Projects

MSU Award Number

361479-191001-021000

Current NGI File Number

21-NGI4-12

Associated MSU Award or NGI File Numbers

20-NGI3-115 (361460-191001-021000)

Start Date

10/1/2022

End Date

2022-9-30 0:0:0

Project Status

Active

Award Amount

$304,648.00

Project Title

Operational Data Impact Assessment and Support for Atmosphere River Reconnaissance

PI Last Name

Moorhead

PI First Name

Robert

PI Affiliation

MSU

Co-PI Last Name

Wu

Co-PI First Name

Keqin

Co-PI Affiliation

MSU

Research Theme

Coastal Hazards CH

Funding Source

NWS

Project Description

Atmospheric River Reconnaissance (AR Recon) missions provide data, visualization, and web support to the NOAA Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) for their weather, water, and climate predictions. AR are weather phenomena that drive heavy rain events that often cause floods. Researchers completed a successful AR Recon mission using sensitivity tools to identify potential flight paths and developed several data impact evaluation tools based on AR analysis, including the first version of a new high resolution regional model called the Atmospheric River Analysis and Forecast System (AR-AFS). Data impact evaluation is done by comparing module runs of the Global Forecast System for control (with AR Recon data) and denial (without AR Recon data), and an AR analysis is done using data from the Global Ensemble Forecast System.