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Sunday, 9 January 2005
	7:30 AM, Sunday Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-5:40 PM, Sunday Conference Registration
Monday, 10 January 2005
	7:30 AM, Monday Registration continues through Thursday, 13 January
	9:00 AM-9:15 AM, Monday Session 1 Kick-off Speaker (Joint between the Symposium on Living with a Limited Water Supply and the 19th Conference on Hydrology)
Organizer: Prof. Malin Falkenmark, SIWI, Stockholm Sweden
9:00 AM 1.1 Keynote Speaker   Prof. Malin Falkenmark, SIWI, Stockholm, Sweden
	10:15 AM, Monday Coffee Break in Poster Session Room
	10:45 AM-11:00 AM, Monday Joint Session 2 Joint Plenary Session with Hydrology Panel Discussion with Malin Falkenmark (Joint between the AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply and the 19th Conf on Hydrology)
Chair: Roy M Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO
10:45 AM J2.1 PANEL DISCUSSION Abstract   Kevin E. Trenberth, NCAR, Boulder, CO
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday Joint Session 3 Probabilistic hydrometeorological forecasting and acceptable uncertainty (Joint between the Limited Water Supply Symposium and the 19th Confernce on Hydrology) (parallel with Session 1 and Joint Session 4)
Organizer: Ana P. Barros, Duke University, Durham, NC
1:30 PM J3.1 Hydrological ensemble prediction experiment (HEPEX)   John. C. Schaake, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 1:45 PM J3.2 Hydrologic sensitivity and consequences in an integrated global system model   C. Adam Schlosser, MIT, Cambridge, MA 2:00 PM J3.3 Calibration of QPF/PQPF forecasts based on the NCEP global ensemble   Yuejian Zhu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and T. Zoltan 2:15 PM J3.4 Calibration of probabilistic quantitative precipitation forecasts from the RSM ensemble forecasts over hydrologic regions   Huiling Yuan, University of California, Irvine, CA; and S. L. Mullen, X. Gao, and S. Sorooshian
	1:30 PM-2:00 PM, Monday Joint Session 4 The Earth Information System for Water Decision Making (JOINT BETWEEN THE LIMITED WATER SUPPLY SYMPOSIUM, THE 19TH CONFERNCE ON HYDROLOGYand IIPS) (parallel with Session 1 and Joint Session 3) (Joint between the AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply, the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, and the 19th Conf on Hydrology)
Chair: John Schaake, NOAA/NWS, Silver Springs, MD
1:30 PM J4.1 Warm season storms, floods, and sediment inputs into the Grand Canyon: Applications to decision making and adaptive management   Shaleen Jain, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and R. S. Pulwarty, T. Melis, and D. Topping 1:45 PM J4.2 Space-assisted irrigation management: An operational perspective   Anne M. Jochum, ALFAclima Asesoramiento Medioambiental and Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain; and A. Calera and A. Cuesta
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM, Monday Poster Session 1 Probabilistic Hydrometeorological forecasting (poster session)
P1.1 National long-range hydrologic prediction system (NLHPS)   John. C. Schaake, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Restrepo   P1.2 Development of an automatic calibration scheme for multi-level watersheds in the Colorado River basin   Eileen Aghnami, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and T. S. Hogue   P1.3 Climate index weighting schemes for NWS ESP Based seasonal volume forecasts   Kevin Werner, National Weather Service, Western Region Scientific Services Division, Salt Lake City, UT
	2:30 PM, Monday Poster Session 2 The Use of Climate Forecasts for Water Resources Planning and Management (Poster)
P2.1 Progress in Operational Integrated Forecast and Management of Northern California Water Resources: Hourly to Seasonal Time Scales   Konstantine P. Georgakakos, Hydrologic Research Center and SIO/Univ. Of California, San Diego, CA; and N. E. Graham, A. P. Georgakakos, H. Yao, E. Shamir, S. V. Taylor, and T. M. Carpenter   P2.2 Analysis of water recycling in CCSM   Zhao Li, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and N. Mölders   P2.3 Advanced hydrometeorological analysis and forecasting for water management decision-makers in Slovenia   Dave A. Matthews, Hydromet DSS, Silverthorne, CO; and M. Brilly, G. Gregoric, J. Polajnar, and P. Houser   P2.4 A Pilot Program for a Low Flow Impacts Database at the National Weather Service   Cody L. Knutson, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and M. Svoboda and D. R. Kluck
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday Session 1 Probabilistic Hydrometeorological forecasting part II
