The Unified Forecast System Research to Operations (UFS R2O) Project: Accomplishments for the first two years, Progress for Year 3, and Plans for the future

Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD, United States, Jeffrey Whitaker, NOAA PSL, Boulder, United States and James L Kinter, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States