Software modernization for the UFS: A position paper

This report is a position paper on the need for software modernization for the Unified Forecast system (UFS). It is written by the author in his role as Senior Advisor for Advanced Modeling Systems, and is intended both as an inventory of ongoing activities and to encourage the development of more formal projects associated with this topic. It is the result of a set of interviews with key partners inside and outside of NOAA, and as such is informational.