| Air Quality Forecasting | Rapid Refreshing of Anthropogenic NOx Emissions Through Assimilated Fused Satellite and Ground Observations | Pius Lee & Daniel Tong | NOAA/OAR/ARL and NOAA/OAR/ARL, University of Maryland/AOSC | 6/1/2015 | 5/30/2016 | 119,850.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Toward a Unified National Dust Modeling Capability: Data Assimilation | Mariusz Pagowski & Georg Grell | NOAA/OAR/ESRL, Colorado State University/CIRA and NOAA/OAR/ESRL | 6/1/2015 | 5/30/2016 | 126,038.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Kalman-filter/Analog Predictions of Surface PM2.5: Research to Operations | Irina Djalalova, James Wilczak & David Allured | University of Colorado/CIRES and NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD and University of Colorado/CIRES | 6/1/2015 | 5/31/2016 | 119,100.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | In-Line Coupling of NMMB and CMAQ Models through NCEP's ESMF: Proof of Concept for Dust Forecasting | Richard Artz | NOAA/OAR/ARL | 5/1/2015 | 4/30/2016 | 124,430.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Toward and Unified National Dust Modeling Capability | Georg Grell & Pius Lee | NOAA/OAR/ESRL and NOAA/OAR/ARL | 6/1/2015 | 5/30/2016 | 211,987.00 $ |
| Research to Operations | Probability of What? Understanding and Conveying Uncertainty through Probabilistic Hazard Services | Lans Rothfusz, Tracey Hansen, JJ Gourley, Harold Brooks, Russell Schneider, David Novak, Stephan Smith & Israel Jirak | NOAA/OAR/NSSL, NOAA/OAR/GSD, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, NOAA/NWS/SPC, NOAA/NWS/WPC, NOAA/NWS/MDL and NOAA/NWS/SPC | 6/1/2015 | 5/31/2018 | 4,924,900.00 $ |
| Research to Operations | Refinement and Evaluation of Automated High-Resolution Ensemble-Based Hazard Detection Guidance Tools for Transition to NWS Operations | Stan Benjamin & David Novak | NOAA/OAR/ESRL and NOAA/NWS/WPC | 6/1/2015 | 5/31/2018 | 2,250,000.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Assessment of Gridded Hydrological Modeling for NWS Flash Flood Operations | Lynn Johnson & James Halgren | Colorado State University/ CIRA and Riverside Technology Inc. | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 249,682.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Demonstration of Advanced Ensemble Prediction Services for NWS Hydrometeorological Forecast Operations | David Gochis, Rob Cifelli & Kelly Mahoney | NCAR, NOAA/OAR/ESRL and CIRES/ESRL | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 249,999.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (MRMS) HMT-Hydro Experiment | Jonathan Gourley | University of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/OAR/NSSL | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 247,750.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Storm-Scale Ensemble Prediction Optimized for Heavy Precipitation Forecasting in Support of the Hydrometeorology Testbed (HMT) | Ming Xue | University of Oklahoma | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 239,700.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Validation and Improvement of Microphysical Parameterizations for Better Orographic Precipitation Forecasts | David Kingsmill | University of Colorado/CIRES | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 249,702.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed | Convection-Permitting Ensemble Forecast System for Prediction of Extreme Weather | Glen Romine & Michael Coniglio | UCAR and CIMMS, NOAA/OAR/NSSL | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 247,208.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed | Developing and Evaluating GSI-based EnDK-Variational Hybrid Data Assimilation for NCEP NAMRR to Improve Convection-Allowing Hazardous Weather | Xuguang Wang | University of Oklahoma | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 247,445.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed | Improving Initial Conditions and their Perturbations through Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation for Optimized Storm-Scale Ensemble Prediction in Support of HWT Severe | Ming Xue | University of Oklahoma | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 249,705.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed | Information Extraction and Verification of Convection-Allowing Models for Severe Hail Forecasting | Israel Jirak | NOAA/NWS/SPC | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 209,065.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed | Integration and Evaluation of ProbSevere within the Probabilistic Hazard Information (PHI) Tool in the Hazardous Weather Testbed | Kristin Calhoun, Wayne Feltz, Lans Rothfusz & Michael Pavolonis | University of Oklahoma/CIMMS/NOAA/OAR/NSSL,University of Wisconsin-Madison/CIMSS, NOAA/OAR/NSSL and NOAA/NESDIS/STAR | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 226,829.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Probabilistic Prediction of Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Using Satellite Passive Microwave Imagery | Chris Rozoff & Chris Velden | University of Wisconsin/CIMSS | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 180,800.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Improvements in Operational Statistical Tropical Cyclone Forecast Models | Galina Chirokova & Andrea Schumacher | Colorado State University/CIRA | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 168,380.