Overview of Navy’s Ionospheric/Thermospheric DA
I will give an overview on the development of the ionospheric data assimilation systems of PyIRI-JEDI and the Navy’s NRLSAMI-JEDI. As well as the development of the thermospheric data assimilation system of NEPTUNE-HA with JEDI-LETKF. The talk will focus on the current independent/uncoupled development as well as the future coupled thermospheric-ionospheric DA system.
Authors:
NRL: David Kuhl, Doug Allen, Pete Caffrey, Victoriya Forsyth, John Haiducek, Dan Hodyss, Karl Hoppel, Clayton Cantrall, Sarah McDonald, Jennifer Tate, Kate Zawdie, Dan Tyndall, Brian Blaylock, Liz Satterfield, Sarah King
JEDI: Hui Shao, Ben Ruston, Lindsey Hayden, Francois Hebert
Aerospace Engineering master’s degree from Virginia Tech in 2001, Atmospheric Science Ph.D. from University of Maryland College park in 2009 under Dr. Szunyogh and Dr. Kalany with a dissertation on data assimilation of trace gas retrievals in NOAA’s GFS with an LETKF. From there he went to the Naval Research Lab in DC in 2010 where he’s worked improving the tropospheric to thermospheric data assimilation within the Navy’s various global operational NWP models. Currently he is PI of two major projects one with the development of an operational assimilation system for the thermosphere and ionosphere the other with improving the weather and aerosol forecasts of the operational mesospheric ESPC atmospheric model for Air Force hypersonic testing.