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NOAA's 46th Climate Diagnostics & Prediction Workshop

Virtual Workshop
26–28 October 2021

Poster session program

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021 4:30–6:00PM EDT (UTC-4:00)
Schedule Lightning Talks Q&A Session
5:30–6:00PM
4:30–4:35PM
Prediction skill of the eastward propagating Madden-Julian Oscillation and associated dynamics in Version 2 of NASA's GEOS-S2S forecast system
Young-Kwon Lim, Nathan Arnold, Andrea Molod, and Steven Pawson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
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4:35–4:40PM
Utility of Teleconnection Based Neural Networks Forecast Tools for Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks
Gregory Jennrich, Innovim, LLC
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4:40–4:45PM
Dynamical Weighting of the Week 3-4 Models based on Forecasts of Opportunity
Cory Baggett, Innovim, LLC
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4:45–4:50PM
Evaluation of Subseasonal Arctic Sea ice hindcasts in a UFS- based System
Yanyun Liu (1), Wanqiu Wang (2), Weiyu Yang (1), Jeishun Zhu (2), Arun Kumar (2), and David DeWitt (2), (1) Innovim, LLC and (2) NOAA Climate Prediction Center
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4:50–4:55PM
Accelerating Progress in S2S Prediction Capabilities by Improving Subgrid-Scale Parameterizations in the UFS
Benjamin Green (1), Vijay Tallapragada (2), Shan Sun (3), Eric Sinsky (4), (1) Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder; and NOAA/OAR/GSL, (2) NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, (3) NOAA/OAR/GSL, (4)IMSG and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC
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4:55–5:00PM
Ant Colony Optimization for prediction of Monsoonal rainfall
Sayantika Mukherjee, Amity University Kolkata
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5:00–5:05PM
Impact of MJO on the Forecast Skill of Week-2 Severe Weather over the United States
Hui Wang, Arun Kumar, Wanqiu Wang, David DeWitt, Matthew Rosencrans, NOAA Climate Prediction Center
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5:05–5:10PM
Finding maximum predictable patterns in a S2S model over summer East Asia
Shing Chang (1), Nathaniel C Johnson (2), Baoqiang Xiang (2), Pang-Chi Hsu (3), Changhyun Yoo (4), Li-huan Hsu (5), Jung-Lien Chu (5) and Chung-Wei Lee (1), (1) National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, (2) NOAA/GFDL, (3) Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, (4) Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea, (5) National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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5:10–5:15PM
An inter-comparison of South America synoptic-scale storms between two sources of datasets
Luthiene Dalanhese (2), Thales Costa (3), Matthew LaPlante (1), S.-Y. Simon Wang (1,2), (1) Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate, Utah State University, (2) Utah Climate Center, Utah State University, (3) Universidade Federal Fluminense - Campus Praia Vermelha, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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5:15–5:20PM
Miracle Spring Precipitation under the warmer climate in Colorado River Basin
Binod Pokharel (1, 2), S.-Y. Simon Wang (1), Krishna Borhara (1), Kripa Akila Jagannathan (3), Andrew Jones (3), and Smitha Buddhavarapu (3), (1) Department of Plants, Soils and Climate, Utah State University, (2) Utah Climate Center, Utah State University, (3) Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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5:20–5:25PM
The role of the western North Pacific in the develoPMent of El Nino Southern Oscillation under a warming climate
Krishna Borhara and S.-Y. Simon Wang, Department of Plants, Soils and Climate, Utah State University
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5:25–5:30PM
Combining seasonal forecasts into multi-model ensemble to increase forecast skill of Alaska summer fire weather
Cecilia Borries-Strigle (1), Uma Bhatt (1), Peter Bieniek (1), Heidi Strader (2), Eric Stevens (2), Rick Thoman (3), Alison York (4), Robert Ziel (4), (1) University of Alaska Fairbanks, (2) Alaska Interagency Coordination Center, (3) UAF Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, and (4) Alaska Fire Science Consortium
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Wednesday Morning, October 27, 2021 11:00AM–12:30PM EDT (UTC-4:00)
Schedule Lightning Talks Q&A Session
12:00–12:30PM
11:00–11:05AM
The influence of the Gulf of Mexico on the climatology of tropical cyclones striking the Atlantic coast of the United States from Florida to North Carolina
B. Lee Lindner, William Holden, Mikel Hannah-Harding, Kirsten Broussard, College of Charleston
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11:05–11:10AM
2021 heat season from an extreme heat perspective: Overview and results of subseasonal forecast tools
Evan Oswald (1) and Jon Gottschalck (2), (1) Innovim, LLC and (2) NOAA Climate Prediction Center
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11:10–11:15AM
Improve GEFSv12 extended forecast by deep learning
