GSD Forecast Applications Branch

Workshop Contact Information: laps-workshop@noaa.gov
Meeting Information: Objectives
Read the five areas of interest

Agenda
Agenda with links to archived presentations

Accommodations
Special rates are available for a limited number of rooms.

Attendees
See a list of registered attendees.

David Skaggs Research Center
Boulder, Colorado
Co-Organized by NOAA OAR/ESRL/GSD and NWS/OCWWS

Group photo of 2012 Workshop participants

Review progress, share experiences, and provide a forum for discussions on:

Recent LAPS developments
1. Review of / response to recommendations from 1st Workshop
2. Update on recent changes in algorithms / strategies
Use of LAPS / Applications
1. User experiences - successes, problems, suggestions
2. Role of LAPS in operations and research
3. Emerging new applications
4. New user requirements
Data and software
1. New sources of data (observations, background, fixed files)
2. Output requirements (user needs)
3. LAPS in AWIPS2
Scientific Opportunities
1. Making LAPS variational
Community Outreach
1. Major and minor updates to codes - Change Management
2. Community testing and evaluation prior to code releases
3. International collaboration - Input into central code repository
4. Training and documentation
5. Role of LAPS in NOAA NWP infrastructure

Report from First LAPS User Workshop:
Feb 2012, Toth, Z., S. Albers, Y. Xie, 2012: Analysis of fine-scale weather phenomena. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93 3pp. abstract
2010 Workshop LAPS Workshop 2010 Summary Slides (pdf)
2010 Workshop Agenda Schedule and Presentation Slides (links)

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