Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

Research Scientist III

Emails:
liaofan.lin@colostate.edu
lflin@rams.colostate.edu
liaofan.lin@noaa.gov

Liaofan Lin
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
NOAA/OAR/GSL
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305-3328

307-206-4252

Liaofan joined the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) as an affiliate of NOAA/OAR/Global Systems Laboratory in 2019. He is a member of the NOAA Rapid Refresh Forecast System (RRFS) implementation and operational transition team. From 2019 to 2022, he implemented the ensemble forecast sensitivity to observation impact (EFSOI) utility into the Global Forecast System (GFS) v.16 and the developing version of RRFS. Since 2022, his work has been focused on the implementation of Joint Effort for Data assimilation Integration (JEDI) components such as the Interface for Observational Data Access (IODA) and three-dimensional ensemble-variational (3DEnVar) hybrid analysis into RRFS as well as the EFSOI with RRFS. His research interests include 1) coupled land-atmosphere data assimilation; 2) land-atmosphere coupling and interaction; 3) radiative transfer modeling and data assimilation over land; 4) data science in weather predictions.