Li Xu (1), Yun Fan (2), Matthew Rosencrans (2), Jon Gottschalck (2), and David Dewitt (2), (1) Innovim, LLC and (2) NOAA Climate Prediction Center
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11:15–11:20AM
Update to the 30-year Climate Normals:Comparisons and Impacts
Sean Parker (1), Nicholas Novella (2), and Mike Halpert (2), (1) Rutgers University and (2) NOAA Climate Prediction Center
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11:20–11:25AM
Identifying skillful subseasonal precipitation forecasts over southwest Asia
Melissa Breeden (1), John R. Albers (1), Andrew Hoell (2), (1) Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder and (2) NOAA / Physical Sciences Laboratory
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11:25–11:30AM
Bias Correction of Mixed Distributions of Temperature and Precipitation with Strong Diurnal Signal
Muhammad Haider, Malaquias Pena, and Emmanouil Anagnostou, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut
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11:30–11:35AM
Application of Remote Sensing to predict extreme Oceanic- Atmospheric-Climatic Changes and develop Numerical Ocean-Atmospheric-Climate Forecast Models
Virendra Goswami, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) & 'Environment and Peace Foundation'
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11:35–11:40AM
Regional and Global Atmospheric-Oceanic Drivers of Anomalous Summer Sea Surface Temperatures in the Eastern North Pacific
Mitch Porter (1), Seth Madden (2), Katie Kohlman (3), and Tom Murphree (4), (1) Johns Hopkins University, (2) Santa Clara University, (3) Pennsylvania State University, (4) Naval Postgraduate School
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11:40–11:45AM
Influence of Madden-Julian Oscillation on extreme rainfall events in Spring in southern Uruguay
Matilde Ungerovich (1), Marcelo Barreiro (1), and Cristina Masoller (2), (1) Universidad de la Republica (Uruguay) and (2) Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Spain)
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11:45–11:50AM
Inter-comparison of BASS and Observation-based Salinity Products
Li Ren (1), Pingping Xie (2), and Arun Kumar (2), (1) Innovim, LLC and (2) NOAA Climate Prediction Center
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11:50–11:55AM
Potential Predictability and Impacts of Subseasonal Extreme Precipitation Events in the United States
Melanie Schroers and Elinor Martin, University of Oklahoma
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11:55AM–12:00PM
Investigation of the linkage between AMOC slowdown and North Atlantic cold blob in the past century: a modeling study
Yifei Fan (1), Jianhua Lu (2), and Laifang Li (1), (1) Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, the Pennsylvania State University and (2) School of Atmospheric Sciences and Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Climate Change and Natural Disaster Studies, Sun Yat-sen University
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Wednesday Afternoon, October 27, 2021 4:30PM–6:00PM EDT (UTC-4:00)
Schedule Lightning Talks Q&A Session
5:30–6:00PM
4:30–4:35PM
Fewer troughs, not more ridges, led to the drying trend in the western United States
Wei Zhang (1), Vittal Hari (2), Simon Wang (1,3), Matthew D. LaPlante (1,4), Gregg Garfin (5), and Rohini Kumar (2), (1) Department of Plants, Soils and Climate, Utah State University, (2) UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, 04318, Germany, (3) Utah Climate Center, Utah State University, (4) Department of Journalism and Communication, Utah State University, and (5) School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona
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4:35–4:40PM
Relationship between prediction skill of surface winds in average of weeks 1 to 4 and interannual variability over the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean
Ravi Shukla and Jim Kinter, CPAESS / UCAR, Climate Prediction Center and Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, George Mason University
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4:40–4:45PM
Extreme event monitoring using the remote sensing of infrastructure as a key parameter
Thomas Chen, Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering
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4:45–4:50PM
Prediction skill of GEFSv12 in depicting Monthly Rainfall and Associated Extreme Rainfall Events over Taiwan during Summer Monsoon Season
Murali Malasala, (1), M. M. Nageswararao (2), Yuejian Zhu (2), and Vijay Tallapragada (2), (1) UCAR visiting scientist at NOAA/NWS/EMC and (2) NOAA Environmental Modeling Center
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4:50–4:55PM
Overview of the New Version of the Climate Assessment Database
Melissa Ou, Donald Garrett, David Miskus, Thomas Collow, NOAA Climate Prediction Center
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4:55–5:00PM
Updating Climate Normals Impact on NMME Forecast
Qin Zhang (1), Johnna Infanti (1), Sara Strey (2), and Matthew Rosencrans (1), (1) NOAA Climate Prediction Center and (2) Innovim, LLC
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5:00–5:05PM
Multivariable Analysis of SSTs, VWS, and Convection as precursors to TC Activity in the Atlantic MDR
