Monday August 25, 2015

0830 - 0915 Overview Climate Science to Engineering Operations for Watershed Management

0915 - 1030 CCAWWG Agency Representatives Review Use of the 2011 "Long-term Doc" In Their Climate Change Preparedness and Resilience Work

• USACE Review of Long-term Document in Climate Change Preparedness and Resilience (Kate White, PhD, PE, USACE)
• Providing Science for Climate Change Preparedness & Resilience (Janet Cushing, USGS)
• Managing Water Resources in a Changing Climate (Robert S Webb, NOAA-OAR-ESR-PSD)
• ARS Experimental Watershed Network
• Providing Science for Climate Change Preparedness & Resilience (Robert S Webb, NOAA-OAR-ESR-PSD)
• EPA Perspective of Long-term Document (Robert S Webb, NOAA-OAR-ESR-PSD)
• Overview of NASA Science Relevant to the 2011 Long-Term Water Resources Planning and Management Document (Forrest Melton, NASA ARC-CREST | Allison Leidner, USRA / NASA HQ | Bradley Doorn, NASA HQ | John Bolten, NASA GSFC | Christine Lee, NASA JPL)

1045 - 1145 Faciliated Discussion of Agency Uses of 2011 Long-term Document with CCAWWG Agency Panelists: What Worked? What Still Needs Attention? What's New or Needs Adding?

• CCAWWG “Short Term” Science Strategy Document

1145 - 1245 First Overview: Science Relevant to the 2011 Long-term Document

• NCAR Research Activities in Support of Water Resource Planning and Management Part 1: Assessing the Assessment Methods (Andy Wood, NCAR | Martyn Clark, NCAR | Ethan Gutmann, NCAR | Andy Newman, NCAR | Naoki Mizukami, NCAR | Pablo Mendoza, NCAR | Levi Brekke, Bureau of Reclamation | Jeff Arnold, US Army Corps of Engineers)
• Climate Science to Engineering Operations for Watershed Management: A CCAWWG Workshop (Phil Mote, OSU | Denise Lach, OSU | Presenter: Bart Nijssen, UW)
• CIRES/NOAA ESRL Progress on estimating wet-weather extremes (Kelly Mahoney | Mike Alexander | Dustin Swales | Mike Mueller | Paul Neiman | Cathy Smith | Joe Barsugli | Jamie Scott | Mimi Hughes | Presenter: Mimi Hughes)

1400 - 1500 Second Overview Science Relevant to the 2011 Long-term Document

• NASA Science and Applications in support of Climate Change and Water Resources (Allison K. Leidner, Universities Space Research Association, NASA Earth Science Division)
• 2015 CCAWWG Meeting Summary of Intermountain West Climate Networks (Balaji Rajagopalan | Cameron Bracken | Lisa Dilling | Jeff Lukas | Imtiaz Rangwala | Joe Barsulgi | Presenter: Ben Livneh)

1630 - 1700 Summary and Discussion of Day 1

• Summary of Climate Change Orientation Seminar Talks (US Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation)

Tuesday-Wednesday August 26-27, 2015

Breakout groups discussed needs and opportunities in four Breakout Themes:

1. Changes in Basin Hydroclimate
2. Changes in Wet Weather Extremes
3. Effects at Coasts and Shorelines
4. Effects in Aquatic Ecosystems

Summaries by Breakout Group (integrating perspectives shared across the themes)

• Summary - Group 1 - All Themes
• Summary - Group 2 - All Themes
• Summary - Group 3 - All Themes
• Summary - Group 4 - All Themes

Summaries by Theme (integrating perspectives heard from all breakout groups)

• Summary - Theme 1 - All Groups (Science Leads: Martyn Clark | Bart Nijssen | Rapporteur: Kevin Werner)
  report-out presentation:  Cllimate in the Basin
• Summary - Theme 2 - All Groups (Science Leads: Mimi Hughes | Fiona Horsfall | Rapporteur: Tim Green) facilitating presentation:  A Warmer Planet and Precipitation Intensity; report-out presentation:  Notes on Changes in Wet-Weather Extremes
• Summary - Theme 3 - All Groups (Science co-leads: Adam Terando, USGS Southeast Climate Science Center | Rich Zobel, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service | Rapporteur:  Forrest Melton, NASA ARC- CREST)
  report-out presentation:  Effects at Coasts and Shorelines
• Summary - Theme 4 - All Groups (Science Co-Leads: Charley Luce | Ben Livneh | Rapporteur: Karen Metchis)
  report-out presentation:  Effects In Watershed Ecosytems