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Tanya L. Otte
AMAD Staff
Education:
- M.S., Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, 1994
- B.S., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Minor: Mathematics, Rutgers University, 1991
Professional Experience:
2008 - Present: Physical Scientist, USEPA/ORD/NERL/AMAD/AMB, Research Triangle Park, NC
1998 - 2008: Meteorologist, NOAA Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division (in partnership with USEPA/NERL), Research Triangle Park, NC
1995 - 1998: (Supervisory) Meteorologist, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt Air Force Base, NE
Awards:
- EPA/ORD/NERL/AMAD Blue Ribbon Paper Award, 2011
As a coauthor of Otte and Pleim, Geosci. Mod. Dev., 2010: one of four best published articles from AMAD in 2010. - EPA/ORD/NERL/AMAD Blue Ribbon Paper Award, 2011
As a coauthor of Foley et al., Geosci. Mod. Dev., 2010: one of four best published articles from AMAD in 2010. - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Gold Medal, 2009
For scientific leadership in the successful transition of air quality modeling research to operations, to produce reliable air quality forecasts over the Continental United States. - EPA/ORD/National Exposure Research Laboratory Special
Achievement Award, 2009
For outstanding achievement in support of NERL Goal 5 – Anticipate Future Environmental Issues for advancements in the NERL Climate and Air Quality Program. - EPA/ORD Honor Award for Exceptional/Outstanding ORD
Technical Assistance to the Regions or Program Offices, 2008
For developing and implementing numerous scientific upgrades to the CMAQ model system which facilitates research to OAR staff as well as the public. - EPA Special Accomplishment Achievement Award, 2008
For contributions toward the successful completion and delivery of the NERL Annual Performance Measure (APM) #398, entitled “CMAQ Model System Release and Evaluation, including Improved Capability for Aerosol Processes, especially Secondary Organic Aerosol Production. - NOAA Cash in Your Account, 2007
For contributions toward the successful completion and delivery of the NERL Annual Performance Measure (APM) #85, entitled “Incorporation of Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Meteorological Model into CMAQ Modeling System.” - U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal, 2005
For exceptional achievement in developing, testing, and implementing national air quality forecasting in less than two years. - Community Modeling and Analysis System Award of
Appreciation, 2005
In recognition of outstanding achievements in advancing and promoting the ideals of the community modeling paradigm, specifically related to the development and support of the Meteorology-Chemistry Interface Processor (MCIP) for the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling community. - U.S. EPA Bronze Medal, 2004
For exceptional achievements as a member of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling Team in developing and evaluating the nation’s premier numerical air quality model that is being used by EPA, Regional Planning Organizations, States, NOAA, and others in assessing, managing, and forecasting the nation’s air quality. - U.S. EPA Bronze Medal, 1999
For outstanding team research achievement in the development and evaluation of the Models-3 Computational Framework and the Community Multi-Scale Air Quality Modeling System. - U.S. Air Force Commendation, 1998
- Outstanding Leadership Award, 1998
For leadership and community service to AFGWC-sponsored Weather Explorer Post 999. - U.S. Air Force Notable Achievement Award, 1998
- U.S. Air Force Merewether Award, 1997
For development and implementation of operational numerical weather prediction system based on MM5. - Air Weather Service Civilian of the Year, 1996
- Air Force Global Weather Central Civilian of the
Year, 1996
- U.S. Air Force Notable Achievement Award, 1995
For outstanding service during catastrophic supercomputer outage when traditional recovery methods were ineffective.
Publications:
Otte, T. L., C. G. Nolte, M. J. Otte, and J. H. Bowden, 2012: Does nudging squelch the extremes in regional
climate modeling? Submitted to Journal of Climate.
Bowden, J. H., C. G. Nolte, and T. L. Otte, 2012: Simulating
the impact of the large-scale circulation on the regional climatology. Submitted to Climate Dynamics.
