Use of NWP for nowcasting convective precipitation: Recent progress and challenges

J Sun, M Xue, JW Wilson, I Zawadzki… - Bulletin of the …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
Traditionally, the nowcasting of precipitation was conducted to a large extent by means of
extrapolation of observations, especially of radar ref lectivity. In recent years, the blending of …

A review of machine learning for convective weather

A McGovern, RJ Chase, M Flora… - … Intelligence for the …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
We present an overview of recent work on using artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning
(ML) techniques for forecasting convective weather and its associated hazards, including …

Deep learning on three-dimensional multiscale data for next-hour tornado prediction

R Lagerquist, A McGovern, CR Homeyer… - Monthly Weather …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
This paper describes the development of convolutional neural networks (CNN), a type of
deep-learning method, to predict next-hour tornado occurrence. Predictors are a storm …

The influence of environmental low-level shear and cold pools on tornadogenesis: Insights from idealized simulations

PM Markowski, YP Richardson - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
Idealized, dry simulations are used to investigate the roles of environmental vertical wind
shear and baroclinic vorticity generation in the development of near-surface vortices in …

A deep learning network for cloud-to-ground lightning nowcasting with multisource data

K Zhou, Y Zheng, W Dong… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Precise and timely lightning nowcasting is still a great challenge for meteorologists. In this
study, a new semantic segmentation deep learning network for cloud-to-ground (CG) …

Leveraging modern artificial intelligence for remote sensing and NWP: Benefits and challenges

SA Boukabara, V Krasnopolsky… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques have had significant recent successes in multiple fields.
These fields and the fields of satellite remote sensing and NWP share the same fundamental …

Storm-scale data assimilation and ensemble forecasting with the NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System. Part I: Radar data experiments

DM Wheatley, KH Knopfmeier, TA Jones… - Weather and …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
This first part of a two-part study on storm-scale radar and satellite data assimilation provides
an overview of a multicase study conducted as part of the NOAA Warn-on-Forecast (WoF) …

Object-based verification of a prototype Warn-on-Forecast system

PS Skinner, DM Wheatley… - Weather and …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
An object-based verification methodology for the NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast
System for ensembles (NEWS-e) has been developed and applied to 32 cases between …

Assimilation of GOES-16 Radiances and Retrievals into the Warn-on-Forecast System

TA Jones, P Skinner, N Yussouf… - Monthly Weather …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
The increasing maturity of the Warn-on-Forecast System (WoFS) coupled with the now
operational GOES-16 satellite allows for the first time a comprehensive analysis of the …

Storm-scale data assimilation and ensemble forecasting with the NSSL experimental Warn-on-Forecast system. Part II: Combined radar and satellite data experiments

TA Jones, K Knopfmeier, D Wheatley… - Weather and …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
This research represents the second part of a two-part series describing the development of
a prototype ensemble data assimilation system for the Warn-on-Forecast (WoF) project …