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Improved Eyewall Replacement Cycle Forecasting Using a Modified Microwave-Based Algorithm (ARCHER) | Anthony Wimmers | University of Wisconsin/CIMSS | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 80,299.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Improvement and Implementation of the Probability-based Microwave Ring Rapid Intensification Index for NHC/JTWC Forecast Basins | Haiyan Jiang | Florida International University | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 187,494.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Guidance on Observational Undersampling over the Tropical Cyclone Lifecycle | David Nolan & Eric Uhlhorn | University of Miami/RSMAS and NOAA/OAR/AOML | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 136,791.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Passive Microwave Data Exploitation via the NRL Tropical Cyclone Webpage | Richard Bankert | NRL | 9/17/2015 | 9/30/2017 | 180,144.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Improvement to the Tropical Cyclone Genesis Index (TCGI) | Jason Dunion | University of Miami/CIMAS | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 217,785.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Transition to the Coastal and Estuarine Storm Tide Model to an Operational Model for Forecasting Storm Surges | Keqi Zhang | Florida International University | 9/1/2015 | 8/31/2017 | 268,399.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Kalman-Filter/Analog Ensemble Predictions of Surface PM2.5 and Ozone | James Wilczak & Irina Djalalova | NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD and University of Colorado/CIRES | 6/11/2013 | 6/10/2014 | 98,700.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Data Reduction for Transport and Dispersion Ensemble Modeling | Roland Draxler & Ariel Stein | NOAA/OAR/ARL and ERT, Inc | 6/11/2013 | 6/10/2014 | 109,664.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Evaluation of Chemical Data Assimilation Systems for PM2.5 Observations Using WRF-Chem and CMAQ | Georg Grell & Mariusz Pagowski | NOAA/OAR/ESRL/GSD | 6/11/2013 | 6/10/2014 | 235,000.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Process Investigations of Fine Particles In Atmospheric Chemistry Models | Rick Saylor | NOAA/OAR/ARL | 6/11/2013 | 6/10/2014 | 219,336.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Using SENEX-2013 Field Campaign Data to Support NCEP/EMC PM 2.5 Aerosol Predictions | Stuart McKeen & Ravan Ahmadov | NOAA/OAR/ESRL/CSD | 6/11/2013 | 6/10/2014 | 194,000.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Kalman-Filter/Analog Ensemble Predictions of Surface PM2.5 and Ozone | James Wilczak & Irina Djalalova | NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD and University of Colorado/CIRES | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2015 | 98,700.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Applying Recent Field Campaign Data in the Support of NCEP/EMC Air Quality Forecasts | Stuart McKeen & Ravan Ahmadov | NOAA/OAR/CSD | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2015 | 194,000.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Evaluation of Chemical Data Assimilation Systems for PM2.5 Observations Using WRF-Chem and CMAQ | Georg Grell & Mariusz Pagowski | NOAA/OAR/GSD | 7/1/2014 | 6/30/2015 | 235,000.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Application of Ensemble Techniques to Forecast Particulate Matter in the U.S. | Roland Draxler & Ariel Stein | NOAA/OAR/ARL | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2015 | 112,862.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Investigations Related to Simulation of Fine Particles in Atmospheric Chemistry Models | Rick Saylor | NOAA/OAR/ARL | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2015 | 219,336.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Workshop: OAR/NWS Workshop on the Future Directions of USWRP Air Quality Forecasting Research | Vernon Morris | Howard University | 6/1/2014 | 12/31/2014 | 49,986.00 $ |
| Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC) | Assessing Regional Sea-Ice Predictability in the U.S. Arctic - A Multi-Model Approach | Carol Ladd & Phyllis Stabeno | NOAA/OAR/PMEL | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2017 | 308,684.00 $ |
| Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC) | Processes Impacting Sea-Ice Movement and Autumn Freeze-Up | Janet Intrieri | NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD | 6/1/2014 | 9/30/2016 | 745,477.00 $ |
| Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC) | Development of an Earth System Component for Medium-range Predictability in Coastal Seas: Application on Gulf of Mexico Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Episodes | George Halliwell | NOAA/OAR/AOML | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2017 | 399,112.00 $ |
| Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC) | Variability and Coherence of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation | Molly Baringer and Gustavo Goni | NOAA/OAR/AOML | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2017 | 239,175.00 $ |
| Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC) | Enhancing Predictions of the Statistics of Extratropical Storms and Temperature Extremes | Xiaosong Yang | NOAA/OAR/GFDL | 10/1/2014 | 9/30/2015 | 150,000.00 $ |
| Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC) | Verification of MJO, Blocking, and Extreme Precipitation in National Multi-Model Ensemble Forecasts | Brian Gorton (POC) | NOAA/OAR/ESRL | 10/1/2014 | 9/30/2015 | 75,000.00 $ |
| Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC) | Identification of Predictability Processes Related to Atmospheric Blocking Toward the Goal of Improving Forecast Lead-Time of These Events | Stan Benjamin | NOAA/OAR/ESRL | 7/1/2014 | 6/30/2015 | 75,000.00 $ |
| Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC) | Improving CFS Sea Ice Predictability through Understanding the Role of Atmospheric Forcing and Ice Thickness Contributions | James Overland | NOAA/OAR/PMEL | 6/11/2014 | 5/31/2016 | 149,093.00 $ |
| Field Studies | Collaborative Research: Measurement and Analysis of Nocturnal Mesoscale Convective Systems and Their Stable Boundary Layer Environment during PECAN | Conrad Ziegler | NOAA/OAR/NSSL | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2015 | 114,000.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed (Severe Convection) | Hazardous Weather Testbed | Jack Kain, Darrel Kingfield, Travis Smith & Kent Knopfmeier | NOAA/OAR/NSSL and University of Oklahoma/CIMMS | 7/2/2013 | 7/1/2014 | 150,000.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed (Severe Convection) | Hazardous Weather Testbed | Jack Kain | NOAA/OAR/NSSL | 7/1/2014 | 5/31/2016 | 200,000.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed (Severe Convection) | Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Hydro Experiment | Jonathan Gourley | NOAA/OAR/NSSL | 5/16/2014 | 8/15/2014 | 51,000.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed (Severe Convection) | Comparing Subjective and Objective Evaluation of Forecasts for Severe Thunderstorms | Harold Brooks | NOAA/OAR/NSSL | 4/1/2014 | 3/31/2015 | 26,599.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed (Severe Convection) | Big Data Analysis Methods to Derive Probability of Hazards Information (PHI) | Kurt Hondl | NOAA/OAR/NSSL | 8/1/2014 | 3/31/2015 | 38,000.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed (Severe Convection) | Objective Probabilistic Guidance for Severe Weather Outbreaks | Patrick Marsh | NOAA/NWS | 8/1/2014 | 7/31/2015 | 51,300.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed (Severe Convection) | Experimentation and Evaluation of Near Real-Time Tornado Damage Paths | Richard Smith | NOAA/NWS | 6/1/2014 | 8/15/2014 | 39,000.00 $ |
| High-Impact/Extreme Weather | High-Impact Weather Prediction Project (HIWPP) | Tim Schneider | NOAA/ESRL/PSD | 10/1/2013 | 9/30/2015 | 12,905,000.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology | Develop Improved Prediction of Inland Flooding | Peter Lamb | University of Oklahoma/CIMMS | 11/1/2013 | 10/31/2016 | 1,278,165.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Hydrometeorology Testbed: Improving Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (QPF) for Extreme Events | Robert Cifelli | NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD | 6/11/2013 | 6/10/2014 | 1,000,000.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Improving Extreme Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts | Robert Cifelli | NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD | 10/1/2013 | 9/30/2014 | 655,000.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Calibrated Probabilistic Forecasts Based on GEFS Reforecasts and 1/8-degree CCPA Analyses | Tom Hamill | NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD | 5/1/2014 | 10/1/2014 | 40,000.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Explicit Forecasts of Recurrence Intervals for Rainfall: Evaluation and Implementation Using Convection-Allowing Models | Gary Wick | NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2015 | 65,970.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Integrating GPM and Orographic Lifting into NOAA's QPE in Mountainous Terrain | Paul Nieman | NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD | 7/1/2014 | 6/30/2015 | 40,000.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Upgrades to the Operational Monte Carlo Wind Speed Probability Program | Andrea Schumacher & Mark DeMaria | Colorado State University and NOAA/NESDIS | 9/1/2013 | 8/31/2015 | 86,000.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Guidance on Intensity Guidance | David Nolan & Andrea Schumacher | University of Miami/RSMAS and Colorado State University/CIRA | 9/1/2013 | 8/31/2015 | 152,257.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Improvement to the Satellite-Based 37 GHz Ring Rapid Intensification Index | Jiang Haiyan | Florida International University | 9/1/2013 | 8/31/2015 | 141,903.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Integration of an Objective, Automated Tropical Cyclone Center-Fixing Algorithm Based on Multispectral Satellite Imagery into NHC/TAFB Operations | Anthony Wimmers & Chris Velden | University of Wisconsin/CIMSS | 9/1/2013 | 8/31/2015 | 221,300.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | ADCIRCVIZ: A Visualization Application for Distributed ADCIRC based Coastal Storm Surge, Inundation, and Wave Modeling | Brian Blanton & Rick Luettich | University of North Carolina | 9/1/2013 | 8/31/2015 | 178,772.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Improving the GFD/GFDN Operatoinal Tropical Cyclone Models at NOAA/NCEP and Navy/FNMOC | Isaac Ginis & Morris Bender | University of Rhode Island and NOAA/OAR/GFDL | 9/1/2013 | 8/31/2015 | 327,000.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Probabilistic Tropical Cyclone Genesis Forecast Tool Utilizing an Ensemble of Global Models | Bob Hart & Henry Fuelberg | Florida State University | 9/1/2013 | 8/31/2013 | 197,792.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | JHT Infrastructure | Christopher Landsea | NOAA/NWS/NCEP | 10/1/2013 | 9/30/2015 | 520,000.00 $ |