Bowden, J. H., T. L. Otte,
C. G. Nolte, and M. J. Otte, 2012: Examining interior grid nudging techniques using two-way nesting in the
WRF model for regional climate modeling. Journal of Climate, in press,
doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00167.1.
Wong. D. C., J. Pleim, R.
Mathur, F. Binkowski, T. Otte, R.
Gilliam, G. Pouliot, A. Xiu, J. O. Young, and D. Kang, 2011: WRF-CMAQ two-way coupled system with aerosol
feedback: software development and preliminary results. Geoscientific
Model Development Discussion, 4,
2417‑2450.
Herwehe, J. A., T. L. Otte, R. Mathur, and S. T. Rao,
2011: Diagnostic analysis of ozone
concentrations simulated by two regional-scale air quality models. Atmospheric
Environment, 45, 5957–5969.
Otte, T. L., and J. E. Pleim, 2010: The
Meteorology-Chemistry Interface Processor (MCIP) for the CMAQ modeling system: updates through MCIPv3.4.1. Geoscientific Model Development, 3,
242–256.
Foley, K. M., S. J. Roselle, K. W. Appel, P. V. Bhave, J. E.
Pleim, T. L. Otte, R. Mathur, G.
Sarwar, J. O. Young, R. C. Gilliam, C. G. Nolte, J. T. Kelly, A. B. Gilliland,
and J. O. Bash, 2010: Incremental testing of the Community
Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System version 4.7. Geoscientific
Model Development, 3, 205–226.
Eder, B., D. Kang, S. T. Rao, R. Mathur, S. Yu, T. Otte, K. Schere, R. Wayland, S.
Jackson, P. Davidson, J. McQueen, and G. Bridgers, 2010: Using National Air Quality Forecast guidance
to develop local air quality index forecasts. Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society, 91, 313–326.
Eder, B., D. Kang, R. Mathur, J. Pleim,
S. Yu, T. Otte, and G. Pouliot, 2009: A performance evaluation of the National Air Quality Forecast Capability
for the summer of 2007. Atmospheric Environment, 43,
2312–2320.
Otte, T. L., 2008: The impact of nudging in the meteorological model for retrospective air quality simulations. Part I: Evaluation against national observation networks. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47, 1853‑1867.
Otte, T. L., 2008: The impact of nudging in the meteorological model for retrospective air quality simulations. Part II: Evaluating collocated meteorological and air quality observations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47, 1868‑1887.
Pleim, J. E., J. O. Young, D. Wong, R. C. Gilliam, T. L. Otte, and R. Mathur, 2008: Two-way coupled meteorology and air quality modeling. Chapter 2, Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XIX. Springer, New York, NY, 235‑242.
Tang, Y., P. Lee, M. Tsidulko, H.-C. Huang, J. T. McQueen, G. J. DiMego, L. K. Emmons, R. B. Pierce, A. M. Thompson, H.-M. Lin, D. Kang, D. Tong, S. Yu, R. Mathur, J. E. Pleim, T. L. Otte, G. Pouliot, J. O. Young, K. L. Schere, P. M. Davidson, and I. Stajner, 2008: The impact of chemical lateral boundary conditions on CMAQ predictions of tropospheric ozone over the continental United States. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, doi:10.1007/s10652-008-9092-5.
Yu, S., R. Mathur, K. Schere, D. Kang, J. Pleim, and T. L. Otte, 2007: A comprehensive evaluation of the Eta-CMAQ forecast model performance for O3, its related precursors, and meteorological parameters during the 2004 ICARTT study. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D12S14, doi:10.1029/2006JD007715.
Isakov, V., A. Venkatram, J. Touma, D. Koračin, and T. L. Otte, 2007: Evaluating the use of outputs from comprehensive meteorological models in air quality modeling applications. Atmospheric Environment, 41, 1689–1705.
