Science Advisory Committee

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2006 Regional Modeling and Data Assimilation
Plans

Science Advisory Committee 22 November
2005 Huntsville, AL
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2006 Regional Modeling DA Short-term Goals

• MODIS SST Assimilation
• Complete May 2004 Assessment (Project
  Columbia)publish results
• Identify Case studies in operational system for
  assessment
• MAP 05 (Project Hurricane)MODIS SST sensitivity
  studies?
• AIRS Profiles in ADAS
• Complete Jan 2004 case studypublish results
• Collaborate with Brewster (OU) on Gulf return
  flow
• Provide OU with intellectual property

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Longer-term Considerations for SPoRT Modeling
Activities
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Coupled Earth SYSTEM Modeling and Data
Assimilation System for Earth-Sun Science
The NASA Modeling, Assimilation, and Prediction
(MAP) Environment Integrating Earth System
Modeling and Observations
2006 NASA Modeling Environment
2005 Project Hurricane
GEOS-5
fvGCM (GEOS4)
JCSDA/GSI
Project Columbia
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The NASA Modeling Environment Components Added
as Program Evolves
MAP Modeling Environment
Crosscutting Themes Focus Areas Model, Analysis,
Prediction Program / Multi-investigator proposals
ESMF
Core Integration Team

External NRA Proposals
GISS Model E
CMAI
GMI
ECCO II
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External Influences on SPoRT

• Data Assimilation Framework
• Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation
• Supported by NOAA, NASA, DoD
• FSL, NCEP, GMAO (JCSDA)
• McCarty NASA Fellowship
• WRF Dynamic Core Physics
• NCEP NMM
• Optimal physics configuration
• Support NASA Mission
• MAP
• NEWS
• Human Space Flight

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2006 Regional Modeling DA Longer-term

• AIRS Radiances in GSI
• In collaboration with GMAO/JCSDA
• McCarty NASA Fellowship
• Lightning Data Assimilation
• NASA NRC Post-Doc proposal pending (Themis
  Chronis/UCONN)
• CloudSat/Calipso Microphysics (Model
  validation/assessment)
• Coupled WRF/LIS Implementation
• Collaboration with GSFC (Peters-Lidard, Tao)
• ESMF Transition Testbed (MAP Initiative?)

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NASA Land Information System
Traditional resolution (before LIS) -See only
large size urban areas -Over predict magnitude of
heat island (nonlinear averaging)
25km
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LIS Structure
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Coupled Earth System Modeling

• Interoperability with standards
• The Earth System Modeling
• Framework (ESMF)
• Assistance for Land Modeling
• Activities (ALMA)
• NCEP/EMCK. Mitchell Collaboration

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Modelers Integrate Components From Different
Sources ESMF Accelerates Development Cycle
NASA AGCM For Climate and Weather
GFDL dynamics
GMAO physics
Add In The Assimilation Components And Satellite
Data ? Earth Science Applications Future
Mission Design
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Coupled LIS-WRF System

• NASA Energy and Water Study
• Land-atmosphere interactions
• Cloud and precipitation processes
• NASA Modeling and Analysis Program
• Complete Jan 2004 case studypublish results
• Feeds into Nowcasting task
• SPoRT collaboration with GSFC Terrestrial
  Hydrology and Atm Dynamics Programs
• A vision for spring 2007.

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