Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology OFCM
“Hydrometeorological Products, Services, and Supporting Research”
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
December 10, 2008
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Folder Contents
• Agenda
• Background Paper on Hydrometeorological Products, Services, and Supporting Research
• Attendance Roster
• Lunch Order on Your Own
• Mini-Workshop Materials– To be posted on OFCM Website
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Agenda
• Welcome
• Summary of September, 2008 mini-workshop
• Agency Presentations– Session 1: Observations, Data Assimilation & Modeling
– Session 2: Hydrologic Science & Research
– Session 3: Hydrologic Forecast, Products & Services
– Session 4: Stakeholders Perspective
• Discussion/Review of Needs/Requirements and Priorities
• Wrap-up and Next Steps
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Mr. Samuel P. WilliamsonFederal Coordinator for Meteorology
WelcomeMini-Workshop on Hydrometeorological
Products, Services and Supporting Research
December 10, 2008
Welcome
• Objective
– To understand the hydrometeorological need/requirement gaps of the various participating agencies
• Agenda developed to accomplish objective
• Mini-workshops driven by action item from meeting of the Interdepartmental Committee for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
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“Hydrometeorological Products, Services, and Supporting Research”
Overview of September 17th Mini-workshop
Donell Woods
Senior Staff Physical Scientist
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Agenda
• Why Mini-workshops?
• Integrated Water Resource Management
• 1st Mini-workshop
• Next Steps
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Drought
Water Quality
Debris Flows
EndangeredSpecies
Conservation
Alternative Energy Sources
Flooding
Agriculture Transportation
Why Mini-workshops?
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• Definition:
– Systematic process for the sustainable development, allocation and monitoring of water resource use
• Integrated Water Resources Management:
– Requires the involvement of many stakeholders
– Depends largely on sound management decisions
• Supported by an in-depth, reliable scientific knowledge base
• Hydrometeorology is an important component
Integrated Water Resource Management
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• When:– September 17, 2008
• Focus:– Hydrometeorological products, services and
supporting research that are associated with atmospheric water becoming water on or in the ground
• Objective:– Gain insight on federal hydrometeorological
programs, capabilities, products, needs/requirements, and priorities
1st Mini-workshop
• Representatives– Federal Agencies
– Private Sector
– Academia
• Provided understanding of existing products, services, and supporting research– Data Provision
– Data Usages
– Data Dissemination
– Impacts
• Began identification of requirement/need gaps– Will be working with participants for further identification of gaps
• Recommendation– Host 2nd Mini-workshop with expanded participation
• Presentations posted on web– http://www.ofcm.gov/jag-nhna/min-workshop/workshop(17Sept08)/
1st Mini-workshop
High-Level Summary
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Commerce– NOAA
– OFCM
• Department of Defense– U.S. Air Force
• Department of Energy– NREL
– Sentech, Inc.
• Department of Homeland Security– U.S. Coast Guard
– Science and Technology
– FEMA
• Department of the Interior– U.S. Geological Survey
– National Park Service
• Department of Transportation– Federal Highway
Administration
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Environmental Protection Agency
• University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science
1st Mini-workshop
Participating Agencies
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• Need / Requirement Categories
– Climate
– Observations
– Analysis
– Modeling
– Forecasting
– Data Access
– Education
1st Mini-workshop
Need / Requirement Gap Summary
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• Draft Record of Action (ROA) for 1st mini-workshop prepared
• Result from this mini-workshop to be added to ROA
– Draft document coordinated, reviewed, and updated by participants of both mini-workshops
• Hear from you…
Next Steps
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Backups
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References
• Drought Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drought
• Climate Change Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_Change
• Hydropower Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectricity
• Flooding Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest_flooding_of_2007
• Transportation Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation
• Debris Flow Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debris_flow
• Water Quality Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Pollution
• Agriculture Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_conservation
• Endangered Species: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_Species
• Conservation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Parks