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Incorporating climate information and forecasts into the decision making process in the water resource and energy sectors

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Thursday, 2 February 2006: 8:45 AM-4:30 PM
A313 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chairs:  Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY and Mathew A. Barlow, Dept. of Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Massachusetts - Lowell, Lowell, MA
Papers:
  8:45 AM
8.1
Design criteria for a national climate service: insights from a RISA program (INVITED PRESENTATION)
Edward L. Miles, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. K. Snover and L. Whitely Binder
  Recorded presentation

  9:15 AM
8.2
The use of climate information in water resources management (INVITED PRESENTATION)
Holly Hartmann, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  Recorded presentation

  9:45 AM
8.3
Three-tier operational precipitation and hydrological forecasting of large-scale un-gauged river basins: Developing a basis for strategic and tactical decisions for water management, agricultural planning and disaster mitigation (INVITED PRESENTATION)
Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and T. M. Hopson and C. D. Hoyos
  Recorded presentation

  10:15 AM
8.4
Using climate information for river basin management in Sri Lanka (INVITED PRESENTATION)
Lareef Zubair, IRI, Palisades, NY
  Recorded presentation

  10:45 AM
8.5
(INVITED) Measuring the performance of hydrological forecasts for hydropower production at BC Hydro and Hydro-Québec
Frank Weber, BC Hydro, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and L. Perreault and V. Fortin

Presentation PDF (777.3 kB)

  11:15 AM
8.6
Critical climate controls and information needs for environmental assessment and adaptive management in the Grand Canyon region
Shaleen Jain, NOAA/CIRES and Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. S. Pulwarty, T. Melis, D. Topping, and J. K. Eischeid
  Recorded presentation

  11:45 AM
8.7
Improved Operation of Reservoir Systems – Utility of Seasonal and Monthly Updated Climate Forecasts
Sankar Arumugam, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and U. Lall
  Recorded presentation

  12:15 PM
8.8
Climate-informed decision tools for the water and energy sector (INVITED PRESENTATION)
Casey Brown, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Palisades, NY; and U. Lall and S. Arumugam
  Recorded presentation

  12:45 PM
8.9
An integrated approach to the efficient management of scarce freshwater resources in tropical West Africa: the IMPETUS project
Michael Christoph, Univ. of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; and A. H. Fink and P. Speth
  Recorded presentation

  1:15 PM
8.2A
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  2:30 PM
8.4A
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)

  4:00 PM
8.7A
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall and AMS IPOD Raffle

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