April 18-20, 2017 at NCWCP in College Park, MD (NCEP Conference Center)
NOAA’s vision for the Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) Modeling Community is to engage with the public, private and academic sectors to seize an unprecedented opportunity to develop and advance a world-class operational modeling system that is unified across time and space scales. Anchored by NOAA’s FV3-based operational forecast system, the community will work together to improve operational environmental forecast guidance and enable and empower the research community.
OBJECTIVES
Through a two-part workshop, NOAA seeks to engage with the community to form and shape the community, and to consider how to best execute shared infrastructure, support, management, and governance. Other topics addressed include identifying “best practices”, discussing how a community-based unified modeling system will actually work, and to evolve and coordinate between SIP/NGGPS Working Groups.
OUTCOMES
These workshops are parts of an open and transparent process of ongoing engagement, and will provide an important vehicle for NOAA to listen to the community regarding how it wants to engage. Outcomes include timely sharing of vital information (e.g. how people can plug in and contribute, timelines and status, etc.), generating a greater sense of community and mutual trust, and for NOAA, tapping the wisdom of the community. Output from the workshops will help NOAA to plan and establish the NOAA Modeling Community and to refine and improve its Strategic Implementation Plan for the FV3 model.
Part 1: The "Community Modeling Workshop is an opportunity for the community to tell NOAA how they would like to engage with us. A brief remark on the format of this part of the workshop: the goal is to keep prepared remarks brief (provided for context and as fodder for discussion) and to allow for maximum dialogue. Outcome notes linked here
Part 2: The Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) Coordination Workshop seeks to delve into the topical issues associated with the SIP/Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) Working Groups. Outcome notes linked here
Part 1: Modeling Community Workshop Day 1 (all day) and Day 2 (until noon). The emphasis is on dialogue and engagement with the community. The first day will include some context setting within series of moderated discussions on various topics such as governance, system architecture, infrastructure, the role of test beds, as well as other topics. The second day will address some key questions through breakout groups followed by a plenary.
Part 1 is open to all interested parties who register and remote access will be available for those who cannot travel (though we strongly encourage you to attend in person).
Part 2 - SIP/NGGPS Working groups and Tecnhical Sessions: Day 2 (afternoon) and Day 3 (all day). The focus of the second part shifts to the SIP/NGGPS working groups and is more technical in nature. The goal is to faciltate the advancement of each SIP/NGGPS working group and to ensure that they are well coordinated.
Part 2 is open to all interested parties who register; however, participation is limited to those who attend in person - there will be no remote access.
Full agenda (pdf) here
8:00 - 8:30 Social interaction with light refreshments
8:30 - 9:00 Introduction
Welcome, admin remarks (Mike Farrar, Director, EMC) NGGPS Program Overview (Ming Ji, Director NWS/OSTI)
Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) Overview (Mike Farrar, Director, EMC) Discussion
9:00 - 10:30 Panel: “Goals and Needs of a Community Unified Modeling System” Panelists: Tony Busalacchi (UCAR), Fred Carr (Academia/OU), Mary Glackin (IBM/The Weather Company), Pat Harr (NSF), Craig McLean (OAR), Louis Uccellini (NWS), Christa Peters-Lidard (NASA), Dave McCarren (Navy/DoD)
Moderator: Mike Farrar
Brief remarks from each panelist followed by group discussion
Note: The format of the Moderated Discussion sessions includes brief remarks from each WG representative followed by group discussion.
11:00 - 12:00 Moderated Discussion with the Governance WG (Ricky Rood, U. Mich.) and System Architecture WG (Jim Kinter, GMU)
Moderator: Mike Farrar
Governance - Decision making, roles/responsibilities, advisory boards, org. alignment.
System Architecture - NEMS evolution for coupling approach, etc.
