 |
 |
 |
Colorado (Dec 1) Agenda
Map
8:30 - 9:00 Registration
9:00 - 9:10 Welcome: Brad Udall - Director of Western Water Assessment
9:10 - 10:10 Colorado water managers discuss how they use climate products in their annual operations and long-term planning decisions.
Moderator: Brad Udall
Presenters: Esther Vincent of Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District and Bob Steger of Denver Water
10:10 - 10:25 Break
10:30 - 11:30 Panel discussion of four other water managers. Topics include what kind of climate information they need and how they would like to use forecasts.
Moderator: Andrea Ray - NOAA/Western Water Assessment
Invitees: Jack Byers - State Engineer's office, Michelle Garrison - Colorado Water Conservation Board, Brett Gracely - Colorado Springs Utilities, Carol Ellinghouse - City of Boulder.
11:30 - 12:00 Climate Monitoring and the Colorado Climate Center
Nolan Doeskin, Assistant State Climatologist of Colorado - "Monitoring the Weather and Climate of Colorado"
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch provided by WWA
1:00 - 3:05 Presentation of 4 key climate products, including a discussion of how they are made.
Intro and moderator: Robert Webb - NOAA/Western Water Assessment
Topics:
Drought Monitor: Gary Bates - NOAA/CU/Western Water Assessment
Official CPC Seasonal forecasts: Martin Hoerling - NOAA/Western Water Assessment
Experimental seasonal forecasts: Klaus Wolter - NOAA/CU/Western Water Assessment
Experimental "Week-2" forecasts: Tom Hamill - NOAA/Western Water Assessment
3:05 - 3:20 Break
3:20 - 3:50 Guided audience discussion on your questions and perceptions about the use of forecasts and the understandability of forecasts.
Moderator: Jessica Lowrey - NOAA/CU/Western Water Assessment
3:50 - 4:00 Closing remarks: Future climate research topics, interests of participants, follow up workshops, etc.
Moderator: Brad Udall