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SUMMARY:(2013) Improving Drought Prediction at Seasonal to Inter-Annual Timescales
DESCRIPTION:Improving Drought Prediction at Seasonal to Inter-Annual Timescales Workshop – Presentations\n\nAGENDA \nImproving Drought Prediction at Seasonal to Inter-Annual Timescales \nSponsored by\nWestern States Water Council and California Department of Water Resources\nCooperating Organization\nWestern Governors’ Association \nApril 29 – May 1\, 2013\nDoubletree San Diego Downtown\n1646 Front Street\, San Diego\, CA \nMonday\, April 29 \n11:00       Registration \n1:00         Welcome and Opening Remarks\, Workshop Purpose & Desired Outcomes \nTony Willardson\, Western States Water Council (WSWC)\nJeanine Jones\, California Department of Water Resources (CDWR)\nJim Ogsbury\, Western Governors’ Association  (via phone) \n1:30         National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Activities and Reauthorization \nRobin Webb\, ESRL Branch Chief\, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration \n2:00         Other Federal Activities  \nNOAA Drought Taskforce Activities\, Annarita Mariotti\, Climate Program Office\, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  (via phone)\nSpring Sub-seasonal Prediction for Reservoir Operations – Levi Brekke\, Water and Climate Research Coordinator\, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation \n3:00         Drought Prediction:  Good News (and Other News) \nMartin Hoerling\, Meteorologist\, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  (via phone) \n3:30         Break \n3:45         The Colorado River Basin Drought – How Much Longer Will it last? \nMichelle Stokes\, Hydrologist in Charge\, Colorado Basin River Forecast Center  (via phone) \n4:15         Potential Interstate Cooperation on Irrigation Scheduling Data \nKent Frame\, Program Manager\, California Department of Water Resources \n5:00         Adjourn \n6:00         Reception – Cash Bar \nTuesday\, April 30 \n7:30          Continental Breakfast \n8:30         State Perspectives on Drought Prediction \nJeanine Jones (2)\, Interstate Resources Manager\, California Department of Water Resources\nDon Ostler\, Executive Director\, Upper Colorado River Compact Commission\nTracy Streeter\, Director\, Kansas Office of Water\nJohn Nielsen-Gammon\, Texas State Climatologist \n10:15       Break \n10:30       Opportunities With Existing Information \nExploiting Indicator Information – Anne Steinemann\, Visiting Researcher\, Scripps Institution of Oceanography\nRegional Hydrological Extremes Assessment System – Joshua Fisher\, Scientist\, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab\nExploring Hydroclimate Time Series – Kelly Redmond\, Regional Climatologist\, Western Regional Climate Center/Desert Research Institute \n12:00       Lunch \n1:00         Synergies/Relationships With Other Forecasts/Predictions \nSeasonal Wildfire Prediction – Tom Rolinski\, Meteorologist\, USFS Riverside Fire Prediction Center\nOperational NWS Forecasting – Alex Tardy\, Meteorologist\, San Diego Weather Forecast Office \n2:00         Predicting Wet Conditions to Predict Dry Conditions \nHMT’s Progress on Atmospheric River Storms – Marty Ralph\, ESRL Branch Chief\, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\nAtmospheric Rivers as Drought Busters: Past\, Present and Future – Mike Dettinger\, U.S. Geological Survey\, Scripps Institution of Oceanography\nInterannual Variability & Climate Transitions – Mike Anderson\, California State Climatologist\, California Department of Water Resources\nSoil Moisture Measurement Needs – Mike Strobel\, Director\, National Water & Climate Center\, NRCS \n3:45         Break \n4:00         Small Group Break-Outs to Discuss Potential Ways to Improve Drought Prediction \n5:00         Adjourn \nWednesday\, May 1 \n7:30         Continental Breakfast \n8:30         Report Back From Break-Outs and Discussion \nBreakout Group 1\nBreakout Group 3 \n9:15         Drought Economic Impacts and the Value of Improved Predictive Ability \nMidwestern Agricultural Drought – Mark Svoboda\, National Drought Mitigation Center\nUrban Water Agencies – Jeff Mosher\, Executive Director\, National Water Research Institute\nSmall Water Systems – Michael Sims\, Circuit Rider\, California Rural Water Association \n10:30       Break \n10:45       Where Do We Go From Here?  (facilitated discussion) \n11:30       Action Items and Closing Remarks \n12:00       Adjourn
URL:https://westernstateswater.org/event/2013-improving-drought-prediction-at-seasonal-to-inter-annual-timescales/
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