DTC Overview and AOP 2010

1. DTC Overview and AOP 2010 Bill Kuo

2. Outlines • The DTC Management Structure • The expected outcome of the DTC Management Board (MB) meeting • DTC 2009 budget and major accomplishments • DTC 2010 AOP process and budget allocation • Planning for DTC 2011 AOP • DTC Scientific Advisory Board • Feedback and interaction with DTC Executive Committee

3. Fundamental Purpose of DTC • To serve as a bridge between research and operations to facilitate the activities of both halves of the NWP Community • Research: functionally equivalent operational environment to test and evaluate new NWP methods over extended retrospective periods • Operational: benefits from DTC T & E of strengths and weaknesses of new NWP advances prior to consideration for operational implementation New Science and Technology Research Community DTC NCAR/RALNOAA/ESRL Operational Community DTC Operational Codes

4. DTC Management Structure* 8-Member WRF Executive Oversight Board (existing) AFWA NCAR NCEP OAR ARL FAA NRL OON ARL DTC Executive Committee AFWA NCAR NWS OAR (EC provides agency oversight and policy guidance, and sets high-level priorities.) DTC Director Management Board (Director + Deputy Dirs. + Agency Representatives) External Community Science Advisory Board *Blue indicates structure established by the DTC Charter

5. Management Structure • Day-by-Day Management by DTC Director (Bill Kuo), Deputy Directors (Steve Koch, OAR; Barb Brown, NCAR) and Louisa Nance (Assistant Director) • Priorities set by funding agencies with guidance from Science Advisory Board

6. DTC Executive Committee • DTC is governed by the DTC Charter. • DTC Charter was signed on 15th September 2009. • According to the DTC Charter, Executive Committee (EC) has the oversight authority over DTC. • The DTC EC consists of: • NWS: Don Berchoff (OST), Louis Uccellini* (NCEP) • OAR: Sandy MacDonald (OAR, ESRL) • AFWA: Fred Lewis, John Murphy* • NCAR: Roger Wakimoto, Greg Holland (NESL)* • DTC budget and annual operational plan need to be approved by the DTC EC. *Light blue indicates non-voting members

7. DTC DEPUTY DIRECTOR(S) AND MANAGEMENT BOARD In addition to the DTC Director, each of the Parties may appoint a Deputy Director who will assist the DTC Director with internal management of the DTC. The DTC Director, Deputy Director(s) and an additional member appointed by each of the signatories, will constitute the DTC Management Board. The Management Board will assist the DTC Director in preparing the AOP, the annual budget, the selection of codes for testing and proposals for multi-year code testing and evaluation projects. Management issues unresolved by the Management Board can be elevated to the DTC EC for resolution. The Management Board will meet regularly in person, by telecom or by e-mail to chart the direction of the WRF DTC, agree on operational priorities and assign tasks to staff in accordance with the policy of the DTC EC and subject to availability of funds. They also will recommend funding decisions to the Director on proposals received in response to announcements of opportunity for the DTC visitor program (see section 3.D). A quorum, defined as the Director plus at least one representative from each of the signatories, is required for the Management Board to conduct business.

8. DTC Management Board • DTC Management Board consists of: • Bill Kuo, DTC Director • OAR: Steve Koch*, Marty Ralph • NWS: Bill Lapenta*, Fred Toepfer • NCAR: Barb Brown*, Joe Klemp • AFWA: Steve Rugg*, Jeff Cotela * indicates Deputy Directors

9. DTC is managed by tasks DTC Management Team: Bill Kuo Steve Koch Barbara Brown Louisa Nance DTC will be managed in terms of tasks. Each task has a task lead, who is responsible for developing the work plan and ensuring the successful execution of the task. Most tasks are collaborative efforts between staff members of NCAR/JNT and ESRL/GSD. Members of the DTC management team will provide oversight for the various tasks.

10. Expected outcome of the MB meeting • Review and feedback on DTC AOP 2010 and budget allocation: • Are the proposed tasks for DTC appropriate and consistent with agency expectation? • Are the budget allocations adequate and consistent with the expected accomplishments? • Suggestions for the revision of DTC Charter • Propose the DTC Science Advisory Board • Guidance on DTC AOP 2011 • Guidance on DTC future directions • Decide on how DTC MB operate

11. DTC Annual Operating Plan - 09 • WRF (NMM) + WPP community support (Jamie Wolff) • Reference Configurations implementation (Jamie Wolff) • WRF Rapid Refresh vertical level T&E (Jamie Wolff) • MET support and development (Tressa Fowler) • GSI community support (Hans Huang) • HWRF community support (LigiaBernardet) • HMT-DTC: verification of precipitation forecast, ensemble prediction and verification (Ed Tollerud) • HWT-DTC: Evaluation of cloud-resolving model predictions (Tara Jensen) • NAM-GFS precipitation forecast comparison (Jamie Wolff) • Mesoscale ensemble workshop (Bill Kuo) • Publication of core test results (Louisa Nance, LigiaBernardet) • Visitor program (Louisa Nance) • High-Resolution Hurricane Test (LigiaBernardet, Louisa Nance) Most tasks are collaborative efforts between GSD and NCAR staff, parenthesis shows the task lead or co-leads.

12. Major Accomplishments for FY 2009 • I should present highlights from the DY2009, to show DTC’s accomplishments

13. Proposed Activities for FY 2010 • High level information – don’t get down too far into the details

14. DTC FY2010 Budget Allocation • I should present the allocation of FY2010 budgets for various tasks

15. Anticipated Major Accomplishments for FY 2010 • Once again – limit to no more than 3 for each area