| Library | A Bibliometric Analysis of Articles Supported by the U.S. Weather Research Program | Christopher Belter & Sarah Davis | NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/LISD | 1/31/2014 | 6/30/2014 | 40,000.00 $ |
| Modeling | Estimating Model Uncertainty in Global Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation and Ensemble Predictions | Jeffrey Whitaker & Thomas Hamill | NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD | 6/11/2013 | 6/10/2015 | 200,000.00 $ |
| Observations | Development of the Observing System Simulation Experiment | Robert Atlas, Yuanfu Xie & Zoltan Toth | NOAA/OAR/AOML NOAA/OAR/ESRL/GSD University of Miami/CIMAS and University of WIsconsin/CIMSS | 6/11/2013 | 6/10/2014 | 330,000.00 $ |
| Observations | Ocean Reference Station Observations Towards Improved Short-Term and Seasonal Hurricane Predictions | Nicholas Bond | NOAA/OAR/PMEL | 10/1/2013 | 10/31/2015 | 371,215.00 $ |
| Observations | Evaluation of Earth Networks Total Lightning Products for NWS Warning Services in the Hazardous Weather Testbed | Kristin Calhoun | NOAA/OAR/NSSL | 10/1/2013 | 10/31/2015 | 560,000.00 $ |
| Observations | Targeted In-Situ Tropical Cyclone Observations from Ocean Sensors | Luca Centurioni | University of California San Diego/CIMEC | 11/1/2013 | 10/31/2014 | 700,000.00 $ |
| Observations | The Impact of Emerging Observing Technologies on Future Predictions of Hurricane Structure and Intensity Change | Joseph Cione | NOAA/OAR/AOML | 11/1/2013 | 10/30/2016 | 1,272,191.00 $ |
| Observations | Sustained and Targeted Ocean Observations for Improving Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Hurricane Seasonal Forecasts | Gustavo Goni | NOAA/OAR/AOML | 10/1/2013 | 9/30/2015 | 700,000.00 $ |
| Observations | Assimilation of Moisture and Precipitation Observations in Cloudy Regions of Hurricane Inner Core Environments to Improve Hurricane Intensity, Structure and Precipitation | Christian Kummerow & Milija Zupanski | Colorado State University | 10/1/2013 | 6/30/2015 | 607,800.00 $ |
| Observations | The Impact of Emerging Observing Technologies on Future Predictions of Hurricane Structure and Intensity Change (Part 2) | Joseph Cione | NOAA/OAR/AOML | 8/1/2014 | 9/30/2015 | 10,000.00 $ |
| Observations | Sustained and Targeted Ocean Observations for Improving Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Hurricane Seasonal Forecasts (Part 2) | Gustavo Goni | NOAA/OAR/AOML | 8/1/2014 | 9/30/2015 | 21,006.00 $ |
| Radar | National Weather Radar Testbed - Advanced Technology Demonstrator | Kurt Hondl | NOAA/OAR/NSSL | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2017 | 8,700,000.00 $ |
| Social Science | The Impact of Uncertainty Information on Tornado Warning Response: Developing Recommendations for Warning Best Practices | Renee McPherson | University of Oklahoma | 9/1/2012 | 5/29/2015 | 75,110.00 $ |
| Social Science | Flood Risk and Uncertainty: Assessing the National Weather Service's Forecast and Warning Tools | Rachel Hogan Carr | Nature Nurture Center | 9/1/2012 | 5/29/2015 | 153,735.00 $ |
| Social Science | Social and Behavioral Influences on Weather-Driven Decisions | Kenneth Galluppi | Arizona State University | 9/1/2012 | 11/29/2015 | 393,660.00 $ |
| Social Science | Utilization of Real-Time Social Media Data in Severe Weather Events: A Proposal to Evaluate the Prospects of Social Media Data Use for Severe Weather Forecasting, Communication, and Post-Event Assessments | Carol Silva | University of Oklahoma | 9/1/2012 | 5/29/2015 | 249,930.00 $ |
| Social Science | Workshop: Life and Death Decisions: An Integrative Approach to Understanding and Mitigating the Impacts of Extreme Weather | Lans Rothfusz | NOAA/OAR/NSSL | 6/1/2014 | 5/29/2015 | 50,000.00 $ |
| Social Science | Advancing Social and Behavioral Science Research and Application within the Weather Enterprise (Contract) | N/A | National Academy of Sciences | 3/8/2016 | 3/7/2018 | 650,000.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Post-Processing of CMAQ Air Quality Predictions: Research to Operations | Irina Djalalova & James Wilczak | University of Colorado/CIRES NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD and NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD | 6/1/2016 | 5/31/2019 | 387,450.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | A Novel Ensemble Design for PM2.5 Probabilistic Predictions and Quantification of their Uncertainty | Luca Delle Monache | NCAR | 6/1/2016 | 5/31/2019 | 449,249.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Developing a unified online air quality forecasting system based on CMAQ and NGGPS | Georg Grell | NOAA/OAR/ESRL/GSD | 6/1/2016 | 5/31/2019 | 442,343.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Towards the Improvement of Chemical Lateral Boundary Conditions for the NAQFC | Zhining Tao | Universities Space Research Association/NASA Goodard | 6/1/2016 | 5/31/2019 | 431,855.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Top-down Estimation of Wildfire Smoke Emission Based on HYSPLIT Model and NOAA NESDIS GOES Aerosol/Smoke Products to Improve Smoke Forecasts in the US | Tianfeng Chai | University of Maryland/CICS | 6/1/2016 | 5/31/2019 | 335,805.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Improving Spatial Resolution of Wildland Fire Location and Fuel Biomass Data Inputs to NOAA's NAQFC | Stacy Drury | Sonoma Technology Inc. | 6/1/2016 | 5/31/2017 | 149,966.00 $ |
