MDL Awarded a Department of Commerce 2015 Gold Medal

         Scientific/Engineering Achievement:

MDL is honored for development and operational implementation of the 13-km Global Forecast System. Changes include increased horizontal resolution, improved data assimilation, physics and post-processing. The system will deliver more accurate predictions of the onset and location of high-impact weather associated with hurricanes, blizzards, excessive rainfall, heat, and cold. Only 2 weeks after implementation, the system outperformed all other global models in predicting the complex heavy snow distribution associated with the New England Blizzard of January 2015.