Keneshia Hibbert (1), Tom Smith (2), and Jorge Gonzalez (3), (1) NOAA CESSRST/City University of NY, (2) NOAA/STAR/SCSB and CISESS/ESSIC, and (3) NOAA/Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at City University of NY
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5:05–5:10PM
Initialized and Uninitialized ENSO Predictability in Year 2
Nathan Lenssen, Lisa Goddard, Simon Mason, and Yochanan Kushnir, Columbia University / International Research Institute
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5:10–5:15PM
Moisture based agro-climate indices across the Canadian Prairies under a changing climate
Aston Chipanshi, Dongzhi Qi, Yinsuo Zhang, and Mark Berry, Science and Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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5:15–5:20PM
NWS Subseasonal to Seasonal Impact-Based Decision Support Services
Marina Timofeyeva, Viviane Silva, and NWS Climate Services Branch
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5:20–5:25PM
Enhancing Subseasonal Temperature Prediction by Bridging a Statistical Model With Dynamical Arctic Oscillation Forecasting
Changhyun Yoo (1), Minju Kim (1), and Jung Choi (2), (1) Ewha Womans University and (2) Seoul National University
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5:25–5:30PM
Making Decisions About Extreme Precipitation: How Practitioners Use Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Extreme Precipitation Forecasts and Tools
Olivia VanBuskirk (1), Renee A McPherson (1), Heather Lazrun (2), Elinor Martin (3), Charles Kuster (4), Esther Mullens (5), and Paulina Cwik (1), (1) University of Oklahoma and South Central CLimate Adaptation Science Center, (2) National Center for Atmospheric Research, (3) Univeristy of Oklahoma, (4) Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of OK, and (5) University of Florida
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Thursday, October 28, 2021 11:00AM–12:30PM EDT (UTC-4:00)
Schedule Lightning Talks Q&A Session
12:00–12:30PM
11:00–11:05AM
Next Generation Global Ocean Data Assimilation System: a new 40-year reanalysis and OSSE applications
Jeishun Zhu (1), Jong Kim (2), Guillaume Vernieres (3), Arun Kumar (1), and Wanqiu Wang (1), (1) NOAA Climate Prediction Center, (2) IMSG @ NOAA Environmental Modeling Center, and (3)NOAA Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
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11:05–11:10AM
Seasonal Sea Ice hindcasts with UFS
Jeishun Zhu (1), Wanqiu Wang (1), Yanyun Liu (2), Weiyu Yang (2), Arun Kumar (1), and David DeWitt (1), (1) NOAA Climate Prediction Center and (2) Innovim, LLC
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11:10–11:15AM
Understanding US Drought in Past 120+ Years
Yun Fan, NOAA Climate Prediction Center
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11:15–11:20AM
Association between tropical variability and Indian summer monsoon through moisture budget
Priyanshi Singhai and Arindam Chakraborty, Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, and Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 560012, Karnataka, India
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11:20–11:25AM
Needs for S2S Information, Tools and Resources for Water Resources Outlooks
Maggie Hurwitz, NWS Climate Services Branch
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11:25–11:30AM
A Conventional Observation Reanalysis for Climate Monitoring
Li Zhang (1), Wesley Ebisuzaki (2), Arun Kumar (2), Jeffrey Whitaker (3), Jack Woollen(4, 5), (1) Innovim, LLC, (2) NOAA Climate Prediction Center, (3) NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, (4) NOAA Environmental Modeling Center, (5) IMSG
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11:30–11:35AM
Developing an Experimental Week 3-4 Storm Track Outlook over North Pacific, North America, and North Atlantic
Yutong Pan (1), Wanqiu Wang (2), Edmund K.M. Chang (3), Hui Wang (2), David DeWitt (2), (1)Innovim, LLC, (2) NOAA CLimate Prediction Center, and (3) School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University
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11:35–11:40AM
Evaluation of S2S Model Performance for Forecasting US Extreme Precipitation Events
Devin McAfee, Elinor Martin, and Jason Furtado, University of Oklahoma
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11:40–11:45AM
Extended range verification using economic value
Eva Regnier, Joel Feldmeier, and Susan Sanchez, Naval Postgraduate School
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11:45–11:50AM
An analog method and tool for seasonal forecasting in northern high latitudes
Rick Thoman, Brian Brettschneider, John Walsh, and Nathan Kettle, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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11:50–11:55AM
Seasonal Tropical-Extratropical Teleconnections beyond ENSO Using Tropical Rainfall Modes for Northern Winters
Peitao Peng, Wanqiu Wang, and Arun Kumar, NOAA Climate Prediction Center
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11:55AM–12:00PM
The distinguish influence of equatorial subsurface winter Ocean initial conditions in 1979 and 1997 on tropical summer SST in CFSv2 Seasonal Reforecasts
Ravi Shukla, CPAESS / UCAR, Climate Prediction Center
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