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Liaofan Lin
GSL Staff Profiles
Title
Data Assimilation
Email
liaofan.lin@noaa.gov
Phone
303-497-5332
Address
DSRC
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305-3328
Affiliation
CIRA

Profile

Research Scientist at CIRA, Colorado State University


Liaofan joined NOAA/OAR/Global Systems Laboratory as an affiliate of the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) in 2019.  He is a member of the NOAA Rapid Refresh Forecast System (RRFS) implementation and operational transition team.  From 2019 to 2022, he implemented the ensemble forecast sensitivity to observation impact (EFSOI) utility into the Global Forecast System (GFS) v.16 and the developing version of RRFS.  Since 2022, his work has been focused on the implementation of Joint Effort for Data assimilation Integration (JEDI) components such as the Interface for Observational Data Access (IODA) and three-dimensional ensemble-variational (3DEnVar) hybrid analysis into RRFS as well as the EFSOI with RRFS.

Research Interests
  • Strongly-coupled land-atmosphere data assimilation
  • Land-atmosphere coupling and interaction
  • Radiative transfer modeling and data assimilation over land
  • Hydrology and hydrologic modeling

Education

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016
  • M.S. in Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009
  • B.S. in Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2005

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