Thursday, October 20, 2005 |
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Introduction |
Keith Collins, USDA Chief Economist
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USDA Opening Remarks |
Charles F. Conner, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
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NOAA Opening Remarks |
James R. Mahoney, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
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Welcome |
Brad Rippey, USDA, and David Miskus, NOAA/NWS/CPC
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NIDIS Products Update |
Bob Livezey, NOAA/NWS/CS
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Media Feedback on the U.S. Drought Monitor |
Jack Williams, AMS
Gary Wulf, Dow Jones Newswires Bryce Anderson, DTN
Bob Ryan, NBC-4
Carmeyia Gillis, NOAA Public Affairs
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NCDC's Real-time Station Data Monitoring System |
Richard Heim, NOAA/NCDC |
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WaterWatch Update and WaterMonitor.gov Introduction |
Harry Lins, DOI/USGS
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NWS River Forecast Center Gridded Precipitation Estimates |
Victor Murphy, NWS
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2005 VegDRI Retrospective and Future Plans |
Jesslyn Brown, SAIC (for
OS)
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2005 U.S. Crop Summary |
Brad Rippey, USDA
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Midwest Drought of 2005: USDM As Lens or Prism? |
Mike Palecki, Midwestern RCC
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Local WFO Response to Drought |
Paul Iniguez, NWS WFO Little Rock
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Update on the Seasonal Drought Outlook |
Douglas LeComte, NOAA/NWS/CPC |
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EStimating the Economic Impacts of Drought |
Mike Hayes, NDMC |
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Friday, October 21, 2005
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CLIMAS Update |
Mike Crimmins, CLIMAS/University of AZ
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ArcGIS Update and CPC Product Development |
Harlan Shannon, USDA, and Rich Tinker, NOAA/NWS/CPC
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New Snow Survey and Water Supply GIS Products for Drought Monitoring: New Water Supply Forecast Technologies and Visualization Tools |
Tom Pagano, USDA/NRCS/National Water and Climate Center |
Toward a Westwide Surface Water Supply Index
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Phil Pasteris, USDA/NRCS/National Water and Climate Center
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Computing the Monthly Palmer Drought Index on a Weekly Basis |
Richard Heim, NOAA/NCDC
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Climate Variability and Water Availability in the Southeast Region |
Bud Badr, SERCC Director
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Low-Flow Impacts Database |
Doug Kluck, NWS Central Region
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USDM Guidelines |
Douglas LeComte, NOAA/NWS/CPC
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DM2015: Where to from Here? |
Mark Svoboda, NDMC
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Discussion of USDM Technical and Administrative Issues |
Moderator: Mark Svoboda, NDMC
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Canadian Drought-Monitoring Update |
Ted O'Brien, AAFC-PFRA
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Mexican Drought-Monitoring Update |
Phil Englehart, Creighton University
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Open Discussion of NADM Issues |
Moderator: Jay Lawrimore, NCDC |