Our Research
Accelerate Improvements in National Hurricane Center Forecast Techniques – Statistical Techniques and Advanced Model Diagnostic Tools
An Open Framework for Process-Oriented Diagnostics
CIRA Support for Tropical Cyclone Model Diagnostics and Product Development (HFIP)
Collaborative Research: Assessing Oceanic Predictability Sources for MJO Propagation
Enabling Cloud Condensate Cycling for All-Sky Radiance Assimilation in HWRF
Enhancing NIDIS drought monitoring and early warning in the Intermountain
Forecasting North Pacific Blocking and Atmospheric River Probabilities: Sensitivity to Model Physics and the MJO
Identifying Drought‐related Triggers and Impacts on Decision Calendars for the Ski Industry
Identifying Varying Patterns of Combined Change over the 21st Century with Neural Networks
MJO and QBO Contributions to U.S. Precipitation Skill at S2S Leads
Near-field Characterization of Biomass Burning Plumes
Diagnostics of Poor-skill events in FV3GFS and FV3-GEFS, Hurricane Supplemental, 4b-1-1b
Implementation and Testing of Lognormal Humidity and Cloudrelated Control Variables for the NCEP GSI Hybrid EnVar Assimilation Scheme
Skillfully Predicting Atmospheric Rivers and Their Impacts in Weeks 2-5 Based on the State of the MJO and QBO
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
CIRA Research Collaborations with the National Weather Service Meteorological Development Lab
HAZARD SERVICES: National Center Evolve
HURRICANE SUPPLEMENTAL 1C Proposal (3A-4)
Environmental Applications Research – Data Distribution and Visualization for Global Models
Environmental Applications Research – Global and Regional Model Development
Environmental Applications Research – Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) Rapid Refresh (RAP) and High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) Models Project, Data Distribution and Visualization
Environmental Applications Research – Science On a Sphere® (SOS) Development
Environmental Applications Research – TerraViz (branded as SOS Explorer)
Environmental Applications Research – WRF-Chem Model Development
Environmental Applications Research – AWIPS I & AWIPS II Workstation Development
Environmental Applications Research–Data Assimilation: Improving Short-range Forecasts of Severe Weather and Aviation Weather from the Assimilation of Satellite Data
Forecast Impact and Quality Assessment
Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS)
Research Collaborations with Information and Technology Services
Weather Archive and Visualization Environment (WAVE)
Aerosol Size Distribution and Composition Evolution during FIREX Activities: Closure Analyses and Climate Impacts
Implementation and testing of stochastic perturbations within a stand-alone regional (SAR) FV3 ensemble using the Common Community Physics Package (CCPP)
Improved Understanding of Air-sea Interaction Processes and Biases in the Tropical Western Pacific using Observation Sensitivity Experiments and Global Forecast Models
Joint GOES-R, JPSS, and NASA Summer Workshop on the Theory and Use of Satellite Data
Modeling the Complex and Dynamic Physico-chemical Evolution of Primary and Secondary Organic Aerosol from Wildfire Smoke
Use of the Stochastic-dynamic Approach in a Single Dynamic-Core Storm-Scale Ensemble for Improved Spread and Reliability of QPF and Surface Variables
Using dynamically-based probabilistic forecast systems to improve the National Hurricane Center wind speed probability products
A GOES-R Proving Ground for National Weather Service Forecaster Readiness and Training
ABI (CLP) CIRA Support for Research and Development for GOES-R Risk Reduction for Mesoscale Weather Analysis and Forecasting
ADEB Support CIRA Support for Research and Development for GOES-R Risk Reduction for Mesoscale Weather Analysis and Forecasting
CIRA Support for Assessment of New Calibrated NNP and NOAA-20 ATMS Window and Water Vapor Channel Radiance and JPSS-2
CIRA Support for Research and Development for GOES-R Risk Reduction for Mesoscale Weather Analysis and Forecasting
CIRA Support for Research and Development for GOES-R Risk Reduction for Mesoscale Weather Analysis and Forecasting and Training
CIRA Support for the Generation of Multispectral Imagery Products from MetopSG METImage
CIRA Support for the Hurricane Intensity and Structure Algorithm (HISA) Migration to STAR Enterprise System
CIRA Support for Upgrade to the Multi-Platform Satellite Tropical Cyclone Surface Wind Analysis Product
CIRA support to ATMS Precipitable Water Algorithms and Products (MIRS)
CIRA Support to Connecting GOES-R with Rapid-Update Numerical Forecast Models for Advanced Short-Term Prediction and Data Fusion Capabilities
CIRA Support to Connecting GOES-R with Rapid-Update Numerical Forecast Models for Advanced Short-Term Prediction and Data Fusion Capabilities Connecting GOES-R High Resolution Temporal Information with Rapid Updating Models
CIRA support to Metop-C Readiness for Blended Hydrometeorological Products
CIRA Support to NESDIS Environmental Applications Team (NEAT)
CIRA Support to NESDIS Environmental Applications Team (NEAT)
CIRA Support to NESDIS Environmental Applications Team (NEAT)
CIRA Support to NESDIS Environmental Applications Team (NEAT)
CIRA Support to NESDIS Environmental Applications Team (NEAT)
CIRA Support to NESDIS Environmental Applications Team (NEAT)
CIRA Support to NESDIS Environmental Applications Team (NEAT)
CIRA Support to NESDIS Environmental Applications Team (NEAT) – Son
CIRA Support to the JPSS STAR Science Program: S-NPP/NOAA-20/JPSS VIIRS EDR Imagery Algorithm and Validation Activities and S-NPP/NOAA-20/JPSS VIIRS Cloud Validation
CIRA Support to the Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS)
Comparison of Model versus Observationally-Driven Water Vapor Profiles for Forecasting Heavy Precipitation Events
Creating Synthetic Microwave Imagery Using Goes-R L1b and L2+ Baseline Products for Improved Hurricane Monitoring and Rainfall Estimation Using Machine Learning
DA of GLM in HWRF/GSI CIRA Support for Research and Development for GOES‐R Risk Reduction for Mesoscale Weather Analysis and Forecasting
DayNightImager – CIRA Science Support to the Day-Night Imager Sensor
Developing an Environmental Awareness Repertoire of ABI Imagery (‘DEAR-ABII’) to Advise the Operational Weather Forecaster
GOES History CIRA Support for Research and Development for GOES-R Risk Reduction for Mesoscale Weather Analysis and Forecasting
GOES-R ABI Channel Differencing Used to Reveal Cloud-free Zones of ‘Precursors of Convective Initiation’.
