1997 USDA Cooperative State Res., Edu. and Extension Service
Washington, DC 20250-2245
Project Title :
A Canopy Weather Forecast System to Support Crop Management Description :
Development of a Canopy Weather Forecast System (CWFS) based on a site-specific 1-D soil-canopy-atmospheric boundary layer numerical model which is coupled to a 3-D mesoscale atmospheric numerical model. The output from the CWFS will be designed for input into a variety of models that provide direct information for crop management decision-making.
1997-2000 DOD Modeling and Simulation Organization through Phillips Lab USAF-Hanscom AFB Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1806
Project Title :
Development of Methods to Generate High Resolution Climatological Databases to Support DoD Modeling and Simulation Programs Description :
Development of a method for the Air Force Combat Climatology Center (AFCCC) to generate high resolution gridded climate statistics from long-term simulations generated by a mesoscale atmospheric simulation model. The method will be further refined, evaluated and developed as a tool that can be used in a production environment.
1996-1998 Science Applications International Corporation, Inc. (SAIC)
McLean, VA 22102
Project Title :
Implementation of Advanced Atmospheric Simulation Capabilities for ARPA Operations Description :
Provide assistance to SAIC in the implementation of a real-time version of OMEGA atmospheric model at the ARPA operations center and develop methods to incorporate data from high volume remote sensing systems (i.e. satellite, radar) into the OMEGA model initialization procedure. This is a subcontract under a prime contract with the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).
1995-1997 Saint Louis University Office of Research Service
St. Louis, MO 63108-3342
Project Title :
Development of Methods to Generate High Resolution Climatological Databases to Support DoD Modeling and Simulation Programs
Description :
Development of a method to generate high resolution gridded climate statistics from long-term simulations generated by a mesoscale atmospheric simulation model. This is a subcontract under a prime contract the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) of the United States Air Force.
1995-1998 Cornell University Dept of Plant Pathology
NY State Agricultural Experiment Station
Geneva, NY 14853
Project Title :
Hierarchical Weather Information for Cropping Systems: The Grape Model
Description :
Development and operational (i.e. real-time) implementation of a high resolution model of the grape canopy-atmosphere system linked to a 3-D mesoscale atmospheric model for the purpose of providing detailed real-time weather data to a grape disease model. This is a subcontract under a prime contract with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
1995-1996 North Carolina State University Dept of Plant Pathology
Raleigh, NC 27695-8208
Project Title :
Simulation of Tobacco Blue Mold Spore Transport with the MASS Model at the Department of Plant Pathology, NC State University.
Description :
Use of the MASS Model to simulate the transport of tobacco blue mold spore into western North Carolina from various source regions, including the effects of transport over complex terrain.
1995-1996 North Carolina State University Dept of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Science
Raleigh, NC 27695-8208
Project Title :
Maintenance and Enhancement of the MASS Real-time Simulation Capability at the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, NC State University.
Description :
Maintain and upgrade the MASS model on a workstation at the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
1995-1998 Science Applications International Corporation, Inc. (SAIC)
McLean, VA 22102
Project Title :
Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability - Weather.
Description :
Provide support to SAIC in the maintenance and enhancement of the OMEGA modeling system for the needs of the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA). This is a subcontract under SAIC's prime contract with the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA).
1995-1996 SECA, Inc. 3313 Bob Wallace Ave., Suite 202
Huntsville, AL 35805
Project Title :
Heated Cloud Rise Model
Description :
Develop an atmospheric simulation model that can be used to estimate the vertical and horizontal movement of exhaust clouds generated by rocket launches at the Kennedy Space Center and Vandenburgh AFB. This is a subcontract under a Phase II SBIR contract with the United States Air Force.
1994 North Carolina State University Dept of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Science
Raleigh, NC 27695-8208
Project Title :
Implementation of the MASS Real-time Simulation Capability at the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University
Description :
Implement a capability to execute real-time mesoscale atmospheric simulations on a high performance computer workstation at the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences of NC State University with the Mesoscale Atmospheric Simulation System (MASS) version 5.6 software.