Chair: Ana P. Barros, Duke University, Durham, NC
4:00 PM 1.1 Uncertainties in estimating the impacts of complex climatic events: Revisiting the case(s) of drought   Russell Bigley, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO; and R. S. Pulwarty and M. J. Hayes 4:15 PM 1.2 Spatial Scaling of Simulated Streamflow Uncertainty   Theresa M. Carpenter, Hydrologic Research Center and SIO/Univ. of California, San Diego, CA; and K. P. Georgakakos 4:30 PM 1.3 Recursive Bayesian Model Combination for Streamflow Forecasting   Newsha K. Ajami, University of California at Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA; and Q. Duan, H. Moradkhani, and S. Sorooshian 4:45 PM 1.4 On the scaling and limits of predictability, using a physics-based distributed hydrologic model and assimilated quantitative precipitation estimates from radar   Baxter E. Vieux, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Mazroi and V. Chandrasekar 5:00 PM 1.5 Using NWSRFS ESP for Making Early Outlooks of Seasonal Runoff Volumes into Lake Powell   David G Brandon, Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 5:15 PM 1.6 A preliminary method for cool season flash flood and heavy snow forecasting using a moisture depth/duration/flux flash flood potential index (FLINDEX)   Ivory J. Small, NOAA/NWS, San Diego, CA
	5:30 PM, Monday Sessions End for the day
	5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Monday FORMAL OPENING OF EXHIBITS WITH RECEPTION (CASH BAR)
	7:30 PM, Monday Suki Manabe Symposium Banquet
Tuesday, 11 January 2005
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday Joint Session 5 The use of climate forecasts for water resources planning and management (Joint between the Limited Water Supply Symposium and the 19th Confernce on Hydrology) (parallel with Session 2)
Chair: David Reynolds, NOAA/NWSFO, Monterey, CA
8:30 AM J5.2 Experimental real-time seasonal hydrologic forecast system for the western U.S.   Andrew W. Wood, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. P. Lettenmaier 8:45 AM J5.3 Effects of climate variability on hydropower production and covariability with energy demand in California and the Pacific Northwest   Alan F. Hamlet, JISAO Climate Impacts Group and the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. Voisin, D. Lettenmaier, and D. W. Pierce 9:00 AM J5.4 Creative Application of Hydro-Climate Predictions for a Drought Management Plan   John F. Henz, HDR Engineering, Inc; Denver, Colorado, Denver, CO; and W. J. Badini 9:15 AM J5.5 Climate change and uncertainty of stream flow scenarios of the Upper Mississippi River Basin by use of a regional climate model   Eugene S. Takle, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and M. Jha, Z. Pan, and R. Gu
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday Session 2 global socio-political-economical dimensions of water, including the linkages between human development, food production and water resources
Chair: David N. Yates, NCAR, Boulder, CO
11:00 AM 2.1 Improving the conveyance of risk to people living and working in areas subject to flooding: Building partnerships to address the national inland flood threat   Douglas C. Marcy, NOAA/NWS at the Coastal Services Center, Charleston, SC; and G. Austin, T. M. Graziano, and M. Kolowith 11:15 AM 2.2 Impact of climate change on California water users   W. Michael Hanemann, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and L. Dale, E. P. Maurer, and N. L. Miller 11:30 AM 2.3 Environmental Accounting Housekeeping (EAH) Books of Domestic Wastewater: a Case Study of Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan   Yoshiaki Tsuzuki, (Formerly) Utsunomiya University, Japan, Chiba, Japan 11:45 AM 2.4 Bringing agriculture back to water - a solution for the 21st century   Richard T. McNider, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Christy and J. E. Hairston
	11:30 AM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Exhibits Open
	12:15 PM, Tuesday Lunch Break
	3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday Exhibits Open
	3:00 PM, Tuesday Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday Joint Session 6 the water cycle in arid lands (Joint with 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification and AMS Forum on Living with a Limited Water Supply)
Chair: John L. Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM
