Kate Howard NCEP/EMC Global Climate & Weather Modeling Branch IMSG Research Meterologist Email: Kate.Howard@noaa.gov Phone: 301-683-3714 Resume: download here B.S. Atmospheric Science 2006 Certificate in GIS 2006 M.S. Meteorology 2009

Links: NCEP's Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) EMC's Global Modeling Branch Global Forecast System (GFS) GFS model documentation GFS parallel experiment documentation EMC Monsoon Desk EMC Model Transition Team NCEP/EMC Tasks and Responsibilities (with links to pages I maintain) Global Climate & Weather Modeling Branch at NCEP/EMC - GFS POC Global Branch homepage - link Global Forecast System (GFS) POC & homepage - link Global Forecast System (GFS) experimental documentation and support - link EMC Monsoon Desk - link Model Transition Team - link Research Projects Masters thesis completed August 2009 Development and Evaluation of a Real-time Coupled Atmosphere-Wave Regional Forecast System for the National Weather Service. Click to view thesis Katherine Howard. The Impact of Atmospheric Model Resolution on a Coupled Wind/Wave Forecast System. 89th Annual AMS Meeting, 16th Conference on Air–Sea Interaction. January 14th, 2009. View AMS abstract Katherine Howard, co-author. A High-Resolution Coupled Real-Time Atmosphere/Wave Forecast System for the Coastal Zone. 2008 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting. March 3rd, 2008. EMC Data denial sensitivity experiments JPSS - denial of polar orbiting satellite data - 2011 Work was part of request from NOAA management to study the impact of removing this data from the global model. Results were presented to NOAA management as well as interested parties in the Obama administration Hurricane Irene - denial of dropsonde and supplemental rawinsonde data collected during Hurricane Irene (2011) - 2011/2012 Work was requested by NWS and NCEP management to study the impact of the additional data collected prior and during Hurricane Irene's landfall in August 2011. Research and analysis is still ongoing. Preliminary results were presented to EMC, HPC, and OPC personnel in January 2012. A paper highlighting the results is in progress and abstracts have been submitted to several meteorological conferences in 2012. Kate Howard, NOAA/NWS/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and Michael J. Brennan, Sharanya J. Majumdar, Vijay Tallapragada. Analysis of the Impact of Supplemental Dropwindsonde and Rawinsonde Observations on Model Track Forecasts of Hurricane Irene (2011). Submitted to Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference in March 2012. WSR Verification 2012 - IN PROGRESS