13 Oct | FY2024 Weather Program Office Data Assimilation Consortium
NOAA
This competition is soliciting collaborative proposals to (1) establish a multi-university consortium to advance data assimilation research and education, and (2) develop a long-term strategic partnership between the consortium, NOAA, and the broader weather enterprise in advancing data assimilation methodology to improve numerical weather predictions using the Unified Forecast System. Projects are sought that are responsive to the Priorities for Weather Research (PWR) Report (https://sab.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/PWRReport_Final_12-9-21.pdf) Data Assimilation (DA) Priority Area 1: Use and Assimilation of Existing Observations, Priority Area 2: Advanced Data Assimilation Methods, Capabilities and Workforce, and Priority Area 3: Observation Gaps and Use and Assimilation of New Observations.