The rate of meaningful research results in the Weather, Water and Climate disciplines and enterprises has been steadily increasing, especially in this era of “big data” and disruptive, innovative technologies. One of the grand challenges for these enterprises is to find which of these meaningful research results can, and the ways and means to, transition these results to operations and applications [R2O] using efficient and cost-effective techniques and technologies. R2O and O2R can provide those critical links in the transition chain of vast information to usable knowledge. The 14R2O Conference will support extending the chain from R2O to Research-to-Services [R2S] (societal benefits) and the indispensable Services-to-Research [S2R] feedback process. The Conference will discuss some of the progress and advances towards the overall theme established in AMS 2021, “Strengthening engagement with communities through our science and services.” Collectively these thrusts will support the 2024 AMS Annual Meeting theme, “Living in a Changing Environment”.
The 14R2O Conference will continue to build on the 2023 AMS last year’s Theme "Data: Driving Science. Informing Decisions. Enriching Humanity." as well as on the2022 AMS theme, “Environmental Security: weather, water and climate for a more secure world” by creating a framework for this coming year’s 2024 theme of the challenges and possible resolutions and adaptation needed to not only live but also to thrive in a changing environment. Emphasis will also be given to the data still needed to drive the critical science for the changing weather, water, and climate environments. This 14R2O Conference will demonstrate how traditional and non-traditional observations, modeling and instrumentation are identified and validated for past, present, and future advances in research, technology and applications that drive transitions to meaningful operations in order to achieve and sustain environmental security for a more secure world. 14R2O is seeking papers describing recent advances in research, technology and applications that will support the Nation’s ability to provide more accurate weather, water, and climate information to decision makers and end users around the world. In addition, the 14R2O Conference supports the national and international imperatives for the effective and efficient transition of research into sustained operations and the feedback process of operations back to research.
Call for Papers
The 14R2O Conference is inviting oral and poster presentations for the following Session Topics:
Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats for Observations and Measurements of Earth’s Atmosphere Thermodynamic Structure and Processes, Winds, and Water Cycle Processes, and to Improve Climate Monitoring, Weather Forecasting, or Space Weather Prediction
Advances in Satellite Observations, Earth Science, and Observing Technologies that can complement the Heritage Observation Systems and potentially lead to Advances in Next Generation Observation Systems
Emerging Technologies for Earth or Space Sciences to Address Unmet, Targeted Needs/Requirements in the Research or Operational Communities
Accelerating the Transition of NASA Science and Capabilities to Applications through the NASA SPoRT Center
R2O Progress in GNSS Radio Occultations and Reflectometry for NWP, Ionospheric Studies-Prediction and Ocean Surface Properties
Observations Needed for Future Improved Weather Forecast Systems: Existing-type Observations, Emerging-type Observations, and Observation-types Needing Development
Advances in R2O & O2R with Analysis and Forecasting Systems, Technologies, and Methodologies, Linking between Solutions and Requirements to Address Field’s Forecasting Needs
Special Session: The UFS-R2O Project: Advancing NOAA’s Unified Forecast System [UFS] as a Collaborative Community-Based Modeling System for Research and Operations
Joint Special Session: The Earth Prediction Innovation Center to Accelerate Community-Developed Scientific and Technological Enhancements into the Operational Applications for Numerical Weather Prediction
Advancing Hazards Forecasting and Decision Support through NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds
Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System [HAFS]: Research Development and Operational Implementation
From HWRF to UFS: HAFS Journey from Development to Operations: Panel Discussion [Invited Presentations Only]
Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System [HAFS]: Research Development and Operational Implementation
User Engagement towards the Implementation of a Climate Ready Nation:
Panel Discussion [Invited Leadership Speakers]
User Engagement: Building Trust, and Understanding Users to Inform Investments for Better Outcomes
Public-Private Partnerships; Best Practices & Multi-Community Efforts for the Transition of R2O in the Water, Weather, and Climate Communities: Panel Discussion [Invited Presentations Only]
Transitioning Next Generation Water Resources Models to Operations
NOAA Flood Inundation Mapping Products and Services
Calibration/Validation for Environmental Remote Sensing, Numerical Weather Prediction, and Climate Change Detection
Throwing Back the Curtain: Sharing Knowledge About NOAA’s R2X Transition Practices, Processes, and Policies to Promote More Equitable R&D Opportunities: Panel Discussion [Invited Presentations]
Sharing the Secrets to Successful R2X Collaborations: Perspectives on Collaboration Challenges, Opportunities, and Successes from R2X Teams: Panel Discussion [Panelists Invited]
Towards Operationalizing AI/ML Weather Forecast and Decision Support Products
Joint Sessions
Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats for Observations and Measurements of Earth Atmosphere Thermodynamic Structure and Processes, Winds, and Water Cycle Processes, and to Improve Climate Monitoring, Weather Forecasting, or Space Weather Prediction
