Developmental Testbed Center

DTC

  • 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 equivalent 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 Contacts

KUO, Bill - National DTC Director | PH: 303.497.8910 | EMAIL: kuo ucar.edu

DTC Staff

Scientists

BAO, Shaowu - PH: 303.497.3087 or 8945 | EMAIL: Shaowu.Bao@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
FOWLER, Tressa - PH: 303.497.2859 | EMAIL: tressa@ucar.edu
GILLELAND, Eric - PH: 303.497.2849 | EMAIL: ericg@ucar.edu
HARROLD, Michelle - PH: 303.497-.8978 | EMAIL: harrold@ucar.edu
HU, Ming - PH: 303.497.3087 or 2864 | EMAIL: Ming.Hu@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: crosby@ucar.edu
PHILLIPS, Cody — PH: 303.497.2878 | EMAIL: cody@ucar.edu
SHAO, Hui - PH: 301-683-3794 | EMAIL: huishao@ucar.edu
SMITH, Kate - PH: 301-683-8967 | EMAIL: smithkr@ucar.edu
THOMPSON, Greg - PH: 303-497-2805 | EMAIL: gthompsn@ucar.edu
TOLLERUD, Ed - PH: 303.497.6127 or 2864 | EMAIL: Edward.Tollerud@noaa.gov
TOTH, Zoltan - PH: 303.497.5042 | EMAIL: zoltan.toth@noaa.gov
WOLFF, Jamie - PH: 303.497.2812 | EMAIL: jwolff@ucar.edu
XU, Mei - PH: 303-497-8453 | EMAIL: meixu@ucar.edu
ZHOU, Chunhua - PH: 303.497.2860 | EMAIL: chunhua@ucar.edu

Software Engineers

BROWN, Tim - PH: 303.497.5579 | EMAIL: timothy.p.brown@noaa.gov
BULLOCK, Randy - PH: 303.497.8444 | EMAIL: bullock@ucar.edu
CARSON, Laurie - PH: 303.497. 8408 | EMAIL: carson@ucar.edu
GOODRICH, Lisa - PH: 303.497.2866 | EMAIL: lisag @ucar.edu
HALLEY GOTWAY, John - PH: 303.497.2861 | EMAIL: johnhg@ucar.edu
McCASLIN, Paula - PH: 303.497.3187 | EMAIL: Paula.McCaslin@noaa.gov
MIRVIS, Eugene - PH: 301.763.8000 x 7042 | EMAIL: eugene.mirvis@noaa.gov
PRESTOPNIK, Julie - PH: 303.497.8399 | EMAIL: jpresto@ucar.edu
SLOVACEK, Tricia - PH: 303.497.2765 | EMAIL: tricia@ucar.edu
STARK, Don - PH: 303.497.2472 | EMAIL: stark@ucar.edu
WHARTON, Linda - PH: 303.497.7239 | EMAIL: Linda.Wharton@noaa.gov

Administration

MOORE, Rhonda - PH: 303.497.8389 | EMAIL: rhonda@ucar.edu
ZARLINGO, Marybeth - PH: 303.497.2751 | EMAIL: zarlingo@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:
  
Roger Wakimoto, NCAR Fred Lewis, Air Force
John Murphy, NOAA/NWS Sandy MacDonald, 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:
Barbara Brown, NCAR Bill Kuo, DTC Director
Jeffrey Cetola, AFWA Marty Ralph, NOAA/OAR
Bill Lapenta, NOAA/NWS Steve Rugg, AFWA
Joe Klemp, NCAR Fred Toepfer, NOAA/NWS
Zoltan Toth, NOAA/OAR  

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:

Harold Brooks, NSSL
Shu-Hua Chen, UC Davis
Shuyi Chen, U. of Miami
Chris Davis, NCAR/NESL
Geoff DiMego, NCEP/EMC
Jenni Evans, Penn State
S. G. Gopalakrishnan, AOML
Joshua Hacker, Naval Postgraduate School
Evan Kuchera, AFWA
Gary Lackmann, NCSU
David Novak, NCEP/HPC
Carolyn Reynolds, NRL
Mark Stoelinga, 3Tier
Robert J. Trapp, Purdue U.
Jeff Whitaker, NOAA/ESRL

DTC Annual Operating Plan - FY 2011 (pdf file)

DTC Annual Operating Plan - FY 2010 (pdf file)

Contact Us

  • KUO, Bill — National DTC Director | PH: 303.497.8910 | EMAIL: kuoinsert symbolucar.edu
  • NANCE, Louisa — National DTC Assistant Director | PH: 303.497.8921 | EMAIL: nanceinsert symbolucar.edu

Postal Address

P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000

Shipping Address

1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305