Current Status and Future Directions in the Use of High-Resolution Atmospheric Models for Support of T&E

摘要

Right from the beginning of the computer age, high performance computers have been dedicated to weather research and forecasting. ATEC and the National Center for Atmospheric Research have partnered on the development of one of the highest-resolution operational weather-prediction systems in the world, ATEC 4DWX. Weather models need to be closely coupled to special- applications models - transport and diffusion, parachute drift, sound propagation. The mobile version is used to support special missions that are not covered by stationary range weather-modeling systems such as WSMR support of missile launches in Hawaii. Global Climatological Analysis Tool is run for decades-long historical period to 'downscale' available global climatological analyses. The resulting high-resolution climatology of winds, temperature, etc. can be used for long range test planning. National Ground Intelligence Center now uses this system operationally; it will soon be deployed to ATEC ranges. The ATEC 4DWX model is being coupled to building-aware urban models.