Session: Regional Integrated Assessments (83rd Annual)

Wednesday, 12 February 2003: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Organizer: Harvey Hill, NOAA Office of Global Programs

Papers:

1:30 PM

7.1

Reducing vulnerability to hydro-climatic variability through integrated assessment in the southwestern U.S

R.C. Bales, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and D. M. Liverman

1:45 PM

7.2

Climate Information and Water Resource Management: Two Initiatives in the Southwest

Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and B. Morehouse

Poster PDF (119.2 kB)

2:00 PM

7.3

Helping Water Resource Managers Understand Hydroclimatic Variability and Forecasts

Holly C. Hartmann, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and T. C. Pagano, K. Franz, S. Sorooshian, and R. Bales

2:15 PM

7.4

The CIRES-NOAA Western Water Assessment

Martyn P. Clark, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Boulder, CO; and S. K. Avery and R. M. Dole

2:30 PM

7.5

Climate Assessment of the 1999–2002 drought in Colorado

Klaus Wolter, NOAA/ERL/CDC and CIRES, Boulder, CO; and R. Pielke Sr., M. Hoerling, S. Jain, and N. Doesken

2:45 PM

7.6

2002 Municipal Response to Drought in the Colorado Front Range

Douglas Kenney, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. Klein, A. Morrison, and B. Gravell

Poster PDF (92.8 kB)

3:00 PM

7.7

Rapid response to the 2002 drought in Colorado: an experiment in regional climate services

Robert Stabler Webb, NOAA/CDC and CIRES, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Ray, K. T. Redmond, R. S. Pulwarty, K. Wolter, C. A. Woodhouse, S. Avery, and R. M. Dole

3:15 PM

7.8

A user study approach for identifying needs for regional climate services

Andrea J. Ray, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and R. S. Webb and R. S. Pulwarty

3:30 PM

7.9

Integrated Forecast and Reservoir Management—Lessons Learned

Konstantine P. Georgakakos, Hydrologic Research Center/SIO, San Diego, CA; and N. E. Graham and A. P. Georgakakos

http://www.hrc-web.org/Tech_Transfer

3:45 PM

7.10

Incorporating hydroclimatic variability in reservoir management at Folsom Lake, California

Theresa M. Carpenter, Hydrologic Research Center, San Diego, CA; and K. P. Georgakakos, N. E. Graham, A. P. Georgakakos, and H. Yao

Poster PDF (268.9 kB)

4:00 PM

7.11

Climate science issues and needs of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program

Michael Dettinger, US Geological Survey and SIO, La Jolla, CA; and W. Bennett, D. R. Cayan, J. Florsheim, M. Hughes, B. L. Ingram, A. Jassby, N. Knowles, F. Malamud-Roam, D. Peterson, K. Redmond, and L. Smith

Poster PDF (269.2 kB)

4:15 PM

7.12

Application and Potential use of Climate Information in Water Resources Management in Florida

Neeraj Vedwan, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and F. Miralles-Wilhelm, K. Broad, D. Letson, G. Podesta, J. Jones, and J. J. O'Brien

4:30 PM

7.13

Climate Change Streamflow Scenarios for Water Planning Studies in the Pacific Northwest

Alan F. Hamlet, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. P. Lettenmaier and P. Mote

4:45 PM

7.14

Responding to stakeholders' needs for climate change information for water resources planning