HMT at the 93rd Annual AMS meeting in Austin, TX
January 18, 2013
NOAA HMT research and applications were well represented at the
93rd American Meteorological Society's Annual Meeting in Austin, TX 6-10
January 2013.
HMT-researchers presented eight oral presentations and three posters over the 5 day period. These HMT-focused presentations ranged from preliminary results from the Atmospheric River Retrospective Forecasting Experiment (ARRFEX), to preparations for HMT-Southeast, and an invited presentation on Testbeds that highlighted HMT. They cover: emerging scientific results, evaluations of forecasts,testing of new tools for forecasting, transitions to forecast operations, and lessons learned from HMT related to Testbeds generally.
Presenters and co-authors represented several organizations that are collaborating on NOAA HMT research and applications, including significant efforts supported by NOAA/USWRP: NOAA/ESRL/PSD/Water Cycle Branch, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, NOAA/NWS/Office of Hydrology, NSF/NCAR, CIRES, CIRA, and the Developmental Testbed Center.
Recorded presentations will be available by late February 2013 on the AMS website.
Oral and Poster Presentations
- Transitioning Research to Operations at NCEP's Hydrometeorological Prediction Center — by Faye E. Barthold, NOAA/NWS and I.M. Systems Group, Inc., College Park, MD; and D. R. Novak, M. J. Bodner, and T. E. Workoff (poster)
- HMT-West Lessons Learned II: Use of MET for Evaluation and Diagnostics During Forecast Experiments — by Tara L. Jensen, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO; and E. I. Tollerud, B. J. Etherton, J. H. Gotway, P. Oldenburg, T. L. Fowler, B. Brown, S. Stoytchev, and L. E. Coco (talk)
- A high-resolution, event-based modeling framework for understanding the impact of climate change on hydrometeorological extreme events — by Kelly M. Mahoney, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and V. L. Sankovich, R. J. Caldwell, M. A. Alexander, J. D. Scott, and J. Barsugli (talk)
- Understanding forecast errors in extreme precipitation events in the Southeast U.S. — by Kelly M. Mahoney, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and B. J. Moore, E. Sukovich, and R. Cifelli (poster)
- A functionally similar environment for testing and evaluation of community advances in ensemble numerical weather prediction — by Eugene Mirvis, NCAR; and T. L. Jensen and B. J. Etherton (talk)
- Extreme precipitation events in the Southeast United States: Climatology, environmental properties, and predictability — by Benjamin J. Moore, CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and K. M. Mahoney, E. Sukovich, and R. Cifelli (talk)
- A Whirl-Wind Testbed Tour: First Stop, HMT, by F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO (invited talk)
- NOAA's Hydrometeorological Testbed : A Decade of Research and Its Impact on Operational Decision Making — by David W. Reynolds, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. L. Schneider, L. J. Schick, D. R. Novak, and F. M. Ralph (talk)
- Evaluating 11 Years of Quantitative Precipitation Forecast Performance for Extreme Events — by Ellen Sukovich, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, D. R. Novak, F. E. Barthold, and D. W. Reynolds (poster)
- HMT-West lessons learned—I: Appropriate QPF verification techniques — by Edward Tollerud, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and T. L. Jensen, P. Oldenburg, T. L. Fowler, S. Stoytchev, and B. G. Brown (talk)
- Observing and Communicating Information About Nonbrightband Rain and Snow Level to Forecasters in the Western U.S.: Two Successful R2O Projects from NOAA's HMT — by Allen B. White, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Neiman, D. W. Reynolds, and F. M. Ralph (talk)
- Initial Results from the Atmospheric River Retrospective Forecasting Experiment: Forecasting West-Coast Heavy Precipitation Events — by Thomas E. Workoff, Systems Research Group, Inc. and NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and E. Sukovich, B. J. Moore, M. J. Bodner, F. E. Barthold, and D. R. Novak (talk)