Geophysics Branch, NAVAIR Weapons Division

Roger Helvery

EMAIL: helveyra@navair.navy.mil
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Simulation of 3-D winds over complex terrain. Diurnal wind climatology. Air pollution modeling. 

George Mason University

Ms Rosalyn MacCracken

EMAIL: rmaccrac@gmu.edu
Research Interests: Meteorological Research/Tropical Cyclone forecasting
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: To investigate Tropical Cyclogenesis in the Atlantic Basin.

Georgia Institute of Technology

Ms Sun-Kyoung Park

EMAIL: gte656q@prism.gatech.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: My model period: from Jan 1, 2001 to Jan 31, 2002 Model domain: Eastern United State

Harris Corporation

Mr Jeff Copes

EMAIL: jeffcopes@cfl.rr.com
Research Interests: meteorology
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Use MM5, WRF for strategic weather applications

Harvard University Center for Environment

Dr Shuxiao Wang

EMAIL: shxwang@deas.harvard.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: I am trying to simulate the air quality in China

HP (Hewlett-Packard Co.)

Kamran Talebi

EMAIL: kamran.talebi@hp.com
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Use MM5 for Beowulf cluster testing.

Hydrology Department University of Arizona

Dr James Broermann

EMAIL: james@hwr.arizona.edu
Research Interests: Regional Climate Modeling
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Purchase system to run MM5

ICF Kaiser Engineers, Inc.

Shron Douglas

EMAIL: sgd@saintl.com
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Preparation of meteorological inputs for air quality modeling.

Idaho National Engineering Environmental Laboratory

Mr Peter Cebull

EMAIL: cebupp@inel.gov
Research Interests: High Performance Computing
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Parallel performance benchmarking on Cray SV1

Illinois Institute of Technology

Mr Paritosh Mokhasi

EMAIL: mokhpar@iit.edu
Research Interests: Fluid Dynamics
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Study of contaminant dispersion in urban area.

iMSC Corporation

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Institute for Creation Research

Dr Larry Vardiman

EMAIL: LVardiman@icr.edu
Research Interests: Paleoclimatology
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Simulate ice age in Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks and Florida

Institute of Marine and Coastal Science Rutgers University

Mr Louis Bowers

EMAIL: bowers@imcs.rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Coastal Meteorology
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Met Research involving the coastal sea breeze and some real-time forecasting

Instructor, Rust College, Holly Springs, Ms

Mr Tim Rich

EMAIL: ctrich@bellsouth.net
Research Interests: Atmospheric Research
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

Intel

Mr Vladimir Kolodiev

EMAIL: vladimir.kolodiev@intel.com
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: MHD waves in solar and atmospheric plasmas

Intitute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics / University of California Los Angeles

Dr Xavier CAPET

EMAIL: capet@atmos.ucla.edu
Research Interests: regional ocean modeling
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Mr Matthew Johnson

EMAIL: matthew.johnson@dnr.state.ia.us
Research Interests: Regional Air Quality Modeling
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

Iowa State University

Ms Dongping Xu

EMAIL: xdp@iastate.edu
Research Interests: Computer Engineering/Software Engineering
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: study robustness of MM5 software

ITT Industries Advanced Engineering Sciences

Dr Donald Burrows

EMAIL: don.burrows@itt.com
Research Interests: urban scale modelling
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

Jackson State University

Remata Reddy

EMAIL: rsreddy@ccaix.jsums.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Study of weather patterns on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Jeppesen Data Plan

Mr Ben Neufeld

EMAIL: ben_neufeld@jepplg.com
Research Interests: Aviation Meteorology
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: To customize and run mm5 in a operational setting.

Johns Hopkins University

Mr Ming-Che Hu

EMAIL: mchu@jhu.edu
Research Interests: Air pollution
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

Johns Hopkins University

Michael A. Kelly

EMAIL: Michael.Kelly@jhuapl.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: We are using MM5 to generate data for use in the CARMA dust model. We are calculating dust transport using output from 24-h MM5 runs over Africa during July 2000.  

Johnson Controls Inc.

Mr Jeff Main

EMAIL: jmain@execpc.com
Research Interests: Software Engineering and Meteorology
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

Kleinfelder, Atmospheric Science Center

Gregory Darvin

EMAIL: darvin@silcom.com
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Study of regional transport of air pollution.

