Weeks 3-4 Program

 

Internal Funded Projects

Title Federal Project Manager(s) Technical Lead(s) Period of Performance
Develop experimental objective ROD potential prediction product to inform the CPC operational GTH outlook Jon Gottschalck Lindsey Long, Nick Novella, Ryan Bolt FY24
Complete evaluation of 2023 experimental Week-3 extreme heat predictions and determine requirements, suitability and realtime plan for CPC internal demonstration of experimental Week-3 extreme heat outlooks during 2024 Jon Gottschalck Evan Oswald, Adam Hartman FY24
Development of an Improved Week 3-4 Precipitation Consolidation First Guess Cory Baggett, Jon Gottschalck Lisi Pei, Daniel Barandiaran FY24
Title Federal Project Manager(s) Technical Lead(s) Period of Performance
Improve subseasonal and seasonal sea ice forecast with upgraded forecast model and improved initialization Wanqiu Wang Yanyun Liu, Jieshun Zhu FY23
Explore potential for including Week 2-4 drought predictions in the CPC Global Tropics Hazards Outlook (GTH) Jon Gottschalck Lindsey Long, Nick Novella, Adam Allgood, Ryan Bolt FY23
Explore potential of producing Week 3 excessive heat predictions Jon Gottschalck Evan Oswald, Adam Hartman FY23
Development of an Improved Week 3-4 Temperature Consolidation First Guess Cory Baggett, Jon Gottschalck Daniel Barandiaran FY23
Title Federal Project Manager(s) Technical Lead(s) Period of Performance
Evaluate and implement hybrid statistical dynamical forecast tools and evaluate ML/AI tools for extreme heat applications Jon Gottschalck Evan Oswald, Adam Allgood FY22
Develop and evaluate objective probabilistic temperature guidance to inform the Global Tropics Hazards Outlook (GTH) Jon Gottschalck Lindsey Long, Nick Novella FY22
Conversion of Week 3-4 Temperature Outlooks from 2-class to 3-class System Mike Halpert, Jon Gottschalck Cory Baggett FY22
Comparison of GEFSv12 with Offline NOAH and Leaky Bucket Hailan Wang Andrew Badger, Li Xu FY22
Develop an Arctic Sea Ice Prediction System Under FV3-Based Framework Wanqiu Wang Yanyun Liu, Jieshun Zhu FY22
Title Federal Project Manager(s) Technical Lead(s) Period of Performance
Evaluate the Potential of a Blocking Predictor for Improved Week 3-4 Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks (Webinar) Mike Halpert Cory Baggett FY21
Evaluate Potential of Machine Learning Forecast Tools for Week 3-4 Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks Matthew Rosencrans Kyle MacRitchie, Greg Jennrich FY21
Improve Predictions of Flash Drought Development to Enhance the CPC Monthly Drought Outlook Subproject 1: Drought Prediction Tool Development Dave DeWitt Gwen Chen FY21
Continued Development of Week 2-4 Excessive Heat Outlook and Forecast Guidance Products in Consultation with Core Partners (Webinar) Jon Gottschalck Evan Oswald, Adam Allgood FY21
Explore and Experimentally Implement Internally Week-2 Favored Tropical Cyclone Track Envelope Information within the Global Tropics Hazards Outlook Jon Gottschalck Lindsey Long, Nick Novella, Adam Allgood FY21
Develop an Arctic Sea Ice Prediction System Using the FV3-Based Framework (Webinar) Wanqiu Wang Yanyun Liu, Weiyu Yang FY21
Develop and Evaluate Subseasonal Prediction Tools for the United States Affiliated Pacific Islands using NMME and Other Multi-model Ensembles Mike Halpert Matthew Rosencrans FY21
Title Federal Project Manager(s) Technical Lead(s) Period of Performance
AOP: Transition of CPC Arctic Sea Ice Innovation from CFFS framework to FV3-based UFS framework for inclusion in next seasonal coupled model Wanqiu Wang Wanqiu Wang FY20 
AOP: Evaluation of CPC sub-seasonal to seasonal prediction tools to inform water supply forecasts in collaboration with OWP, CBRFC, CNRFC, NWRFC Matthew Rosencrans, Wanqiu Wang Arun Kumar, Mingyue Chen FY20
