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Tanya L. Otte
AMAD Staff
Education:
- M.S., Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, 1994
- B.S., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Minor: Mathematics, Rutgers University, 1991
Professional Experience:
2008 - Present: Physical Scientist, USEPA/ORD/NERL/AMAD/AMB, Research Triangle Park, NC
1998 - 2008: Meteorologist, NOAA Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division (in partnership with USEPA/NERL), Research Triangle Park, NC
1995 - 1998: (Supervisory) Meteorologist, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt Air Force Base, NE
Awards:
- U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal, 2005
- Community Modeling and Analysis System Award of Appreciation, 2005
- U.S. EPA Bronze Medal, 1999
- U.S. Air Force Commendation, 1998
- Outstanding Leadership Award, 1998
- U.S. Air Force Notable Achievement Award, 1998
- U.S. Air Force Merewether Award, 1997 (most significant technical contribution to weather support mission)
- Air Weather Service Civilian of the Year, 1996
- Air Force Global Weather Central Civilian of the Year, 1996
- U.S. Air Force Notable Achievement Award, 1995
Publications:
Otte, T. L., 2008: The impact of nudging in the meteorological model for retrospective air quality simulations. Part I: Evaluation against national observation networks. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47, 1853‑1867.
Otte, T. L., 2008: The impact of nudging in the meteorological model for retrospective air quality simulations. Part II: Evaluating collocated meteorological and air quality observations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47, 1868‑1887.
Pleim, J. E., J. O. Young, D. Wong, R. C. Gilliam, T. L. Otte, and R. Mathur, 2008: Two-way coupled meteorology and air quality modeling. Chapter 2, Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XIX. Springer, New York, NY, 235‑242.
Tang, Y., P. Lee, M. Tsidulko, H.-C. Huang, J. T. McQueen, G. J. DiMego, L. K. Emmons, R. B. Pierce, A. M. Thompson, H.-M. Lin, D. Kang, D. Tong, S. Yu, R. Mathur, J. E. Pleim, T. L. Otte, G. Pouliot, J. O. Young, K. L. Schere, P. M. Davidson, and I. Stajner, 2008: The impact of chemical lateral boundary conditions on CMAQ predictions of tropospheric ozone over the continental United States. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, doi:10.1007/s10652-008-9092-5.
Yu, S., R. Mathur, K. Schere, D. Kang, J. Pleim, and T. L. Otte, 2007: A comprehensive evaluation of the Eta-CMAQ forecast model performance for O3, its related precursors, and meteorological parameters during the 2004 ICARTT study. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D12S14, doi:10.1029/2006JD007715.
Isakov, V., A. Venkatram, J. Touma, D. Koračin, and T. L. Otte, 2007: Evaluating the use of outputs from comprehensive meteorological models in air quality modeling applications. Atmospheric Environment, 41, 1689–1705.
Otte, T. L., G. Pouliot, J. E. Pleim, J. O. Young, K. L. Schere, D. C. Wong, P. C. S. Lee, M. Tsidulko, J. T. McQueen, P. Davidson, R. Mathur, H.-Y. Chuang, G. DiMego, and N. L. Seaman, 2005: Linking the Eta Model with the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System to build a national air quality forecasting system. Weather and Forecasting, 20, 367–384.
Otte, T. L . , A. Lacser, S. Dupont, and J. K. S. Ching, 2004. Implementation of an urban canopy parameterization in a mesoscale meteorological model. Journal of Applied Meteorology,43, 1648-1665.
Dupont, S ., T. L. Otte, and J. K. S. Ching, 2004: Simulation of meteorological fields within and above urban and rural canopies with a mesoscale model (MM5). Boundary-Layer Meteorology,113, 111-158.
Schwede, D. B., S. K. LeDuc, and T. L. Otte, 2001: Using meteorological model output as a surrogate for on-site observations to predict deposition velocity. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus, 1, 59-66.
Pleim, J. E., A. Xiu, P. L. Finkelstein, and T. L. Otte, 2001: A coupled land-surface and dry deposition model and comparison to field measurements of surface heat, moisture, and ozone fluxes. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus, 1, 243-252.
Otte, T. L ., N. L. Seaman, and D. R. Stauffer, 2001: A heuristic study on the importance of anisotropic error distributions in data assimilation. Monthly Weather Review, 129, 766-783.
Otte, T. L ., 1999: Using MM5 version 2 with Models-3/CMAQ: A user's guide and tutorial. EPA-600/R-99/065, July 1999, 46 pp.
Otte, T. L. , 1999: Developing meteorological fields. Science Algorithms of the EPA Models-3 Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System. D. W. Byun and J. K. S. Ching, Eds. EPA-600/R-99/030, March 1999, 3-1 – 3-17.
Presentations:
Otte, T. L., 2008: A Nudging Strategy for Mesobeta-Scale WRF Simulations Suitable for Retrospective Air Quality Modeling: Preliminary Results. Joint Session of the 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA and 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, 88th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Otte, T. L., 2008: The impact of nudging in the meteorological model for retrospective air quality simulations. Joint Session of the 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA and 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, 88th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Otte, T. L., and R. C. Gilliam, 2007: A nudging strategy for mesobeta-scale WRF simulations suitable for retrospective air quality modeling: Preliminary results. 6th Annual CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.
Otte, T. L., 2007: The impact of nudging in the meteorological model for retrospective CMAQ simulations. 7th Annual Ad-Hoc Meteorological Modeling Meeting, Boulder, CO.
Deng, A., D. R. Stauffer, J. Dudhia, T. Otte, and G. K. Hunter, 2007: Update on analysis nudging FDDA in WRF-ARW. 8th WRF Users’ Workshop, Boulder, CO.
Otte, T. L., L. J. Reynolds, A. Huffman, T. E. Pierce, and R. R. Draxler, 2007: On the use of observations from a dense mesonet to improve short-term, high-resolution mesoscale model forecasts. AMS 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, San Antonio, TX.
Narrative:
I specialize in numerical weather prediction and applications of meteorological modeling for air quality modeling research, particularly at the regional and local scales. My research has included developing and applying data assimilation techniques for mesoscale meteorological models, developing an urban canopy parameterization for mesogamma-scale meteorological modeling, and developing a key component of the NOAA-EPA National Air Quality Forecasting (AQF) System. After more than 15 years of experience with them, I am considered a resident expert on the PSU/NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5) and the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model, two international community-based meteorological models that are widely used for air quality applications. I am a member of the team that developed a data assimilation capability for WRF, and I lead an internal workgroup that focuses on meteorological modeling development and application as related to air quality modeling. I am the primary developer of the Meteorology-Chemistry Interface Processor (MCIP), a preprocessor to the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system. I am also a key member of the team that is developing a two-way coupled version of WRF and CMAQ. My future research activities will involve applications for global and climatic impacts on air quality and ecosystems, further development and application of WRF, refinements to MCIP, and other meteorological modeling activities.