Lamar University

Jimena Mojica

EMAIL: mojica@MM5.lamar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Air emission Inventory

LaniSoft

Mr Chuck Boudreaux

EMAIL: chuck@simsciences.com
Research Interests: Tropical Meteorology Research
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Get a better understanding of the modeling process then expand on this to study the landfall impact of tropical systems

Lawrence Berkeley Lab

Dr Marc Fischer

EMAIL: mlfischer@lbl.gov
Research Interests: Carbon Cycle and Climate
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Infering c-cycle from atmospheric observations

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

William J. Riley

EMAIL: wjriley@lbl.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Coupling a land-surface model that simulates carbon uptake and plant physiological response to MM5, and using the coupled model to perform regional simulations of carbon exchanges. Use the model to study soil moisture and its impacts on near-surface air temperatures.

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Haider Taha

EMAIL: hgthis@dante.lbl.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Urban meteorology, heat islands, and sir quality.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Dr Yun (Helen) He

EMAIL: yhe@lbl.gov
Research Interests: Regional or Climate Modeling parallel computing
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Hung-Neng S. Chin

EMAIL: chin2@llnl.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Inter-comparison study with NORAPS/COAMPS and MM5 models.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Dr Long Li

EMAIL: longli@hotelca.llnl.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Analysis of the effects tropical biomass burning on the global atmosphere.

Lockheed Martin/Environmental Protection Agency

Mr Phillip Robinso

EMAIL: robinson.phillip@epa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: My objective is to write a configuration document that explains how to setup a Scyld Beowulf Cluster and run MM5

Logicon LAT

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Los Alamos National Laboratory

Scot Johnson

EMAIL: sjohnson@lanl.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Augment wind data, primarily, over northern New Mexico.  

Maricopa Association of Governments

Dr Shin Taejoo

EMAIL: tshin@mag.maricopa.gov
Research Interests: Air Quality Modeling
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: To do air quality modeling analysis using MM5 UAM-V and CMAQ.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Elfatih Eltahir

EMAIL: eltahir@storm.mit.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Amazon climate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dara Entekhabi

EMAIL: dara@alborz.mit.edu
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mr Abdelali Fadil

EMAIL: fadil@mit.edu
Research Interests: GPS Meteorology
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Rob Martello

EMAIL: rmartell@athena.mit.edu
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mr Arnico Panday

EMAIL: arnico@mit.edu
Research Interests: urban air pollution
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: to model the ventilation and photochemistry of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal

MCNC-North Carolina Supercomputing Center

John McHenry

EMAIL: mchenry@mcnc.org
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Understanding the role convection plays in weakly forced summertime situations that can lead to high boundary layer ozone episodes.

MCNC-North Carolina Supercomputing Center

Aijun Xiu

EMAIL: aijun@emc.mcnc.org
Research Interests:
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Meso, Inc.

EMAIL: http://www.meso.com/
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Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division, NCAR

Cindy Bruyere

EMAIL: bruyerec@ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Numerical modeling, support for MM5 modeling system

Mississippi State University

Mr Valentine Anantharaj

EMAIL: val@erc.msstate.edu
Research Interests: meteorological research
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

Mississippi State University

Mr Balaji Rangasamy

EMAIL: rush2balaji@yahoo.com
Research Interests: High Performance Computing
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Working on a high performance cluster interconnect product.

Mkey Technologies, LLC

Mr Young Yee

EMAIL: yyee@aol.com
Research Interests: data compression, remote sensing
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Develop optimal compression algorithms for large scientific data sets. Develop efficient algorithms to improve wind profiler retrievals.

NASA Ames Research Center

Joelle Champney

EMAIL: champney@sky.arc.nasa.gov
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NASA Ames Research Center

Robert Chatfield

EMAIL: chatfiel@savitri.arc.nasa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Atmospheric chemistry and associated aspects of aerosol microphysics using meteorological data from MM5.

NASA Ames Research Center

John Vastano

EMAIL: vastano@clio.arc.nasa.gov
Research Interests:
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NASA Ames Research Center

Douglas Westphal

EMAIL: westphal@sky.arc.nasa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Cloud radiation.   

