PACJET Planning Workshop
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California
31 August and 1 September, 1999
Room 146, Mechanical Engineering building
Tuesday - 31 August 1999 | |
8:30 AM | Refreshments |
Session A: CALJET
Experience and PACJET Planning Session Chair: Warren Blier, Science and Operations Officer, NWSFO Monterey, CA |
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9:00 AM | Introduction and meeting objectives |
9:05 AM | "What was CALJET and what have we learned from it?" (Ralph) |
9:25 AM | "Can targeted dropsonde deployments improve coastal storm forecasts?" (Toth) |
9:45 AM | "PACJET: Preliminary plans, candidate observing systems, and status" (Ralph) |
10:05 AM | "Special PacJet Satellite Products" (Velden) |
10:20 AM | "Geostationary and Polar Orbiting Satellite Data during PacJet" (Dostalek) |
10:35-11:00 AM | Break |
11:00 AM | "RUC2 Mesoscale modeling and data assimilation for PacJet" (Benjamin) |
11:15 AM | "Quasi-operational mesoscale modeling in California: Application to PacJet" (Miller/Schmidt) |
11:30 AM | "Sea state prediction with coupled mesoscale models: PacJet as a test bed?" (Wilczak) |
11:45 AM | "The SAFESEAS Program within NOAA" (Contorno) |
12:00 - 1:00 PM | Lunch (box lunches are available) |
Session B: Illustrate forecast problems and
needs Session Chair: Brad Colman, Science and Operations Officer, NWSFO, Seattle, WA |
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1:00 PM | "The NWS Quantitative Precipitation Forecast Process Assessment" (Reynolds) |
1:20 PM | "NCEP/Hydrometeorological Prediction Center QPF Skill and its Relationship to Numerical Weather Prediction, Can PacJet Improve the Models?" (Reynolds) |
1:40 PM | "How CNRFC fits into the QPF process and how we use the QPF" (Rhea/Strem) |
2:00 PM | "How the Sacramento Flood Control System Works," (Roos) |
2:20 PM | "NCEP Marine Prediction Center Overview of Operations and Critical Forecast Problems" (Partain) |
2:40-3:15 PM | Break |
3:15 PM | "Island-induced cloud bands" San Diego (Small) |
3:30 PM | "Impacts of Winter Season Pacific Storms on Southern California" Oxnard (Danielson) |
3:45 PM | "Perspectives from the Hanford NWS Forecast office" (Greiss) |
4:00 PM | "Winter Hydrometeorological Concerns at WFO Sacramento" (Cunningham) |
4:15 PM | "Perspectives from the Monterey NWS Forecast Office" (Blier) |
4:30 - 5:00 PM | Discussion "Needs and opportunities for improvement" |
5:00 PM | Session B ends for the day. Session B continues Wednesday morning. |
Wednesday - 1 September | |
8:00 AM | Refreshments |
Session B Continued Session Chair: Norm Hoffman, Meteorologist In Charge, NWSFO Monterey, CA |
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8:30 AM | "Perspectives from the Eureka NWS Forecast Office" (Nordquist) |
8:45 AM | "Perspectives from the Medford NWS Forecast Office" (Stavish) |
9:00 AM | "Perspectives from the Seattle NWS Forecast Office" (Colman) |
9:15 AM | Tom Maruyama, San Mateo County Emergency Management |
9:30 AM | Neal OHaire, California Governors Office of Emergency Services, Coastal Region |
9:45-10:15 AM | Break |
Session C: Synthesis and Recommendations Session Chair: Marty Ralph, NOAA/Environmental Technology Laboratory, Boulder, CO |
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10:15 AM - 12:00 Noon | Discussion
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Noon | Workshop ends. |
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