Otte, T. L., G. Pouliot, J. E. Pleim, J. O. Young, K. L. Schere, D. C. Wong, P. C. S. Lee, M. Tsidulko, J. T. McQueen, P. Davidson, R. Mathur, H.-Y. Chuang, G. DiMego, and N. L. Seaman, 2005: Linking the Eta Model with the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System to build a national air quality forecasting system. Weather and Forecasting, 20, 367–384.
Otte, T. L . , A. Lacser, S. Dupont, and J. K. S. Ching, 2004. Implementation of an urban canopy parameterization in a mesoscale meteorological model. Journal of Applied Meteorology,43, 1648-1665.
Dupont, S ., T. L. Otte, and J. K. S. Ching, 2004: Simulation of meteorological fields within and above urban and rural canopies with a mesoscale model (MM5). Boundary-Layer Meteorology,113, 111-158.
Schwede, D. B., S. K. LeDuc, and T. L. Otte, 2001: Using meteorological model output as a surrogate for on-site observations to predict deposition velocity. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus, 1, 59-66.
Pleim, J. E., A. Xiu, P. L. Finkelstein, and T. L. Otte, 2001: A coupled land-surface and dry deposition model and comparison to field measurements of surface heat, moisture, and ozone fluxes. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus, 1, 243-252.
Otte, T. L ., N. L. Seaman, and D. R. Stauffer, 2001: A heuristic study on the importance of anisotropic error distributions in data assimilation. Monthly Weather Review, 129, 766-783.
Otte, T. L ., 1999: Using MM5 version 2 with Models-3/CMAQ: A user's guide and tutorial. EPA-600/R-99/065, July 1999, 46 pp.
Otte, T. L. , 1999: Developing meteorological fields. Science Algorithms of the EPA Models-3 Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System. D. W. Byun and J. K. S. Ching, Eds. EPA-600/R-99/030, March 1999, 3-1 – 3-17.
Presentations:
Otte, T. L., 2008: A Nudging Strategy for Mesobeta-Scale WRF Simulations Suitable for Retrospective Air Quality Modeling: Preliminary Results. Joint Session of the 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA and 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, 88th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Otte, T. L., 2008: The impact of nudging in the meteorological model for retrospective air quality simulations. Joint Session of the 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA and 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, 88th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Otte, T. L., and R. C. Gilliam, 2007: A nudging strategy for mesobeta-scale WRF simulations suitable for retrospective air quality modeling: Preliminary results. 6th Annual CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.
Otte, T. L., 2007: The impact of nudging in the meteorological model for retrospective CMAQ simulations. 7th Annual Ad-Hoc Meteorological Modeling Meeting, Boulder, CO.
Deng, A., D. R. Stauffer, J. Dudhia, T. Otte, and G. K. Hunter, 2007: Update on analysis nudging FDDA in WRF-ARW. 8th WRF Users’ Workshop, Boulder, CO.
Otte, T. L., L. J. Reynolds, A. Huffman, T. E. Pierce, and R. R. Draxler, 2007: On the use of observations from a dense mesonet to improve short-term, high-resolution mesoscale model forecasts. AMS 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, San Antonio, TX.
Narrative:
I specialize in numerical weather prediction and applications of meteorological modeling for air quality modeling research, particularly at the regional and local scales. My research has included developing and applying data assimilation techniques for mesoscale meteorological models, developing an urban canopy parameterization for mesogamma-scale meteorological modeling, and developing a key component of the NOAA-EPA National Air Quality Forecasting (AQF) System. After more than 15 years of experience with them, I am considered a resident expert on the PSU/NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5) and the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model, two international community-based meteorological models that are widely used for air quality applications. I am a member of the team that developed a data assimilation capability for WRF, and I lead an internal workgroup that focuses on meteorological modeling development and application as related to air quality modeling. I am the primary developer of the Meteorology-Chemistry Interface Processor (MCIP), a preprocessor to the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system. I am also a key member of the team that is developing a two-way coupled version of WRF and CMAQ. My future research activities will involve applications for global and climatic impacts on air quality and ecosystems, further development and application of WRF, refinements to MCIP, and other meteorological modeling activities.