Title:
The Application of Modern Optimization Packages to Multisensor Meteorological Data Assimilation

Description:
The application of new optimization packages such as SciPy’s optimization package, and mystic to retrieve quantities such as rainfall rates and 3D winds from radars is shown. In particular, scipy.optimize can be used to integrate data from multiple weather radars to retrieve wind fields, providing a framework for the assimilation of a multitude of datasets that could potentially use packages such as dask and Petsc4py.



Presenter(s):
Robert  JacksonSpeaker: Robert Jackson, Argonne National Laboratory
 Speaker: Scott Collis, Argonne National Laboratory
 Speaker: Timothy Lang, NASA MSFC
 Speaker: Todd Munson, Argonne National Laboratory
 Speaker: Corey Potvin, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies/National Severe Storms Laboratory