SEMINAR SERIES and COLLOQUIA

This seminar will present some of the recent highlights and future directions of the World Meteorological Organization's World Weather Research Program (WWRP). Highlights of recent WWRP research results include:i) Using the THORPEX Interaction Grand Global Ensemble (TIGGE) to investigate whether the future of global weather prediction lies in combining the individual ensemble modeling systems produced by major operational centers into a single multi-model, multi-analysis ensemble;ii) Making recommendations on the future design of the global observing system for high impact weather including determining whether targeting and other adaptive observational strategies are operational viable; iii) A series of major field and associated modeling campaigns conducted under the WWRP including a cluster of ten THORPEX projects under the International Polar Year, MAP D-PHASE and COPS in Europe and the winter and tropical cyclone phases of T-PARC over the Pacific; iv) Transitioning research to operations through the Forecast Demonstration Projects. The future directions of WWRP include a greater emphasis on high resolution cloud resolving models, investigations into the design of mesoscale ensemble systems parallel to TIGGE, increased collaborations with hydrological prediction, and collaborations with the climate modeling community such as the Year of Tropical Convection. The talk will include personal reflections on the state of funding for weather prediction research in the US and personal research interests such as the diurnal cycle of tropical convection, the large-scale role in triggering severe convection, nocturnal bores and turbulence in urban basins.

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