1:00 - 2:00 Moderated Discussion with Infrastructure WG (Rusty Benson, GFDL) and Global Modeling Test Bed/GMTB (Bill Kuo, DTC)
Moderator: Whit Anderson
Infrastructure - Standards/documentation; CM; code repository; testing; etc.
GMTB - Its role, how it will work, Common Community Physics Package (CCPP), etc.
2:00 - 3:00 Moderated Discussion with the Dynamics/Nesting WG (Vijay Tallapragada), Model Physics (Jim Doyle, NRL), Convective Allowing Model (CAM) WG (Stan Benjamin, ESRL)
Moderator: Whit Anderson
Dynamics/Nesting - FV3 transition on global weather/S2S/climate; hurricane nests
Physics - Stochastic, scale-aware physics; relationship to the CCPP, etc.
CAM - Intermediate steps to CAM ensembles, Warn on Forecast; test/evaluation w/community
3:00 - 3:30 BREAK
3:30 - 4:40 Moderated Discussion with Data Assimilation WG (Tom Auligne, JCSDA), Ensembles WG (Tom Hamill, ESRL/PSD), Verification & Validation (V&V) WG (Tara Jensen, NCAR/RAL), and Post-Processing WG (Matt Peroutka, NWS/MDL).
Moderator: Whit Anderson
DA - FV3 integ. between NOAA, NASA; Joint Effort for DA Integration (JEDI); coupled DA.
Ensembles: Strategy across scales; model uncertainty
V&V: V&V of ops forecasts vs. R&D testing/evaluation; unified/standard tools and data formats
Post-Processing: Community infrastructure (e.g., Unified Post Processor/UPP); standard formats/tools
4:40 - 5:30 Moderated Discussion with the Marine Models WG (Robert Hallberg, GFDL), Land Surface Models (LSMs) + Hydrology WG (Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA/Goddard), and Aerosols/Atmospheric Composition WG (Ivanka Stajner, NWS/OSTI)
Moderator: Whit Anderson
Marine - Current marine models, NOS coastal/bay models, future ecological models
Land/Hydro - LSMs within coupled system, connections with National Water Model, etc.
Aerosols/Atm. Comp. - Downstream vs. inline applications; science challenges, etc.
5:30 - 5:45 Day-1 wrap-up, setup for Day-2 5:45
8:00 - 8:30 Social interaction with light refreshments
8:30 - 8:45 Recap of Day 1; Motivations & Instructions for Breakout session
Moderator: Tim Schneider
Key questions for breakout groups to address:
Based on what you’ve seen thus far (what looks right and what does not?), please identify:
8:45 - 10:15 Breakout session. No remote (virtual) access. 10:15 10:45 BREAK
10:45 - 12:00 Breakout summary reports, discussion, and wrap up.
Moderator: Tim Schneider
The thirteen NGGPS/SIP Working Groups that have been formed are: Governance (#1); System Architecture (#2); Infrastructure (#3); Dynamics/Nesting (#4); Physics (#5); Data Assimilation (#6); Ensemble Development (#7); Post Processing (#8); Verification/Validation (#9); Marine (#10); Land/Hydrology (#11); Aerosols/Atmospheric Composition (#12); Mesoscale/CAM (#13). This part of the workshop is aimed at advancing the technical planning within each working group and ensuring that they are well-coordinated across them.
For details about Part 2, see the agenda. There were no presentations in Part 2. Please see the Part 2 Workshop Summary for more information.
