| Day/Time |
Abstract Title/Link |
Presenter/Facilitator |
Room/Hall |
Program |
Session |
Presentation Type |
| Sunday 1/12/2020 8:00am -12:00pm |
Short Course: Experimentation and Development of Physical Parameterizations for Numerical Weather Prediction Using a Single-Column Model and the CCPP |
Ligia Bernardet |
105 |
N/A |
N/A |
Short Course |
| Monday 1/13/2020 9:00am – 9:15am |
1.3: Leveraging Community Modeling in NOAA to Advance Operational Environmental Prediction |
Brian Gross |
258B |
Special Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice |
Model Center Progress and Future Vision |
Oral Presentation |
| Monday 1/13/2020 9:45am – 10:00am |
1.5: Data Assimilation Planning and Testing for Version 16 of the NCEP Global Forecast System |
Daryl Kleist |
259A |
24th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) |
Advances in Data Assimilation and Observing Systems |
Oral Presentation |
| Monday 1/13/2020 9:45am – 10:00am |
1B.6: The Use of the METplus Verification and Diagnostic Capability in Forecast Evaluation across Multiple Scales and Applications |
Tara Jensen |
257AB |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Verification, Bias Correction, and Postprocessing of Numerical Weather Models |
Oral Presentation |
| Monday 1/13/2020 12:15pm – 1:15pm |
Town Hall Meeting: A Discussion about the Draft EPIC Strategic Plan with NOAA Leadership |
Neil Jacobs |
205A |
N/A |
N/A |
Town Hall |
| Monday 1/13/2020 2:00pm – 2:30pm |
3.1: Streamlining Verification through the Enhanced Model Evaluation Tools (METplus) |
Tara Jensen |
260 |
26th Conference on Probability and Statistics |
Methods of Verification and Evaluation of Forecasts: Focus on High Impact |
Oral Presentation |
| Monday 1/13/2020 3:00pm – 3:15pm |
3A.5: Development and Application of Global Aerosol Forecasts Using the Online Coupled GEFS–Aerosol Model |
Georg Grell |
157C |
36th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies |
Quasi-Operational Products You Can Use Now—The View from The Dry and Wet Side |
Oral Presentation |
| Monday 1/13/2020 3:00pm – 3:15pm |
4.1: Initial Development of a NOAA Emissions and eXchange Unified System (NEXUS) |
Patrick C. Campbell |
211 |
21st Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA |
Global- to Local-Scale Coupled Meteorology and Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling |
Oral Presentation |
| Monday 1/13/2020 4:00pm – 6:00pm |
Poster # 146: An Evaluation of Vertical Thermodynamic Profiles and Derived Stability Parameters from Parallel FV3- and Spectral-Model GFS Forecasts |
Dillon V. Blount |
Hall B |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Poster Session 1 30 WAF/26 NWP Monday Poster Session |
Poster Presentation |
| Monday 1/13/2020 4:00pm – 6:00pm |
Poster # 185: The Use of METplus Verification and Diagnostic Capabilities for Evaluating Sea-Ice Predictions |
Lindsay Blank |
Hall B |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Poster Session 1-#185: 30 WAF/26 NWP Monday Poster Session |
Poster Presentation |
| Tuesday 1/14/2020 8:30am – 9:30am |
PD1.1: A Simplified NCEP Prediction Suite for the NWS (Invited Presentation) |
Brian Gross |
252A |
10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations |
Best Practices, Private–Public Partnerships, and Multicommunity Efforts for the Transition of R2O in the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprises |
Oral Presentation and Panel Discussion |
| Tuesday 1/14/2020 9:15am – 9:30am |
5B.4: Application of GLDAS Framework to the Next-Version Global Forecast System at NCEP |
Youlong Xia |
253A |
34th Conference on Hydrology |
Land Data Assimilation Techniques and Systems |
Oral Presentation |
| Tuesday 1/14/2020 10:30am – 10:45am |
5A.1: The Unified Forecast System: Improving Research to Operations |
Ricky Rood |
252A |
10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations |
Best Practices, Private–Public Partnerships, and Multicommunity Efforts for the Transition of R2O in the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprises |
Oral Presentation |
| Tuesday 1/14/2020 10:45am – 11:00am |
5A.2: Unified Forecast System Development and Operational Implementation Plans at NCEP/EMC |
Vijay Tallapragada |
252A |
10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations |
Best Practices, Private–Public Partnerships, and Multicommunity Efforts for the Transition of R2O in the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprises |
Oral Presentation |
| Tuesday 1/14/2020 12:15pm – 1:15pm |
Town Hall Meeting: NOAA Modeling Forum |
Hendrik Tolman |
157AM |
