Kayo Ide: Research Group

Current Students in Atmosheric and Oceanic Science (AOSC) and Applied Math, Stat, and Scientific Computing (AMSC)

Ying Zhang (AOSC): Coastal Ocean Data Assimilation with Dynamic Constraints
Dave Groff (AOSC): Forecast Sensitivity to Observations in Opeartional System
James Cipriani (AOSC): Numerical Weather Prediction for CONUS at The Weather Company, co-advised with Prof. Da-Lin Zhang (AOSC)
Chu-Chun Chang (AOSC): Tropical Cyclone Assimilation, co-advised with Dr. Daryl Kleist (NOAA/NCEP EMC)
Sarah Burnet (AMSC): Semi-Numerical model and assimilation of 3-meter spherical Couette magnetohydrodynamic flow, co-advised with Prof. Dan Lathrop (PHYS, IPST, Geology)

Current Scientists Working at UMD AOSC, NOAA, and Chinese Meteorological Agency (CMA)

Dr. Yixuan Shou (CMA): Regional High-Resolution Data Assimilation
Dr. Narges Shahroudi (UMD CICS & NOAA NESDIS/STAR): Observing System Simulation Experiments for Satellite Observations
Dr. Yan Zhou (UMD CICS & NOAA NESDIS/STAR): Observing System Simulation Experiments for Satellite Observations

Graduated & Past Members

Dr. Cathy Thomas (Ph.D. in AOSC, 2017) on "Multivariate Correlations: Balance Operators and Variable Localization in Ensemble Data Assimilation". Currently Affiliation: NOAA EMC
Mr. David Russell (MS. in AMSC, 2017) on "Two Lagrangian Methods for Computing Coherent Structures in Ocean Flows".
Ms. Erin Lynch (MS in AOSC, 2017) on "Data-driven Data Analysis, Modeling, and Prediction Using Time-Embedding and Ensemble Kalman Filter Techniques".
Dr. Stephan Cecelski (Ph.D. in AOSC, 2014) on "On the Genesis and Predictabilitry of Hurricane Julia (2010)". Curerent Affiliation: Weather Analysis
Mr. Adam Kubaryk (MS in AOSC, 2016) on "The Application of Local EDimension / EVector Analysis to Near Operational Ensembles of the Global Data Assimilation System". Current Affliation: NOAA EMC
Ms. Stephanie Young (MS in AMSC, 2014) on "Analysis of Lagrangian Coherent Structures of the Chesapeake Bay".
Dr. Daryl Kleist (PhD. in AOSC, 2012) on 'An Evaluation of Hybrid-Ensembe Data Assimilation for the NCEP GFS". Current Affilication: NOAA EMC
Dr. Javier Amezcua (PhD. in AOSC, 2012) on "Advances in Sequential Data Assimilation and Numerical Weather Forecasting: An ENsemble Transform Kalman-Bucy Filter, A Study on Clustering in Deterministic Ensemble Square Filters, a Test of a New Time Stepping Scheme in Admospheric Model". Current affiliation: U. Reading
Dr. Tamara Goyea (PhD. in AMSC, 2011) on " Data Assimilation Experiments With a Simple Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model"

Related Data Assimilation Research Activities

My research group interacts closely with

UMD's Interdiscplinary group that studies a variety of data assimilation problems, from theory to practice.

NOAA/NWS/NCEP Environmental Modeling Center (EMC)

Global data assimilation system development and tropical cyclone initiaization

Dr. Daryl Kleist

NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR)

Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) Team and Data Fusion/Articial Intelligence (DF/AI)

Colorado State University, Cooperative Insitute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)

Non-Gaussianity in operational data assimilation

Dr. Steve Fletcher, Project Leader

University of Colorado, Boulder and NOAA/NWS/NCEP Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC)

Space Weather

	Prof. Tomoko Matsuo (CU Boulder), Project Leader
	Dr. Tim Fuller-Rowell (SWPC)

Colorado State University, Cooperative Insitute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)

Non-Gaussianity in operational data assimilation

Dr. Steve Fletcher, Project Leader

New direction in Data Assimilation at UMD

Geodynamo application using laboratory data and multi-scale modeling with

Prof. Dan Lathrop (Departmenbt of Physics)

Innovative wildfire data assimilaion and emission estimation project together with

	Dr. Arnaud Trouve (Dept. Fire Protection and Engineering)
	Dr. Michael Gollner (Dept. Fire Protection and Engineering)
	Dr. Evan Ellicot (Dept. Geographical Sciences)

Development of a new approach to observing system design using control theory working with the CDCL group led by

	Dr. Derek Paley (Dept. Aerospace)
	Dr. Frank Lagor (Dept. Aerospace; University of New York, Buffalo starting in 2018)