Table of Contents
Research Applications Laboratory Strategic Goals:
Next Generation Air Transportation
- InFlight Icing
- Consolidated Storm Prediction for Aviation
- Winter Weather
- Turbulence
- Ceiling and Visibility
- Integration of Weather Information Into Air Traffic Management Decisions for Reduced Weather Impact
- Dissemination of Aviation Weather Information
- Oceanic Weather: Convection and Turbulence
- Avian Radar Performance Study
- Surface Transportation Weather
- Renewable Energy
- Weather Prediction Statistical Optimization
- Advanced Operational Aviation Weather System (AOAWS)
National Security Applications
- Operational
Numerical Weather Prediction and Improved Data Assimilation
- Four-Dimensional Weather System (4DWX)
- MAGEN RTFDDA and 3DVAR Hybrid Forecasting System
- RTFDDA Forecasting System for Xcel Wind Energy
- AirDat 4-km CONUS RTFDDA Forecasting System
- DART-based Data Assimilation for Wind Prediction
- Assimilation of NEXRAD Observations to Support Dispersion Modeling
- Improving “Observation-Nudging” FDDA for Community WRF
- Advanced NWP Surface Bias Correction Scheme
- Next–Generation RTFDDA Forecasting System
- Understanding, Modeling and Forecasting Urban Atmospheres
- High Performance Computing for Operational Modeling
- Modeling Plumes of Hazardous Material
- Mesoscale Current-Climate Downscaling
- Mesoscale Ensemble Prediction
Numerical Systems Testing & Evaluation
- Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Developmental Testbed
- Advanced Verification Techniques and Tools
- Data Assimilation Testbed
- Tropical Cyclone Modeling Testbed
- Application of NASA “A-Train” Satellite Observations to Enhance Numerical Weather Prediction Products