Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Jeffrey Duda

Research Scientist II

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Education
  • Ph.D. Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, 2016
  • M.S. Meteorology, Iowa State University, 2011
  • B.S. Meteorology, Iowa State University, 2009
  • B.S. Mathematics, Iowa State University, 2009
Affiliated Department
NOAA/GSL
Phone
303-335-9477
Also on the web

Research Interests

  • Convective-scale numerical weather prediction, both deterministic and probabilistic (ensemble approach)
  • Forecast verification, including alternative methods such as neighborhood and object-based
  • Outside of work:
    • I own and operate the Stormtrack online community, a forum for severe weather and storm chasing enthusiasts and veterans alike.
    • I participate in various mentoring activities for upcoming scientists. In 2022-2023 I advised an undergraduate student for the Lapenta Internship program. In 2023-2024 I am sharing letters about my academic background and the nature of a career in research meteorology with a pen pal as part of the Letters to a Pre-Scientist Program

Current Research

I am serving as a forecast verification expert on a multi-institutional team with scientists from CSU/CIRA to assess the utility of machine-learning/AI-based weather prediction models (one of these acronyms works: DLWP, MLWP, MLAIWP) for widespread and operational forecasting purposes. MLWP is compared to traditional physics-based numerical weather prediction (NWP) models that solve the governing equations of the atmosphere.

I am continuing work investigating the sensitivity of configuration options in MODE to perform object-based verification of CAM-scale forecasts

I am continuing work on a NOAA/OAR JTTI grant to implement direct reflectivity assimilation in the FV3-JEDI software for eventual use in operational RRFS forecasts.

Research Categories

Atmosphere, Climate and Weather
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About CECA

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