When Weather Matters: Science and Services to Meet Critical Societal Needs (2010)
Chapter: Appendix E: Agenda for the 2009 BASC Summer Study Workshop
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Agenda for the 2009 BASC Summer Study Workshop
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Committee on Progress and Priorities of U.S. Weather Research and
Research-to-Operations Activities
Summer 2009 Community Workshop
Workshop Agenda
July 21–22, 2009
National Academies Jonsson Center
314 Quissett
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Workshop Goals
The past decade and a half has engendered a number of insightful community reports addressing the state of the U.S. weather research and operations enterprise. These reports have described numerous opportunities and provided recommendations for improvements in observations, physical understanding, prediction, socioeconomic impacts, communications, and inter-institutional interaction and collaboration. The goals of the workshop are to undertake a high-level evaluation and assessment of the progress that has been made to date in these areas, identify emerging requirements that were not previously recognized, and provide priority recommendations for new or increased emphasis.
Tuesday July 21, 2009
OPEN SESSION: 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.: Carriage House
MORNING SESSION—Invited presentations: agency perspectives, summaries, and plans for weather research and research-to-operations activities
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8:00 a.m. |
Welcome, Introduction, Purpose of Workshop |
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Walt Dabberdt, Chair Chris Elfring, BASC Director Susan Avery, WHOI President and Director |
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8:30 a.m. |
NSF |
Steve Nelson National Science Foundation |
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8:50 a.m. |
NOAA National Weather Service |
Don Berchoff, Director Office of Science and Technology |
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9:10 a.m. |
OFCM |
Sam Williamson, Federal Coordinator for Meteorology |
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9:30 a.m. |
NASA |
Lucia Tsaoussi, Deputy Director Research & Analysis Program, Earth-Sun System Division |
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9:50 a.m. |
DoD |
RADM David Titley, Oceanographer of the Navy and Head, Naval Oceanography and Meteorology Command |
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10:10 a.m. |
Break |
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10:40 a.m. |
A Retrospective Assessment of the (Extramural) USWRP |
Rit Carbone, Science Advisor, NCAR |
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11:00 a.m. |
Weather Science and Applications from the Decadal Survey |
Rick Anthes, President UCAR |
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11:20 a.m. |
International Perspective |
Mel Shapiro, University of Colorado |
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11:40 a.m. |
Weather Research and Operations: Challenges |
Cliff Mass, University of Washington |
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Noon |
Continued Discussion of Weather Research Challenges |
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Over LUNCH in the Main House |
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AFTERNOON SESSION—The afternoon session will consist of five panel discussions in topical areas corresponding to the five Day-2 working group themes. Each panel will be composed of three invited workshop participants.
Session Moderators: Curtis Marshall and Toby Warden
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1:00 p.m. |
Socioeconomic Impacts |
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1:45 p.m. |
Observations/Data Assimilation/Model Development |
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2:30 p.m. |
Very High Impact Weather |
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3:15 p.m. |
Break |
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3:45 p.m. |
Quantitative Precipitation and Hydrologic Predictions |
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4:30 p.m. |
The Unique Challenges of Topography and Urbanization |
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5:15 p.m. |
Working Groups: Meet Briefly for Introductions and Discussion |
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5:30 p.m. |
Continued Discussion of Working Group Tasks over DINNER: Main House/Grounds |
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
OPEN SESSION: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.: Carriage House
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8:00 a.m. |
Completing Your NRC Travel Expense Report |
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Rita Gaskins, Administrative Coordinator |
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8:05 a.m. |
Brief Description of Day’s Events |
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8:20 a.m. |
Provocateurs issue challenge to working groups (5 minutes each) |
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8:45 a.m. |
Working Groups Convene to Address Their Charge. Breakout Rooms TBA |
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Noon |
Working Groups continue discussion over LUNCH in the Main House |
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1:00 p.m. House |
Plenary: All Participants Reconvene in the Carriage |
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2:45 p.m. |
General Discussion |
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3:30 Break |
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3:45 p.m. |
Working Groups Reconvene |
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5:00 p.m. |
Workshop Adjourns |
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