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

David Alexander

EMAIL: alexand@estar.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Assimilation of SSM/I rain rates and lightning flash rates into simulations of the 12-14 March 1993 Superstorm.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Scott A. Braun

EMAIL: braun@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Numerical simulation of hurricanes, extratropical cyclones, and orographic precipitation systems; cloud microphysics development. Recent cases: Hurricanes Bob (1991), Bonnie and Georges (1998), and Erin (2001)

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Chaing Chen

EMAIL: chen@betsy.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Fronts 

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Yiqin Jia

EMAIL: jia@klaus.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: NASA/GSFC Mesoscale modeling user support; case on 08/10/1994 at Taiwan: MCS

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Mohan Karyampudi

EMAIL: mohan@betsy.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Hurricane studies.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Jules Kouatchou

EMAIL: kouatch@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Use MM5 model to study arid region in conjunction with use of satellite data (i.e. TRMM, MODIS).   

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Zhaoxia Pu

EMAIL: pu@gilbert.gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Develop or update the data assimilation system for MM5 in order to better understand the mesoscale convection and cyclone system.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch

Mr Michael Manyin

EMAIL: manyin@gsfc.nasa.gov
Research Interests: Meteorological Research
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Investigate effects of Urban Heat Islands on atmospheric processes using MM5 both with and without the PLACE land surface module.

NASA/GSFC

Dr Mohan Nirala

EMAIL: v_nirala@yahoo.com
Research Interests: Precipitation estimation
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: precipitation simulation

NASA/MSFC

Dr William Lapenta

EMAIL: bill.lapenta@nasa.gov
Research Interests: Satellite Data Assimilation Land Surface Forcing
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

National Park Service

Ms Kristi Gebhart

EMAIL: gebhart@cira.colostate.edu
Research Interests: air quality
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

National Renewable Energy Lab

Wesley Jones

EMAIL: jones.wesley@attbi.com
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National Weather Service

Mr Waylon G. Collins

EMAIL: Waylon.Collins@noaa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: My objective is to continue to use the PSU/NCAR MM5 to support short-term forecast operations at the Weather Forecast Office in Corpus Christi. Specifically, to improve the forecast accuracy of weather phenomena that exist on the meso (and possibly micro) time and space scales. I am currently running the model to support local forecast operations.

National Weather Service, Boise, Idaho

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National Weather Service, Morristown, Tennessee

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National Weather Service, Reno, Nevada

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National Weather Service, Riverton, WY

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National Weather Service, Spokane, WA

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National Weather Service, St. Louis, Missouri

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National Weather Service, Tucson, Arizona

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National Weather Service, Western Region Headquarters, Utah

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Naval Postgraduate School

Kevin Cheung

EMAIL: kwcheung@nps.navy.mil
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Ensemble forecasting of tropical cyclones Tropical cyclone formation studies

Naval Postgraduate School

Dr Douglas K. Miller

EMAIL: dmiller@met.nps.navy.mil
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Study synoptic-scale land falling cyclones; Real-time forecasting.  

Naval Postgraduate School

Wendell Nuss

EMAIL: nuss@arashi.met.nps.navy.mil
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Wind-generated ocean waves on the development of the extra tropical cyclones. Use MM5 as a diagnostic tool for the examination of oceanic cyclogenesis during the Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic (ERICA).

NAVY

Mr Steven Strang

EMAIL: strang@enews.nrl.navy.mil
Research Interests: MM5
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Utilize MM5 and WRF weather models with RF propagation engine to determine and simulate the dampening effects.

NC State University

Mr Ryan Boyles

EMAIL: ryan_boyles@ncsu.edu
Research Interests: Climate Modeling
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: regional climate modeling at seasonal scale

NCAR

Dr Cynthia Nevison

EMAIL: nevison@ucar.edu
Research Interests: Biogeochemistry
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Use MM5 to transport chemically inert tracers emitted from the ocean in a regional coastal modeling study

NCAR

Dr Alise Zhang

EMAIL: qzhang@ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

NCAR, Atmospheric Chemistry Division

Paul Ginoux

EMAIL: gin@acd.ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

NCAR, Atmospheric Chemistry Division

Peter Hess

EMAIL: hess@ncar.ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

NCAR, Atmospheric Chemistry Division

Jean-Francois Lamarque

EMAIL: lamar@ncar.ucar.ed
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

NCAR, Climate and Global Dynamics Division

Anji Anji Seth

EMAIL: seth@ncar.ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

NCAR, Climate and Global Dynamics Division

Gary Bates

EMAIL: batesjob@ncar.ucar.edu
Research Interests:
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NCAR, Climate and Global Dynamics Division