1993-1996 University of Barcelona
Center for Supercomputing Barcelona, Spain
Project Title :
MASS Model Installation and Support at the Center for Supercomputing.
Description :
MASS installation and customization on the Cray computer, execution of a sample simulation to verify that the software is working correctly on the Cray system, training of designated University of Barcelona staff members on the use of the software, assistance with the interfacing of the model output with local graphic software, and data support for operational runs.
1993-1994 SECA, Inc. 3313 Bob Wallace Ave., Suite 202
Huntsville, AL 35805
Project Title :
Application of the TASS code to Cloud Rise from Rocket Plumes
Description :
To assist in developing a heated cloud rise model for assessing environmental issues associated with rocket engine/vehicle testing. This is a subcontract under SECA's Phase I SBIR prime contract with the United States Air Force.
1993 Science Applications International Corporation, Inc. (SAIC)
McLean, VA 22102
Project Title :
Database Generations for Mesoscale Simulations of the Midwest Floods of 1993
Description :
The MASS model is to be used to examine the impact of variations in soil moisture on local weather patterns over the central United States during the spring and summer of 1993. The impact of soil moisture variations will be investigated by executing a series of MASS simulations with a climatological soil moisture distribution and an otherwise identical series of simulations which will utilize the best estimate of the actual soil moisture distribution.
1994 National Science Foundation SBIR Program 4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230
Project Title :
Urban Heat Island Modeling for Short Term Electric Load Forecasting
Description :
The major objectives of this Phase I SBIR project were (1) to determine the extent to which a high resolution atmospheric model could accurately simulate urban scale variations in meteorological variables attributable to variations in surface properties (e.g. thermal capacity of the surface materials, albedo, density of vegetation) and (2) to test the hypothesis that this urban-scale meteorological variability has a discernible and significant impact on short-term variations in electric load in a particular metropolitan area.
1994 John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA SBIR Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
Project Title :
A Non-hydrostatic Unstructured Adaptive Grid Thunderstorm Forecast System
Description :
The fundamental objective of this Phase I SBIR project was to demonstrate that there is a significant potential to improve the short-term forecasting of thunderstorm-related phenomena through the use of a non-hydrostatic model with an unstructured adaptive grid system. The unstructured adaptive grid system permits the resolution of the grid to vary in a smooth and continuous fashion so that high resolution (small gird cells) can be employed in the areas with moist convection or other phenomena of interest while low resolution (large grid cells) are used in quiescent areas in order to reduce the number of computations required to produce a simulation.
1992-1995 Science Applications International Corporation, Inc. (SAIC)
McLean, VA 22102
Project Title :
Dispersal Hazards Definition Program.
Description :
Development of the Operational Mesoscale Environment Model with Grid Adaptivity (OMEGA) in conjunction with SAIC for the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) for the purpose of simulating the dispersion of hazardous substances in the atmosphere. A significant innovation incorporated into the design of the modeling system is the use of an unstructured adaptive grid of triangular prisms rather than the customary fixed and structured grid of rectangular boxes used in most atmospheric models.
1992-1993 U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA SBIR Silver Spring, MD 20910
Project Title :
Numerical simulation and analysis of cold-season severe weather events
Description :
Execution and analysis of mesoscale and cloud scale numerical simulations of selected cold season severe weather events to develop a greater understanding of the dynamical processes associated with east coast cold season severe convective events in order to provide higher quality objective guidance to the forecaster.
1990-1993 U.S. Army SBIR Program White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002
Project Title :
A 3-dimensional atmospheric simulation system for use in various mobile battlefield environments- Phase II: Transition to an Operational Forecast System.
Description :
Development, optimization and validation of a minisupercomputer mesoscale simulation system based upon the MASS model.
1990-1993 John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA SBIR Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
Project Title :
Development of a mesoscale statistical thunderstorm prediction system- Phase II.
Description :
Development and validation of a local statistical thunderstorm forecast system based on the output from daily mesoscale simulations from the MASS model and observational predictors.
