EPIC at AGU 2023

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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

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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

EPIC’s facilitation of a constant flow of communication between research and operations and transparent testing mirroring operational requirements is critical for community engagement leading to accelerated operational improvements.

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