Facilitating Environmental Investigations Employing a Single Column Model

Clouds hang in the air over a mountainous landscape
Project Type
Date
April 2022
Research Themes
A research team is creating a feasible, less-daunting modeling system to study the impacts of anticipating environmental changes on coastal, terrestrial, watershed, and weather systems.

Anticipated changes in coastal, terrestrial, watershed, and weather systems are often investigated by employing multi-scale numerical models of the Earth system. However, the execution of such models and interpretation of results are daunting and at times only feasible using supercomputers. We propose to (1) develop both a single-column model (SCM) and a data assimilation system to simulate processes in soil-atmosphere environments using parameterized physics, including air chemistry, clouds, turbulence, and radiative transfer, (2) create a contemporary graphical user interface and data visualization tools to allow model users to execute and analyze simulations, and (3) forge meaningful collaborations with colleagues at minority-serving institutions.

Resulting Funding

Researchers

Wei Peng

Wei Peng
Assistant Professor of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; Former Penn State researcher

Xiaowen Li

Xiaowen Li
Senior Research Scientist, Morgan State University

Belay B. Demoz

Belay B. Demoz
Director of the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Sen Chiao

Sen Chiao
Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies, Howard University

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