1989-1991 Science Applications International Corporation, Inc. (SAIC)
McLean, VA 22102
Project Title :
Multiple nuclear cloud prediction methods.
Description :
Scientific support for the development of multiple nuclear cloud prediction methods.
1989-1993 NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA 23665-5225
Project Title :
Cloud scale convective initiated wind shear model
Description :
Apply the TASS cloud model to the problem of better defining hazardous convective scale wind shear events such as convective microbursts.
1989 John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA SBIR Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
Project Title :
Mesoscale statistical thunderstorm prediction system.
Description :
Show the feasibility of a local statistical thunderstorm forecast system based on the output from the MASS model and observational predictors.
Project Title :
The implementation of the MASS and CELSS models to simulate weather systems over the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Description :
Continued modification of the MASS and CELSS (TASS) models for use on an array processor to simulate tropical convective cloud clusters over the South Pacific.
1988-1989 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771
Project Title :
Development of high resolution simulations of the atmospheric environment using the MASS model.
Description :
Simulation of the atmospheric conditions during the Shuttle Challenger disaster with the MASS 4.0 model, as well as implementing improvements in the GMASS (the Goddard Space Flight Center version of the MASS model) boundary layer formulation.
1988-1989 U.S. Army SBIR Program White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002
Project Title :
A 3-dimensional atmospheric simulation system for use in various mobile battlefield environments.
Description :
Development of a version of the MASS model for use on a minisupercomputer.
1987-1991 University Space Research Association
4950 Corporate Dr., Suite 100
Huntsville, AL 35806
Project Title :
Model studies on the role of moist convection as a mechanism for interaction between the mesoscales.
Description :
Simulation studies with the MASS and TASS models of convective meso/cloud scale interactions.
1987-1990 Science Applications International Corporation, Inc. (SAIC)
McLean, VA 22102
Project Title :
Provide technical support for continued TASS code development.
Description :
Nuclear fireball simulation studies with the 3-dimensional TASS model.
Project Title :
Research and development of the MASS and CELSS models over the Kwajalein Atoll Region.
Description :
Development of the MASS and CELSS (TASS) models for use in meeting the operational prediction requirements for military missions in the Kwajalein Atoll region.
Project Title :
A mesoscale numerical weather prediction system for use in shuttle operations.
Description :
Research and test the feasibility of utilizing some of the available satellite, radar,
and surface data sets to initialize the MASS model and test the hypothesis that the
introduction of this information into the model will result in improvements in the
accuracy of the prediction of an observed squall line which produces severe convection
at the Kennedy Space Center.
1987 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771
Project Title :
Analysis of the Mesoscale Atmospheric Simulation System (MASS) for the real-time forecast
support of the genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment (GALE).
Description :
Provide real-time simulations with the MASS model to assist in the field operations of the
GALE project. Use the MASS mesoscale simulations to analyze the physics of the major storm
events which occurred during the field program period.
Project Title :
Mesoscale Acid Deposition Studies (MADS)
Description :
A joint project among MESO, the NASA Langley Research Center, and the EPA. MESO's
numerical models were used to diagnose the meso-beta scale transport of atmospheric
constituents in the vicinity of urban areas for cases in which extensive
field measurements of rain water chemistry were made as part of the MADS field program.
The winds generated by MESO's models were used as input into an atmospheric chemistry
model which was used to understand the measurements made in the field program.
1986-1987 STX Systems Corporation Hampton, VA 23666
Project Title :
Shuttle exhaust cloud numerical analyses.
Description :
Application of the CELSS (TASS) non-hydrostatic cloud model to the simulation of the
diffusion and transport of the space shuttle exhaust cloud.
1986-1990 Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Bolling AFB
Washington, DC 20332-6448
Project Title :
A numerical study of the role of meso-beta and meso-gamma scale vertical exchange
processes in the evolution of upper tropospheric frontal systems.
Description :
Simulation of upper tropospheric frontogenesis with the MASS model and comparison
to profiler wind and temperature data.