Workshop Contact Information
laps-workshop@noaa.gov
Meeting Information
Workshop Agenda Presentation Slides

 

 

 

 

Welcome!

The Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS) has been developed by FAB for the purpose of data assimilation, nowcasting, and model initialization. It has a wide variety of (~150) group and individual users. This includes federal and state agencies (e.g. NWS, USAF), private sector, academia (e.g. Univ of HI), and international (e.g. Taiwan CWB). LAPS blends a wide variety of global, national, and local datasets (e.g. METARs and mesonets) into analyzed grids. LAPS analyses are used to initialize mesoscale forecast models (e.g. WRF, MM5, RAMS). It utilizes large-scale numerical weather prediction models as backgrounds for both analyses and prediction, and has adjustable horizontal, vertical, and temporal resolution. LAPS is highly portable and runs on inexpensive hardware - desktop to laptop.

The Forecast Applications Branch at NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory is pleased to announce the first (inaugural) LAPS Users Workshop to be held at ESRL in Boulder, Colorado from October 25-27th, 2010, starting at 1 p.m. Monday through 5 p.m. Wednesday. Informal follow on discussions and training (optional) took place Thursday & Friday October 28-29.

LAPS Users' Workshop
October 25-27, 2010
Begining at 1 p.m. Monday
Ending 5 p.m. Wednesday
Boulder, Colorado

David Skaggs Research Center GC402

links to presentations In Agenda Below

Objective of Workshop:

The purpose of the workshop is to engage the user community in current and future development of LAPS. In particular, the workshop will review recent upgrades and future plans regarding LAPS data assimilation, nowcasting and short term forecasting, information technology, and user applications / products. Presentations by users will be featured. In addition the workshop will offer LAPS training opportunities.

Participants Photo:

Group photo of workshop participants
Group photo of 2010 Workshop participants.

Agenda

Monday, October 25 — Pre-workshop Schedule (Optional):
  1. Tour of NOAA, NWS (meet in David Skaggs Research Center lobby)
  2. Registration (outside room GC402)
Monday, October 25:
  1. Welcome Remarks — LAPS in OAR & GSD — Steven Koch (ESRL)
  2. A Brief History of LAPS — Dan Birkenheuer (ESRL)
  3. Workshop Overview — Zoltan Toth (ESRL)
  4. LAPS Overview I — Facilitator: Yuanfu Xie (ESRL)
    1. Data Assimilation— Steve Albers (ESRL)
    2. An Overview of the Humidity Analysis — Dan Birkenheuer (ESRL)
    3. LAPS Initialization of Models for Numerical Weather Prediction — Isidora Jankov (ESRL)
    4. Discussion
  5. Break
  6. User Presentations, Session 1 — Facilitator: Erik Gregow (FMI)
    1. The role of LAPS in the NWS: Now and the Future — Ben Baranowski, Darrel Kingfield, Jeffrey Medlin (NWS)
    2. WDT's Use of LAPS for Operational Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction Systems — Brent Shaw (Weather Decision Technologies)
    3. Modeling using the LAPS/STMAS initialization — Huiling Yuan (Nanjing University) and Yuanfu Xie (ESRL)
  7. Discussion
  8. Adjourn
  9. Social Hour at the Lazy Dog Saloon on the Pearl Street Mall at 14th St. (optional)
Tuesday, October 26:
  1. Coffee, Conversation and Collaboration
  2. Breakout Session 1 -- What needs to be fixed or added (near term)
        1. Group 1: Analysis and Data Assimilation — (Yuanfu Xie + guest)
        2. Group 2: Applications and New Products (e.g. for AWIPS II) — (Steve Albers, Paul Schultz)
        3. Group 3: IT & Performance Issues — (Linda Wharton + guest)
        4. Group 4: Model Initialization and Forecasting — (Isidora Jankov + guest)
  3. Break
  4. Report from Breakout Sessions
  5. Poster Session (room GC402) Click Here To View Posters
  6. Lunch Break
  7. Future Directions of LAPS & STMAS — Facilitator: Steve Albers (ESRL)
    1. STMAS — Yuanfu Xie (ESRL)
    2. Assessing the Utility of Several Analysis Schemes for Diagnosing Precursor Signals for Convective Initiation and Non-supercell Tornadogenesis Along Boundaries — Ed Szoke (ESRL)
    3. LAPS/STMAS Planned Deployment in AWIPS and field sites — Paul Schultz (ESRL)
  8. User Presentations, Session 2 — Facilitator: Jeffrey Medlin (NWS)
    1. Experimental LAPS in Finland, developments and modifications — Erik Gregow (Finnish Met. Inst.)
    2. Current development of LAPS system ingest processes at METEOCAT — Jordi More (METEOCAT)
  9. Discussion
  10. Break
  11. LAPS Overview II — Facilitator: Ed Tollerud (ESRL)
    1. Software & Installation — Steve Albers (ESRL)
    2. User Interfaces — Jeff Smith (ESRL) and Brad Beechler (Precision Wind)
    3. Java Methods for Radar and Satellite Data Ingest — Bob Lipschutz (ESRL)
  12. Discussion
  13. Adjourn
Wednesday, October 27:
  1. Coffee, Conversation and Collaboration
  2. Breakout Session 2 -- What are the important longer term future applications or requirements?
  1. Break
  2. Report from Breakout Sessions
  3. LAPS Analysis and Model Products displayed on SOS — Steve Albers (room 2C304)
  4. Lunch Break
  5. User Presentations, Session 3 — Facilitator: Paul Schultz (ESRL)
    1. Upslope Moisture Flux — Seth Gutman and Kirk Holub (ESRL)
    2. LAPS use in NWS Norman, Oklahoma — Matt Foster (NWS)
    3. LAPS - Microwave Radiometer 1DVAR Thermodynamic Profiling — Stick Ware (Radiometrics)
    4. Application of LAPS in analyzing and forecasting China heavy rainfall — Hongli Li (Institute of Heavy Rain, CMA, Wuhan)
    5. Discussion
  6. Break
  7. LAPS Overview III — Facilitator: Isidora Jankov (ESRL)
    1. LAPS Applications — Linda Wharton (ESRL)
    2. NextGen Data Cube — Chris MacDermaid (ESRL)
    3. Developments toward a new cloud analysis and prediction system — Tom Auligne (NCAR)
  8. Discussion, Planning for Workshop Report — Zoltan Toth (ESRL)
  9. Adjourn Workshop
Thursday and Friday, October 28-29:
  1. Workshop Follow-on Meetings — Rooms and meetings were available upon request to workshop participants for LAPS follow-up and training.