Brian Jamison
Research Associate III, Meteorologist
Office: D.Skaggs Resch. Cntr., Rm 2B502
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Brian Jamison
Global Systems Division/Assimilation and Modeling Branch
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO  80305-3328
Biography

Brian Jamison began working with the NOAA as a cooperative education student while attending Metropolitan State College of Denver. He received his BSc in Meteorology in 1991, and joined CIRA in 1995. Since then, he has been a key member of several projects, beginning with the Global Atmosphere-ocean IN-situ System (GAINS), a project to develop long-lived superpressure weather balloons which have altitude control. He has also made contributions in forecasting turbulence for the Federal Aviation Administration and road condition forecasting for the Federal Highway Administration. He was involved in two high-profile meteorological field experiments: the International H2O Project (IHOP) and the Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX) project. His current areas of interest include modeling and model graphics, observing system experiments (OSEs), data denial and relative impact analyses, and web development. He has created and manages a number of web pages for model data viewing, including cutting-edge models such as the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, the Rapid Refresh (RR) and High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) models, and the latest global model, the Flow-following finite-volume Icosahedral Model (FIM).

Recent Work
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Above: An example plot of Skin Temperature (temperature approximately 2 meters above ground level) from the FIM global model. The FIM model uses an icosahedral grid (an array of hexagons and pentagons fitted together, somewhat resembling the panels on a soccer ball, distributed evenly around the globe) which is interpolated to a latitude-longitude grid for plotting versatility. It uses an adaptive isentropic-sigma vertical coordinate system which has been used very successfully in the well known Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model, and accurate finite-volume horizontal advection.

Selected Publications

Benjamin, S. G., W. R. Moninger, T. L. Smith, B. D. Jamison, E. J. Szoke, T. W. Schlatter, 2007: 2006 TAMDAR impact experiment results for RUC humidity, temperature, and wind forecasts. 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, San Antonio, TX

 Moninger, W. R., S. G. Benjamin, B. D. Jamison, T. W. Schlatter, T. L. Smith, and E. J. Szoke, 2007: TAMDAR and its impact on Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) forecasts. 22nd Weather Analysis and Forecasting Conf., Park City, Utah, AMS
 
Moninger, W., S. G. Benjamin, B. D. Jamison, T. W. Schlatter, T. L. Smith, and E. J. Szoke, 2008: New TAMDAR fleets and their impact on Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) forecasts. 13th Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, New Orleans, LA, AMS
 
Benjamin, S., B. D. Jamison, W. R. Moninger, B. Schwartz, and T. W. Schlatter, 2008: Relative forecast impact from aircraft, profiler, rawinsonde, VAD, GPS-PW, METAR and mesonet observations for hourly assimilation in the RUC. 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS, New Orleans LA, AMS
 
Koch, S. E., C. Flamant, J. W. Wilson, B. M. Gentry, and B. D. Jamison, 2008: An atmospheric soliton observed with Doppler radar differential absorption lidar, and molecular Doppler lidar. Accepted by J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech.
 
Tollerud, E. I., F. Caracena, S. E. Koch, B. D. Jamison, R. M. Hardesty, B. J. McCarty, C. Kiemle, R. S. Collander, D. L. Bartels, S. Albers, B. Shaw, D. L. Birkenheuer, and W. A. Brewer, 2008: Mesoscale moisture transport by the low-level jet during the IHOP Field Experiment. Accepted by Mon. Wea. Rev.
 
Koch, S. E., L. R. Bernardet, B. D. Jamison, and J. M. Brown, 2006: Modeling of mountain waves in T-REX. 12th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, Santa Fe, NM, AMS
 
Bernardet, L. R., B. Jamison, S. Koch, J. Brown, and J. Dudhia, 2007: Experimental forecasts of mountain waves for the Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX). 22nd Weather Analysis and Forecasting Conf., Park City, Utah, AMS
 
Jamison, B.D., and W. R. Moninger, 2002: An analysis of the temporal and spatial distribution of ACARS data in support of the TAMDAR program. 10th Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Portland, OR, Amer. Meteor. Soc., J33-J36.
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