Christine Brodeur

EMAIL: brodeur@ncar.ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

NCAR, Climate and Global Dynamics Division

Gerardo De Canio

EMAIL: decanio@ncar.ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

NCAR, Climate and Global Dynamics Division

Ron Errico

EMAIL: rmerrico@ncar.ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

NCAR, Climate and Global Dynamics Division

Filippo Giorgi

EMAIL: giorgi@ncar.ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

NCAR, Climate and Global Dynamics Division

Hiromaru Hirakuchi

EMAIL: hiromaru@ncar.ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

NCAR, Climate and Global Dynamics Division

Steve Hostetler

EMAIL: steve@ncar.ucar.ed
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

NCAR, Climate and Global Dynamics Division )

Tomislava Vukicevic

EMAIL: tomie@ncar.ucar.edu
Research Interests:
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NCAR, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division

Dale Barker

EMAIL: dmbarker@ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Data assimilation, 3DVAR development

NCAR, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division

Jim Bresch

EMAIL: bresch@ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Numerical modeling, real-time weather forecasting

NCAR, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division

Chris Davis

EMAIL: cdavis@ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Mesoscale convective systems

NCAR, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division

Jimy Dudhia

EMAIL: dudhia@ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Model development, WRF

NCAR, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division

Dave Gill

EMAIL: gill@ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Programming support for MM5 modeling system, WRF development

NCAR, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division

Yong-Run Guo

EMAIL: guo@ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Data assimilation

NCAR, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division

Wei Huang

EMAIL: huangwei@ucar.ed
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Data assimilation

NCAR, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division

Bill Kuo

EMAIL: kuo@ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Data assimilation, numerical simulations of typhoons

NCAR, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division

Kevin Manning

EMAIL: kmanning@ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Numerical modeling

NCAR, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division

John Michalakes

EMAIL: michalak@ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Model development, MPP MM5 and WRF

NCAR, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division

Jordan Powers

EMAIL: powers@ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Numerical modeling

NCAR, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division

Wei Wang

EMAIL: weiwang@ucar.edu
Research Interests: numerical modeling, convection prediciton
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: community model support and development

NCAR, Research Applications Program

Al Bourgeois

EMAIL: bourgeoi@ucar.edu
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NCAR, Research Applications Program

Lidia Cucurull

EMAIL: cucurull@ncar.ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: 3d-var assimilation of meteorological observations

NCAR, Research Applications Program

Hsiao-ming Hsu

EMAIL: hsu@ncar.ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

NCAR, Research Applications Program

Mei Mei Xu

EMAIL: meixu@ncar.ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

NCAR, Research Applications Program

Rong-Shyang Sheu

EMAIL: sheu@ncar.ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Satellite retrieval application to MM5.

NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory

Eirh-Yu Hsie

EMAIL: hsie@ncar.ucar.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Use MM5 to provide meteorological data for chemical model.

NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory

Jian-Wen Bao

EMAIL: jwb@etl.noaa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Cyclogenesis.

NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory

William D Neff

EMAIL: wdn@etl.noaa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Polar Meteorology.  

NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory

Ola Persson

EMAIL: pogp@etl.noaa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: 2-D idealized studies of conditional symmetric instability. Coastal California southerly surges.  

NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory

James M Wilczak

EMAIL: jmw@etl.noaa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Mesoscale flows in complex terrain.

NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory

Robert J Zamora

EMAIL: rjz@etl.noaa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Mesoscale weather prediction. Objective Analysis. Model Initialization. 

NOAA Forecast System Laboratory

Jim Edwards

EMAIL: jedwards@fsl.noaa.gov
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Development of a parallel mm5v2 model using the SMS package developed at FSL.

NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory

John Cortinas

EMAIL: cortinas@nsslsun.nssl.uoknor.edu
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NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory

Dave Stensrud

EMAIL: stensrud@nsslc.gcn.uoknor.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Improvement of operational uses of mesoscale models. Examining mechanisms important to the development and persistence of the Mexican monsoon. Using mesoscale models to assist in the forecasting of supercell thunderstorms. Improving the creation of mesoscale model initial conditions in weakly-forced large-scale environments. Short-range ensemble forecasting.

