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| Program | Subject Area | Project Title | Principal Inverstigator(s) | PI Affiliation | Project Start | Project End | Total Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSTAR | Severe Weather | Understanding Fundamental Processes and Evaluating High-Resolution Model Forecasts in High-Shear Low-CAPE Severe Storm Environments | Matthew Parker and Gary Lackmann | North Carolina State University | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2022 | $436,719 |
| CSTAR | Ensembles, Decision Support | Better Use of Ensembles in the Forecast Process: Scenario Based Tools for Predictability Studies and Hazardous Weather Communication | Brian Colle, Edmund Kar-Man Chang, and Christine O'Connell | SUNY Stony Brook | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2022 | $420,671 |
| CSTAR | Winter Weather, Ensembles | Improving Snowband Risk Assessments through High-Resolution Ensemble Verification and Visualization | Gary Lackmann | North Carolina State University | 6/1/2019 | 5/31/2022 | $327,912 |
| CSTAR | Fire Weather, Decision Support | Determining Criteria for Messaging NWS Red Flag Warnings | Timothy Brown and Tamara Wall | University of Nevada - Desert Research Institute | 6/1/2019 | 5/31/2022 | $275,725 |
| CSTAR | Severe Weather | Characteristics and Evolution of Observed and Simulated Supercell Thunderstorms in the Central and Southern Appalachians | Casey Davenport and Matthew Eastin | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 6/1/2019 | 5/31/2022 | $429,081 |
| CSTAR | Fire Weather, Decision Support | Improving Situational Awareness of Impactful Post-Fire Debris Flows | Nina Oakley | University of Nevada - Desert Research Institute | 6/1/2019 | 5/31/2022 | $357,857 |
| CSTAR | Winter Weather | Improved Operational Prediction of Blowing and Falling Snow, and Extreme Wind Events in the Rocky Mountain Region and Northern High Plains | Bart Geerts, Zachary Lebo, and Larry Oolman | University of Wyoming | 6/1/2019 | 5/31/2022 | $443,834 |
| CSTAR | Atmospheric Physics | Improving Analyses, Numerical Models, and Situational Awareness of High-Impact Severe Convective and Mixed-Phase Precipitation Events in Complex Terrain | Kristen Corbosiero, Nicholas Bassill, Robert Fovell, Andrea Lang, Justin Minder, and Brian Tang | SUNY Albany | 6/1/2019 | 5/31/2022 | $450,000 |
| CSTAR | Tropical Weather | Investigation and Forecast Improvements of Tornadoes in Landfalling Tropical Cyclones | Christopher Nowotarski and Matthias Katzfuss | Texas A&M University | 6/1/2019 | 5/31/2022 | $406,335 |
| CSTAR | Severe Weather | Extending the Forecast Lead Time of Pulse Severe Storms Using ProbSevere, GLM, and Radar Data | Henry Fuelberg | Florida State University | 6/1/2020 | 5/31/2023 | $255,595 |
| CSTAR | Severe Weather, Ensembles | Improviing Forecasts of Severe Convection through Real Time Sensitivity-Based Ensemble Adjustments within an FV3 Framework | Brian Ancell and Christopher Weiss | Texas Tech University | 6/1/2020 | 5/31/2023 | $446,623 |
| CSTAR | Ensembles, Data Assimilation | Collaborative Research to Advance Probabilistic Forecasting and Hazard Assessment in Mountainous Regions | James Steenburgh, John Horel, and Courtenay Strong | University of Utah | 6/1/2020 | 5/31/2023 | $450,000 |
| CSTAR | Decision Support | Mobilizing a Collaborative Community for Probabilistic Hazard Information | Hamilton Bean | University of Colorado at Denver | 6/1/2020 | 5/31/2022 | $81,387 |
| HFIP | Data Assimilation | Development of Advanced DA Techniques for Satellite-Derived Atmospheric Motion Vectors from GOES-16 and 17 in the Hurricane Weather Forecasting Model | Agnes Lim | University of Wisconsin | 9/1/2018 | 8/31/2022 | $221,400 |
