EPIC Proudly Joins the Newly Signed NOAA-Microsoft CRADA

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NOAA and Microsoft have formed a formal partnership to harness Microsoft’s cloud computing tools and help advance NOAA’s mission to create a Climate-Ready Nation. The new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) will allow NOAA scientists and engineers to increase NOAA’s ability to predict climate weather and ocean changes.   Under this CRADA, EPIC and […]

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 […]

WINGS Dissertation Fellowship

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Announcing the release of the Weather Program Office (WPO) Innovation for Next Generation Scientists (WINGS) Dissertation Fellowship. This is a brand-new fellowship opportunity for students within the atmospheric science community. NOAA’s WPO and UCAR’s Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science (CPAESS) have established the WINGS Dissertation Fellowship for Ph.D. candidates to focus […]

WPO offers “Innovations for Community Modeling Competition” with FY2023 Grants

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NOAA’s Weather Program Office (WPO) is soliciting proposals for four (4) grant competitions, valued at approximately $13.5 million per year.  For the first time, WPO is offering the Innovations for Community Modeling Competition, integrating four of its Programs: Joint Technology Transfer Initiative (JTTI), Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC), Subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) and Atmospheric Composition […]

Congratulations to Ken Graham

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Ken Graham is the new NOAA assistant administrator for weather services and the 17th director of the National Weather Service, effective on June 7, 2022. Ken brings 28 years of scientific expertise and program management experience to the position, with emphasis on improving field operations, cultivating partnerships internal and external to government, and being an […]

EPIC Celebrates Women’s History Month

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March is Women’s History Month, so this month EPIC is reflecting on women’s achievements throughout the program. Read on to learn about these women’s contributions to accelerating advances in our nation’s operational forecast modeling systems. Ligia Bernardet  Photo of Ligia Bernardet What do you do at NOAA?  I am the deputy chief of the Earth […]

The EPIC team has successfully run the UFS weather model on all 3 CSPs

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The EPIC team has successfully run the UFS weather model on all 3 CSPs; Azure, GCP, and AWS and is now exploring ways to further optimize performance to ensure developers within the EPIC framework can efficiently and cost-effectively utilize the cloud infrastructure for research and development activities. Cloud computing platforms have evolved drastically over recent […]

Download the EPIC Valentine’s Day Cards for 2022!

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This month, share your EPIC love!  Each card can be digitally shared as a downloaded image or link.  Find our EPIC themed Valentine’s Day cards on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Meet Our New Moderators

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Please welcome our new moderators: Shawn, Eddie and Jong! These three are gearing up for sustained engagement with the community and look forward to contributing their combined expertise to helping accelerate your contributions through frequent Q&A’s. Here’s a little about them: Edward: Software engineer with experience working with meteorological datasets. Eddie’s GitHub user name is, EdwardSnyder-NOAA […]

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