3:30 PM J6.1 Topographic and Ecosystem Controls on Soil Moisture Distribution in the SMEX04-NAME Transect Study, Northern Sonora, Mexico   Enrique R. Vivoni, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and H. A. Gutierrez, B. Brooks, C. A. Aragon, A. Rinehart, R. Wyckoff, C. J. Watts, J. C. Rodriguez, and T. J. Jackson 3:45 PM J6.2 Seasonal strategies to enhance groundwater recharge in hyper-arid zones   David N. Yates, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Mangoosh, M. AlMalki, and R. T. Bruintjes 4:00 PM J6.3 Refinement of Numerical Modeling and technology of Global and Regional Water Cycle   Hiromasa Ueda, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Uji City, Kyoto, Japan; and T. Yamagata, R. Ohba, H. Sakuma, S. Behera, M. Mujumdar, and A. Chakraborty 4:15 PM J6.4 MM5 Simulations of Precipitation in the El Paso Del Norte   Karina Apodaca, Howard University, Washington, DC; and D. V. R. Morris 4:30 PM J6.5 Mitigating climate risks through hydro-climate information and adaptive water management institutions   Andrea J Ray, NOAA/CDC, Boulder, CO 4:45 PM J6.6 Influence of soil and vegetation on rainfall in coastal desert and mountainous area   Ryohji Ohba, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fukahorimachi, Nagasaki, Japan; and H. Ueda, T. Adachi, T. Hara, R. W. A. Hutjes, H. W. Ter Maat, and B. Bisselink 5:00 PM J6.7 Hydroclimatology of the North American Monsoon Region in Northwest Mexico   David J. Gochis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Brito-Castillo and W. J. Shuttleworth 5:15 PM J6.8 Geostatistical Mapping of Mountain Precipitation Incorporating Auto-searched Effects of Terrain and Climatic Characteristics   Huade Guan, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and J. L. Wilson and O. Makhnin
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday Session 3 interpreting knowledge of climate variability to water resources planners and decisions makers
3:30 PM 3.1a Climate Change and Water: What Can We Expect?   Peter H. Gleick, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security, Oakland, CA 4:00 PM 3.1b Use of ENSO forecasts for optimal irrigation management under drought conditions   Francisco J. Meza, Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile., Santiago, RM, Chile 4:15 PM 3.2 The Madden Julian Oscillation: Its potential for week two flood outlooks and reservoir management decisions in California.   David W. Reynolds, NOAA/NWSFO, Monterey, CA 4:30 PM 3.3 The influence of climate science on water management in Western Australia: Lessons for climate scientists   Scott Power, BMRC, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and B. Sadler and N. Nicholls 4:45 PM 3.4 Integration of wavelet or Hilbert transforms and disaggregation for weekly streamflow prediction from seasonal oceanic variability   Davison Mwale, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and S. S. P. Shen and T. Y. Gan 5:00 PM 3.5 Improved water demand forecasting for water resources managers   Richard W. Stodt, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and D. Matthews, S. Hunter, A. C. T. Pinheiro, K. Arsenault, and P. Houser 5:15 PM 3.6 Goal-oriented water policy – the Shenandoah valley experience   James Giraytys, Certified Consulting Meteorologist, Winchester, VA; and D. L. Bulova, T. J. Christoffel, and J. R. Staelin
	5:30 PM, Tuesday Sessions end for the day
Wednesday, 12 January 2005
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Wednesday Joint Session 7 extreme water cycle events: floods and droughts (JOINT BETWEEN THE LIMITED WATER SUPPLY SYMPOSIUM, THE 19TH CONFERNCE ON HYDROLOGY, and the 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modificaiton) (parallel with Session 3) (Joint between the AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply, the 19th Conf on Hydrology, and the 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification)
Chair: Kevin Trenberth, NCAR, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM J7.1 Pro-active drought mitigation in the United States: practical and theoretical Insights from a national survey of state drought planning impact and vulnerability assessments   Joseph S Abraham, Department of Geography and Regional Development, the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 8:45 AM J7.2 Long-Lead Drought Forecasting – Lessons Learned in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia   A. P. Barros, Duke University, Durham, NC; and G. Bowden 9:00 AM J7.3 Analysis of Precipitation Variability and Meteorological Drought in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin   Gloria Arrocha, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. Ruscher 9:15 AM J7.4 Agricultural drought: an index based on transpiration deficit   Vittorio Marletto, ARPA Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy; and F. Zinoni and T. Tonelli
	9:30 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break
	10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday Presidential Forum
