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GSL/CIRES Gerard Ketefian wins DTC PROUD award
NOAA GSL and CIRES research scientist Dr. Gerard Ketefian was recently awarded the Development Testbed Center’s Performance Recognition for Outstanding DTC achievements (PROUD) Award. The Developmental Testbed Center (DTC) is a distributed facility where the Numerical Weather Prediction community can test and evaluate new models and techniques for use in research and operations. This new quarterly award celebrates the achievements of scientists and engineers.
Dr. Ketefian contributes to multiple DTC projects: Unified Forecast System (UFS) Short-Range Weather Application (SRW) software support and community engagement, agile Rapid Refresh Forecast System (RRFS) prototype Testing and Evaluation (T&E), and Optimizing Ensemble Design for Use in the RRFS. Dr. Ketefian also works on the UFS-CAM project (Unified Forecast System - Convection Allowing Model) and the MERIT project (Model Evaluation for Research Innovation Transition).
Dr. Ketefian is noted for taking the lead in introducing METplus to the UFS SRW application. This allows for improvements to time-lag capabilities, which significantly benefits both the internal team and the broader software community. While navigating both the technical and scientific sides of the work, Dr. Ketefian is known to maintain an infectious positive attitude and enthusiastically incorporates feedback from other team members.
Dr. Ketefian is also currently developing a community workflow for the FV3-Stand-Alone Regional Model (FV3-SAR). This includes the implementation of new features such as importing initial and boundary conditions from sources beyond the Global Forecast System (GFS), enabling a new and more uniform grid, and allowing the use of the Common Community Physics Package (CCPP) to easily swap physics parameterizations and document every step.
Dr. Ketefian’s hard work and high spirits keep GSL and CIRES technology progressing. What is rewarding about his work? Dr. Ketefian says, “Finally getting a piece of code I've been working on for many days or weeks to do what I intended it to do!”