| First Name | Last Name | Affiliation |
| Amanda | Adams | NSF |
| Farida | Adimi | NOAA/NWS/EMC |
| Curtis | Alexander | NOAA/ESRL |
| Eric | Aligo | NOAA/OAR/EMC |
| Jordan | Alpert | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Whit | Anderson | NOAA/OAR/GFDL |
| Clarissa | Anderson | UC-San Diego |
| Don | Anderson | Johns Hopkins Univ/APL |
| Heather | Archambault | NOAA/CPO |
| Ghassem | Asrar | PNNL/JGCRI |
| Thomas | Auligne | JCSDA |
| Mike | Barlage | NCAR |
| Daniel | Barrie | NOAA/CPO |
| Stan | Benjamin | NOAA/ESRL |
| Rusty | Benson | NOAA/OAR/GFDL |
| Ligia | Bernardet | NOAA/ESRL |
| Tom | Black | NOAA/NWS/EMC |
| Mike | Bodner | NOAA/NCEP/WPC |
| William | Bua | UCAR/COMET |
| Patrick | Burke | NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS |
| Antonio | Busalacchi | UCAR |
| Ming | Cai | NSF |
| DaNa | Carlis | NOAA/OAR |
| Jessie | Carman | NOAA/OAR/ESPC |
| Frederick | Carr | Univ. of Oklahoma |
| Nicholas | Cavanaugh | City Financial |
| Steve | Charles | Raytheon |
| Mike | Charles | NOAA/CPC |
| Arun | Chawla | NOAA/NCEP |
| Anning | Cheng | NOAA/IMSG |
| Jiun-dar | Chern | NASA/GSFC |
| Philip | Chu | NOAA/GLERL |
| Adam | Clark | NOAA/OAR/NSSL |
| John | Cortinas | NOAA/OAR |
| Brian | Cosgrove | NOAA/NWS/OWP |
| Jeffrey | Craven | NOAA/SWPC |
| Jeffrey | Craven | NOAA/NWS/MDL |
| Arlindo | da Silva | NASA/GSFC |
| Gokhan | Danabasoglu | NCAR |
| Paula | Davidson | NOAA/OAR/STI |
| Cecelia | DeLuca | NOAA ESRL and CU/CIRES |
| Daniel | DePodwin | AccuWeather |
| John | Derber | NOAA/NWS/EMC |
| Geoff | DiMego | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| James | Doyle | NRL |
| Jun | Du | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Mike | Ek | NOAA/NWS/EMC |
| Mike | Farrar | NOAA/NWS/EMC |
| Brad | Ferrier | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Stylianos | Flampouris | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Tim | Fuller-Rowell | NOAA/NWS/SWPC |
| Ron | Gelaro | NASA/GMAO |
| Dave | Gill | NCAR |
| Paul | Ginoux | NOAA/OAR/GFDL |
| Mary | Glackin | IBM/The Weather Company |
| Steve | Goldhaber | NCAR |
| Sundararaman | Gopalakrishnan | NOAA/HRD/AOML |
| Mark | Govett | NOAA/ESRL |
| Mike | Graf | NOAA/NWS/AFS |
| Georg | Grell | NOAA/ESRL/GSD |
| Brian | Gross | NOAA |
| James | Gundy | Harris Corporation |
| Josh | Hacker | NCAR |
| Robert | Hallberg | NOAA/OAR/GFDL |
| Tom | Hamill | NOAA/ESRL |
| Patrick | Harr | NSF |
| Lucas | Harris | NOAA/OAR/GFDL |
| Pam | Heinselman | NOAA/OAR/NSSL |
| Wayne | Higgins | NOAA/CPO |
| Patrick | Hogan | Naval Research Lab |
| Daniel | Holdaway | NASA/GMAO |
| Liz | Hoswell | NCAR |
| Yu-Tai | Hou | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Jin | Huang | NOAA/CPO |
| Elizabeth | Hunke | Los Alamos National Lab |
| Tabitha | Huntemann | NOAA/NWS |
| Jim | Hurrell | NCAR |
| Todd | Hutchinson | The Weather Company |
| Kayo | Ide | Univ. of Maryland |