| Observations | Enhanced surface and boundary layer observations by OAR/ARL/ATDD in support of the Land-Atmospheric Feedback Experiment (LAFE) | Tilden Myers | NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD | 9/1/2016 | 11/30/2017 | 93,000.00 $ |
| Social Science | Supplement to NSF award "Collaborative Research: Online Hazard Communication in the Terse Regime." | Jeannette Sutton and Carter Butts | University of Kentucky and UC Irvine | 9/1/2016 | 9/1/2017 | 99,941.00 $ |
| Social Science | Supplement to NSF award "Improving Public Response to Weather Warnings." | Susan Joslyn | University of Washington | 9/1/2016 | 9/1/2019 | 100,001.00 $ |
| Social Science | Supplement to NSF award "Next Generation, Resilient Warning Systems for Tornadoes and Flash Floods." | Brenda Philips and Joseph Trainor | UMass Amherst and University of Delaware | 9/1/2016 | 9/1/2017 | 99,986.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Improving Probabilistic Forecasts of Extreme Rainfall through Intelligent Processing of High-Resolution Ensemble Predictions | Russ Schumacher | Colorado State University | 10/1/2016 | 9/30/2018 | 223,420.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Implementation of Advanced Multi-Sensor Analysis and Data Fusion Algorithms for Real-Time High-Resolution Quantitative Precipitation Estimation | Dong-Jun Seo and Lin Tang | The University of Texas at Arlington and the Tuniversity of Oklahoma/CIMMS | 10/1/2016 | 9/30/2018 | 385,988.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Assessing the impact of assimilating ground-based infrared radiometer data into convective-scale numerical weather prediction models | Tim Wagner | The University of Wisconsin, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies | 10/1/2016 | 9/30/2018 | 342,157.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Development and Implementation of Probabilistic Hail Forecast Products using Multi-Moment Microphysics and Machine Learning Algorithms | Nathan Snook, Ming Xue, Youngsun Jung, and Amy McGovern | The University of Oklahoma | 10/1/2016 | 9/30/2018 | 335,084.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Improving Hydrologic Observing Capabilities with Stream Radars | Daniel Wasielewski | The University of Oklahoma, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies | 10/1/2016 | 9/30/2018 | 591,902.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Quantifying Stochastic Forcing at Convective Scales | David Randall | Colorado State University | 10/1/2016 | 9/30/2018 | 366,470.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Development of NWS convective scale ensemble forecasting capability through improving GSI-based hybrid ensemble-variational data assimilation and evaluating the multi-dynamic core approach | Xugang Wang | The University of Oklahoma | 10/1/2016 | 9/30/2018 | 449,205.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Accounting for non-Gaussianity in the background error distributions associated with cloud-related variables (microwave radiances and hydrometeors) in hybrid data assimilation for convective-scale prediction | Karina Apodaca and Steven Fletcher | Colorado State University | 10/1/2016 | 9/30/2018 | 304,677.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Demonstration of an Airborne Hyperspectral and Thermal Imaging System to Assess Convective Lifted Index | Steven Brooks | The University of Tennessee | 10/1/2016 | 9/30/2018 | 365,590.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Assimilation of Remote Sensing Observations into Convective-scale NWP to Improve 0-6 h Probabilistic Forecasts of High Impact Weather | Nusrat Yussouf, Thomas Jones, and Xugang Wang | The University of Oklahoma, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies | 10/1/2016 | 9/30/2018 | 426,949.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Assimilation of Lake and Reservoir Levels into the WRF-Hydro National Water Model to Improve Operational Hydrologic Predictions | David Gochis, Allen Burton Jr., Lynn Johnson, and Andrew Wood | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Colorado State University/Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, National Center for Atmospheric Research | 10/1/2016 | 9/30/2018 | 494,991.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Operationalizing an Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) service for drought monitoring and early warning across CONUS | Robert Webb, Roger Pulwarty, and Michael Hobbins | NOAA/ESRL/PSD,NOAA/ESRL/PSD and National Integrated Drought Information Systems, University of Colorado and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences | 7/1/2016 | 6/30/2019 | 890,730.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Upgrades and Improvements to MRMS | Kenneth Howard and Jennifer Guillot | NOAA/OAR/NSSL, NOAA/NWS | 8/1/2016 | 7/31/2019 | 1,774,063.