N/A |
N/A |
Town Hall |
| Tuesday 1/14/2020 2:00pm – 2:15pm |
5A.3: Development of Multiple-Nest Capability in the Operational Global Forecast System |
Xuejin Zhang |
257AB |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Advances in Dynamics and Physics of Numerical Weather Models |
Oral Presentation |
| Tuesday 1/14/2020 3:00pm – 3:15pm |
8.1: Evaluation of FV3 for Use with Air Quality Applications |
Jeff McQueen |
211 |
21st Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA |
Topics on Boundary Layer Meteorology and Atmospheric Dispersion |
Oral Presentation |
| Tuesday 1/14/2020 3:15pm – 3:30pm |
7.2: Enabling the Verification and Validation of Environmental Prediction Systems Using the Model Evaluation Tool Software Suite and Amazon Web Services |
Jason Levit |
252A |
10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations |
Best Practices, Private–Public Partnerships, and Multicommunity Efforts for the Transition of R2O in the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprises … |
Oral Presentation |
| Tuesday 1/14/2020 3:30pm – 3:45pm |
6A.3: Advances in Model Physics for the Next Implementation of the GFS (GFSv16) |
Jack Kain |
257AB |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Advances in Dynamics and Physics of Numerical Weather Models |
Oral Presentation |
| Tuesday 1/14/2020 4:00pm – 6:00pm |
Poster # 643: Designing a Process for Selecting, Vetting, and Implementing Physics Innovations in a Community Modeling Paradigm |
Jack Kain |
Hall B |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Poster Session 2 30 WAF/26 NWP Tuesday Poster Session |
Poster Presentation |
| Tuesday 1/14/2020 4:00pm – 6:00pm |
Poster # 645: Verification of the Physics Suite Testing for GFS v16 Using the Model Evaluation Tools |
Michelle Harrold |
Hall B |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Poster Session 2 30 WAF/26 NWP Tuesday Poster Session |
Poster Presentation |
| Tuesday 1/14/2020 4:00pm – 6:00pm |
Poster # 648: Coupling FLAKE with GFSv15 |
Yihua Wu |
Hall B |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Poster Session 2 30 WAF/26 NWP Tuesday Poster Session |
Poster Presentation |
| Tuesday 1/14/2020 4:00pm – 6:00pm |
Poster # 665: Unified Forecast System: Considerations for Transition to Operations |
Ivanka Stajner |
Hall B |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Poster Session 2 30 WAF/26 NWP Tuesday Poster Session |
Poster Presentation |
| Tuesday 1/14/2020 5:20pm – 5:40pm |
Booth Talk: Supporting Mechanisms for R20 within NOAA’s Unified Forecast System (UFS) (Invited Presentation) |
Dorothy Koch |
NOAA Booth |
N/A |
N/A |
Booth Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 9:00am – 9:15am |
8A.2: Implications for Operational Nowcasting and Short-Range Forecasting from NOAA Moving to a Unified Forecast System |
Hendrik Tolman |
252A |
10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations |
Improving R2O and O2R in the 0–18-h Forecast Range Linking Research and Operations to Forecasters’ Needs |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 9:00am – 9:15am |
J36.2: Development of and Implementation Strategies for the Unified Forecast System at NCEP to Assist with Forecasting Aviation Weather Hazards |
Vijay Tallapragada |
257AB |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Advances in Data Assimilation, Verification, and Probabilistic Forecasting of Aviation Weather Hazards |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 9:15am – 9:30am |
8A.3: A Description of the v2.8 RTMA/URMA Upgrade and Progress toward 3D RTMA |
Jacob Carley |
252A |
10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations |
Improving R2O and O2R in the 0–18-h Forecast Range Linking Research and Operations to Forecasters’ Needs |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 10:30am – 12:00pm |
PD2.5 Supporting Mechanisms for R2O within NOAA’s Unified Forecast System (UFS) (Invited Presentation) |
Dorothy Koch |
252A |
10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations |
NOAA Practices and Policies Enabling R2O Activities to Support End-User Needs—Panel Discussion [Invited Presentations] |
Oral Presentation and Panel Discussion |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 10:30am – 12:00pm |
PD2.6: Enabling Environmental Modeling R2O in NOAA (Invited Presentation) |
Hendrik Tolman |
251 |
10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations |
NOAA Practices and Policies Enabling R2O Activities to Support End-User Needs—Panel Discussion [Invited Presentations] |
