NOAA Data Assimilation Consortium Launched
Biden-Harris Administration announces $6.6M for new Data Assimilation Consortium to improve weather forecasting through Investing in America agenda. Research findings will be used to improve numerical prediction systems, build international collaborations.
Spack-stack
Explore the latest thoughts from EPIC’s Software Integration Product Owner on spack-stack’s role in environmental modeling. This tool is crucial for organizing software libraries that support the Unified Forecast System (UFS), and other applications, helping to improve system efficiency and forecasting accuracy.
EPIC at the 104th AMS Annual Meeting
The Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) attended the 104th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting from January 27 to February 1, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland and engaged the community in a number of EPIC ways. The Annual Meeting provides a forum for the community to share ideas and experiences on the research and development of Earth system models and their applications in operational forecasting.
American Meteorological Society (AMS) Shines Spotlight on Colleagues’ Research in Latest BAMS Digital Edition
The #BulletinAMS encourages followers to delve into the publication to explore topics such as early warning systems for flash droughts, a comparative study on the fuel efficiency of North Pacific hurricanes versus typhoons, and the development of NOAA EPIC to enhance forecasting capabilities.
EPIC at AGU 2023
Members of the Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) attended the annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting last week in San Francisco, CA…
UFS Land Data Assimilation (DA) System v1.2.0 Release
The Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) and the Unified Forecast System (UFS) community are proud to announce the public release of the UFS Land Data Assimilation (DA) System v1.2.0. This public release v1.2.0 reflects changes currently available in the UFS land-DA_workflow development branch. In the Land DA System, the Noah-MP land surface model (LSM) and the Joint Effort for […]
EPIC as a Catalyst for NOAA’s Future Earth Prediction System
NOAA has launched the Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) in partnership with the Weather Enterprise (academia, government, and industry) to bring the power of distributed innovation to bear on one of the greatest challenges of our time. EPIC provides a collaborative framework building upon the community-driven Unified Forecast System (UFS) to accelerate innovative improvements to […]
Congratulations to Dr. Neil Jacobs
Congratulations to Dr. Neil Jacobs on his appointment to serve as chief science advisor for the Unified Forecast System. Jacobs is a former acting NOAA administrator and will begin his appointment on Feb. 14 2022. https://news.ucar.edu/132827/neil-jacobs-named-chief-science-advisor-unified-forecast-system