	11:30 AM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Exhibits Open
	12:00 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday Session 4 Extreme water cycle events part II
Chair: John Nielson-Gammon, Texas A&M, College Station, TX
1:30 PM 4.1 Variability and extremes of precipitation in the global climate as determined by the 25-year GEWEX/GPCP data set   Robert F. Adler, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Gu, S. Curtis, G. J. Huffman, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin 1:45 PM 4.2 Numerical simulation of heavy precipitation in northern Baja California and southern California   Ruth Cerezo-Mota, CICESE = Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico; and T. Cavazos and L. M. Farfan 2:00 PM 4.3 Minor flooding on the Milk River after an extreme winter in northeast Montana   Julie Adolphson, National Weather Service, Glasgow, MT; and C. Bogel, T. Fransen, G. Forrester, T. Jamba, M. Rawles, T. Salem, D. Secora, B. Temeyer, G. Loss, T. Gurss, and M. Tunnicliff 2:15 PM 4.4 Diurnal to multi-day convective organizations in the Bay of Bengal during the Indian summer monsoon   Wen-wen Tung, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. M. Hsu and M. W. Moncrieff
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday Exhibits Open
	4:00 PM-5:15 PM, Wednesday Session 5 Extreme Water Cycle Events III
Chair: Robert F. Adler, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
4:00 PM 5.1 Understanding the value of high resolution regional climate modeling   James M. Done, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis, L. R. Leung, and B. Kuo 5.2 Topographic and meteorological influences on the spatial scaling of heavy convective rainfall in mountainous regions   Deborah K. Nykanen, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN 4:15 PM 5.2a Twentieth century drought in the conterminous United States: An application of severity-area-duration analysis   Kostantinos M Andreadis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and E. A. Clark and D. P. Lettenmaier 4:30 PM 5.3 Extreme rainfall in Texas: patterns and predictability   John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and F. Zhang, A. M. Odins, and B. Myoung 4:45 PM 5.4 Development of a “scientifically defensible” design storm for South Boulder Creek   John F. Henz, HDR Engineering, Inc; Denver, Colorado, Denver, CO; and W. J. Badini 5:00 PM 5.5 Analysis of a Monsoon Flood Event in a Regional Semiarid Watershed   Enrique R. Vivoni, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and R. S. Bowman, R. Wyckoff, R. Jakubowski, and K. Richards 5:15 PM 5.6 Investigating factors affecting flood production and developing a quantitative model,using GIS (case study: Can catchment).   zahra Samadi Sr., Tehran university, Rey, Iran, Iran
	5:30 PM, Wednesday Sessions End for the day
	5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday Exhibits Open
	7:30 PM, Wednesday AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Thursday, 13 January 2005
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday Joint Session 8 Understanding and predicting the water cycle across scales (Joint between the Limited Water Supply Symposium, the 19th Confernce on Hydrology, and the 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification) (parallel with Session 5)
Chair: Roy Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM J8.1 What is causing the decline in coastal rainfall in eastern Australia?   Jozef Syktus, Queensland Centre for Climate Applications, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia 8:45 AM J8.2 Using Model-Assimilated Meteorological Data in Forecasting of Seasonal Runoff Based on Statistical Models for some Aral Sea Sub-catchments   Mariya G. Glazirina, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; and R. Schiemann, J. Gurtz, L. Vasilina, F. Pertziger, S. Dirren, and C. Schär 9:00 AM J8.3 Trends and variability in precipitable water, and surface freshwater flux (precipitation minus evaporation).   Kevin E. Trenberth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Fasullo and L. Smith 9:15 AM J8.4 Toward an improved understanding of the global fresh water budget   Peter H. Hildebrand, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 9:30 AM J8.5 Representing the Mesoscale Organization of Convection in Prediction Models   Mitchell W. Moncrieff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Liu
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	9:45 AM, Thursday Joint Poster Session 2 Understanding and Predicting the Water Cycle across scales (poster session) (Joint between the AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply and the 19th Conf on Hydrology)
