Transforming National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Water Prediction: The New National Water Model

Graziano et al explore on how NOAA has begun a transformation of its operational water prediction capabilities, in response to growing stakeholder demands for enhanced and integrated water resources forecasts and services. Recent engagements with water resources stakeholders across the United States...

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Published in:Water resources impact 2018-01, Vol.20 (1), p.8-9
Main Authors: Graziano, Thomas, Cosgrove, Brian, Salas, Fernando R., Clark, Edward P., Flowers, Trey
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate change
Data processing
Drought
FEATURE ARTICLES
Fluid dynamics
Hydrologic data
Mathematical models
Physical simulation
Water availability
Water quality
Water resources
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Summary:Graziano et al explore on how NOAA has begun a transformation of its operational water prediction capabilities, in response to growing stakeholder demands for enhanced and integrated water resources forecasts and services. Recent engagements with water resources stakeholders across the United States revealed the need for consistent, high space and time resolution, integrated water analyses, predictions and data to address critical unmet information and service gaps related to floods, droughts, water quality, water availability and climate change. NOAA implemented version 1.0 of a new National Water Model (NWM), an evolution of the WRF-Hydro architecture developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and its international collaborator community.
ISSN:1522-3175
2573-2900