Future LAPS Analysis Work

  • Surface Obs QC

    • Operational use of Kalman Filter (with time-space conversion)

    • Handling of surface stations with known bias

  • Additional background models (e.g. AWIPS grids including Hi-res Eta)

  • Improved use of radar data (for AWIPS)

    • Multiple radars

    • Wide-band full volume scans

    • Use of Doppler velocities

  • Obtain observation increments just outside of domain

  • Add SST to Surface analyses

  • Stability indices

    • Wet Bulb Zero, K, Total Totals, Showalter, LCL (for AWIPS)

    • LI/CAPE/CIN with different parcels in boundary layer

    • New (SPC) method for computing storm motions feeding to helicity determination

  • More flexible vertical coordinate?

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