| Mark | Iredell | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| James | Irons | NASA/GSFC |
| Susan | Jasko | California Univ. of PA |
| Tara | Jensen | NCAR |
| Jack | Kain | NOAA/OAR/NSSL |
| Kevin | Kelleher | NOAA/ESRL/GSD |
| Young-Joon | Kim | NOAA/NWS/AFS |
| Jung-Hoon | Kim | NOAA/AWC |
| James | Kinter | COLA/GMU |
| Daniel | Kirk-Davidoff | AWS Truepower |
| Daryl | Kleist | NOAA/NWS/EMC |
| Walter | Kolczynski | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Chandra | Kondragunta | NOAA/OAR/OWAQ |
| Shobha | Kondragunta | NOAA/NESDIS |
| Bill | Kuo | DTC |
| Nicole | Kurkowski | NOAA/NWS |
| Jean-Francois | Lamarque | NCAR |
| William | Large | NCAR |
| Sheema | Lett | NOAA/NWS/OSTI |
| Lin | Lin | UMD/ESSIC |
| Shian-Jiann | Lin | NOAA/OAR/GFDL |
| Carolyn | Lindley | NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS |
| Brent | Lofgren | NOAA/GLERL |
| Sarah | Lu | SUNY-Albany |
| Zaizhong | Ma | NOAA/NWS/EMC |
| Rahul | Mahajan | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Geoffrey | Manikin | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Michiko | Masutani | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Toshihisa | Matsui | NASA/GSFC |
| Craig | McLean | NOAA/OAR |
| Jeffery | McQueen | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Avichal | Mehra | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Andrew | Meier | AWS Truepower |
| Jessica | Meixner | NOAA/NWS/EMC |
| Christopher | Melhauser | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| John | Michalakes | UCAR |
| Raffaele | Montuoro | NOAA/ESRL NESII (CIRES) |
| Shrinivas | Moorthi | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Sherrie | Morris | NOAA/NWS/OSTI |
| Edward | Myers | NOAA/NOS/OCS/CSDL |
| Louisa | Nance | NCAR |
| Jason | Otkin | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Melissa | Ou | NOAA/CPC |
| Steven | Pawson | NASA/GMAO |
| Phillip | Pegion | NOAA/ESRL |
| Steve | Penny | NOAA/NCEP |
| Matthew | Peroutka | NOAA/NWS/MDL |
| Christa | Peters-Lidard | NASA/GSFC |
| Maria | Pirone | Harris Corporation |
| Corey | Potvin | NOAA/CIMMS/NSSL |
| William | Putman | NASA/GMAO |
| Venkatachalam | Ramaswamy | NOAA/OAR/GFDL |
| Brian | Reen | Army Research Lab |
| Todd | Ringler | Los Alamos National Lab |
| Eric | Rogers | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Glen | Romine | NCAR |
| Richard | Rood | Univ. of Michigan |
| Randy | Schauer | Raytheon |
| Jae-Kyung | Schemm | NOAA/NCEP/CPC |
| Timothy | Schneider | NOAA/NWS/STI |
| Edwin | Schneider | George Mason Univ. |
| Hui | Shao | NCAR |
| Danny | Sims | FAA |
| Travis | Sluka | NOAA/NCEP |
| Steve | Smith | NOAA/NWS/MDL |
| Ivanka | Stajner | NOAA/NWS |
| Cristiana | Stan | George Mason Univ. |
| Ariel | Stein | NOAA/ARL |
| Adam | Strachn | WeatherTap |
| Matthew | Strahan | NOAA/AWC |
| Bonny | Strong | NOAA/ESRL |
| Max | Suarez | NASA/GMAO |
| Ruiyu | Sun | NOAA/NWS/EMC |
| Vijay | Tallapragada | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| John | Ten Hoeve | NOAA/NWS |