| HFIP | Regional Ocean Modeling | Developing Regional Ocean Modeling Capabilities with MOM6 for use in UFS | Enrique Curchitser | Rutgers University | 9/1/2020 | 8/31/2022 | $310,000 |
| HFIP | Ensembles | Extending the Tropical Cyclone Genesis Index to Global Ensemble Forecasts | Alan Brammer | Colorado State University | 9/1/2020 | 8/31/2022 | $236,882 |
| HFIP | Rapid Intensification Physics | Improving Sub-Grid Scale Parameterization and Microphysical-Dynamical Interaction in Operational Models for Accurate Prediction of Rapid Intensity Change in Tropical Cyclones | Ping Zhu | Florida International University | 9/1/2018 | 8/31/2022 | $296,701 |
| HFIP | Rapid Intensifiction, Data Assimilation | New Frameworks for Predicting Extreme Rapid Intensification | Kerry Emanuel | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 9/1/2018 | 8/31/2022 | $339,571 |
| HFIP | Ensembles | Evaluating Initial Condition Perturbation Methods in the HWRF Ensemble Prediction System | Ryan Torn | SUNY Albany | 9/1/2018 | 8/31/2022 | $292,483 |
| HFIP | Verification, Data Assimilation | Application of Innovation Statistics to Diagnose Biases in the HAFS System | Ryan Torn | SUNY Albany | 9/1/2020 | 8/31/2022 | $292,483 |
| NGGPS | Global Ocean Modeling | Development of High Resolution MOM6 for NGGPS | Eric Chassignet | Florida State University | 9/1/2020 | 8/31/2022 | $310,159 |
| NGGPS | Post Processing | Coalescence of Precipitation Forecasts to Improve the National Blend of Models | Thomas Nehrkorn | AER | 9/1/2020 | 8/31/2022 | $320,001 |
| NGGPS | Verification and Validation | Advancing the UFS Verification and Diagnostics Capability for Marine Applications | Tara Jensen | UCAR | 9/1/2020 | 8/31/2022 | $399,937 |
| NGGPS | Weeks 3-4 Prediction | Convection-Permitting Global Prediction: Evaluation for Operational Application in NOAA | Clifford Mass | University of Washington | 9/1/2018 | 8/31/2022 | $398,966 |
| NGGPS | Physics | Improving Cloud Processes in the NCEP Global Models | Steven Krueger | University of Utah | 9/1/2018 | 8/31/2022 | $398,650 |
| NGGPS | Data Assimilation | Scale-Dependent Covariance Localization of FV3GDAS 4DEnVar Data Assimilation System to Improve Global and Hurricane Predictions | Xuguang Wang | University of Oklahoma | 9/1/2018 | 8/31/2022 | $387,176 |
| NGGPS | Data Assimilation | Continued Assimmilation and Enhancement of the Blended High Resolution Snow Depth Analysis into NCEP NWS Models for Global and Resional Applications | Cezar Kongoli | University of Maryland | 9/1/2018 | 8/31/2022 | $322,609 |
| NGGPS Testbeds | Verification and Validation | Development and Evaluation of New Statistical Calibration Methods for Multi-Model Ensemble Week 3-4 Probabilistic Forecasts | Daniel Halperin | Embry-Riddle Universtiy | 9/1/2018 | 8/31/2022 | $208,722 |
| NGGPS Testbeds | Ensembles, Weeks 3-4 | A Diagnostic Toolbox for the Verification and Validation of Subseasonal Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling Processes in NOAA's UFS | Andrew Robertson | Columbia University | 9/1/2018 | 8/31/2022 | $377,187 |
| Weeks 3-4 | Advances in Verification and Validation | A Diagnostic Toolbox for the Verification and Validation of Subseasonal Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling Processes in NOAA's UFS | Eric Ray | CO-CIRES | 9/1/2020 | 8/31/2022 | $288,584 |
| Weeks 3-4 | Advances in Verification and Validation, Coupled Model Development and Advances in DA, University Partners on UFS SIP Projects | Improving Week 3-4 Weather Prediction Through a Global Convection-Allowing Version of the UFS | Jim Kinter | GMU | 9/1/2020 | 8/31/2022 | $499,968 |
| Weeks 3-4 | Coupled Model Development and Advances in DA | Linear Inverse Modeling for Coupled Analysis and Forecasting in the UFS | Gregory Hakim | WA | 9/1/2020 | 8/31/2022 | $467,775 |
