Sea Ice Modeling Collaboration Team
Project Overview
Advancing cross-OAR and NOAA-wide sea ice modeling activities through Communication, Coordination and Collaboration
Communication
Monthly telecons are held to share information across OAR's various modeling capabilities and to understand how the various (PSL, GFDL, GLERL, GSL, PMEL) OAR prediction systems can collectively be responsive to NOAA’s cross-line office and community sea ice prediction needs.
Coordination
We will review the current capabilities; discuss integrated modeling approaches; share insight on challenges, products, best practices, etc.
Collaboration
- We aim to define the specifics of cross-over sea ice forecasting needs from other NOAA LOs (e.g., Ocean, Fisheries/Ecosystems, Weather Service) and discuss modeling solutions that could address them
- We will share modeling experiences to better understand transition successes (and challenges) of research products to Arctic sea ice operational prediction, as well as, process-level evaluation/diagnostics tools of models and forecasts to support UFS development
- We will convene a Collaboration Workshop to be held in Boulder, CO April 25-27, 2023. Details to follow. Workshop outcomes could include:
- Prioritized approaches for intra-OAR and cross-NOAA sea ice modeling collaborations (extending from the Sea Ice Workshop 2021 report)
- Recommendations on prioritized and targeted model development projects (e.g., parameterizations, formulations; new/improved websites for coordinated sea ice forecast products; recommendations report; Value-tree mapping analysis across timescales, etc.)
- Transition opportunities/barriers