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11th NOAA SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
TUCSON, ARIZONA

GENERAL LOGISTICS AND SCHEDULE

Tuesday, November 6, 2001

Location:
Sheraton Tucson Hotel & Suites
5151 East Grant Road
Tucson, AZ

8:00 a.m. Sign in by all Participants and Audience and Registration for Public Statements to the NOAA Science Advisory Board

[NOTE - Attendance is open to any interested individual, but registration is REQUIRED. Verbal public input will only be conducted during the period identified for public questions and statements, unless the Chair requests otherwise. The limit for verbal statements by any individual or group is 5 minutes, with follow-up questions and discussion by the SAB, if requested by the SAB Chair.]

8:30 a.m. Official Call to Order and Review of Meeting Format
(Michael Uhart - Executive Director, NOAA Science Advisory Board)

8:35 a.m. Opening Statement of the Chair and Self-introductions of the SAB Members Present
(Al Beeton - Chair, NOAA Science Advisory Board)

8:45 a.m. Welcoming Remarks and Opening Statement
(Al Beeton - Chair, to read the welcoming remarks and opening statement of Scott Gudes- Acting Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere)

9:00 a.m. NWS Water Related Activities Overview
(Jack Kelly - Assistant Administrator for Weather Services)

9:30 a.m. NWS Hydrologic Research Activities - Overview and Discussion
(Gary Carter - Director, Office of Hydrologic Development)

10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Distributed Hydrologic Modeling - Overview and Discussion
(Mike Smith - Office of Hydrologic Development)

11:15 a.m. NCEP Land Data Assimilation and Hydrologic Modeling Systems - Overview and Discussion
(Kenneth Mitchell - NCEP Environmental Modeling Center)

12:00 p.m. Hydrologic Research Collaborations
(Rick Lawford - Office of Global Programs)

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. Roundtable Discussion - Hydrologic Research
Discussants:

  • Science Advisory Board
  • Assistant Administrators or their representatives
  • Gary Carter - Director, Office of Hydrologic Development
  • Mike Smith - Office of Hydrologic Development
  • Kenneth Mitchell - NCEP Environmental Modeling Center
  • Rick Lawford - Office of Global Programs

2:30 p.m. Roundtable Discussion - Research to Operations
Discussants:

  • Science Advisory Board
  • Assistant Administrators or their representatives
  • Randy Dole - Director, Climate Diagnostics Center
  • David Brandon - Hydrologist-in-Charge, Colorado Basin River Forecast Center
  • Paul Sperry - Executive Director, CIRES
  • Gary Carter - Director, Office of Hydrologic Development

3:15 p.m. Break

3:30 p.m. Roundtable Discussion - Research to Operations (continued)

4:45 p.m. Public Input

5:15 p.m. Adjourn for the day

Wednesday, November 7, 2001

Location:
Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
University of Arizona
715 N. Park Avenue
Tucson, AZ

8:00 a.m. Sign-in by all Participants and Audience

[NOTE - Attendance is open to any interested individual, but registration is REQUIRED.]

8:30 a.m. Official Call to Order and Review of Meeting Format
(Michael Uhart - Executive Director, NOAA Science Advisory Board)

8:35 a.m. "University of Arizona: water cycle-related research activities"
(Jonathan Overpeck - Director, ISPE)
(Soroosh Sorooshian- Director, NSF-STC SAHRA)
(James Shuttleworth - Professor of Hydrometeorology)

9:30 a.m. Round Table Discussion: Regional Climate Services Structure
Discussants:

  • Science Advisory Board
  • Assistant Administrators or their representatives
  • Roger Pulwarty - Office of Global Programs (invited)
  • Paul Sperry - Executive Director, CIRES
  • Randy Dole - Director, Climate Diagnostics Center
  • Jonathan Overpeck - Director, ISPE

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Round Table Discussion: Regional Climate Services Structure
(continued)

11:45 a.m. Ocean Exploration Program - Update and Discussion
(Michael Kelly - Office of Ocean Exploration)

12:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15 p.m. Demonstration of Climate forecasts and Precipitation products By UA researchers
(Holly Hartman and Tom Pagano - Hydrology Graduate students)
(Bisher Imam - Director of HyDIS)

1:45 p.m. Opportunities in Water Science and Technology
(Al Beeton - Chair, Science Advisory Board)

2:15 p.m. Update on Climate Research Initiative - Overview and Discussion
(David Evans - Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (by phone))

2:45 p.m. Global Water Cycle Initiative - Overview and Discussion
(Rick Lawford - Office of Global Programs)

3:15 p.m. Break

3:30 p.m. Briefings and discussions on activities of SAB Subcommittees and Working Groups
Long-term Climate Monitoring Council Report (Soroosh Sorooshian - SAB)
Social Science Research Panel (Susan Hanna - SAB)
Report of the Review of the NOS Geodesy Program (Len Pietrafesa - SAB)
Report of the Review of the CCEHBR (Jake Rice - SAB)
Report of the Global Programs Working Group

4:30 p.m. NOAA - University Partnership Building Workshop
(Al Beeton - Chair, SAB)

4:45 p.m. Poster Session by UA students and researchers

5:45 p.m. Adjourn for the day

Thursday, November 8, 2001

Location:
Sheraton Tucson Hotel & Suites
5151 East Grant Road
Tucson, AZ

8:00 a.m. Sign-in by all Participants and Audience and Registration for Public Statements to NOAA SAB

[NOTE - Attendance is open to any interested individual, but registration is REQUIRED. Verbal public input will only be conducted during the period identified for public questions and statements, unless the Chair requests otherwise. The limit for verbal statements by any individual or group is 5 minutes, with follow-up questions and discussion by the SAB, if requested by the SAB Chair.]

8:25 a.m. Official Call to Order and Review of Meeting Format
(Michael Uhart - Executive Director, NOAA Science Advisory Board)

8:30 a.m. Homeland Security Briefing
(CAPT Ted Lillestolen - Associate Deputy Assistant Administrator, NOS)

8:45 a.m. Presentation and SAB discussion/action on DOC Aquaculture Guidelines
(Susan Hanna - Chair, SAB Subcommittee on Aquaculture)
(Peter Douglas - SAB)

9:15 a.m. Round Table Discussion: Water Allocation Issues
Discussants:

10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Round Table Discussion: Water Allocation Issues (continued)

11:30 a.m. Public Input

12:00 p.m. Meeting Adjourns