Six UW professors will head the computational science research projects for the NCAR Wyoming Super Computer's 2nd cycle of use.  What follows is a list of the six UW Professors, the projects they're working on, and support staff.

This list was made available by the University of Wyoming:

--Stefan Heinz, a UW associate professor of mathematics, “An Order-Magnitude Enforcement of Wind Farm Power Density.” The performance of existing wind farms is significantly below what can be achieved theoretically; due primarily to the inability to feasibly simulate a wide range of design possibilities and atmospheric conditions. Heinz’s project will use a novel computation method to explore how to best maximize the efficiency of a wind farm.

Heinz will receive assistance from Ehsan Kazemy, a UW doctoral student, and Promothes Saha, a UW post-doctoral student.

--Noriaki Ohara, a UW assistant professor of civil and architectural engineering, and Thomas Reichler, an associate professor of atmospheric science at the University of Utah, will collaborate on a project titled “Dynamic Regional Downscaling of Hydro-climate Over Complex Terrain.” This project focuses on how snowpack in alpine areas affects agriculture; and will be based on data from the Andes region of Bolivia, which is translatable to the Rocky Mountains.

Team members include M. Levent Kavvas, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California-Davis; Z.Q. Chen, water resources engineer for the California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento; Kazuhiko Fukami and H. Inomata, International Center for Water Hazard and Risk Management, Tsukuba, Japan; A.J. Shaaban, director general; and Mohd Zaki Mat Amin, director, Research Center for Water Resources, both from the National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia; and Shuichi Kure and Su-Hyung Jang, both post-doctoral students at the University of California, Davis.

--Zhien Wang, a UW professor of atmospheric science, “Understanding Tropical Convection and Mid-Level Stratiform Cloud Formation by Combining Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations and Remote Sensing Measurements.” This project will focus on modeling tropical convective clouds, and their importance to climate and weather.

Jeff Snider, a UW professor of atmospheric science, and David Leon, a UW senior research scientist in atmospheric sciences, will serve as co-investigators. Andy Heymsfield, an NCAR senior scientist, also is a team member.

--Ye Zhang, a UW assistant professor of hydrogeology in geology and geophysics, “Optimal Model Complexity in Geological Carbon Sequestration.” Her project will focus on creating computer models relative to carbon sequestration, which is capturing carbon dioxide and storing it, long-term, in geologic formations underground.

Peter Lichtner, director of OFM Research Inc., serves as the co-principal investigator. Mingkan Zhiang, a post-doctoral associate, will assist Zhang.

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