DTC

Developmental Testbed Center

To serve as a bridge between research and operations to facilitate the activities of both halves of the NWP Community in pursuit of their own objectives:

• Research community gets a functionally equivalent operational environment to test and evaluate new NWP methods in retrospective extended period tests using advanced tools
• Operational community benefits from DTC testing and evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of new NWP advances prior to consideration for operational implementation

 The focuses seem be in this order with heaviest weight on top.

• Mesoscale modeling
• hurricane
• Data Assimilation
• Verification
• Ensembles

• Mesoscale Modeling: Jamie Wolff | Ph: 303.497.2812 | email: jwolff@ucar.edu
  Hurricanes: Ligia Bernardet | Ph: 303.497.4315 | email: Ligia.Bernardet@noaa.gov
  Data Assimilation: Hui Shao | Ph: 301.683.3794 | EMAIL: huishao@ucar.edu
  Ensembles: Isidora Jankov | Ph: 303.497.4919 | email: Isidora.Jankov@noaa.gov
  Testbed Collaborations: Tara Jensen | Ph: 303.497.8479 | email: jensen@ucar.edu

Community code:

• 1. Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) – includes NWP model + pre- and post-processors (in collaboration with NCAR/MMM and NCEP/EMC 
• 2. Model Evaluation Tools (MET) – Verification package 
• 3. Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI) Data Assimilation
• 4. WRF for hurricanes (coupled atmosphere, ocean and wave system)

GSI Documentation: 
GSI user guide: 
   http://www.dtcenter.org/com-GSI/users/docs/index.php
   http://www.dtcenter.org/com-GSI/users/docs/users_guide/GSIUserGuide_v3.2.pdf
workshop:
   http://www.dtcenter.org/com-GSI/users/docs/workshop_presentations_2011.php
   http://www.dtcenter.org/com-GSI/users/docs/workshop_presentations_2013.php