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Research paper thumbnail of Community Support and Transition of Research to Operations for the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast (HWRF) Model

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2014

ABSTRACT The Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model is an operational model used... more ABSTRACT The Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model is an operational model used to provide numerical guidance in support of tropical cyclone forecasting at the National Hurricane Center. HWRF is a complex multi-component system, consisting of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) atmospheric model coupled to the Princeton Ocean Model for Tropical Cyclones (POM-TC), a sophisticated initialization package including a data assimilation system, and a set of postprocessing and vortex tracking tools. HWRF's development is centralized at the Environmental Modeling Center of NOAA's National Weather Service, but it incorporates contributions from a variety of scientists spread out over several governmental laboratories and academic institutions. This distributed development scenario poses significant challenges: a large number of scientists need to learn how to use the model, operational and research codes need to stay synchronized to avoid divergence, and promising new capabilities need to be tested for operational consideration. This article describes how the Developmental Testbed Center has engaged in the HWRF developmental cycle in the last three years and the services it provides to the community in using and developing HWRF.

Research paper thumbnail of Performance of the experimental HWRF in the 2008 Hurricane Season

Research paper thumbnail of The Experimental HWRF System: A Study on the Influence of Horizontal Resolution on the Structure and Intensity Changes in Tropical Cyclones Using an Idealized Framework

Monthly Weather Review, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Assimilation of High-Resolution Tropical Cyclone Observations with an Ensemble Kalman Filter Using NOAA/AOML/HRD’s HEDAS: Evaluation of the 2008–11 Vortex-Scale Analyses

Monthly Weather Review, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of The water vapor transport model at the regional boundary during the Meiyu period

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2003

... This paper aims to investigate the water vapor source features in the China area and the East... more ... This paper aims to investigate the water vapor source features in the China area and the East Asia Meiyu front system during the key period (June and July) of the heavy rainfall in the Yangtze River Valley in 1998, as well as the impact of the water vapor trans-port at the ...

Research paper thumbnail of Community Support and Transition of Research to Operations for the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast (HWRF) Model

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2014

ABSTRACT The Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model is an operational model used... more ABSTRACT The Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model is an operational model used to provide numerical guidance in support of tropical cyclone forecasting at the National Hurricane Center. HWRF is a complex multi-component system, consisting of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) atmospheric model coupled to the Princeton Ocean Model for Tropical Cyclones (POM-TC), a sophisticated initialization package including a data assimilation system, and a set of postprocessing and vortex tracking tools. HWRF's development is centralized at the Environmental Modeling Center of NOAA's National Weather Service, but it incorporates contributions from a variety of scientists spread out over several governmental laboratories and academic institutions. This distributed development scenario poses significant challenges: a large number of scientists need to learn how to use the model, operational and research codes need to stay synchronized to avoid divergence, and promising new capabilities need to be tested for operational consideration. This article describes how the Developmental Testbed Center has engaged in the HWRF developmental cycle in the last three years and the services it provides to the community in using and developing HWRF.

Research paper thumbnail of Corrigendum

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of A mathematical model for forecasting tropical cyclone tracks

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Performance of the experimental HWRF in the 2008 Hurricane Season

Research paper thumbnail of The Experimental HWRF System: A Study on the Influence of Horizontal Resolution on the Structure and Intensity Changes in Tropical Cyclones Using an Idealized Framework

Monthly Weather Review, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Assimilation of High-Resolution Tropical Cyclone Observations with an Ensemble Kalman Filter Using NOAA/AOML/HRD’s HEDAS: Evaluation of the 2008–11 Vortex-Scale Analyses

Monthly Weather Review, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of NOAA'S Hurricane Intensity Forecasting Experiment: A Progress Report

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Community Support and Transition of Research to Operations for the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast (HWRF) Model

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2014

ABSTRACT The Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model is an operational model used... more ABSTRACT The Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model is an operational model used to provide numerical guidance in support of tropical cyclone forecasting at the National Hurricane Center. HWRF is a complex multi-component system, consisting of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) atmospheric model coupled to the Princeton Ocean Model for Tropical Cyclones (POM-TC), a sophisticated initialization package including a data assimilation system, and a set of postprocessing and vortex tracking tools. HWRF's development is centralized at the Environmental Modeling Center of NOAA's National Weather Service, but it incorporates contributions from a variety of scientists spread out over several governmental laboratories and academic institutions. This distributed development scenario poses significant challenges: a large number of scientists need to learn how to use the model, operational and research codes need to stay synchronized to avoid divergence, and promising new capabilities need to be tested for operational consideration. This article describes how the Developmental Testbed Center has engaged in the HWRF developmental cycle in the last three years and the services it provides to the community in using and developing HWRF.

Research paper thumbnail of Performance of the experimental HWRF in the 2008 Hurricane Season

Research paper thumbnail of The Experimental HWRF System: A Study on the Influence of Horizontal Resolution on the Structure and Intensity Changes in Tropical Cyclones Using an Idealized Framework

Monthly Weather Review, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Assimilation of High-Resolution Tropical Cyclone Observations with an Ensemble Kalman Filter Using NOAA/AOML/HRD’s HEDAS: Evaluation of the 2008–11 Vortex-Scale Analyses

Monthly Weather Review, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of The water vapor transport model at the regional boundary during the Meiyu period

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2003

... This paper aims to investigate the water vapor source features in the China area and the East... more ... This paper aims to investigate the water vapor source features in the China area and the East Asia Meiyu front system during the key period (June and July) of the heavy rainfall in the Yangtze River Valley in 1998, as well as the impact of the water vapor trans-port at the ...

Research paper thumbnail of Community Support and Transition of Research to Operations for the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast (HWRF) Model

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2014

ABSTRACT The Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model is an operational model used... more ABSTRACT The Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model is an operational model used to provide numerical guidance in support of tropical cyclone forecasting at the National Hurricane Center. HWRF is a complex multi-component system, consisting of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) atmospheric model coupled to the Princeton Ocean Model for Tropical Cyclones (POM-TC), a sophisticated initialization package including a data assimilation system, and a set of postprocessing and vortex tracking tools. HWRF's development is centralized at the Environmental Modeling Center of NOAA's National Weather Service, but it incorporates contributions from a variety of scientists spread out over several governmental laboratories and academic institutions. This distributed development scenario poses significant challenges: a large number of scientists need to learn how to use the model, operational and research codes need to stay synchronized to avoid divergence, and promising new capabilities need to be tested for operational consideration. This article describes how the Developmental Testbed Center has engaged in the HWRF developmental cycle in the last three years and the services it provides to the community in using and developing HWRF.

Research paper thumbnail of Corrigendum

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of A mathematical model for forecasting tropical cyclone tracks

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Performance of the experimental HWRF in the 2008 Hurricane Season

Research paper thumbnail of The Experimental HWRF System: A Study on the Influence of Horizontal Resolution on the Structure and Intensity Changes in Tropical Cyclones Using an Idealized Framework

Monthly Weather Review, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Assimilation of High-Resolution Tropical Cyclone Observations with an Ensemble Kalman Filter Using NOAA/AOML/HRD’s HEDAS: Evaluation of the 2008–11 Vortex-Scale Analyses

Monthly Weather Review, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of NOAA'S Hurricane Intensity Forecasting Experiment: A Progress Report

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2013

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