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Infrastructure Support | Chris Landsea & Shirley Murillo | NOAA/NWS/National Hurricane Center, NOAA/OAR/Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory | 1/1/2017 | 12/31/2017 | 130,000.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed | Infrastructure Support | Lans Rothfusz | NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory | 1/1/2017 | 12/31/2017 | 142,389.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Infrastructure Support | James Nelson & Lisa Darby | NOAA/NWS/Weather Prediction Center, NOAA/OAR/Earth System Research Laboratory/Physical Sciences Division | 1/1/2017 | 12/31/2017 | 220,000.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Infrastructure Support for the Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | David Novak & Robert Webb | NOAA/NWS/National Centers for Environmental Prediction/Weather Prediction Center, NOAA/OAR/Earth System Research Laboratory | 1/1/2017 | 12/31/2017 | 284,906.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed | Science support proposal for the Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Lans Rothfusz & Alan Gerard | NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory | 1/1/2016 | 12/31/2017 | 284,906.00 $ |
| Infrasound | Augmentation of VORTEX-SE Intensive Observations Period Measurements with Infrasound Observations to Detect and Track Tornadoes | Carrick Talmadge | University of Mississippi | 10/1/2016 | 12/31/2017 | 249,697.00 $ |
| Infrasound | Direct detection of tornadoes using Infrasound remote sensing: assessment of capabilities through comparison with dual polarization radar and other direct detection measurements | Hank Reinhart & Kevin Knupp | General Atomics, University of Alabama in Huntsville | 10/1/2016 | 9/30/2017 | 243,272.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Convection-Allowing Ensemble Prediction for Heavy Precipitation in Support of the Hydrometeorology Testbed (HMT): New QPF Products, Data Assimilation Techniques and Prediction Model | Ming Xue | The University of Oklahoma | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 289,961.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Enabling Effective Use of Deterministic-to-Probabilistic Precipitation Forecasts for Heavy and Extreme Events | Tara Jensen | NCAR | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 299,074.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Comparison of Model versus Observationally-Driven Water Vapor Profiles for Forecasting Heavy Precipitation Events | John Forsythe | Colorado State University/CIRA | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 267,429.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed | Demonstration of a Rapid Update Convection-Permitting Ensemble Forecast System to Improve Hazardous Weather Prediction | Glen Romine | NCAR | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 285,593.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed | Improving NWS Convection Allowing Hazardous Weather Ensemble Forecasts through Optimizing Multi-Scale Initial Condition (IC) Perturbations | Xuguang Wang | The University of Oklahoma/CIMMS | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 277,184.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed | Evaluating stochastic physics approaches within select Convection Allowing Model (CAM) members included in the Community Leveraged Unified Ensemble (CLUE) during the Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) Spring Experiment | Jamie Wolff & Isidora Jankov | NCAR, Colorado State University/CIRA | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 297,391.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed | Developing an objective evaluation scorecard for storm scale prediction | Tara Jensen | NCAR | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 298,703.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Improvements and extensions to an existing probabilistic genesis forecast tool using an ensemble of global models | Robert Hart | Florida State University | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 149,883.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Research to Operations Workshop | William Kuo | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | 8/1/2017 | 7/31/2018 | 107,085.00 $ |
| Social Science | An Examination of the State of Knowledge on Risk Perceptions and Understanding Response to Uncertainty Information | Teri Clark | Howard University | 8/1/2017 | 7/31/2018 | 87,649.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Demonstration of a Rapid Update Convection-Permitting Ensemble Forecast System to Improve Flash Flood and Winter Weather Prediction | Glen Romine | NCAR | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 293,080.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Improving Lake-Effect Snow and Ice Forecasting for the Great Lakes Region | Philip Chu | GLERL | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 299,091.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Assessment of Hydrologic Forecasts Generated Using Multi-Model and Multi-Precipitation Product Forcing | Witold Krajewski | University of Iowa | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 251,357.