NOAA/Air Resource Lab/Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division

Mr Robert Gilliam

EMAIL: gilliam.robert@epa.gov
Research Interests: boundary layer air quality marine
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Im a fairly new MM5 user who just started working for NOAAs Air Resource Lab. Will be utilizing to MM5 for various issues relating to air quality but in terms of specifics I just not sure yet.

North Carolina State University

Yuh-Lang Lin

EMAIL: linyl@meavax.nrrc.ncsu.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Simulations of southeast severe storms and tornadoes and their environments. Orographic effects on fronts and cyclones. Theoretical modeling of critical level effects on orographically and thermally forced flows.

North Carolina State University

Mr Cameron Merrill

EMAIL: cqmerril@ncsu.edu
Research Interests: Aerospace Engineering
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

northern Az univ

Mr Raj Rai

EMAIL: rkr32@nau.edu
Research Interests: MM5 Modelling
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Northrop Grumman Corporation

Mr Peter Giannola

EMAIL: peter.giannola@ngc.com
Research Interests: Atmospheric Science/Modeling
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: To use this model as a reference for prediction of winds,temperature and relative humidity aloft.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems

Dr Richard Penc

EMAIL: richard.penc@cox.net
Research Interests: meteorology/modeling
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Two purposes 1) Experience with modeling system as I support AFWA on contract 2) independent research/ lake-effect snow

Northrop Grumman Space Technology

Mr Christopher Champagne

EMAIL: christopher.champagne@ngc.com
Research Interests: Aerospace Engineering
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: NGST uses MM5 to generate environmental scenes as part of an end-to-end space-based multi-spectral remote sensing system simulation to evaluate system performance of NPOESS algorithms and sensors.

Northrop Grumman Space Technology

Mr Alex Foo

EMAIL: alex.foo@ngc.com
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NSIDC

Mr Dave Kindig

EMAIL: kindig@nsidc.org
Research Interests: Regional Modeling
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model:

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr Jose Hernandez

EMAIL: hernandezfj@ornl.gov
Research Interests: Regional and climate modeling
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Regional modeling on Central America and diagnostic studies.

Oceanography department Texas AM university

Ms caihong wen

EMAIL: caihong@neo.tamu.edu
Research Interests: regional climate modeling
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: air-sea interaction

Ohio State University

Jorge Carrasco

EMAIL: jcarrasc@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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Ohio State University

Keith Hines

EMAIL: osu1186@osca.osc.edu
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Ohio State University

Brendon Hoch

EMAIL: bhoch@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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Ohio State University

Dr Moti Lal Mittal

EMAIL: moti@osc.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: To study the transport of pollutants and emissions over the Indian region

Ohio State University

Zhong Liu

EMAIL: liu@polarmet1.mps.ohio-state.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Lake effect snow events, and katabatic winds over Antarctica.

Ohio State University

John Rayner

EMAIL: jrayner@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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Ohio State University

Mr Daniel Steinhoff

EMAIL: steinhoff@polarmet1.mps.ohio-state.edu
Research Interests: Polar Meteorology
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Studying dynamics using mesoscale modeling

Ohio State University

Chieh-Cheng Yen

EMAIL: yen@glfs.eng.ohio-state.edu
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Oregon State University

Dr Young-Hee Lee

EMAIL: ylee@coas.oregonstate.edu
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Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: My scientific objectives is to investigate spatial variation of CO2 and latent heat flux over Central Oregon area and I am using model over the summertime forest region(July 9 2000). The Date is changeable within summer time.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratories

Steve Ghan

EMAIL: sj_ghan@pnl.gov
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Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Regional climate simulation at 30 km resolution.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratories

Ruby Leung Leung

EMAIL: Ruby.Leung@pnl.gov
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Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Regional climate modeling for the Pacific Northwest region.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratories

Nathan Tenney

EMAIL: Nathan.Tenney@pnl.gov
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Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: To be used as a benchmark for high performance computing cluster.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Dr William Gustafson

EMAIL: William.Gustafson@pnl.gov
Research Interests: Tropical dynamics regional downscaling boundary layer
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Paracel

Dr Marc Rieffel

EMAIL: marc@paracel.com
Research Interests: CS
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Serving the needs of Paracels customers.

PathScale Inc.

Mr Bryan OSullivan

EMAIL: bos@pathscale.com
Research Interests: Software performance optimization
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Tuning compiler and cluster characteristics to obtain optimal performance on MM5.