AOP: Evaluation of periods of enhanced versus suppressed storm activity to inform week two planning in Alaska Hui Wang Wanqiu Wang FY20
AOP: Develop and evaluate sub-seasonal prediction tools for the Affiliated Pacific Islands using NMME and other multi-model ensembles Mike Halpert Matthew Rosencrans FY20
Improve predictions of flash drought development of enchance the CPC monthly drought outlook Dave DeWitt Gwen Chen, Yun Fan FY20
Evaluation of transition of the Global Tropics Hazards Outlook from weeks 1-2 to weeks 2-3 (Webinar) Jon Gottschalck Lindsey Long, Nick Novella FY20
Improvement and development of week 2-4 excessive heat forecast guidance products and outlooks Jon Gottschalck Evan Oswald, Adam Allgood FY20
Explore and develop forecast tools based on soil moisture for week 3-4 temperature and precipitation outlooks Jon Gottschalck Yun Fan, Chung-Yu Wu FY20
Ensemble subsampling to improve weeks 3-4 temperature and precipitation forecasts Mike Halpert Cory Baggett FY20
Title Federal Project Manager(s) Technical Lead(s) Period of Performance
AOP: Develop and test a week 3-4 temperature and precipitation prediction tool based on stratospheric predictors in the Climate Testbed Mike Halpert Laura M. Ciasto, Cory F. Baggett, Jon Gottschalck, Daniel Harnos, Michelle L'Heureux, Craig Long, Stephen Baxter FY19
AOP: Evaluate Week 3-4 Arctic Sea Ice Melt and Freeze Forecasts for Transition to Operations Through the Climate Testbed Wanqiu Wang Wanqiu Wang FY19
AOP: Develop and test a consolidation tool for statistical and dynamical forecasts for week 3-4 temperature and precipitation in the Climate Testbed Mike Halpert Jon Gottschalck FY19
Develop a probabilistic format for precipitation and tropical cyclone activity for the Global Tropics Hazards and Benefits Outlook and test within the Climate Testbed Jon Gottschalck Lindsey Long, Nick Novella, Adam Allgood FY19
Evaluation of Week Two to Four Winter Precipitation Forecasts for 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 Through the Climate Testbed Dave DeWitt Huug van den Dool FY19
Develop excessive heat forecasts from subseasonal models and test within the Climate Testbed Matt Rosencrans Matt Rosencrans FY19
Develop and Evaluate the Drought Susceptibility Tool Through the Climate Testbed Muthu Chelliah Muthu Chelliah FY19
Development and evaluation of experimental severe weather forecasts for the week two timescale in the Climate Testbed Arun Kumar, Hui Wang Arun Kumar, Hui Wang FY19
Project Title Principle Investigator(s) Period of Performance
Linear Inverse Modeling for Coupled Analysis and Forecasting in the UFS Greg Hakim
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
9/1/2020 -  8/31/2022
Improving Week 3-4 Weather Prediction through a Global Convection-Allowing Version of the UFS James Kinter
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
9/1/2020 -  8/31/2022
A Diagnostic Toolbox for Verification and Validation of Subseasonal Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling Amy Butler
CIRES and NOAA/ESRL/CSD, Boulder, CO
9/1/2020 -  8/31/2022
The Impact of snowpack on NCEP Weeks 3-4 Forecasts Xubin Zeng and Michael Brunke
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
 9/1/2018 - 8/31/2020
Developing A Community Suite of Process-oriented Model Diagnostics for Weather-Ready Nation Zhuo Wang
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
 9/1/2018 - 8/31/2020
Development and evaluation of new statistical calibration methods for multi-model
ensemble week 3-4 probabilistic forecasts
Andrew Robertson
IRI/Columbia University, Palisades, NY
 9/1/2018 - 8/31/2020
The Impact of Ocean Resolution in the Unified Forecast System (UFS) on the Subseasonal Forecast of Extreme Hydrological Events Cristiana Stan
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
 9/1/2018 - 8/31/2020