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Probabilistic Warn-on-Forecast System for Heavy Rainfall and Flash Flooding | Steven Martinaitis & Jonathan Gourley | OU/CIMMS and OAR/NSSL | 10/1/2017 | 9/30/2019 | 236,052.00 $ |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed | Quantifying Observational Requirements for WRF-Hydro Forcing in the West Using Russian River HMT Experience and Data to Inform National Water Center Tools | Fred Ralph | University of California San Diego/CIMEC | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 299,883.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed | Integration of Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor Azimuthal Shear into a CONUS Conditional Probability of Tornado Intensity Product in the Hazardous Weather Testbed | Matthew Mahalik & Alan Gerard | The University of Oklahoma/CIMMS & NSSL | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 144,951.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed | Development and Optimization of Radar-Assimilating Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation for Storm-Scale Ensemble Prediction in Support of HWT Spring Experiments | Ming Xue | The University of Oklahoma/CAPS | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 290,837.00 $ |
| Hazardous Weather Testbed | Improving the design and utility to severe weather forecasters of convection permitting ensembles through application of a probabilistic object-based post-processing and verification technique | Aaron Johnson | The University of Oklahoma | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 226,163.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Improvements to Operational Statistical Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecast Models using Wind Structure and Eye Predictors | Galina Chirokova & John Kaplan | Colorado State University/CIRA, AOML/HRD | 8/1/2017 | 7/31/2019 | 174,265.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Evolutionary Programming for Probabilistic Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasts | Paul Roebber | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 199,527.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Ensemble-based Pre-genesis Watches and Warnings for Atlantic and North Pacific Tropical Cyclones | Russell Elsberry | University of Colorado - Colorado Springs | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 107,007.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Transition of Machine-Learning Based Rapid Intensification Forecasts to Operations | Andrew Mercer | Mississippi State University/Northern Gulf Institute | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 203,373.00 $ |
| Joint Hurricane Testbed | Estimation of Tropical Cyclone Intensity Using Satellite Passive Microwave Observations | Haiyan Jiang | Florida International University | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2019 | 199,773.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | FACETs: Developing operationally-ready Hazard Services-Probabilistic Hazard Information (PHI) for convective hazards | Tracy Hansen | NOAA/OAR/ESRL/GSD | 11/1/2017 | 10/31/2020 | 2,241,355.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Forecast Guidance for Aviation Tactical Operations and Strategic Planning over Alaska | Judy Ghirardelli | NOAA/NWS/STI/DFSB | 11/1/2017 | 10/31/2020 | 1,105,000.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | INSITE: Integrated Support for Impacted air Traffic Environments | Joshua Scheck | NOAA/NWS/NCEP | 1/1/2018 | 12/31/2020 | 1,695,000.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Extending the Rapidly-Updating Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) to Three Dimensions for Whole-Atmosphere Situational Awareness and Analysis of Record | Curtis Alexander | NOAA/OAR/ESRL/GSD | 11/1/2017 | 10/31/2020 | 1,143,000.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Improving the prediction of subseasonal global rainfall variability through the use of a scale-adaptive stochastic physics suite | Jian-Wen Bao | NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD | 9/1/2017 | 8/31/2020 | 1,071,430.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Probabilistic precipitation rate estimates from ground-radar for hydrology | Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter | University of Oklahoma | 8/1/2017 | 7/31/2019 | 387,220.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Assessing the Impact of Stochastic Cloud Microphysics in Convection-Resolving Models Using GOES-R Satellite Observations | Jason Otkin, Gregory Thompson, & Fanyou Kong | University of Wisconsin-Madison/CIMSS, NCAR, and University of Oklahoma | 8/1/2017 | 7/31/2019 | 544,581.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Implementation of streamflow data assimilator for the National Water Model to improve water prediction and analysis | Seongjin Noh & James McCreight | University of Texas-Arlington and NCAR | 8/1/2017 | 7/31/2019 | 248,994.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Use of the Stochastic-dynamic Approach in a Single Dynamic-Core Storm-Scale Ensemble for Improved Spread and Reliability of QPF and Surface Variables | Isidora Jankov, Judith Berner, & Joseph Olson | Colorado State University/CIRA, NCAR, and CIRES | 8/1/2017 | 7/31/2019 | 542,318.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Implementation of Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor Dual-Polarization Radar Synthetic QPE | Stephen Cocks | University of Oklahoma/CIMMS | 8/1/2017 | 7/31/2019 | 343,377.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Forecast system development activities toward a convective-scale HRRR ensemble | Glen Romine | NCAR | 8/1/2017 | 7/31/2019 | 530,134.