PAUL RIZZO ASSOCIATES, INC.

Dr AHMED DABABNEH

EMAIL: jemie.dababneh@rizzoassoc.com
Research Interests: WATER ENGINEERING
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Penn State

Mr Jeff Gall

EMAIL: jsg229@psu.edu
Research Interests: meteorology
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Penn State university

Mr Prakash Hari

EMAIL: kuh134@psu.edu
Research Interests: High Performance Computing
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Penn State University

Glenn Hunter

EMAIL: hunter@mail.meteo.psu.edu
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Penn State University

Mr Song-lak Kang

EMAIL: szk111@psu.edu
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Penn State University

Mr Chris Karmosky

EMAIL: cck146@psu.edu
Research Interests: Cryosphere, Antarctic Climate, Snowfall
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Penn State University

Annette Lario

EMAIL: lario@mail.meteo.psu.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: The representation of weakly convective environments with high CAPE in anticyclonic flow. The role of boundary layer processes on low-level flow in complex terrain. Improved understanding of the cause of diffluent winds in the Sacramento River Delta region.

Penn State University

Dr Jung Hee Ryu

EMAIL: jhr134@psu.edu
Research Interests: Chemical transport regional climate modeling
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: To understand the horizontal and vertical transport process of the tropospheric ozone using the coupled MM5/chemical transport model

Penn State University

Nelson Seaman

EMAIL: seaman@ems.psu.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Influence of coastal orography on land falling cyclones.

Penn State University

Dave Stauffer

EMAIL: stauffer@mail.meteo.psu.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Improving the multi-scale FDDA for applications in both dynamic initialization and dynamic analysis. Coastal meteorology. Marine PBL and stratus. Complex terrain, aviation-sensitive weather events. Tropical cyclogenessis and the westerly wind burst.

Penn State University

Robert Vislocky

EMAIL: vislocky@psumeteo.psu.edu
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Pennsylvania State University

Dr Aijun Deng

EMAIL: deng@essc.psu.edu
Research Interests: Real-Time Forecasting
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Pennsylvania State University

Mr Benjamin Lamptey

EMAIL: lamptey@essc.psu.edu
Research Interests: Climate Modeling
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Phillips Laboratory (Air Force Systems Command)

Sam Chang

EMAIL: chang@plh.af.mil
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Phillips Laboratory (Air Force Systems Command)

Dan DeBenedictis

EMAIL: deben@graupel.plh.af.mil
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Phillips Laboratory (Air Force Systems Command)

Douglas C. Hahn

EMAIL: hahn@plh.af.mil
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Phillips Laboratory (Air Force Systems Command)

Don Norquist

EMAIL:
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Planning Systems, Inc.

EMAIL:
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Planning Systems, Inc.

Mr Robert Holt

EMAIL: BHolt@plansys.com
Research Interests: Forecast winds to apply to precision airdrop.
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Portland State University

Ms Monica Wright

EMAIL: wrightm@pdx.edu
Research Interests: Atmospheric Chemistry
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Princeton University

Xiaoping Wang

EMAIL: xwang@princeton.edu
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Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: I am using MM5 to drive the air quality model called Models/CMAQ for eastern China.

Private User

Mr Christopher Bridgham

EMAIL: c_bridgham@hotmail.com
Research Interests: Microscale Modeling
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Determine if high resolution model forecasting can accurately depict canyon wind events. If accurate can model be fast enough to be operationally used on a workstation.

Private User

Mr Sam Drinkard

EMAIL: sam@vortex.wa4phy.net
Research Interests: Meso scale forecasting
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Learn about numerical models and further my very limited meteorlogical background

Private User

Michael Maxwell

EMAIL: ikd5giv@mesh.net
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: I use it for modeling everyday weather, mostly over the South Central U.S. I find the results to be very close to actual events. I use a 30km grid right now centered right over Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Mostly for severe weather potential days.

Private User

Mr Sabino Sabino

EMAIL: msabino205@yahoo.com
Research Interests: mesoscale meteorology
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: sophomore in high school wishing to become familiar with MM5

Purdue University

Wen-Yih Sun

EMAIL: mn1@mace.cc.purdue.edu
Research Interests:
Typical Use(s)of the MM5 model: Cloud Bands and mesoscale convection.