NCAR Data Assimilation Research Section

 

DAI Overview

The Data Assimilation Initiative (which has matured into the Data Assimilation Research Section) was created to provide:

  1. A data assimilation community within NCAR to produce leading-edge research and to provide focus to disparate efforts;

  2. A software environment for supporting data assimilation research and evaluation; the Data Assimilation Research Testbed (DART);

  3. A mechanism for data assimilation research collaboration with strategically selected partners from universities and government research labs;

  4. Software tools for use in undergraduate and graduate education;

  5. Basic research and implementation support for `operational' partners, both inside and outside NCAR;

  6. A digital infrastructure for communicating advances in data assimilation research and applications to a broad community.

Initiative plans and related documents:

Concise overview of DAI for NCAR Board Meeting, Fall 2003 (pdf file)

DAI 3-year plans, updated Fall 2003 (pdf file)

DART status report for NCAR Directors, Spring 2003 (pdf file)

Annual Science Report 2003