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Multi-Sensor Merged Quantitative Precipitation Estimations for Improved Precipitation Coverage and Accuracy | Steven Martinaitis | University of Oklahoma/CIMMS | 8/1/2017 | 7/31/2019 | 276,456.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Implementation of Nested Hyper-Resolution Modeling with Data Assimilation for the National Water Model | Dong-Jun Seo | University of Texas-Arlington | 8/1/2017 | 7/31/2019 | 281,790.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Improvement of WRF-Hydro National Water Model architecture and calibration methods for semi-arid environments with complex terrain | Christopher Castro | University of Arizona | 8/1/2017 | 7/31/2019 | 367,453.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Implementation of a three-dimensional hydrometeor classification algorithm within the Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor system | Heather Reeves | University of Oklahoma/CIMMS | 8/1/2017 | 7/31/2019 | 358,207.00 $ |
| Observations | OAR/AOML OSSE Activities in support of APAR | Bob Atlas | NOAA/OAR/AOML | 6/1/2017 | 5/31/2018 | 75,000.00 $ |
| Modeling | Application and Evaluation of the Finite-Volume Cubed Sphere Model (FV3) at Convection-Allowing Scales for Severe Weather Forecasting | Adam Clark | NOAA/OAR/NSSL | 7/1/2017 | 12/31/2019 | 250,000.00 $ |
| Modeling | OAR Hurricane Moving Nest | Sundararaman Goalakrishnan & Frank Marks | NOAA/OAR/AOML | 7/1/2017 | 6/30/2018 | 305,000.00 $ |
| Infrasound | Evaluation and Improvements of Tornado Detection using Infrasound Remote Sensing: Comparative Analysis of Infrasound, Radar, Profiler, and Meteorological Data Sets, and Potential Impacts on NOAA/NWS Operations | Hank Rinehart & Kevin Knupp | General Atomics and University of Alabama-Huntsville | 10/1/2017 | 9/30/2018 | 249,932.00 $ |
| Infrasound | Infrasound Detection of Tornadoes | Roger Waxler | University of Mississippi | 9/1/2017 | 12/31/2018 | 249,765.00 $ |
| Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC) | Building a Distributed Earth System Model Development Community | Cecelia DeLuca | NOAA/OAR/ESRL, CIRES | 6/1/2017 | 6/1/2018 | 317,775.77 $ |
| Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC) | Critical Steps toward a National Global Ocean Modeling Capability in Support of ESPC | Robert Hallberg & Eric Chassignet | NOAA/OAR/GFDL and COAPS FSU | 10/1/2017 | 9/30/2018 | 186,000.00 $ |
| Snowpack and Soil Moisture | Improving National Water Model Snowmelt Runoff Prediction | Guo-Yue Niu & Michael Barlage | University of Arizona and NCAR | 9/1/2018 | 8/31/2020 | 671,432.00 $ |
| Snowpack and Soil Moisture | Evaluation and diagnosis of National Water Model simulations over CONUS using a novel snow reanalysis dataset | Konstantinos Andreadis | University of California - Los Angeles | 9/1/2018 | 8/31/2020 | 573,314.00 $ |
| Snowpack and Soil Moisture | Implementing Snow Data Assimilation Capabilities for the National Water Model and Experimental Assimilation of JPSS Observations of Snow Water Equivalent | Yu Zhang & Cezar Kongoli | University of Texas - Arlington and University of Maryland | 9/1/2018 | 8/31/2020 | 635,887.00 $ |
| Snowpack and Soil Moisture | Use of MRMS-derived hydrometeor classification for determining initial hydrometeor phase in the National Water Model | Heather Reeves, Mimi Hughes, & David Gochis | University of Oklahoma, CIRES, and NCAR | 9/1/2018 | 8/31/2020 | 449,678.00 $ |
| Snowpack and Soil Moisture | Experimental Framework for Testing the National Water Model: Operationalizing the Use of Snow Remote Sensing in Alaska | Katrina Bennett, Vladmir Alexeev, & Aubrey Dugger | Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Alaska - Fairbanks, and NCAR | 10/1/2018 | 9/30/2020 | 669,687.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Intelligent post-processing of convection-allowing model output to inform Weather Prediction Center outlooks and forecasts | Russ Schumacher | CIRA | 10/1/2018 | 9/30/2020 | 366,479.00 $ |
| Joint Technology Transfer Initiative | Advancing ADCIRC U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coast Grids and Capabilities to Facilitate Coupling to the National Water Model in ESTOFS Operational Forecasting | Joannes Westerink | University of Notre Dame | 10/1/2018 | 9/30/2020 | 344,161.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Development of the National Global Data Assimilation Ensemble-based System for Forecasting of Aerosols | Mariusz Pagowski | University of Colorado/CIRES | 6/1/2019 | 5/31/2022 | 727,209.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | NAQFC Community Emission Testbed (NCET): Accelerating anthropogenic emission updates for NAQFC FV3-CMAQ through community collaboration | Bok Baek & Daniel Tong | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and George Mason University | 6/1/2019 | 5/31/2022 | 727,209.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | A novel method for improving fine particulate matter air quality forecasts during wildfires | Rajesh Kumar & James Wilczak | NCAR and NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD | 6/1/2019 | 5/31/2022 | 584,732.00 $ |
| Air Quality Forecasting | Towards Optimal Configurations of NAQFC Chemistry and Aerosol Representations | Yang Zhang & Daniel Tong | North Carolina State University and George Mason University | 6/1/2019 | 5/31/2022 | 749,999.00 $ |