GOES-R FDTE Sat Training Liaison – CIRA support to GOES-R Training: The Satellite Hydro-Meteorology (SHyMet) Education and Outreach Program & GOES-R commitment to the WMO CGMS Intl VLab & GOES-R FDTD
GOES-R ML ABI Airmass – CIRA Support for GOES-R Risk Reduction projects GOESR ABI Data combined with Machine Learning Techniques
GOES-R Proving Ground Activities – CIRA Tropical Cyclone Group
GOES-R Proving Ground Activities — CIRA Meteorological Satellite Application Group
GOES-R VLAB- CIRA support to GOES-R Training: The Satellite HydroMeteorology (SHyMet) Education and Outreach Program & GOES-R commitment to the WMO CGMS Int VLab & GOES-R FDTD Satellite Training Liaison
GOESR Proving Ground Activities — CIRA Training Team
GOESR Water Vapor Products CIRA Support for Research and Development for GOES-R Risk Reduction for Mesoscale Weather Analysis and Forecasting
JPSS-PGRR DNB VADER CIRA Support to JPSS Proving Ground Risk Reduction
JPSS-PGRR Gridded NUCAPS in AWIPS CIRA Support to Proving Ground Risk Reduction
JPSS-PGRR History CIRA Support to Proving Ground Risk Reduction
JPSS-PGRR Nighttime CCL CIRA Support to Proving Ground Risk Reduction
JPSS-PGRR TC ATMS CIRA Support to Proving Ground Risk Reduction
JPSS-PGRR VIIRS Multispec CIRA Support to JPSS Proving Ground Risk Reduction
Merged Water Vapor CIRA Support to Proving Ground Risk Reduction
NHC Satellite Application Developer – CIRA Support to a GOES-R Proving Ground for National Weather Service Forecaster Readiness and Training
NWS OPG – CIRA Support to the NOAA NWS Operations Proving Ground
Research Collaboration at the NOAA/NWS Aviation Weather Center (AWC) in Support of the Aviation Weather Testbed (AWT)
Research Collaboration at the NWS Aviation Weather Center (AWC) in Support of the Aviation Weather Testbed (AWT), Aviation Weather Research Program (AWRP), NextGen Weather Program.
Research-to-Operations at the NOAA/Aviation Weather Center (AWC) and Aviation Weather Testbed (AWT) in support of the FAA Aviation Weather Research Program (AWRP)
Research-to-Operations at the NOAA/Aviation Weather Center (AWC) and Aviation Weather Testbed (AWT) in support of the FAA Aviation Weather Research Program (AWRP).
SHyMet – CIRA support to GOES-R Training: The Satellite Hydro-Meteorology (SHyMet) Education and Outreach Program & GOES-R commitment to the WMO CGMS Intl VLab & GOES-R FDTD Satellite Training Liaison
AQPI Economic Impacts Study
Estimating the Economic Value of Improved Weather Forecasts Resulting from NOAA – GSD Research and Technology Transfer
CIRA Support to JPSS Proving Ground Risk Reduction Training Activities
Hydrometeorological and Water Resources Research
Improving Convection-Permitting Ensemble Based Uncertainty Communication for Decision Support Using the Weather Archive and Visualization Environment (WAVE)
Intelligent post-processing of convection-allowing model output to inform Weather Prediction Center outlooks and forecasts
JPSS PGRR VLAB CIRA Support to JPSS Proving Ground Risk Reduction Training Activities
Multi-disciplinary Investigation of Concurrent Tornado and Flash Flood Threats in Landfalling Tropical Cyclones
S2S Forecasting of North American Precipitation Anomalies: Using Empirical Forecasts to Challenge Dynamical Forecasts
Support of the Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT)
Understanding the Role of the Diurnal Cycle and the Mean State On the Propagation of the Intraseasonal Variability Over the Maritime Continent