Partnerships with "Information Brokers"

The responsibility for the day-to-day production and delivery of hydro-climate information and products rests with the "information brokers" (e.g., NWS Office of Hydrology and their regional offices, Colorado State Climatologist's Office). We are working collaboratively with these groups to improve the relevance and use of operational hydro-climate products, and thus increase the value of NOAA's investment in climate research.

Projects

• Understand the origin and recurrence of severe/sustained drought in the Interior West
  
• Seasonal climate prediction on regional and local scales
  
• Improving operational hydrologic forecasting capabilities
  
• Assess if mechanisms of technology transfer can be purposively designed and implemented to further decision objectives