Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
University of Oklahoma
120 David L. Boren Blvd.
Suite 2500
Norman, OK 73072
405-325-6115
kbrewster AT ou DOT edu
| Keith Brewster, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms University of Oklahoma 120 David L. Boren Blvd. Suite 2500 Norman, OK 73072 405-325-6115 kbrewster AT ou DOT edu |
| Current Projects | Role | |
| CASA Center for Adaptive Collaborative Sensing of the Atmosphere socc.caps.ou.edu | Design
and implement high-resolution real-time numerical weather analysis,
asssimilation and prediction integrating CASA X-band weather radar data
with other storm-scale and mesoscale data. | |
| National Mesonet, Network of Networks | Develop real-time access and pre-processing for new data sources. Evaluate new data sources in the DFW Testbed. | |
| Hydrometeorology Testbed - Flash Flood and Intense Rainfall Experiment www.caps.ou.edu | Design and run 3-km numerical weather prediction ensembles, develop and test ensemble consensus methods such as the Local Probability Matched Mean and Spatially-Aligned Mead . | |
| NASA SBIR Phase-II with Radiometrics www.caps.ou.edu | Design and run, in real-time, methods to combine microwave radiometer profiles with NWP background data. Test and evaluate with data collected at the Kennedy Space Flight Center | |
| Shenzhen, CMS | Assist students and visiting scientists in adapting real-time high resolution analysis and forecast system for application in these Chinese districts. | |
| CAPS Management www.caps.ou.edu | Director of Operations | |
| kBrews Weather Spotting Frequency List www.caps.ou.edu/~kbrews/spotfreq/ | Founder, Editor |
| Recent Projects | Role | |
| LEAD Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery www.leadportal.org | Manage ADAS datasets, NWP workflows and other meteorological contributions to the LEAD portal. Test and evaluate on-demand numerical Weather Prediction using the LEAD portal and TeraGrid. Guide LEAD effort with the NOAA Spring Program. | |
| Croatia Feasibility Study for the Croatian Meteorological Service (DHMZ) meteo.hr | Evaluate DHMZ Numerical Weather Prediction capabilities and needs. Propose NWP and computing solutions to meet weather forecasting and warning needs of Croatia and the surrounding Southeast European region. | |
| NASA-Aviation Safety-Integrated Intelligent Flight Deck Project NASA-IIFD | Dual-pol airborne radar data simulation using high resolution simulated thunderstorm and assimilated data sets. In cooperation with the OU ARRC. | |
| NASA-AIRS/AMSR-E NASA-AIRS | Principal Investigator Test data assimilation methds using satellite data from the Aqua and Terra satellites. | |
| FAA Model Development Research Group | Assist in design, implementation and testing of ongoing convection in WRF-GSI for high-resolution NWP. | |
| JGR-Atmospheres www.jgr-atmospheres.com | Associate Editor | |
| National Severe Weather Workshop www.norman.noaa.gov/nsww2009 | Local Planning Committee 2001-2009 Vendor Coordinator 2001-2009 | |