An Operational Mesoscale Ensemble-Based Forecast System Using HPC Resources

Abstract

The US Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) currently is responsible for providing operational meteorological support to research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) activities at eight Army installations. The Four-Dimensional Weather (4DWX) meteorological support system used to provide that support was developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in collaboration with A TEC meteorologists. A high-resolution (mesoscale) numerical weather prediction (NWP) model is a major 4DWX component in operational use at seven ATEC test centers. This paper describes current 4DWX NWP capabilities and discusses how the new Department of Defense (DoD) Dedicated High Performance Computing Project Investment (DHPI) at Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) will enhance NWP forecast support to ATEC field and virtual tests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADP023749

Entities

People

  • Elford Astling
  • James Bowers
  • Joshua Hacker
  • Scott Swerdlin
  • Terri Betancourt
  • Thomas Warner
  • Yubao Liu

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calibration
  • Climate
  • Computers
  • Data Sets
  • Department Of Defense
  • Four Dimensional
  • Hazardous Materials
  • High Performance Computing
  • High Resolution
  • Kalman Filters
  • Meteorological Data
  • New Mexico
  • Precipitation
  • Probability
  • Rain Gages
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.