Oral Presentation and Panel Discussion |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 10:30am – 10:45am |
9B.1: Overview of Air Quality and Aerosol Predictions at NOAA/National Weather Service |
Ivanka Stajner |
207 |
22nd Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry |
Air Quality Forecasting of Pollution Episodes |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 10:45am – 11:00am |
9B.2: Forecast and Evaluation of High-Aerosol Events Using Operational Global Forecast Models at NOAA/National Weather Service |
Partha Bhattacharjee |
207 |
22nd Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry |
Air Quality Forecasting of Pollution Episodes |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 11:00am – 11:15am |
9B.3: Advancing National Air Quality Forecasts through Emission Data Assimilation (Invited Presentation) |
Daniel Tong |
207 |
22nd Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry |
Air Quality Forecasting of Pollution Episodes |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 11:30am – 11:45am |
9.5: The Use of the METplus Verification and Diagnostic Capability in Short-Term Forecast Evaluation |
Tara Jensen |
252A |
10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations |
Improving R2O and O2R in the 0–18-h Forecast Range Linking Research and Operations to Forecasters’ Needs |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 11:45am – 12:00pm |
7.6: Description and Evaluation of the FENGSHA Dust Emission Model in FV3GFS-Chem |
Rick Saylor |
208 |
12th Symposium on Aerosol – Cloud – Climate Interactions |
Advances in Observational and Modeling Studies of the Role of Mineral Dust in the Earth System |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 1:30pm – 1:45pm |
10B.1: NOAA’s Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) Program Update |
Dorothy Koch |
251 |
10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations |
National and International Efforts and Partnerships (i.e., Community Global Modeling): Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) and Beyond … |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 1:45pm – 2:00pm |
10B.2: A Community Effort to Unify Verification and Validation Efforts |
Tara Jensen |
251 |
10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations |
National and International Efforts and Partnerships (i.e., Community Global Modeling): Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) and Beyond … |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 1:45pm – 2:00pm |
10B.2: Probabilistic Forecasts of Ozone and PM2.5 from the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model |
Irina V. Djalalova |
207 |
22nd Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry |
Air Quality Forecasting of Pollution Episodes |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 2:00pm – 2:15pm |
10B.3: Fostering National and International Collaboration through the Enhanced Model Evaluation Tools (METplus) |
Tara Jensen |
251 |
10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations |
National and International Efforts and Partnerships (i.e., Community Global Modeling): Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) and Beyond … |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 2:15pm – 2:30pm |
10B.4: Model Upgrade Plan and Initial Results from a Prototype NCEP Global Forecast System Version 16 |
Fanglin Yang |
251 |
10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations |
National and International Efforts and Partnerships (i.e., Community Global Modeling): Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) and Beyond … |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 3:15pm – 3:30pm |
8.2: Accelerating Stochastic Physics Development in the NOAA Unified Forecast System (UFS) |
Jian-Wen Bao |
153C |
Eighth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation … |
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018: How the Improving Forecasting and Assimilation (IFAA) Portfolio Is Building a Weather-Ready Nation |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 3:15pm – 3:30pm |
11B.2: The Common Community Physics Package CCPP: Unifying Physics across NOAA and NCAR Models Using a Common Software Framework |
Dominikus Heinzeller |
251 |
10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations |
National and International Efforts and Partnerships (i.e., Community Global Modeling): Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) and Beyond … |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 3:45pm – 4:00pm |
