Program
2018 Conference Agenda - (PDF)
Tuesday, May 22
Session 1: Frequencies and Extremes of Impactful Events
Hazardous Convective Environments in the North American Regional Reanalysis - Aaron Kennedy, University of North Dakota
Communicating Probabilities for the Better Understanding of Flood Risk - Ryan Knutsvig, NOAA/NWS WFO Grand Forks
Drought Identification in Cold Climate Regions: How Can Macro-scale Hydrologic Models Assist Drought Analysis? - Mohammad Hadi Bazrkar, North Dakota State University
Significant Tornadoes in the Northern Plains: An Environmental and Pattern-Based Climatological Risk Assessment - Chauncy Schultz, NOAA/NWS WFO Bismarck
Northern Plains Blizzards in Past and Future Climates - Alex Trellinger, University of North Dakota
Drought, Agriculture and Fire Danger Monitoring with the NW Climate Toolbox and Climate Engine - Katherine Hegewisch, University of Idaho & NOAA RISA Climate Impacts Research Consortium
Session 2: Best Practices
Land, Sea and Homes: Connecting Climate and Communities in western Alaska - Richard Thoman, NOAA/NWS Alaska Region
Value of Decision Analysis for Climate Adaptation Planning: Which Adaptation Decisions Can Benefit Most? - Rui Shi, Johns Hopkins University
Toward Accessible, Discoverable, and Usable Crop Insurance Data: Multi-scale Analysis and Visualization of Cause of Loss - Julian Reyes, USDA Southwest Climate Hub
Providing Long Range Outlook Summaries to the Climate Community for Decision Support Services - Shawn Rossi, NOAA/NWS WFO Hastings
Developing the Delaware Weather Hazard Index - Christina Callahan, University of Delaware Center for Environmental Monitoring & Analysis (CEMA)
Session 3: Water Resources Decision Support Services
Utilizing Climate Data to Inform Municipal Planning in the Lower Missouri River Basin - Natalie Umphlett, High Plains Regional Climate Center
Use of Quarterly CPC Predictions in Northern California Water Project Operation - Maurice Roos, CA Department of Water Resources
A Foundation for Sustained Dialogue to Improve the Utility of Climate Information in Water Management - Julie Vano, NCAR
Providing Decision Support Services over the Colorado River Basin - Paul Miller, NOAA/NWS Colorado Basin River Forecast Center
Impact-based Decision Support to Reservoir Operators for Extreme Climate Events - Steve Buan, NOAA/NWS North Central River Forecast Center
Development of Prototype National Water Model Soil Moisture Products for Drought Monitoring - Mimi Hughes, NOAA/ESRL and CIRES
The Importance of Precipitation QA/QC - Holly Reckel, NOAA/NWS North Central River Forecast Center
Wednesday, May 23
Panel Keynote
“Subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) Services in NWS Operations” - David DeWitt, Director, NOAA/NWS Climate Prediction Center
Session 4 Panel: S2S Research and Operational Capabilities
PRES2iP: Prediction of Rainfall Extremes at Subseasonal to Seasonal Periods - Elinor Martin, University of Oklahoma
New Watershed-based Climate Forecast Products for Hydrologists and Water Managers - Sarah Baker, CU Boulder & USBR
Who Cares About S2S Research to Improve Forecasts? - Alison Stevens, NOAA/OAR Climate Program Office
Session 5: Stakeholder Engagement
ECCC and NOAA Tackle Extreme Temperatures: The Status of an ECCC/NOAA Project to Improve the Cross-border Coordination and Collaboration of Alerts and Messaging for Extremes of Heat and Cold - Gregory Gust, NOAA/NWS WFO Grand Forks
NWS Jackson Mississippi Week Two Hazardous Weather Impact Assessments - Chad Entremont, NOAA/NWS WFO Jackson (presented by David Cox, NWS WFO Jackson)
On Downscaling Winter Season Climate Outlooks and Communicating Forecast Uncertainty to National Weather Service Core Partners Through Climate Decision Support Services - Sam Lashley, NOAA/NWS WFO Northern Indiana
Increasing the Capacity of Tribal Communities to Incorporate Climate Information into Decision Making - Crystal Stiles, High Plains Regional Climate Center Seasonal Forecast Guidance for Fire Managers in Alaska - Uma Bhatt, University of Alaska Fairbanks (presented by Richard Thoman, NOAA NWS Alaska Region)
Climate Customer Engagement and Service Delivery at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information - Mike Brewer, NOAA/NESDIS National Centers for Environmental Information
Session 6: Applications of Drought Information
Drought Early Warning for Agricultural and Hydrologic Stakeholders using the Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI): Updates and Performance in the 2017 Northern Plains Drought - Mike Hobbins, NOAA/ESRL Physical Sciences Division & University of Colorado, Boulder
Predictability of Northern Plains Drought - Klaus Wolter, NOAA/ESRL Physical Sciences Division & University of Colorado, Boulder
Defining Drought Characteristics for Natural Resource Management - Dennis Ojima, Colorado State University
Views of the 2016 Northern Plains Flash Drought: Farmer Perspectives and Remote Sensing Data - Anthony Mucia, National Drought Mitigation Center
Did Climate Change Increase the Intensity and Likelihood of the 2017 U.S. Northern Plains Drought? - Imtiaz Rangwala, NOAA/ESRL Physical Sciences Division & University of Colorado, Boulder
Session 7: Agriculture Decision Support Services
Opportunities and Challenges of Climate Change in the Northern Plains - Adnan Akyuz, North Dakota State University
Projected Changes in the Frequency of Major Tree Fruit Diseases in the Great Lakes Region - William Baule, Michigan State University
Apple Orchard Impact Decisional Support - Jeffrey Boyne, NOAA/NWS WFO Lacrosse
Climate and Agriculture Scenario Planning -Tyler Williams, University of Nebraska (presented by Laura Edwards, South Dakota State University)
Grassland Productivity Forecast system (GrassCast) - William Parton, Colorado State University
Thursday May, 24
Session 8: National and International Climate Decision Support Services
Improvements to the Canadian Drought Monitor to Better Communicate Drought Conditions in Canada - Trevor Hadwen, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Improved Adaptation-decisions and Resilience by Using Impact-based Climate Services in Coastal Bangladesh: What needs to be done to make the process locally-relevant and user-inspired? - Saleh Ahmed, University of Arizona
Impacts of ENSO and Changing Climate on Water Resources: U.S-Affiliated Pacific Islands - Md Chowdhury, Pacific ENSO Applications Climate Center, JIMAR, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Dialogue with Agricultural Sector to Promote Use of Climate Prediction of JMA - Nobuyuki Kayaba, Japan Meteorological Agency
Using a Novel Method to Map Flood Susceptibility of the Lower Connecticut River Region - Jason Giovannettone, Dewberry
Session 9 Panel: Heat-Health Decision Support Services
Heat-Health Vulnerability in North Carolina and the Development of a Web-Based Tool to Predict Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits - Charles (Chip) Konrad, NOAA Southeast Regional Climate Center
NOAA/NWS Western Region Experimental HeatRisk Project - Paul Iniguez, NOAA/NWS WFO Phoenix
Development and Implementation of an Impact-Based Heat Warning and Information Service for Canada: A National and Regional Collaboration - Melissa MacDonald & Natalie Hasell, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Session 10: Decision Support Tools
Long Range Outlooks and IDSS Messaging: A Comparison of Climate Tools and Teleconnections - Ken Simosko, NOAA/NWS WFO Bismarck
GIS at the MRCC: A peek behind the curtain - Zoe Zaloudek, ISWS/Midwestern Regional Climate Center
