Transcript Consortiumjune14.ppt

Consortium 0605/2014
Time Independent Page
Other Changes
• Changed some trajectory products
• Time averaged ventilation products available
on the fly. Averaged ventilation products
available at more times.
• Produced a BUFKIT output. Need info on
which stations and domains.
• Worked on new weak wind index
Computer Upgrade
• $49,230.00 could get 144 processors. This
would give you 1.9 times the speed of the
current sage.
• $65,640 could get 192 cores and 2.5 time the
current sage.
• Currently, we have $15K (indirect) from FS and
$ 40K from Consortium.
Major Improvements
• Begin mesoscale initialization using NOAA
Rapid Refresh (13 km) fields (next year could
go to 3 km High Resolution Rapid Refresh).
• Much better 3D starting point. Very
noticeable for boundary layer issues, like
stratus.
• Also can use other physics that is more
optimal for BL issues.
June 3, 2014 21z
Current
Current with RAP init
RAP init plus RUC physics
RAP with RUC physics with NOAA LSM
Need to do long-term tests