4.4: The Global-Nested Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS): Results from the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season |
Andrew Hazelton |
205B |
Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium |
Physical Parameterizations for Tropical Cyclone Prediction |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 3:45pm – 4:00pm |
8.4: Advancements of the FV3 Stand-Alone Regional Model |
Curtis Alexander |
153C |
Eighth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation … |
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018: How the Improving Forecasting and Assimilation (IFAA) Portfolio Is Building a Weather-Ready Nation |
Oral Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 4:00pm – 6:00pm |
Poster # 647: One-Stop Shopping for Physics across Scales: From a Single-Column Model to Three-Dimensional Configurations for Weather and S2S |
Linlin Pan |
Hall B |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Poster Session 2 30 WAF/26 NWP Tuesday Poster Session |
Poster Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 4:00pm – 6:00pm |
Poster # 1506: Enhancements to Cloud Overlap Radiative Effects for Weather Forecasting and Tropical Cyclone Prediction |
Michael Iacono |
Hall B |
Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium |
Poster Session 4 Tropical Cyclones Research and Forecasting: Poster Session II |
Poster Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 4:00pm – 6:00pm |
Poster # 1527: Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) Stand-Alone Regional Model (SAR) 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season Real-Time Forecasts |
Jili Dong |
Hall B |
Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium |
Poster Session 4 Tropical Cyclones Research and Forecasting: Poster Session II |
Poster Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 5:20pm – 5:40pm |
The Unified Forecast System: Improving Research to Operations |
Ricky Rood |
NOAA Booth |
N/A |
N/A |
Booth Presentation |
| Wednesday 1/15/2020 5:40pm – 6:00pm |
Unified Forecast System (UFS) |
Hendrik Tolman |
NOAA Booth |
N/A |
N/A |
Booth Presentation |
| Thursday 1/16/2020 9:00am – 9:15am |
12.3: Comparing WRF-ARW and FV3 SAR Forecasts for Warn-on-Forecast Applications |
Larissa Reames |
252A |
10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations |
Improving R2O and O2R in the 0–18-h Forecast Range Linking Research and Operations to Forecasters’ Needs |
Oral Presentation |
| Thursday 1/16/2020 11:00am – 11:15am |
12A.3: Physics Interoperability as a Strategy for Advancing NOAA’s Unified Forecast System Physics Suite |
Ligia Bernardet |
257AB |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Advanced Physics and Physics Interoperability in Community Models |
Oral Presentation |
| Thursday 1/16/2020 11:30am – 11:45am |
12A.5: Process-Oriented Diagnostics to Inform the Physics Suite of Future GFS Implementations using NOAA’s Unified Forecast System |
Weiwei Li |
257AB |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Advanced Physics and Physics Interoperability in Community Models |
Oral Presentation |
| Thursday 1/16/2020 11:45am – 12:00pm |
15.6: Assessing Space Weather Predictions using METplus – A Community Verification and Diagnostics Package |
Tara Jensen |
205A |
17th Conference on Space Weather |
Advances in Research and Modeling of Space Weather Drivers |
Oral Presentation |
| Thursday 1/16/2020 1:30pm – 1:45pm |
13B.1: Unified Forecast System (UFS) |
Hendrik Tolman |
257AB |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Advances in Unified Modeling Frameworks (from Nowcasting to Climate) |
Oral Presentation |
| Thursday 1/16/2020 1:45pm – 2:00pm |
13B.2: The Unified Forecast System (UFS): A Framework for Prediction Shared by Research and Operations |
Ricky Rood |
257AB |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Advances in Unified Modeling Frameworks (from Nowcasting to Climate) |
Oral Presentation |
| Thursday 1/16/2020 2:45pm – 3:00pm |
13B.6: Advances Toward an Operational Convection-Allowing Ensemble Prediction System in the Unified Forecast System at NOAA |
Jacob Carley |
257AB |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Advances in Unified Modeling Frameworks (from Nowcasting to Climate) |
Oral Presentation |
| Thursday 1/16/2020 4:15pm – 4:30pm |
14C.4A: Accelerating Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Modeling and Improving Week 3-4 Forecast with the UFS: Plan and Progress |
Yan Xue |
257AB |
30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) |
Seasonal-to-Subseasonal Numerical Weather Prediction |
Oral Presentation |
