The Mesoscale Prediction Section
The Mesoscale Prediction Section (MPS) advances research and development in mesoscale meteorology and numerical weather prediction (NWP). A key component of this is development and support of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for a large international user community. This includes hosting workshops and tutorials, issuing releases, and managing the code repository. Integral to this, MPS scientists and software engineers collaborate with researchers and model developers worldwide in applying and improving WRF. In addition, MPS personnel conduct and support real-time WRF forecasting efforts, both those of NCAR and of outside agencies. As it looks to the future, MPS also leads the development and testing of the new Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS).
| Name | Title | Interests | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bresch | Project Scientist | Real-time forecasting and NWP research | bresch@ucar.edu 303 497 8145 |
| Ming Chen | Associate Scientist | WRF modeling system support | chenming@ucar.edu 303 497 8196 |
| Michael Duda | Software Engineer | MPAS Model Development | duda@ucar.edu 303 497 8146 |
| Jimy Dudhia | Project Scientist | WRF physics development | dudhia@ucar.edu 303 497 8950 |
| Laura Fowler | Project Scientist | MPAS model development: Implementation and testing of physics parameterizations | laura@ucar.edu 303 497 1628 |
| Dave Gill | Software Engineer | WRF model development and support | gill@ucar.edu 303 497 8162 |
| Kelly Keene | Associate Scientist | WRF model support | kkeene@ucar.edu 303 497 8208 |
| Bill Kuo | Senior Scientist | GPS Meteorology, Hurricane, and NWP Research | kuo@ucar.edu 303 497 8910 |
| Kevin Manning | Associate Scientist | WRF model support | kmanning@ucar.edu 303 497 8929 |
| Jordan Powers | Project Scientist | WRF Management, Real-time NWP, Antarctic Meteorology and Forecasting, Model Development and WRF Releases | powers@ucar.edu 303 497 8937 |
| Bill Skamarock | Senior Scientist - Section Head | MPAS Model Development, Numerical Analysis, Atmospheric Dynamics and Convection | skamaroc@ucar.edu 303 497 8161 |
| Wei Wang | Project Scientist | WRF Model Development and Support, NWP Research | weiwang@ucar.edu 303 497 8919 |
| Long-term Visitors | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Title | Interests | Contact |
| Xinggin Fang | Long-term Visitor | Tropical cyclone modeling | fang@ucar.edu 303 497 8983 |
| Josè A. Ruiz-Arias | Long-term Visitor | Solar Radiation Modeling | arias@ucar.edu 303 497 8193 |
| Anna Fitch | Long-term Visitor | Wind-farm modeling | fitch@ucar.edu 303 497 8174 |
| Pedro Jimenez | Long-term Visitor | Surface wind modeling | jimenez@ucar.edu |
| Sang Hun Park | Postdoctoral Fellow (ASP) | MPAS model development | shpark@ucar.edu 303 497 8988 |
- WRF modeling system support and development
- Hurricane forecasting and tropical meteorology research
- Antarctic real-time forecasting and polar meteorology and modeling
- Severe-storm forecasting and related research
- Mesoscale modeling applications research