Joint WRF and MPAS Workshop
* All times are U.S. Mountain Daylight Savings time (UTC-6)
Monday, June 6
Short Instruction Sessions
| Time | Title & Speaker |
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9:00-10:20 |
Project Raijin: GeoCAT Updates on Unstructured Grids Research and Development, Orhan Eroglu, CISL/NCAR (Abstract) |
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10:20-10:35 |
Break |
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10:35-12:00 |
MPAS-A Open-Source Development: How You Can Get Involved, Bill Skamarock and Michael Duda, MMM/NCAR (Abstract) |
Tuesday, June 7
Session 1: Model Development Updates
Chair: Jordan Powers, NCAR
| Time | Title & Speaker |
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9:00-9:05 |
Welcome Remarks |
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9:05-9:25 |
The Weather Research and Forecasting Model: 2022 Annual Update. Jimy Dudhia, MMM/NCAR (Abstract) |
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9:25- 9:45 |
WRFDA 4.4 Update and JEDI-MPAS 1.0.0 release. Jake Liu, MMM/NCAR (Abstract) |
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9:45–10:00 |
Developing MPAS Earth System Model Capabilities - an Update. Bill Skamarock, MMM/NCAR (Abstract) |
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10:00-10:15 |
WRF-Chem v4.4: updates, applications, and future plans. Jordan Schnell, NOAA/GSL |
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10:15-10:30 |
What is MUSICA? How does MUSICA compare to WRF-Chem? And going to higher resolution. Wenfu Tang, M. Barth, L. Emmons, R. Kumar, G. Pfister and S. Tilmes, ACOM/NCAR (Abstract) |
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10:30-10:45 |
Shared Physics Repository for WRF, MPAS, and CM1. L. Fowler, G. Mullendore, George Bryan, Michael Duda, Jimy Dudhia, Wei Wang, and May Wong, MMM/NCAR (Abstract) |
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10:45-11:00 |
Break |
Session 2: Model Development Updates
Chair: Jordan Schnell, NOAA
| Time | Title & Speaker |
|---|---|
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11:00-11:15 |
Recent additions to the WRF-Solar model: The WRF-Solar Ensemble Prediction System and the MAD-WRF short-term prediction component. P. Jimenez, RAL/NCAR (Abstract) |
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11:15-11:30 |
Modifying the Height-Based Vertical Coordinate in MPAS to Permit a Constant Pressure Upper Boundary for Geospace Applications. J. Klemp, MMM/NCAR (Abstract) |
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11:30-11:45 |
Development and evaluation of the coupled MPAS-CMAQ model system. J. Willison, J. Pleim, D. Wong, R. Gilliam, R. Bullock, J. Herwehe, C. Hogrefe, and G. Pouliot, EPA (Abstract) |
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11:45-12:00 |
Bringing realistic aerosol emissions and initialization to improve cloud condensation nuclei and ice nuclei representation in MPAS forecasts. L. Fowler, MMM/NCAR (Abstract) |
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12:00-12:15 |
Weakly coupled data assimilation with aerosol-cloud interactions in WRF-Chem/WRFDA. S. Ha, MMM/NCAR (Abstract) |
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12:15-12:30 |
General Q&A |
Wednesday, June 8
Session 3: Model Applications in Air Quality, Fire Weather and Real-Time Prediction
Chair: Mary Barth, NCAR
| Time | Title & Speaker |
|---|---|
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9:00-9:15 |
Consequence Analysis of Sulfur Dioxide Emissions from Shisakajima Copper Smelter. Toyoaki NAKARAI, Jo NAKAYAMA, Kento SHIOTA, Yuichiro IZATO, and Atsumi MIYAKE, Japan. (Abstract) |
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9:15-9:30 |
Experimental Atmospheric Forecasting System for Indochina and Southeast Asia. Ronald Macatangay, National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand, Thailand |
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9:30– 9:45 |
Evaluation of WRF/Chem model real-time air quality forecasts over the Eastern Mediterranean. George K. Georgiou, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus (Abstract) |
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9:45-10:00 |
Modeling transport of Saharan mineral dust over the Iberian Peninsula: A multi-scheme assessment of size distribution and optical properties. Miguel Pino Carmona, University of Granada, Spain (Abstract) |
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10:00-10:15 |
Vertical Distribution of Aerosols during Deep-Convective Event in the Himalaya Using WRF-Chem Model at Convection Permitting Scale. Prashant Singh, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (Abstract) |
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10:15-10:30 |
