Jay Jasperse
(Sonoma Water)
F. Martin Ralph
(Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
Michael Anderson
(California State Climate Office, Department of Water Resources)
Levi Brekke
(Bureau of Reclamation)
Michael Dettinger
(United States Geologic Survey)
Nick Malasavage
(US Army Corps of Engineers)
Alan Haynes
(Caifornia Nevada River Forecast Center, NWS)
Joseph Forbis
(US Army Corps of Engineers)
Natalie Manning
(NOAA Restoration Center)
Cary Talbot
(US Army Corps of Engineers)
Robert Webb
(NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory)
Arleen O’Donnell
(Eastern Research Group)
Ann Dubay
(Sonoma Water)
David Ford
(David Ford Consulting)
Rob Hartman
(RKH Consulting Services)
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FIRO Science Task Group Workshop Presentations
- Share scientific research (both short-term and longer-term horizons) contributing to Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations
- Take stock of progress to date on Lake Mendocino FIRO Preliminary Viability Assessment (PVA) and discuss transition to Final Viability Assessment
- Discuss related matters and opportunities
Rob Hartman, RKH Consulting Services – Results from the Lake Mendocino FIRO Preliminary Viability Assessment and the Role of Science
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Matt Newman, NOAA ESRL – Skillful Seasonal Forecasts from Model-Based Analogs
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Andrew Hoell, NOAA ESRL – Reliability of West Coast Extreme Precipitation Events as Drought Busters
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Kelly Mahoney, NOAA ESRL – A 21st Century HRRR-Based Approach to Estimating Probable Mximum Precipitation to Enhance Dam Safety and Community Resilience
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Marty Ralph, CW3E – CW3E Atmospheric Rivers: Scales and Categories
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Mike Dettinger, USGS – How Large do Atmospheric Rivers get in Northern California?
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Michael Scheuerer, NOAA ESRL – Using GEFS Ensemble Forecasts for Decision Making in Reservoir Management in Calfornia
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Anna Wilson, CW3E – Observations of Land-Falling Atmospheric Rivers in Northern California during Early 2017
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Stan Benjamin, NOAA ESRL – Experimental and Operational RAP and HRRR Forecasting of West Coast Extreme Precipitation Events
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Maryam Asgari-Lamjiri, CW3E – Validation of SMAP Soil Moistre Products in Central and Northern California using In-Situ Observations
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Marty Ralph, CW3E – Atmospheric River Reconnaissance
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Anna Wilson (for Andy Martin, CW3E) – Meso-Scale Frontal Waves in Atmospheric Rivers
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Ken Nowak, US Bureau of Reclamation – Sub-Seaonal Climate Forecasting Competition: Evaluation and Results
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Ben Zamora, NOAA ESRL – Evaluation Full Physics and Conceptual Hydrological Model Soil Moisture Simulations with Observations
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Brian Henn, CW3E – Framework for Assessing Sensitivity of Lake Mendocino Inflow Simulations to High-Resolution Precipitation Forecasts
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Chuck Downer and Stephen Turnbull, USACE ERDC – FIRO Russian River Distributed Hydrologic Modeling using GSSHA
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Chuck Downer and Stephen Turnbull, USACE ERDC – Watershed and Groudwater Modeling Data Collection to Support Distributed Hydrologic Modeling
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Rich Niswonger and Lorrie Flint, USGS – Infiltration Sliding Scale Based on Soil Type – Looking to Synch with MS4 Standards
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Andy Wood, NCAR – Report on Joint USBR, USACE, and NCAR Project: “Over the Loop” Stream-Flow Forecast System
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Lynn Johnson, NOAA ESRL – Russian River Modeling: a) Real-Time Flash Flood Forecasting Prototype, b) Assessment of Lake Mendocino Reservoir Operating Rules using Coupled Optimization and Simulation Models
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