High-Resolution
Numerical Weather Prediction
My group runs high-resolution
deterministic forecasts using the NCAR WRF model (down to
1.3 km grid spacing) and a large high resolution ensemble (25
members, 4-km grid spacing), both twice a day. We feed
this model output into a variety of applications, ranging from
smoke dispersion and air quality models, to tailored support
applications like Seattle SnowWatch and WindWatch. We also
carefully verify our weather prediction models to determine
weaknesses and to evaluate the impact of resolution.