The Firebrand Parameterization in WRF-Fire: Simulations for the Marshall Fire. M. Frediani, RAL/NCAR (Abstract) |
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10:30-10:45 |
Break |
Session 3: Model Applications in Climate and Tropical Predictions
Chair: Bill Skamarock, NCAR
| Time | Title & Speaker |
|---|---|
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10:45-11:00 |
Modeling fire-atmosphere interactions with WRF-SFIRE. Adam Kochanski, Angel Farguell, Kathleen Clough, Jeremy Benik, Derek V. Mallia, Jan Mandel and Kyle Hilburn, San Jose University. |
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11:00-11:15 |
IBM GRAF Update and Roadmap – Unified Hourly Global High-Resolution 72HR Forecasts Using JEDI. Brett Wilt, IBM/Weather |
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11:15-11:30 |
Weather on Demand. Ólafur Rögnvaldsson,Joao Hackerott, Jorge Rosas-Santana, and Karolina Stanislawska, Belgingur, Iceland (Abstract) |
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11:30-11:45 |
WRF/MPAS used as operative model for small centers of meteorology. Jorge Humberto Bravo Méndez, Freelace, Mexico (Abstract) |
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11:45-12:00 |
A Cold-Bias Problem over Lowland Snow Using the NOAH-MP LSM: Demonstration of the Problem and Possible Solutions. C. Mass, and D. Ovens Univ of Washington (Abstract) |
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12:00-12:15 |
Brown carbon radiative effects over High Mountain Asia: WRF-Chem model implementation and application. C. He, RAL/NCAR (Abstract) |
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12:15-12:30 |
General Q&A |
Thursday, June 9
Session 4: Model Applications and WRF-MPAS Comparisons
Chair: Robert Fovell, The State University of New York at Albany
| Time | Title & Speaker |
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9:00-9:15 |
Structure of latent heating rate in the severe convective environment- WRF Simulation using Microphysical Process from WDM6. Madhulatha, Jimy Dudhia ,Rae-Seol Park and M.Rajeevan, IMD, India. (Abstract) |
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9:15-9:30 |
Simulating the morning transition of flow over the Eastern Snake River Plain. Yue Qin,, Boston Univ. (Abstract) |
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9:30-9:45 |
Day-ahead forecasting of solar irradiance using WRF-Solar and evaluation using the National Solar Radiation Database. J. Kim,, RAL/NCAR. (Abstract) |
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9:45-10:00 |
MPAS-powered downscaling solution for wind resource assessment. Marta Gil Bardaji, Vortex FdC / University of Barcelona, Spain. (Abstract) |
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10:00-10:15 |
Comparison of WRF and Regional MPAS: Ensuring Consistent Physics Configurations. M. Wong, M. Chen, B. Skamarock, and W. Wang, MMM/NCAR (Abstract) |
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10:15-10:30 |
Break |
Session 5: Model Applications in Climate and Tropical Predictions
Chair: Jimy Dudhia, NCAR
| Time | Title & Speaker |
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10:30-10:45 |
The impact of climate change on heavy precipitation events in the eastern Mediterranean: Insights from event-based storylines. M. Armon, F. Marra, D. Rostkier-Edelstein, C. Garfinkel, O. Adam, U. Dayan, Y. Enzel, E. Morin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel (Abstract) |
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10:45-11:00 |
Assessment of ITCZ types over the tropical Pacific in a Channel Model. Mayara Lins, Maria Cristina Silva, Pallav Ray, Xin Zhou, Fabrício Silva, and Helber Gomes, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil (Abstract) |
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11:00-11:15 |
Understanding the role of topography on the diurnal cycle of precipitation in the Maritime Continent during MJO propagation. Haochen Tan, Argonne National Lab (Abstract) |
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11:15-11:30 |
Three Dimensional Structure of Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves in MPAS-A. R. Rios-Berrios, MMM/NCAR |
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11:30-11:45 |
Improved simulation of mid-latitude climate in a new channel model compared to contemporary GCMs. P. Ray, X, Zhou, H. Tan, J. Dudhia, M. W. Moncrieff, C. O'Connor, and K. Carmer, Florida Institute of Technology (Abstract) |
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11:45-12:00 |
Dynamical Downscaling Using WRF in a Fully Coupled Regional Climate Model . M. Seefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder (Abstract) |
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12:00-12:15 |
General Q&A |
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12:15 |
Workshop Adjourned |