| Fred | Toepfer | NOAA/NWS/OSTI |
| Hendrik | Tolman | NOAA/NWS/OSTI |
| Samuel | Trahan | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Louis | Uccellini | NOAA/NWS |
| Andre | van der Westhuysen | NOAA/NWS/EMC |
| Mariana | Vertenstein | NCAR |
| Rodney | Viereck | NOAA/SWPC |
| Zhuo | Wang | Univ. of Illinois |
| Steve | Warren | NOAA/NWS/NGGPS |
| Elizabeth | Weatherhead | Univ. of Colorado |
| Fuzhong | Weng | NOAA/CSAR |
| Steve | Weygandt | NOAA/ESRL |
| Jeff | Whitaker | NOAA/ESRL/PSD |
| Ming | Xue | Univ. of Oklahoma/CAPS |
| Yan | Xue | NOAA/NCEP/CPC |
| Fanglin | Yang | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Jim | Yor | NOAA/NCEP/OD & JCSDA |
| John | Zack | AWS Truepower |
| Chidong | Zhang | NOAA/PMEL |
| Aijun | Zhang | NOAA/NOS/COOPS |
| Binbin | Zhou | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Yuejian | Zhu | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| First Name | Last Name | Affiliation |
| Alistair | Adcroft | NOAA/OAR/GFDL |
| Karina | Apodaca | NOAA/ESRL |
| Bob | Atlas | NOAA/AOML |
| Morris | Bender | NOAA/OAR/GFDL |
| Lance | Bosart | SUNY-Albany |
| Jacob | Carley | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Yi | Chen | NOAA/ERT |
| Jan-Huey | Chen | NOAA/OAR/GFDL |
| Xi | Chen | NOAA/OAR/GFDL |
| Bruce | Cornuelle | UC-San Diego |
| Lidia | Cucurull | NOAA/AOML |
| Chris | Davis | NCAR |
| Jimy | Dudhia | NCAR |
| Brian | Etherton | NOAA/ESRL/GSD |
| Mike | Fiorino | NOAA/ESRL |
| Alejandro | Flores | Boise State Univ. |
| Bryan | Flynt | NOAA/ESRL/GSD |
| Greg | Frost | NOAA/ESRL/CSD |
| Henry | Fuelberg | Florida State Univ. |
| Jongil | Han | NOAA/EMC |
| Michelle | Harrold | NCAR |
| Bohua | Huang | George Mason Univ. |
| Haig | Iskenderian | MIT/Lincoln Lab |
| Christiane | Jablonowski | Univ of Michigan |
| Yongxiao | Jian | Hampton Univ. |
| Hongli | Jiang | NOAA/ESRL |
| Gerard | Ketefian | NOAA/ESRL/GSD |
| Lakshmi | Krishnamurthy | Princeton Univ. |
| Vincent | Larson | Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| Hsin-mu | Lin | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Bin | Liu | NOAA/NCEP/EMC |
| Frank | Marks | NOAA/OAR/AOML |
| Cliff | Mass | Univ. of Washington |
| Ed | Mifflin | NOAA/NWS/STI |
| Brian | Motta | NOAA/NWS |
| Kathryn | Newman | NCAR |
| Nathan | Paldor | Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem |
| Zhaoxia | Pu | Univ. of Utah |
| Narchimha | Rao | CRIDA |
| Duane | Rosenberg | NOAA/ESRL/GSD |
| Jimy | Rosinski | NOAA/ESRL/GSD |
| Julie | Schramm | NOAA/ESRL/GSD |
| Robert | Steenburgh | NOAA/SWPC |
| Aneesh | Subramanian | Scripps/IO |
| John | Truesdale | NCAR |
| Glenn | Van Knowe | AWS Truepower |
| Houjun | Wang | NOAA/SWPC |
| Xuguang | Wang | Univ of Oklahoma |
| Lou | Wicker | NOAA/OAR/NSSL |
| Jamie | Wolff | NCAR |
| Zizang | Yang | NOAA/NOS/OCS |
| Yonggang | Yu | NOAA/ESRL/GSD |
| Niki | Zadeh | NOAA/OAR/GFDL |
| Zoltan | Toth | NOAA/ESRL/GSD |
