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Tracy L. Smith authored and/or contributed to the following articles/publications.
MESONET Wind Quality Monitoring Allowing Assimilation in the RUC AND Other NCEP Models
The Rapid Update Cycle (RUC, Benjamin et al. 2004a,b), covering 2/3 of North America, continues to be the only 1-h (hourly updating) assimilation and mesoscale forecast cycle in the world running as part of an operational numerical prediction center (US National Centers for Environmental Prediction - NCEP). RUC prediction grids are used heavily ...
From the Radar-Enhanced RUC to the WRF-Based Rapid Refresh
The Rapid Update Cycle (RUC, Benjamin et al. 2004a,b), covering 2/3 of North America, continues to be the only 1-h (hourly updating) assimilation and mesoscale forecast cycle in the world running as part of an operational numerical prediction center (US National Centers for Environmental Prediction - NCEP). RUC prediction grids are used heavily ...
Impact of TAMDAR on the RUC model: A look into some of the statistics
Impact of TAMDAR on RUC forecasts: Case studies
The amount and distribution of moisture in the lower troposphere is critical for many weather forecasts. However, accurate measurements of point observations of moisture above the surface are generally available only twice per day at widely spaced upper air rawinsonde sites (hereafter, RAOBs). Wind and temperature data from aircraft, known as AM...
Since 1994, the NOAA Research-Forecast Systems Laboratory (NOAA/FSL) has been evaluating the utility of ground-based Global Positioning System (GPS) remote sensing techniques for operational weather forecasting, climate monitoring, atmospheric research, and other applications such as satellite calibration and validation. Techniques ...
An hourly assimilation-forecast cycle: The RUC
The Rapid Update Cycle ( RUC), an operational regional analysis - forecast system among the suite of models at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), is distinctive in two primary aspects: its hourly assimilation cycle and its use of a hybrid isentropic - sigma vertical coordinate. The use of a quasi-isentropic coor...
APPLICATION OF THE RAPID UPDATE CYCLE AT 10-13 KM â?? INITIAL TESTING
A NEW COMPOSITE OBSERVING SYSTEM STRATEGY FOR GROUND-BASED GPS METEOROLOGY
Forecasting areas of convective weather threat using the RUC-2
Institution Forecast Systems Laboratory - FSL
A North American Hourly Assimilation and Model Forecast Cycle: The Rapid Refresh
The Rapid Refresh (RAP), an hourly-updated assimilation and model forecast system, replaced the Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) as an operational regional analysis and forecast system among the suite of models at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) in 2012. The need for an effective hourly-updated assimilation and modeling sys...
Institution National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA
The 13-km Rapid Refresh (RAP) and 3-km convective-allowing High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) are hourly updating weather forecast models that use a specially configured version of the Advanced Research WRF (ARW) model and assimilate many novel and most conventional observation types on an hourly basis using Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation...
Institution National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA