Developmental Testbed Center
- About DTC
- Goals
- Organization
- Governance
- Planning and Reporting
- Contact
DTC is a distributed facility where the NWP community can test and evaluate new models and techniques for use in research and operations.
Fundamental Purpose of DTC
To serve as a bridge between research and operations to facilitate the activities of both halves of the NWP Community in pursuit of their own objectives:
- Research community gets a functionally similar operational environment to test and evaluate new NWP methods in retrospective extended period tests using advanced tools
- Operational community benefits from DTC testing and evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of new NWP advances prior to consideration for operational implementation
DTC's Goals are to:
- Link Research and Operational Communities
- Speed transition of research results into operations
- Accelerate improvement in weather forecasts
- Develop and test promising new NWP techniques
- Provide an opportunity for NWP community to perform cycled or real-time tests of model and data assimilation systems
Basic Structure of the DTC
Primary Contact
- Kuo, Bill | ph: 303.497.8910 | email: kuo@ucar.edu
DTC Contacts
Scientists
- Alcott, Trevor | ph: 303.497.6291 | email: trevor.alcott@noaa.gov
- Beck, Jeff | ph: 303.497.3278 | email: Jeff.Beck@noaa.gov
- Bernardet, Ligia | ph: 303.497.4315 | email: Ligia.Bernardet@noaa.gov
- Biswas, Mrinal | ph: 303.497.2754 | email: biswas@ucar.edu
- Brown, Barbara | ph: 303.497.8468 | email: bgb@ucar.edu
- Cobb, Susan | ph: 303.497.5093 | email: susan.cobb@noaa.gov
- Dudhia, Jimy | ph: 303.497.8950 | email: dudhia@ucar.edu
- Firl, Grant | ph: 303.497.2872 | email: grantf@ucar.edu
- Fossell, Kate | ph: 303.497.8967 | email: fossell@ucar.edu
- Fowler, Tressa | ph: 303.497.2859 | email: tressa@ucar.edu
- Gilleland, Eric | ph: 303.497.2849 | email: ericg@ucar.edu
- Hacker, Josh | ph: 303.497.2870 | email: hacker@ucar.edu
- Harrold, Michelle | ph: 303.497.8978 | email: harrold@ucar.edu
- Hertneky, Tracy | ph: 303.497.2635 | email: temerson@ucar.edu
- Holland, Marika | ph: 303.497.1734 | email: mholland@ucar.edu
- Hu, Ming | ph: 303.497.3087 | ph: 303.497.2864 | email: Ming.Hu@noaa.gov
- Jankov, Isidora | ph: 303.497.4919 | email: Isidora.Jankov@noaa.gov
- Jensen, Tara | ph: 303.497.8479 | email: jensen@ucar.edu
- Jiang, Hongli | ph: 303.497.4790 | email: Hongli.Jiang@noaa.gov
- Nance, Louisa | ph: 303.497.8921 | email: nance@ucar.edu
- Newman, Kathryn | ph: 303.497.2741 | email: knewman@ucar.edu
- Shao, Hui | ph: 301.683.3794 | email: huishao@ucar.edu
- Sun, Shan | ph: 303.497.6590 | email: shan.sun@noaa.gov
- Thompson, Greg | ph: 303.497.2805 | email: gthompsn@ucar.edu
- Wang, Wei | ph: 303.497.8919 | email: weiwang@ucar.edu
- Wolff, Jamie | ph: 303.497.2812 | email: jwolff@ucar.edu
- Zhang, Man | ph: 303.497.4867 | email: man.zhang@noaa.gov
- Zhou, Chunhua | ph: 303.497.2860 | email: chunhua@ucar.edu
Software Engineers
- Bullock, Randy | ph: 303.497.8444 | email: bullock@ucar.edu
- Burek, Tatiana | ph: 303.497.1824 | email: tatiana@ucar.edu
- Carson, Laurie | ph: 303.497. 8408 | email: carson@ucar.edu
- Frimel, Jim | ph: 303.497.7249 | email: James.T.Frimel@noaa.gov
- Gill, Dave | ph: 303.497.8162 | email: gill@ucar.edu
- Halley Gotway, John | ph: 303.497.2861 | email: johnhg@ucar.edu
- Henderson, Judy | ph: 303.497.6940 | email: Judy.K.Henderson@noaa.gov
- McCaslin, Paula | ph: 303.497.3187 | email: Paula.McCaslin@noaa.gov
- Prestopnik, Julie | ph: 303.497.8399 | email: jpresto@ucar.edu
- Stark, Don | ph: 303.497.2472 | email: stark@ucar.edu
- Strong, Bonny | ph: 303.497.3936 | email: bonny.strong@noaa.gov
- Zhang, Xin | ph: 303.497.4061 | email: Xin.L.Zhang@noaa.gov
Administration
- Moore, Rhonda | ph: 303.497.8389 | email: rhonda@ucar.edu
DTC Charter
The responsibilities for the operation of the DTC are described in the DTC Charter. The DTC management plan is based on a hierarchical structure of boards and committees whose members represent the interests of the NWP community.
DTC Executive Committee
The DTC EC, which is composed of representatives from both the research and operational units of the modeling community, provides executive oversight for the DTC.
Executive Committee: |
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Jim Hurrell, NCAR | Ralph Stoffler, Air Force |
Bill Lapenta, NOAA/NWS | Kevin Kelleher, NOAA/OAR |
DTC Management Board
The DTC Management Board assists the DTC Director in preparing the AOP, annual budget, the selection of codes for testing, and proposals for multi-year code testing and evaluation projects.
Management Board:
DTC
Bill Kuo, DTC DirectorNOAA
Tom Hamill, OARStan Benjamin, OAR
Fred Toepfer, NWS
Michael Farrar, NWS
NCAR
Josh HackerJoe Klemp
Air Force
Michael GremillionJohn Zapotocny
DTC Advisory Board
The DTC Science Advisory Board assists the DTC Director in shaping the strategic direction and objectives for the DTC.
Science Advisory Board:
Brad Colman, Climate Corporation
Adam Clark, NSSL
Kristen Corbosiero, SUNY-Albany
Geoff DiMego, NCEP/EMC
Jenni Evans, Penn State
Rob Fovell, SUNY-Albany
Kathy Gilbert, NCEP/WPC
David Gochis, NCAR
Kayo Ide, University of Maryland
Kelly Mahoney, CIRES
Sharanya Majumdar, University of Miami
Russ Schumacher, CSU
David Vollmer, USAF Academy
Zhuo Wang, University of Illinois
Tim Whitcomb, NRL
Annual Operating Plans
- DTC Annual Operating Plan - 2016 (pdf file)
- DTC Annual Operating Plan - 2015 (pdf file)
- DTC Annual Operating Plan - 2014 (pdf file)
- DTC Annual Operating Plan - 2013 (pdf file)
- DTC Annual Operating Plan - 2012 (pdf file)
- DTC Annual Operating Plan - 2011 (pdf file)
- DTC Annual Operating Plan - 2010 (pdf file)
Annual Reports
- DTC Annual Operating Plan 2015 - Annual Report (pdf file)
- DTC Annual Operating Plan 2014 - Annual Report (pdf file)
Science Advisory Board Reports
- September 2014 (pdf file)
- September 2013 (pdf file)
Contact Us
- KUO, Bill — National DTC Director | PH: 303.497.8910 | EMAIL: kuoucar.edu
- NANCE, Louisa — National DTC Assistant Director | PH: 303.497.8921 | EMAIL: nanceucar.edu
Postal Address
P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000
Shipping Address
1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305