Weather Modeling & Research Section
Overview
The Weather Modeling & Research Section (WMR) 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, WMR scientists and software engineers collaborate with researchers and model developers worldwide in applying and improving WRF. In addition, WMR section personnel conduct and support real-time WRF forecasting efforts, both those of NCAR and of outside agencies. As it looks to the future, WMR also leads the development and testing of the new Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS).
Research
- 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
People
MMM Staff
| Name | Title | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Bresch | Proj Scientist II | bresch@ucar.edu 303-497-8145 |
| Ming Chen | Assoc Scientist IV | chenming@ucar.edu 303-497-8196 |
| Miles Curry | Soft Eng/Prog I | mcurry@ucar.edu 303-497-8998 |
| Michael Duda | Soft Eng/Prog IV | duda@ucar.edu 303-497-8146 |
| Jimy Dudhia | Proj Scientist III | dudhia@ucar.edu 303-497-8950 |
| Laura Fowler | Proj Scientist II | laura@ucar.edu 303-497-1628 |
| David Gill | Soft Eng/Prog IV | gill@ucar.edu 303-497-8162 |
| Jihyeon Jang | Assoc Scientist II | jjang@ucar.edu 303-497-8140 |
| Falko Judt | Scientist I | fjudt@ucar.edu |
| Joe Klemp | Senior Scientist | klemp@ucar.edu 303-497-8902 |
| Kevin Manning | Assoc Scientist IV | kmanning@ucar.edu 303-497-8929 |
| Jordan Powers | Proj Scientist III | powers@ucar.edu 303-497-8937 |
| Bill Skamarock | Sr Scient Sect Head | skamaroc@ucar.edu 303-497-8161 |
| Wei Wang | Proj Scientist II | weiwang@ucar.edu 303-497-8919 |
| Morris Weisman | Senior Scientist | weisman@ucar.edu 303-497-8901 |
| Kelly Werner | Assoc Scientist III | kkeene@ucar.edu 303-497-8208 |
Other Labs
| Name | Title | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Barth | Deputy Head of WRM section MMM, and Senior Scientist (ACOM Joint appointment) | barthm@ucar.edu 303-497-8186 |
| Peter Lauritzen | Scientist III (CGD) |
pel@ucar.edu |
Affiliate Scientists
| Name | Title | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Shuyi Chen | Professor, Department of Ocean Sciences, RMAS/MPR, University of Miami | - |
| Song-You Hong | Director, Korea Institute of Atmospheric Prediction Systems, S. Korea, Seoul | - |