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1 The SPoRT-WRF: Transitioning SPoRT Modeling Research Sixth Meeting of the Science Advisory Committee 28 February – 1 March, 2012 National Space Science and Technology Center, Huntsville, AL transitioning unique NASA data and research technologies to operations

2 Relevance to SPoRT Accurate forecasting of convection (e.g. timing, intensity, mode, location) often cited as key forecast challenge by WFOs and HWT Since SPoRT’s inception, different research projects have examined the sensitivity of an individual dataset or capability The SPoRT-WRF is the first attempt to integrate all of SPoRT’s research into a single real-time modeling system SPoRT-WRF serves a dual role in supporting R2O: – HWT/NSSL testbed evaluation enhances collaboration – Initialization of local models at WFOs supports end-users Use of “Weather in a Box” resources and NU-WRF enables evaluation of additional NASA capabilities transitioning unique NASA data and research technologies to operations Photo by K. McGrath

3 Accomplishments Since Previous SAC “SPoRT should actively seek out partnerships and collaborative projects with other NOAA/NWS testbeds and use its ability to deliver experimental datasets to the field as a unique strength” – Diagnostic member evaluated at NOAA’s HWT EFP in 2011 – Feedback from EFP has been used to update the SPoRT-WRF methodology “Broaden the use of [SST data denial experiments] or similar concepts to help quantify the impact of unique NASA data sets” – Takes successful data denial experiments and quantifies overall SPoRT data impact – WRF-EMS does not support data assimilation or WRF/LIS coupling Conference papers at NWA and AMS regarding evaluation of SPoRT-WRF performance transitioning unique NASA data and research technologies to operations Photo by K. McGrath

4 SPoRT-WRF V1 Overview Identical core, domain, resolution, and physics options as NSSL- WRF used by SPC (expect for higher-resolution ICs and BCs) Unique NASA datasets and capabilities: transitioning unique NASA data and research technologies to operations SPoRT SST Composite Enhances over-ocean fluxes and seabreeze forecasting LIS Enhances soil characteristics and energy fluxes for weakly-forced convection AIRS Profiles Enhances upper-air moisture and stability at asynoptic times to improve heavy precipitation MODIS GVF Composite Replaces coarse climatology to enhance energy fluxes for weakly-forced convection

5 SPoRT-WRF V1 Procedure Initialized each day at 0000 UTC; 36 total forecast hours Surface datasets integrated into SPoRT-WRF at initialization using a modified version of the NU-WRF Preprocessing System – MODIS GVFs are incorporated into the system through the LIS – LIS is run offline once per day to provide land-surface information for model – SPoRT SSTs are generated offline and brought in as a replacement for the RTG SST product AIRS profiles assimilated using WRF-Var with 9-h forecast as background transitioning unique NASA data and research technologies to operations 00Z 04Z 08Z 16Z SST Composite generated AIRS assimilation 9-hr WRF forecast 12Z 27-hr WRF forecast Daily LIS Delivery to HWT and internal website Current Daily SPoRT-WRF Timeline

6 Impact on April 25-27 Forecasts MET used to produce statistical evaluation of surface characteristics for historic tornado outbreak Conclusion: SPoRT-WRF tends to be have a cool and dry bias for 2-m T and T d transitioning unique NASA data and research technologies to operations SPC Tornado Reports 25-27 April 2011 2-m Temperature 2-m Dew Point April 25 April 26 April 27 NSSL WRF No AIRS SPoRT-WRF SPoRT-WRF Mean Forecast Error (F-O) Compared to METAR, SAO, and Mesonet Observations

7 Comparison of Reflectivity Forecasts A SPoRT undergraduate summer intern student performed an evaluation of the reflectivity forecasts from the 25-27 April 2011 tornado outbreak Conclusion: Some convection suppression is seen but mixed results in terms of reflectivity for these cases transitioning unique NASA data and research technologies to operations 1-km Reflectivity at 2100 UTC 25 April 2011 NSSL SPoRT Observed NSSL SPoRT Observed 1-km Reflectivity at 1500 UTC 26 April 2011 1-km Reflectivity at 0000 UTC 28 April 2011 NSSL SPoRT Observed

8 Subjective Rating of 18-06Z Forecasts of 1-km AGL Reflectivity Subjective Comparison of NSSL- and SPoRT WRF for 1-km AGL Reflectivity Feedback from Spring Experiment SPoRT-WRF evaluated at NOAA HWT’s EFP – Brings together modelers and operational forecasters to subjectively evaluate model performance and discuss the strengths and limitations of regional models and how they should be used operationally – Case, McCaul, and Zavodsky attended EFP Each day, participants evaluated a number of regional models – Overall feedback was that the SPoRT-WRF was too cool and dry and suppressed convection (some good; some bad) – SPoRT-WRF performed comparably to NCAR-WRF and worse than the NSSL-WRF transitioning unique NASA data and research technologies to operations Subjective Comparison of NSSL- and SPoRT WRF for T and T d

9 SPoRT-WRF V2 Based on HWT EFP participant feedback, model imbalances from assimilation methodology leads to cool and dry bias SPoRT-WRF V2 Development is complete and ready for 2012 season – NU-WRF (with WRF/LIS coupling) and Goddard physics schemes – Continuous cycling methodology using GSI (AIRS & IASI profiles, conventional, satellite) – Expanded SPoRT MODIS GVF composite domain Evaluation at 2012 HWT EFP with additional feedback for continued improvements Daily real-time website completed for posting model output Daily real-time website transitioning unique NASA data and research technologies to operations 21Z 00Z 03Z 12Z SST Composite generated tm12 to tm00 GSI assimilation 06Z 36-hr WRF forecast Delivery to internal website 00Z Initialized SPoRT-WRF Timeline 09Z LIS

10 Summary/Conclusions SPoRT-WRF is a unique configuration of the WRF-ARW that integrates all SPoRT modeling research into a real-time system to address forecast challenge of convection in NWP Transitioned this real-time forecast to NOAA’s HWT as deterministic model at EFP Testbed feedback indicated cool, dry bias that appears to suppress convection likely related to methodology for assimilation of AIRS profiles Development of SPoRT-WRF V2 with new DA strategy, WRF/LIS coupling, and expanded GVFs is complete and ready for 2012 season; future versions will be modified based on feedback transitioning unique NASA data and research technologies to operations Photo by K. McGrath

11 Future Work Short-term plans: – Investigate impacts of NASA datasets and model options on convective forecasts – Evaluate how well SPoRT-WRF performs (both qualitatively and quantitatively) against other operational/real-time models? – Determine which individual components of the SPoRT-WRF have the largest impact on the performance – Transition SPoRT-WRF output to select SR Modeling Collaboration offices in form of forecasts and/or initial and boundary conditions for local model runs Long-term plans: – Additional research activities that are undertaken by the modeling and DA group will be applied to future versions of the SPoRT-WRF – By next season, real-time data from Suomi NPP (assimilation of CrIS profiles, VIIRS brought into SST and GVF composites) will be brought into the system transitioning unique NASA data and research technologies to operations

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