FSL in Review 2002 - 2003

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Office of the Director


Office of Administration
and Research


Information and
Technology Services


Forecast Research
Division


Demonstration Division


Systems Development
Division


Aviation Division


Modernization Division


International Division


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FIR 2002 - 2003 List of Figures MastHead

Number

Description

Section

Cover/Title Images of Science on a SphereTM Cover/Title Page

1 FSL Director and Demonstration Division
Branch Chief viewing NPN data and
Acting Director on roof of DSRC

Office of the
Director

2 Students viewing Science on a SphereTM Office of the
Director

3 NOAA Administrator presenting Science
on a SphereTM and FSL Director giving
a demonstration

Office of the
Director

4 Sunset with clouds and contrail Administration
and Research

5 Diagram of employee categories at FSL Administration
and Research

6 Diagram of funding sources at FSL Administration
and Research

7 Diagram of visitor categories at FSL Administration
and Research

8 New hardware in FSL's High
Performance Computing System
Information and
Technology Services

9 HPCS Monitoring Screen Information and
Technology Services

10 UPS and GOES ground station rack Information and
Technology Services

11 Miscellaneous images of
hardware in the Central Facility
Information and
Technology Services

12 FSL Network Diagram - September 2002 Information and
Technology Services

13 Data services provided by FSL Information and
Technology Services

14 GVAR data processing schematic Information and
Technology Services

15 Upgraded FSL Network diagram - March 2003 Information and
Technology Services

16 Domains for air quality and weather forecasts
2002 New England TAQ experiment
Forecast Research
Division

17 RUC wind forecast verifications
versus rawinsonde observations
Forecast Research
Division

18 RUC 2-meter temperature forecast verifications
versus METAR observations
Forecast Research
Division

19 20-km RUC rain/snow mixing ratio vertical profiles Forecast Research
Division

20 13-hour subgrid-scale precipitation forecasts Forecast Research
Division

21 Observed snow cover, NESDIS snow cover
analyses, and RUC cycled snow cover
Forecast Research
Division

22 Special 10-km RUC domains for PACJET,
IHOP, and TAQ
Forecast Research
Division

23 10-km RUC 12-hour lake effect snow band
forecast across eastern Great Lakes
Forecast Research
Division

24 Effects of profiler data denial on RUC wind forecasts Forecast Research
Division

25 Flow chart depicting the relationship between
regional and global lidar OSSEs
Forecast Research
Division

26 Vertical profile - percent improvement in
vector wind RMSE from adding lidar
observations for 6-hour RUC forecasts
Forecast Research
Division

27 Schenectady, NY profiler site - predicted
versus observed data time series
Forecast Research
Division

28 Observed and predicted ozone concentrations
measured from the Ron Brown
Forecast Research
Division

29 Correlation coefficients - observed versus
predicted ozone concentrations - Harvard Forest
Forecast Research
Division

30 3-D Vis 5-D images of forecast LAPS fields Forecast Research
Division

31 ETS and frequency bias for various precipitation
categories for LAPS Hot Start MM5, WRF, and Eta
Forecast Research
Division

32 IHOP 6-hour surface temperature and wind forecasts
plus radar imagery and MM5 model forecast
Forecast Research
Division

33 LAPS/MM5 surface forecast and
verifying surface observations
Forecast Research
Division

34 MM5 simulated radar 6-hour forecasts for three
scenarios, plus comparative track forecasts
Forecast Research
Division

35 24-hour forecasts of precipitation accumulation
with different models, boundary conditions,
and initializations
Forecast Research
Division

36 Actual and predicted GAINS PIII balloon flight path Forecast Research
Division

37 GAINS payload lander package prior to launch Forecast Research
Division

38 Forecasting clear air turbulence - vertical
cross sections with aircraft track lines
Forecast Research
Division

39 Forecasting clear air turbulence - vertical
cross sections with aircraft-sampled area
Forecast Research
Division

40 Analyses and 3-hour RUC forecast diagnostics Forecast Research
Division

41 Mid-to-upper tropospheric specific humidity Forecast Research
Division

42 ACARS/AMDAR website display
of worldwide aircraft tracks
Forecast Research
Division

43 Surface mesonet data for Washington, DC area Forecast Research
Division

44 All NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) and
Cooperative Agency Profiler (CAP) sites
Demonstration
Division

45 All NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) sites Demonstration
Division

46 NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) data availability
January 1991 – January 2003
Demonstration
Division

47 Seven-year analysis of mean time between
failures (MTBF) and total number of failures
Demonstration
Division

48 Hourly NOAA Profiler Network (NPN)
data lost by fault type
Demonstration
Division

49 Distribution of NOAA Profiler Network (NPN)
downtime by categories
Demonstration
Division

50 NWS offices identifying the use of profiler data
in their Area Forecast Discussions (AFDs)
Demonstration
Division

51 404-MHz profiler in Ledbetter, Texas Demonstration
Division

52 449-MHz profiler in Platteville, Colorado Demonstration
Division

53 Verification area for GPS-Met impact
assessments using 60-km MAPS model
Demonstration
Division

54 3-hour RH forecast improvement as function of number
of GPS stations used in data denial experiments
Demonstration
Division

55 Improvement in 3-hour RH forecast skill
in 2002 as function of month of year
Demonstration
Division

56 Growth of GPS-Met network and major milestones Demonstration
Division

57 GPS-Met network at end of 2002 Demonstration
Division

58 GPS-Met network webpage showing
real-time water vapor interface
Demonstration
Division

59 AWIPS D2D screen with MSAS sea level
pressure over NOWRAD radar data
Systems Development
Division

60 15-km MSAS wind analysis over Korea Systems Development
Division

61 MADIS surface station in Iowa - METAR stations
and METAR stations plus mesonet stations
Systems Development
Division

62 MADIS mesonet data from mesonet webpage
developed by FSL's Forecast Research Division
Systems Development
Division

63 Official AWIPS software repository
is managed by PVCS
Systems Development
Division

64 How FXC can annotate data displays
and be posted on the WFO's webpage
Systems Development
Division

65 RTVS time series of turbulence forecast
verification using AWC's AIRMETs and
PIREPs of observed turbulence
Aviation
Division

66 Screen showing Java tool available
at the ADDS website
Aviation
Division

67 Web screen showing new PIREP Java tool for
ADDS developed to provide pilots with preflight
planning information
Aviation
Division

68 Web screen showing 1-hour forecast of
Tactical Convective Hazard Product
Aviation
Division

69 Example of an object-oriented approach to
diagnosing errors in precipitation forecasts
Aviation
Division

70 Plan view and vertical depiction of AWC turbulence
forecast/verifying observations and of ITFA
Aviation
Division

71 D2D screen showing meteorological
information from RUC model in 2002
Modernization
Division

72 Forecasters utilize displays like this to
compare/reconcile spatial differences
between their forecasts and adjacent sites
Modernization
Division

73 Screen showing the Daily Forecast Critique -
compare difital forecasts to surface observations
Modernization
Division

74 GLOBE students conducting
hydrology measurements
International
Division

75 LAPS analysis of surface wind and
temperature over Taiwan CWB domain
International
Division

76 Example of an FAS display with
Korean menu user interface
International
Division

77 University of New Hampshire air
quality measurements using FX-Net
International
Division

78 FX-Net display in the GACC
map room at Lakewood, CO
International
Division

79 Compression ratios and average errors
for Eta-12 temperature field
International
Division


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