(Joint between the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations and the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems)
Joint Special Session on EPIC: The Earth Prediction Innovation Center to Accelerate Community-Developed Scientific and Technological Enhancements into the Operational Applications for Numerical Weather Prediction
(Joint between the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations and the Third Symposium on Earth Prediction Innovation and Community Modeling)
National and International Program Overviews for Environmental Satellites (Invited) (Joint between the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations, and the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation)
Advanced Products and Technologies That Can Be Used Now and Their Path to Quasi-operational or Sustained Operations: The View From The Dry and The Wet Side
(Joint between the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies, and the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations)
FAIR and Open Data and Software within the Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences to Support Transparent, Reusable and Efficient Research and Operations
(Joint between the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies, the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Librarians International, the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science, the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python, the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations and the Committee on Open Environmental Information Services)
Observations Needed for Future Improved Weather Forecast Systems: Existing-type Observations, Emerging-type Observations, and Observation-types Needing Development
(Joint between the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations, the 2nd Symposium on Weather, Forecasting and Practices, and the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies)
Advances in Uncrewed Vehicle Sensors and Observations for a More Comprehensive Earth Observing System for Improved Extreme Weather Forecasts and Climate Monitoring
(Joint between the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations, and the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology)
Effectively Using Climate Data for Health Applications
(Joint between the 15th Environment and Health Conference and the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations)
Transitioning Next Generation Water Resources Models to Operations
(Joint between the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations and the 38th Conference on Hydrology)
Advancements in Operational Applications for Sea Ice Forecasting and Analysis
(Joint between AMS Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Symposium and the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations)
Urban Weather and Advanced Air Mobility Forecasting and Operations
(Joint between 2nd Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice, 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, and the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations)
Towards Operationalizing AI/ML Weather Forecast and Decision Support Products
(Joint Session between the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
and the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science)
Language Transformer, ChatGPT, and Other Natural Language Processing Machine Learning in the Weather Enterprise
(Joint Session between the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science and the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations)
What's the Forecast for RF Spectrum? Exploring the Way Forward on Spectrum for the Weather-Water-Climate Enterprise in 2024(Joint Panel Discussion Session between the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships,and the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations)
Applications of Radio Frequencies and Consequences of Interference for the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise (Joint Panel Discussion Session between the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships, and the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations)
Student Award Opportunities
The 14th Conference on the Transition of Research to Operations, the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, and the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology are pleased to co-host Student Presentation Awards at the AMS Centennial Annual Meeting. Award certificates and cash prizes will be given for the best Student oral and poster presentations. Students who wish to be considered for these awards should indicate so when submitting their abstract. Please indicate your level of education at the time of submission, (examples: third year undergraduate, second year graduate student). In order to be considered for an award, the Student must be the lead and presenting author.
The basis for an award will be:
a.) Originality of the work,
b.) Quality of the presentation (oral and poster/slides) and the Student’s delivery.
Student and Early Career Professionals Event
The 14th Conference on the Transition of Research to Operations will be co-hosting with other Conferences and Symposia the 10th Annual Speed Networking Event [10SPNE]. The Event allows students and early career professionals to network with mentors via “speed networking” where the mentors (meteorology and allied discipline professionals) roam between tables at set intervals introducing the students and early professionals to a wide array of professions in the field of meteorology. The Speed Networking will include a social with heavy hors d'oeuvres, providing a great time for open networking. This allows the students, the early career professionals, and the mentors of their selected discipline to have extended conversations after their speed-mentoring.