY NUMERICALLY SIMULATED CLOUD-SCALE SURFACE PROPERTIES | |||||
| E. | PARAMETERIZATION | ||||
| CLOUD-RESOLVING CONVECTION PARAMETERIZATION (CRCP) AND LARGE-SCALE TROPICAL DYNAMICS | |||||
| PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN EXPLICIT AND PARAMETERIZED REALIZATIONS OF TROPICAL CLOUD SYSTEMS | |||||
| ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY BALANCE OBTAINED FROM EXPLICIT SIMULATIONS | |||||
| USING CLOUD-RESOLVING MODEL RESULTS TO IMPROVE CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION | |||||
| CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEWEX CLOUD SYSTEM STUDY (GCSS) | |||||
| GLOBAL IMPACT OF CONVECTIVE MOMENTUM TRANSPORT | |||||
| PARAMETERIZATION OF CONVECTIVE MOMENTUM TRANSPORT IN BAROLINIC CONDITIONS | |||||
| EFFECTS OF SHEAR ON HEAT AND MOISTURE SOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH ORGANIZED CONVECTION | |||||
| ROLE OF SHEAR IN TRIGGERING CONVECTION IN PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES | |||||
| STATISTICAL MODELS OF CONVECTION | |||||
| 3. | Smaller Research Programs | ||||
| A. | ICE MICROPHYSICS RESEARCH | ||||
| COLLOQUIUM ON ICE FORMATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE | |||||
| TRMM FIELD CAMPAIGNS | |||||
| ICE PARTICLE MEASUREMENTS | |||||
| MODELED RADIATIVE PROPERTIES OF TROPICAL ANVILS | |||||
| IMPROVEMENT OF UPPER-TROPOSPHERIC RELATIVE HUMIDITY MEASUREMENTS | |||||
| BASIC STUDIES OF ICE | |||||
| B. | WILDFIRE RESEARCH | ||||
| C. | GEOPHYSICAL TURBULENCE RESEARCH | ||||
| JET STREAM SHEAR ZONES | |||||
| MEASURING SGS MOTIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYER | |||||
| LARGE EDDY SIMULATION OF THE STABLY-STRATIFIED PBL | |||||
| LAGRANGIAN MODELING OF DISPERSION IN THE CBL USING LES FIELDS | |||||
| WAVE-VORTEX INTERACTION IN LARGE SCALE STRATIFIED ROTATING FLUIDS: SHALLOW WATER (RSW) AND BOUSSINESQ; LONG TERM EFFECTS AND TURBULENCE; GEOSTROPHIC BALANCE, LONG (WEATHER) CYCLES, NONLINEAR RESPONSE | |||||
| TURBULENT TRANSPORT AND DIFFUSION IN STRATIFIED FLOWS | |||||
| D. | CHEMISTRY IN CLOUDS RESEARCH | ||||
| STERAO PROJECT | |||||
| NSSL CONTRIBUTIONS TO STERAO ANALYSIS | |||||
| LES STUDIES OF THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER | |||||
| TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOL STUDIES | |||||
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| 1. | Environment | ||||
| A. | U. S. WEATHER RESEARCH PROGRAM (USWRP) | ||||
| B. | WORLD WEATHER RESEARCH PROGRAM (WWRP) | ||||
| WORKSHOPS AND SYMPOSIA | |||||
| PROJECTS | |||||
| NCAR USWRP PROGRAM | |||||
| 2. | U. S. Global Change Research Program | ||||
| A. | GLOBAL TROPOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY PROGRAM (GTCP) | ||||
| B. | CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND PREDICTABILITY (CLIVAR) | ||||
| C. | ROLE OF CLOUDS, ENERGY, AND WATER (ROCEW) | ||||
| 3. | High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) | ||||
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| 1. | Community Service | ||||
| A. | COMMUNITY MODEL -- MM5 | ||||
| 1. | MM5 MODEL DEVELOPMENT | ||||
| 2. | USER SUPPORT | ||||
| 3. | WORKSHOPS | ||||
| 4. | EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR MM5 | ||||
| MM5 Tutorial | |||||
| 3DVAR Short Course | |||||
| B. | DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE SUPPORT | ||||
| C. | FIELD CAMPAIGNS | ||||
| D. | SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS | ||||
| 1. | COLLABORATIVE VISITS TO UNIVERSITIES AND AGENCIES | ||||
| 2. | VISITOR PROGRAM | ||||
| 3. | WORKSHOPS AND COLLOQUIA | ||||
| 4. | EDITORSHIPS OF PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS | ||||
| 5. | EXTERNAL SCIENTIFIC, POLICY, OR EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEES OR ADVISORY PANELS | ||||
| 6. | HONORS AND AWARDS | ||||
| 2. | Educational Activities | ||||
| A. | COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY OUTREACH | ||||
| TEACHING ARRANGEMENTS | |||||
| GRADUATE RESEARCH ADVISORS | |||||
| THESIS COMMITTEE MEMBERS | |||||
| B. | PARTICIPATION IN UCAR/NCAR/UOP PROGRAMS | ||||
| LEARN: ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE EXPLORERS | |||||
| SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES IN ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND SCIENCE (SOARS) | |||||
| COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FOR OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY, EDUCATION AND TRAINING (COMET) | |||||
| C. | NON-TECHNICAL AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH | ||||
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| 1. | Division Computing | ||||
| 2. | Administrative Services | ||||
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| 1. | Refereed | ||||
| 2. | Non-Refereed | ||||
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| 1. | MMM Staff List | ||||
| 2. | MMM Visitors and Collaborators List | ||||
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