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Monday, September 8, 2025 – Friday, September 12, 2025
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UFS Insights Newsletter
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NOAA Releases 10-Year Strategy for Data Assimilation
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RTX Annual and Quarterly Engineering Award Winners
The EPIC Program: Advancing Earth System Modeling and Community Collaboration
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HAFS Forecasts Contribute to More Effective Emergency Response
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Introducing GEFSv13 Replay Dataset Designed for Training of AI Models for Coupled Prediction
The NOAA Unified Forecast System (UFS) / Global Ensemble Forecast System version 13 (GEFSv13) replay data set was developed to provide initial conditions for the retrospective forecast archive in support of the next implementation of the NOAA medium range forecast system (GEFSv13 / GFSv17)
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WoFSCast: A GraphCast-based emulator for the Warn-on-Forecast System
AI Numerical Weather Weather Prediction (NWP) emulators like Google DeepMind’s GraphCast could revolutionize weather prediction by providing more skillful forecasts at much less computational expense.
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NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Award for Stakeholder Engagement
EPIC Contract Team and Jennifer Vogt Recognized for Excellence in Stakeholder Engagement
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EPIC Strategic Implementation Plan
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Unifying Innovations in Forecasting Capabilities Workshop 2025 (UIFCW25)
Monday, September 8, 2025 – Friday, September 12, 2025
Read more
UFS Insights Newsletter
The latest issue of the UFS Insights newsletter is now available online! Read all about the latest and greatest goings on at EPIC and the UFS!
Read the Newsletter
Earth Prediction Innovation Center – Artificial Intelligence in Weather Modeling Workshop
June 27, 2025
Read More and Register
CADRE-EPIC Data Assimilation Training
June 4-6, 2025
Read more
NOAA Releases 10-Year Strategy for Data Assimilation
Read More
RTX Annual and Quarterly Engineering Award Winners
The EPIC Program: Advancing Earth System Modeling and Community Collaboration
Read more
HAFS Forecasts Contribute to More Effective Emergency Response
Read more
Introducing GEFSv13 Replay Dataset Designed for Training of AI Models for Coupled Prediction
The NOAA Unified Forecast System (UFS) / Global Ensemble Forecast System version 13 (GEFSv13) replay data set was developed to provide initial conditions for the retrospective forecast archive in support of the next implementation of the NOAA medium range forecast system (GEFSv13 / GFSv17)
Read Blog
WoFSCast: A GraphCast-based emulator for the Warn-on-Forecast System
AI Numerical Weather Weather Prediction (NWP) emulators like Google DeepMind’s GraphCast could revolutionize weather prediction by providing more skillful forecasts at much less computational expense.
Learn More
NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Award for Stakeholder Engagement
EPIC Contract Team and Jennifer Vogt Recognized for Excellence in Stakeholder Engagement
Read more
EPIC Strategic Implementation Plan
View the Roadmap
Unifying Innovations in Forecasting Capabilities Workshop 2025 (UIFCW25)
Monday, September 8, 2025 – Friday, September 12, 2025
Read more
UFS Insights Newsletter
The latest issue of the UFS Insights newsletter is now available online! Read all about the latest and greatest goings on at EPIC and the UFS!
Read the Newsletter
Earth Prediction Innovation Center – Artificial Intelligence in Weather Modeling Workshop
June 27, 2025
Read More and Register
CADRE-EPIC Data Assimilation Training
June 4-6, 2025
Read more
NOAA Releases 10-Year Strategy for Data Assimilation
Read More
RTX Annual and Quarterly Engineering Award Winners
The EPIC Program: Advancing Earth System Modeling and Community Collaboration
Read more
HAFS Forecasts Contribute to More Effective Emergency Response
Read more
Introducing GEFSv13 Replay Dataset Designed for Training of AI Models for Coupled Prediction
The NOAA Unified Forecast System (UFS) / Global Ensemble Forecast System version 13 (GEFSv13) replay data set was developed to provide initial conditions for the retrospective forecast archive in support of the next implementation of the NOAA medium range forecast system (GEFSv13 / GFSv17)
Read Blog
WoFSCast: A GraphCast-based emulator for the Warn-on-Forecast System
AI Numerical Weather Weather Prediction (NWP) emulators like Google DeepMind’s GraphCast could revolutionize weather prediction by providing more skillful forecasts at much less computational expense.
Learn More
NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Award for Stakeholder Engagement
EPIC Contract Team and Jennifer Vogt Recognized for Excellence in Stakeholder Engagement
Read more
EPIC Strategic Implementation Plan
View the Roadmap
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