FSL in Review 2001 - 2002

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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 2001 - 2002 List of Figures MastHead
Number

Description

Section

Cover/Title Collection of images of weather events
and aspects of weather modeling
Cover/Title Page

1 Photograph of presentation by FSL Director Office of the
Director

2 Photograph of FSL Summer Interns Administration
and Research

3 Diagram of employment categories at FSL Administration
and Research

4 Diagram of funding categories at FSL Administration
and Research

5 Diagram of visitor categories at FSL Administration
and Research

6 Photograph of the High-Performance
Computing System
Information and
Technology Services

7 Diagram of the 2001 FSL Local Area
Network and external connections
Information and
Technology Services

8 NIMBUS data ingest, processing,
storage, and distribution
Information and
Technology Services

9 Schematic of the Object Data System Information and
Technology Services

10 Diagram of the 2002 network upgrade topology Information and
Technology Services

11 D3D display Forecast Research
Division

12 Land-use data for RUC40 and RUC20 Forecast Research
Division

13 Precipitation forecasts from RUC40 and RUC20 Forecast Research
Division

14 Verification of RUC40 and RUC20
3- and 12-hour forecasts
Forecast Research
Division

15 Daily averaged skin temperature
observed and simulated in RUC
Forecast Research
Division

16 Skin temperature difference between
21-hour forecasts from RUC20
Forecast Research
Division

17 AWIPS display of 6-hour
PACRUC predicted surface winds
Forecast Research
Division

18 AWIPS display of 9-hour
PACRUC predicted surface winds
Forecast Research
Division

19 Domains over which the NOAA FSL
air quality modeling system was run
Forecast Research
Division

20 Air quality prediction for 23 July 2001 Forecast Research
Division

21 High-resolution air quality
prediction for New Hampshire
Forecast Research
Division

22 Initial comparison of predicted versus observed
ozone and carbon monoxide concentration
Forecast Research
Division

23 Example of the Water in all Phases
(WIAP) moisture analysis
Forecast Research
Division

24 Example of the total precipitable water analysis
over the IHOP 4-km inner nested domain
Forecast Research
Division

25 Example of land-use data mapped to a
10-km CONUS domain on the WRF model
Forecast Research
Division

26 WRF model graphical user interface Forecast Research
Division

27 GAINS leader Dr. Cecilia Girz and
Thomas Shilling preparing a flight test
Forecast Research
Division

28 Comparison of latitude differences at
3 hours between the RUC-2 baseline
Forecast Research
Division

29 Scatterplot of directional
differences for 3-hour flights
Forecast Research
Division

30 Comparison of different diagnostic fields for
predicting the occurrence of MOG turbulence
Forecast Research
Division

31 Time series of rank of the median bias
score for station with bogused data
Forecast Research
Division

32 As in Figure 31 except for the logarithm of
the magnitude bias score for a real station
Forecast Research
Division

33 An upgraded display from the
ACARS/AMDAR Website
Forecast Research
Division

34 A Screen from the Interactive
Soundings Website
Forecast Research
Division

35 Location of all 35 NOAA Profiler Network
sites and Cooperative Agency Profiler sites
Demonstration
Division

36 NOAA Profiler Network of 35
radars and surface instruments
Demonstration
Division

37 NOAA Profiler Network 404-MHz profiler data
availability from January 1991 – January 2002
Demonstration
Division

38 NOAA Profiler Network data lost by fault type Demonstration
Division

39 Distribution of NOAA Profiler
Network downtime by categories
Demonstration
Division

40 Hourly NOAA Profiler Network data availability
from 17 October 2000 – 19 January 2001
Demonstration
Division

41 Hourly profiler data availability
as a function of time of day
Demonstration
Division

42 Data availability from January 2000 – March 2002
at the 449-MHz profiler network in Alaska
Demonstration
Division

43 Profiler shelter arriving at Platteville, Colorado
from Vandenberg AFB
Demonstration
Division

44 Photos showing some phases during
construction of the profiler at Ledbetter, Texas
Demonstration
Division

45 A chart showing 8 years of the growth
of the GPS-Met Demonstration Network
Demonstration
Division

46 Photo of the Department of Transportation
NDGPS site in Appleton, Washington
Demonstration
Division

47 GPS-Met data comparisons of
GPS water vapor observations
Demonstration
Division

48 Graphs showing improvement in
24-hour precipitation forecasts
Demonstration
Division

49 A screen capture of the GPS-Met
Demonstration Network
Demonstration
Division

50 D2D water vapor satellite image Systems Development
Division

51 Examples of how D3D is used by the NWS
Forecast Office in Tallahassee, Florida
Systems Development
Division

52 Location of the Denver-Boulder
Weather Forecast Office and FSL
Systems Development
Division

53 MSAS 15-km dewpoint temperature analysis Systems Development
Division

54 An AWIPS D2D screen of the new
RSAS 15-km NorthAmerican domain
Systems Development
Division

55 MADIS observations available
in the North American domain
Systems Development
Division

56 MSAS wind and SLP analyses as
displayed on AWIPS
Systems Development
Division

57 An ADDS screen showing the new experimental
Forecast Icing Potential (FIP) Webpage
Aviation
Division

58 Screen showing a Java tool
available at the ADDS Website
Aviation
Division

59 A screen from the Jet Stream product
overlayed on aircraft data in real time
Aviation
Division

60 Screen from the main RTVS Webpage Aviation
Division

61 D2D screen showing a satellite
composite infrared image
Modernization
Division

62 D2D model-derived cross section of a
130-knot jet core over the Northern Rockies
Modernization
Division

63 A screen showing the Graphical Forecast Editor Modernization
Division

64 GLOBE students and their instructor
taking soil moisture measurements
International
Division

65 Website screen showing the location
of GLOBE's 97 participating countries
International
Division

66 A LAPS analysis of surface wind
and mean sea-level pressure
International
Division

67 A LAPS analysis of radar reflectivity and
surface wind during Typhoon Nari near Taiwan
International
Division

68 Schematic of the main frame of
KMA's Forecaster's Analysis System
International
Division

69 Example of meteorological data display
with various meteorological data
International
Division

70 Fire weather forecaster using
the FX-Net workstation
International
Division

71 WorldWide Weather Workstation
(W4) user interface
International
Division


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