 Workshop Participants
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HMT-SE Operational Needs & Requirements Workshop
The HMT Southeast Operational Needs & Requirements Workshop was held February 3-5, 2009, at the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) in Chapel Hill, NC. The focus was on operational needs in order to identify gaps in hydro-meteorological services and to inform requirements for HMT-SE. The workshop engaged with forty-five participants from the NOAA National Weather Service, NOAA Research, NOAA National Ocean Service, NOAA Coastal Services Center, the North and South Carolina Sea Grant Programs, RENCI, Duke University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, NASA, USGS, EPA, North CArolina Flood Plain Mapping Program, and the National Hydrologic Warning Council. Facilitation for the workshop was provided by NOAA's Southeast and Caribbean Regional Team with support from Sea Grant.
Participants had an opportunity to learn about HMT, lesson's learned from HMT-West and how HMT fits into the broader scope of water resource activities within NOAA. We were also briefed on some of the regional hydro-meteorological challenges from both a NWS and a local stakeholder's perspective. Participants then broke into smaller groups and identified five primary themes: quantitative precipitation estimates (QPE) and forecasts (QPF), hydrologic/hydrodynamic applications and models, decision support systems, and societal impacts. Teams were formed around each of these teams, and through an iterative process identified and documented a total of fifty-seven requirements. In the end, both the participants and planners alike felt that the workshop was a resounding success. A meeting report will be posted in the near future, documenting the process and the outcomes of this workshop. A second HMT-SE workshop focussed on research is being planned for later this spring, and will build on the results from the Operational Needs & Requirements Workshop.
The HMT-SE workshop was coordinated with a one-day, North Carolina Sensors Workshop on February 2nd, 2009 hosted by RENCI. The goal of this workshop was to bring local, state and federal organizations as well as universities together to make users aware of the available sensor data in the state and discuss ideas on how to assemble this data together for easier access.
