The Regional Collaboration TeamNetwork:

Central Region - NOAA in the HeartlandNOS Seminar Series

18 October 2012

Many goals, one missionScience, Service & Stewardship

Many people, many places

Executive Oversight GroupProvides strategic guidance

Regional Team LeadsFocus Regional Collaboration Team activities

Regional CoordinatorsProvide regional continuity

Regional Team MembersIdentify and act on cross-agency opportunities

National Regional CoordinatorNexus between regions and NOAA headquarters

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Who We Are

What We Do

Integrate Know NOAA; fully utilize NOAA

Innovate

New knowledge, ideas, approaches

Engage Place-based approach; holistically

represent all of NOAA’s capabilities

Central Region Team

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Team Membership• Lynn Maximuk, Team Lead, National Weather Service Central Region • Bethany Perry, Regional Coordinator, NWS• Dr. Michael Brewer, NESDIS, National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)• Pam Fromhertz, NOS, National Geodetic Survey• Jeff Gunderson, OAR, Sea Grant • Mike Hudson, NWS Central Region• Katy Human, NOAA Public Affairs• Dr. David Jorgensen, OAR, National Severe Storm Lab• Doug Kluck, NESDIS, Central Region Director• John Ogren, NWS Training Center• Wendy Pearson, NWS Central Region• Keli Pirtle, NOAA Public Affairs• Pedro Restrepo, NWS, North Central River Forecast Center • Dianne Suess, NWS, Space Weather Prediction CenterPartner Member:• Martha Shulski, Director, High Plains Regional Climate Center

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Team’s Accomplishments/Projects

• Climate and Drought Initiatives• Tribal Engagement• Weather Ready Nation• Space Weather • Sea Grant

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Climate Initiatives• Missouri Basin States Collaboration 2011 & 2012• Midwest Collaboration – August 2012• Central Region Climate Response Team• Serving Landscape Conservation Cooperatives

Steering and Science teams• NOAA and Western Governors Association MOU• Human Dimensions Study

Drought Initiatives• Missouri Basin 2011 Attribution Study

• Missouri Basin Climate Predictability Study

• USDA Multi Agency Coordination Group

• Drought focused Webinars for the entirety of the Midwest and Great Plains – TODAY, October 18th 2 -3:00 EDT https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/355412680; http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/articles/index.php?id=345 or http://mrcc.isws.illinois.edu/webinars.htm

• Central Region Quarterly Climate Impact and Outlook Summaries

• Development of Climate Impact Reporter

• Attend American Indian / Alaska Native Climate Change Working Group meetings

• Organize National Climate Assessment authors to co-lead discussions at the Native Peoples Native Homelands Conference

• Training and immersion opportunities; leading to future collaborations

• Hosted meeting at request of the Oglala Lakota to focus efforts on mitigation planning

• Organized tribal climate community members to draft a comprehensive community planning guide

Tribal Climate Engagement

Impact-Based Warnings• Demonstration project in 2012

• Focused on improved communication of risk so that decision makers have better information from which to work

• Use of “tags” within the warnings make key information easier to find and enhance Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) messages

Integrated Warning Team Workshops• Goal is to foster better

teamwork amongst emergency managers, broadcast meteorologists, and NWS during high-impact weather and water events

• NOAA Central Region sponsors 2 workshops a year across the region

Locations where workshops have been held:

• Kansas City (2009)• Omaha, NE (2009)• Wichita, KS (2010)• Cedar Rapids, IA (2010)• Grand Forks, ND (2011)• Indianapolis (2011)• Lansing, MI (2012*)• Colorado Springs (2012)

Space Weather Outreach

Increase space weather awareness

Address specific sectors and the issues/concerns that each encounter. Modules will contain:

•Type, frequency and duration of events•Impacts•Products and services available•FAQs•Where to find more info

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Sea Grant Partnership

Joint project between Central Region and Great Lakes teams

Collaboration between Sea Grant and NOAA lines towards Weather-Ready Nation goal

Surveys conducted summer 2012

NWS presentation to Great Lakes Sea Grant meeting in October

Sea Grant presentations to NWS WCMs early 2013

Joint Project execution in FY13

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