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Steve C. Albers authored and/or contributed to the following articles/publications.
The Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS) is modified to ingest Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) data for cloud analysis. A first study is conducted to test the actual performance of the weather analysis software after new satellite bands are introduced. Results show that the system provides high quality cloud products such as cloud mask, ...
Convective storm nowcasting using the Space-Time Meso Analysis System
The detection of narrow zones of low-level convergence (or boundaries) critically important for thunderstorm initiation, development and evolution are primary objectives of automated nowcasting systems. The Space-Time Meso Analysis System (STMAS) has been developed at the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory to take full advantage of the nearly...
Improvement of LAPS wind analysis by including background error statistics
The NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory’s Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS) has been ported and used in many numerical weather forecast centers around the world. LAPS is a mesoscale meteorological data assimilation tool that employs a suite of observations to generate a realistic, spatially distributed, time-evolving, threedimensiona...
Comparing Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS) assimilations with independent observations
Meteorological forcing data are necessary to drive many of the spatial models used to simulate atmospheric, biological, and hydrological processes. Unfortunately, many domains lack sufficient meteorological data and available point observations are not always suitable or reliable for landscape or regional applications. NOAA's Local An...
Nowcasting applications of the Space-Time Mesoscale Analysis System
A NEW APPROACH FOR MESOSCALE SURFACE ANALYSIS: THE SPACE-TIME MESOSCALE ANALYSIS SYSTEM (STMAS)
Solar radiation is the ultimate source of energy flowing through the atmosphere; it fuels all atmospheric motions. The visible-wavelength range of solar radiation represents a significant contribution to the earth's energy budget, and visible light is a vital indicator for the composition and thermodynamic processes of the atmosphere from the sm...
Institution National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA
The accurate and timely depiction of the state of the atmosphere on multiple scales is critical to enhance forecaster situational awareness and to initialize very short-range numerical forecasts in support of nowcasting activities. The Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS) of the Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)/Global Systems Divis...
Institution National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA
Thermodynamic and liquid profiling during the 2010 Winter Olympics
Tropospheric observations by a microwave profiling radiometer and six-hour radiosondes were obtained during the Alpine Venue of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games at Whistler, British Columbia, by Environment Canada. The radiometer provided continuous temperature, humidity and liquid (water) profiles during all weather conditions including rain, slee...
Institutions National Center for Atmospheric Research - NCAR National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA
Ground-based microwave radiometer profilers in the 20-60-GHz range operate continuously at numerous sites in different climate regions. Recent work suggests that a 1-D variational (1-DVAR) technique, coupling radiometric observations with outputs from a numerical weather prediction model, may outperform traditional retrieval methods for temperat...