UFS at the 2020 AMS Annual Meeting

All events are at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, 415 Summer St., Boston, MA.

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-#185: 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 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