The Western States Water Council (WSWC) and the California Department of Water Resources (CDWR) cosponsored a workshop to continue a dialogue among western states, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the research community on improving sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) precipitation forecasting to support water management decisionmaking. The workshop was held in San Diego, California on August 15-17, 2023 at the DoubleTree by Hilton San Diego Downtown.
MATERIALS
Agenda
S2S FY2024 Funding Support Letter
Jeanine Jones, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Testimony
PRESENTATIONS
Tuesday August 15th
Wyoming 2023 Outlooks – What Went Wrong?
*Emerson LaJoie, NWS CPC (virtual)
A Linear Inverse Model for Improved Week 3-4 CPC Operational Outlooks
*John Albers, NOAA Earth Systems Research Lab (ESRL)
Wednesday. August 16th
WestFAST Agencies Panel discussion – S2S Forecasting Needs/Activities
*Jerry Cotter, US Army Corps of Engineers
Group Discussion, Concepts for a Western S2S Pilot Project
*Juliana Dias, NOAA ESRL (virtual)
Forecast-informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) and S2S
*Cary Talbot, USACE Engineer Research & Development Center (ERDC)
