Capabilities

Because NEMS is currently in development, there are many capabilites and components planned for the NEMS infrastructure. This page provides a reference to those planned capabilities, including ones that are currently implemented, under construction, or will be included in the future.

Components and Capabilites of the NEMS Infrastructure

Configuration control
- Domain
- Resolution (horizontal, vertical)
- Standardized fixed field generation (WPS - topography, land use, etc.)
- Tracer definition
Observations ingest, formatting, QC, etc libraries
Nesting (static and moving, telescoping, 1-way, 2-way)
Concurrent ensemble execution (single executable, multiple members)
Data assimilation (3D-var and advanced techniques)
In-core updating for analysis increments and boundary conditions
Model dynamics and physics including:
- Atmosphere
- Ocean
- Land surface and hydrology
- Air quality and trace gases
Post-processor and product generator
Standard operational verification
Documentation for operational and research users

Operational Models

All of the secondary bulleted items will be included in operational NEMS.

Global Forecast System
- GFS
Global Ensemble (GENS, NAEFS)
- GFS
- FIM
North American (NAM), nested apps (Fire Weather...)
- NMM
Short-range Ensemble (SREF)
- NMM
- ARW
- Physics diversity
High Resolution Window (HRW)
- NMM
- ARW
Rapid Refresh (RR) Ensemble
- ARW dynamics + GSD physics
- NMM dynamics + NCEP physics
Air Quality (AQ)
- CMAQ
Land Surface & Hydrology (LIS)
- Noah & LIS
Hurricane (HUR)
- NMM for hurricanes
- HYCOM + Wavewatch
Ocean, waves and Seasonal Climate Forecast (CFS)
- GFS for climate
- MOM4
- HYCOM-Wavewatch

Modeling Research

Global and regional
Institutionally supported components
- Atmosphere
  - GFS (NCEP)
  - NOGAPS (Navy)
  - FV (NASA, GFDL)
  - NMM (NCEP)
  - ARW (ESRL, NCAR, AFWA)
  - COAMPS (Navy)
  - FIM (ESRL)
  - FISL (NCEP)
- Ocean
  - MOM4 (GFDL)
  - HYCOM (NCEP, Navy)
- Waves
  - Wavewatch 3
- Land surface and hydrology
  - Noah (NCEP) & LIS (GSFC)
  - VIC (Princeton, U. Wash)
  - MOSAIC (NASA)
  - Sacramento (OHD)
  - Smirnova LSM (ESRL)
- Air quality and trace gases
  - CMAQ (EPA, ARL)
  - WRF-CHEM
  - GOCART (NASA)
  - NAAPS (Navy)

Under construction

Will include in future

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