College of Engineering, Design & Computing Events

13 Oct | FY24 Weather Program Office Data Assimilation Consortium

NOAA

The NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Weather Program Office Data Assimilation (DA) Consortium Competition is soliciting collaborative proposals from this notification valued at a total of approximately $7 million over three years beginning in FY2024 primarily to (1) establish a multi-university consortium to advance DA research and education, and (2) develop a long-term strategic partnership between the consortium, NOAA, and the broader weather enterprise in advancing DA methodology to improve numerical weather predictions using the Unified Forecast System (UFS). Projects are sought that are responsive to the Priorities for Weather Research Report (https://sab.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/PWRReport_

Final_12-9-21.pdf) 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.