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Contact: Rob Cifelli
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Drawing on existing efforts within NOAA, the workshop focused on establishing pathways to integrate precipitation measurements and methods with the requirement that the envisioned system should enable three closely related functionalities within a common framework: (i) research and development; (ii) transition to operations; and (iii) real-time operations.
Participants were presented high-level descriptions of existing QPE systems implemented across NOAA by system developers. These included the Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimator (MPE) system developed by the Office of Hydrologic Development (OHD) and used at the River Forecast Centers (RFCs) and Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs); Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Morphing Technique (CMORPH) developed and used by the CPC; and the Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) system developed and operated by the National Severe Storms Lab (NSSL). As these QPE systems were discussed, participants in the workshop were asked to deconstruct them and identify common elements and gaps in current or ideal future systems. With this information, participants drafted a list of requirements for a next-generation precipitation estimate service that would be capable of meeting current and future stakeholders’ needs.
The workshop co-leads are developing a white paper summarizing the workshop and next steps, which will be available in the near future.