HFIP/NCAS-M HAFS Summer Colloquium
May 28-30, 2024, at NCWCP
Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) is NOAA’s new coupled atmosphere-ocean-wave model suitable for tropical cyclone (TC) research and forecasting in all Northern and Southern Hemisphere ocean basins. To facilitate the training of graduate, doctoral, and post-doctoral students and increase the participation of students from traditionally underrepresented communities with the use of HAFS, HFIP and NCAS-M are endorsing a Summer Colloquium scheduled for May 28-30, 2024.
This event will be held at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction (NCWCP) in College Park, MD. Jointly organized by the NOAA Center for Atmospheric Science and Meteorology (NCAS-M), NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center (EMC), and NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) this colloquium will feature presentations and tutorials by the main HAFS developers. This event is also expected to set the stage for the dissemination of HAFS to the broader community in the near future.
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Day 2
Day 3
Goals of the Summer Colloquium
(1) Lectures on all aspects of HAFS, including infrastructure, model physics and dynamics, nesting, initialization, coupling with the ocean, post-processing, and vortex tracking;
(2) HAFS's multiple configurations, TC verification, HAFS ensemble system;
(3) NCEP's plans for TC numerical weather prediction will be presented;
(4) Practical sessions will give tutorial participants hands-on experience in running HAFS.
The Speakers
Sundararaman Gopalakrishnan
Vijay Tallapragada
Xuejin Zhang
Fanglin Yang
Andrew Hazelton
Zhan Zhang
Gus Alaka
Hyun-Sook Kim
Maria Aristizabal
William Ramstrom
Jason Sippel
Bin Liu
JungHoon Shin
Lin Zhu
Yonghui Weng
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Aaron Poyer
HFIP Program Manager
Acting Deputy Director, HRD
Jiayi Peng
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Chuan-Kai Wang
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Weiguo Wang
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This 3-day colloquium is open to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from NOAA CSCs. Limited seats (15) are available. Travel and lodging will be supported by NCAS-M. Register today!
Agenda
Day 1 (Tuesday, May 28):
Time Topic Speaker
9:00 - 9:20 Opening Remarks and Logistics Mike Farrar and/or Ivanka Stajner, Aaron Poyer, Sen Chiao
9:20 - 9:50 Overview of the current operational modeling systems at EMC Vijay Tallapragada and Avichal Mehra
9:50 - 10:45 Hurricanes 101 Sundararaman Gopalakrishnan
10:45 Break and group photo
11:15 - 11:45 Overview on Hurricane Physics Fanglin Yang and Xuejin Zhang
11:45 - 12:15 Overview on Hurricane DA Jason Sippel and Yonghui Weng
12:15 - 12:45 Overview on Hurricane Coupling Hyun-Sook Kim and Maria Aristizabal
12:45 Lunch
2:00 - 2:30 HAFS System Zhan Zhang and Bin Liu
2:30 - 3:00 HAFS repository and workflow Bin Liu and Zhan Zhang
3:00 Break
3:30 - 5:00 Practical session: download, build, install, and run HAFS Bin Liu and Zhan Zhang
5:00 Day 1 Adjourn
Day 2 (Wednesday, May 29)
9:00 - 9:30 HASF dynamics and nesting William Ramstrom
9:30 - 10:00 HAFS physics Weiguo Wang and Andrew Hazelton
10:00 Break
10:30 - 12:30 Practical session: uncoupled configuration with alternative physics Andrew Hazelton, Weiguo Wang, Zhan Zhang
12:30 Lunch
2:00 - 2:30 HAFS vortex initialization JungHoon Shin and Chuan-Kai Wang
2:30 - 3:00 HAFS post-processing and products Lin Zhu
3:00 Break
3:30 - 5:00 Practical session: coupled configuration with VI and DA JungHoon Shin, Maria Aristizabal, Bin Liu
5:00 Day 2 Adjourn
Day 3 (Thursday, May 30)
9:00 - 9:30 HAFS verification, evaluation and graphics Lin Zhu and Maria Aristizabal
9:30 - 10:00 HRD generalized post processing software Gus Alaka
10:00 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Practical session: operational configurations Bin Liu, Lin Zhu, Maria Aristizabal
12:00 Lunch
1:30 - 2:00 Basin-scale multiple-storm configuration William Ramstrom & Gus Alaka
2:00 - 2:30 Hurricane ensembles Zhan Zhang and Jiayi Peng
2:30 - 3:00 Status and Future of HAFS Avichal Mehra and Vijay Tallapragada
3:00 - 3:30 Discussion, closing remarks and wrap up Everyone
3:30 Day 3 Adjourn
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