An Operational Mesoscale Ensemble-Based Forecast System using HPC Resources

Author

Bowers, James ; Astling, Elford ; Liu, Yubao ; Hacker, Joshua ; Swerdlin, Scott ; Betancourt, Terri ; Warner, T.

Author_Institution

US Army Dev. Test Command, Salt Lake City

fYear

2007

fDate

18-21 June 2007

Firstpage

255

Lastpage

258

Abstract

The US Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) currently is responsible for providing operational meteorological support to research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) activities at eight Army installations. The four-dimensional weather (4DWX) meteorological support system used to provide that support was developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in collaboration with ATEC meteorologists. A high-resolution (mesoscale) numerical weather prediction (NWP) model is a major 4DWX component in operational use at seven ATEC test centers. This paper describes current 4DWX NWP capabilities and discusses how the new Department of Defense (DoD) dedicated high performance computing project investment (DHPI) at Dugway proving ground (DPG) will enhance NWP forecast support to ATEC field and virtual tests.

Keywords

military computing; weather forecasting; Army installations; Dugway proving ground; HPC resources; US Army Test and Evaluation Command; dedicated high performance computing project investment; four-dimensional weather meteorological support system; numerical weather prediction; operational mesoscale ensemble-based forecast system; operational meteorological support; Atmospheric modeling; Computer hacking; Data assimilation; Large-scale systems; Meteorology; Missiles; Predictive models; Radar; Testing; Weather forecasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program Users Group Conference, 2007

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3088-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HPCMP-UGC.2007.9

Filename

4437993