JP2.1 Warm season corridors of precipitation in the central U.S.: Statistics and forcing mechanisms   John D. Tuttle, NCAR, Boulder, CO   JP2.3 Upper tropospheric troughs and their interaction with the North American Monsoon   Erik Pytlak, NOAA/NWS, Tucson, AZ; and M. Goering and A. Bennett   JP2.4 The NOAA FEWS-NET hazards assessment for the heavy rainfall event in Haiti on May 23-24, 2004   Kevin B. Laws, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and C. V. Schmitt, T. B. Love, and V. B. Kumar   JP2.5 GLOBE student observations in support of SMEX04   Martha P. L. Whitaker, University of Arizona; and B. Nijssen, J. C. Washburne, and T. P. A. Ferré   JP2.6 Drought in the Hadley Centre general circulation model: an evaluation of present day events   Eleanor J Burke, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday Joint Session 9 Understanding and predicting the water cycle across scale part II (Joint between the Limited Water Supply Symposium the 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification)
Chair: Enrique R. Vivoni, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM
11:00 AM J9.1 The role of fine-scale landscape and soil-moisture variability in convection initiation   Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. B. Trier and K. W. Manning 11:15 AM J9.2 The representation of hydrological processes across spatial scales using the NASA-GSFC Land Information System (LIS)   Matthew Garcia, UMBC/GEST and NASA/GSFC Hydrological Sciences Branch, Greenbelt, MD; and C. D. Peters-Lidard 11:30 AM J9.3 Establishing the global fresh water sensor web   Peter H Hildebrand, NASA, Greenbelt, MD 11:45 AM J9.4 An End-to-End Hydrometeorological Forecasting System   John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Raleigh, NC; and G. S. Wilson, K. P. Georgakakos, C. D. Peters-Lidard, and M. Matreata
	12:00 PM-3:45 PM, Thursday Exhibits Open
	12:15 PM, Thursday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday Joint Session 10 Understanding and predicting the water cycle across scales part III (Joint between the Limited Water Supply Symposium and the 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification)
Chair: Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM J10.1 The Time-Integrated Random Access NEXRAD Database (TIRAND): description and opportunity   John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Raleigh, NC; and W. T. Smith 1:45 PM J10.2 Role of TRMM daily rain forcing of the Indian Ocean onto simulated intraseasonal-to-interannual climate changes in the tropics.   C. Perigaud, California Institute of Technology/JPL, Pasadena, CA 2:00 PM J10.3 Precipitation development in convective clouds over the eastern Arabian Penisula   Daniel Breed, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Jensen, R. Bruintjes, S. Piketh, A. Al Mangoosh, and A. Al Mandoos 2:15 PM J10.4 Observed declines in mountain snowpack and changes in snow seasons   Philip W. Mote, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. F. Hamlet, D. Lettenmaier, and M. P. Clark 2:30 PM J10.5 Intercomparison among TRMM, GPCP1DD and Radar-AMeDAS   Kenji Kamiguchi, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and A. Kitoh and M. Hosaka 2:45 PM J10.6 How snowmelt onset varies with elevation   Jessica D. Lundquist, SIO/Univ. of California and USGS, La Jolla, CA 3:00 PM Coffee Break   3:30 PM J10.7 Discovery of Annual and Seasonal Precipitation Micro-Climates within South Louisiana: Impacts for Coastal Management   Suzanne Van Cooten, NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS; and D. E. Barbe 3:45 PM J10.8 Detection and attribution of 20th Century hydrologic variations and change over western North America   Shaleen Jain, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and M. Hoerling
	3:00 PM, Thursday Coffee Break
	3:00 PM, Thursday Registration Desk Closes
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday Session 6 hydro-meteorological monitoring in sparsely observed regions
Chair: Ana P. Barros, Duke University, Durham, NC
3:30 PM 6.1 Improving hydro-meteorological monitoring in sparsely observed regions on Pacific islands   Susan Postawko, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. L. Morrissey 3:45 PM 6.2 Improved "Climate Divisions" for monitoring, assessing, and predicting climate in the U.S.   Klaus Wolter, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO; and R. Bigley, J. K. Eischeid, and D. Allured
	3:45 PM, Thursday Exhibits Close
	5:30 PM, Thursday Conference Ends
	6:00 PM, Thursday Ed Lorenz Symposium Banquet

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