HFIP "Round 2" Awards Review Meeting - June 11-12, 2015

Jun 11 - 12, 2015 ET

Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) at The University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida

Agenda

Title Presenter Presentation
2:00 - 1:59am Day 1, Thursday June 11, 2015
11:30am Satellite brightness temperatures to evaluate the ability of HWRF parameterization schemes to accurately simulate clouds and moisture in the tropical cyclone environment Otkin  
12:00pm Understanding the impact of sub-grid scale physics in HWRF on the predicted inner-core structure and intensity of tropical cyclones Zhu  
12:45pm Improving vortex initialization in HWRF multiple-level nested domains with GSI hybrid data assimilation Pu  
1:15pm Improvement of hurricane intensity forecasts using the multi-model superensemble and a suite of mesoscale models Krishnamurti  
3:15pm Assimilation and vortex initialization for hurricane forecast using HWRF Zou  
3:15pm Improvement of short-term prediction of tropical cyclogenesis in the 0-5 day lead-time by incorporating and evaluating the HWRF-Genesis model within the Marsupial framework and new Lagrangian flow technique Montgomery  
3:45pm Intrinsic hurricane predictability Hakim  
4:15pm Probabilistic prediction of hurricane intensity with an analog ensemble Rozoff  
4:45pm Improving NOAA HWRF's prediction system through new advancements in the ocean model component and air-sea-wave coupling Ginis  
5:30pm Assessing the predictability of tropical cyclone intensity using HWRF Torn  
6:00pm Addressing deficiencies in forecasting tropical cyclone rapid intensification in HWRF Zhang  
6:30pm A holistic approach to represent the dependence of all-sky nearly-simultaneous radiances from microwave (LEO) to IR (geostationary) on atmospheric variables for assimilation into WRF Haddad  
2:00 - 1:59am Day 2, Friday June 12, 2015
11:00am Advancing the assimilation of airborne hurricane observations using the GSI-based hybrid ensemble-variational data assimilation system for HWRF Wang  
11:30am Best ways to take advantage of Development Test Center services and discussion Holt  
12:30pm Discussion about how to interact and use HWRF code development and testing Tallapragada  
1:10pm Discussion - What needs modification? How well on track are these tasks? - PIs, Technical Monitors and HFIP manager