A workshop on High-Resolution Regional Modeling for Tropical Cyclones was hosted by the Shanghai Typhoon Institute (STI) of China Meteorological Administration (CMA) at the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau (SMB), 20-21 December 2012. Four invited NOAA scientists, Drs. Sundararaman Gopalakrishnan and Xuejin Zhang of HRD, plus Dr. Vijay Tallapragada from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), and Dr. J.-W. Bao, from the Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), participated with scientists from SMB and STI.
Scientists from both organizations reviewed progress in advanced tropical-cyclone prediction, improved data assimilation and physics techniques, and application of the operational HWRF in the Western Pacific Region. Discussion on future directions for advanced model development followed the scientific presentations. Suggestions for improving operational systems at SMB, and possible collaboration between SMB/STI and NOAA were also discussed.
The participants recognized the need for improving STI’s capabilities in typhoon prediction, including implementation of state-of-the-art high-resolution numerical modeling system. Based on the discussions , the following recommendations to establish a joint collaborative effort between NOAA and STI/CMA were made:
- Transfer of HWRF to STI computing platforms
- Operational Implementation of HWRF at STI for the 2013 season
- Set up STI to conduct advanced research in vortex initialization, data assimilation, ocean coupling and landfall applications
- Exchange visits by scientists from STI and NOAA
- Organize another workshop in 2013 to review the progress and set future goals.
The four NOAA presentations are available in an zip archive at ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/blog/seminars/2013/Shanghai-20121220.zip