Category Archives: high resolution modeling

UK Met Office Doing Worldwide Natural Disaster Warning Systems

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Chuck Schoeneberger

The UK Met Office is working with the US Government (not the National Weather Service/NOAA), NASA, and Google to increase natural disaster warning systems across the globe.  Forecasts will be on the seasonal/climate area in Africa and Asia.  The goal … Continue reading →

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NOAA Workshop on Parametrization of Moist Processes for Next Generation Weather Models

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Chuck Schoeneberger

NOAA is holding a workshop on the Parametrization of Moist Processes for Next Generation Weather Models on January 27-29, 2015.  The workshop is to review current research on moisture processes in the weather model algorithms from the synoptic scale down … Continue reading →

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HRRR Model to Capture Mesoscale Features as a Operational National Weather Service model

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Chuck Schoeneberger

The HRRR model, High Resolution Rapid Refresh model is moving from experimental to operational status at the National Weather Service.  It will incorporate Dual Pol radar data and grid points down to 3km/2mi to attempt to simulate features for thunderstorms … Continue reading →

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Improved Weather Models Improving Flood Models at Mesoscale and below

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Chuck Schoeneberger

The University Center for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) has a good press release on improvements using short term nowcasting with Dual Pol 88D weather radar data to improve stream flooding models during the 2014 STEP (Short Term Explicit Prediction) experiment.  It … Continue reading →

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GeoComm works with St Cloud State (MN) University to map it in 3D for First Reponders

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Chuck Schoeneberger

GeoComm is currently working with St Cloud State University (St Cloud MN) on a detailed 3D model of campus that will be made available to all first responders who service the campus.  St Cloud State is the first university campus … Continue reading →

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Improving Hurricane Forecasting through GPS Signals

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Chuck Schoeneberger

There was a good story from NCAR/UCAR on using GPS signals to improve hurricane models.  There are six COSMIC satellites orbiting now and 12 more to be launched in the next four years. It is based on GPS radio signals … Continue reading →

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United States National LiDAR Collection Underfunded

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Chuck Schoeneberger

Only about 30% of the United States has been scanned by aerial LiDAR systems according to a article  from Deep Dive Intelligence.  The current pace is about 1-2% per year for new data.  It is on a pace that it … Continue reading →

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