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Thursday Detailed Agenda (May 21, 2009)

--subject to change--

Full papers are linked to author's name

 

 

              6:30 am    to      8:00 am    Breakfast (Colorado Ballroom)

 

              7:00 am    to      5:00 pm    Registration (at registration desk)

 

              8:00 am    to      3:45 pm    Exhibition Open (Salon A/B/C/D/E)

                                                                 

           8:00 am    to      5:00 pm    Corps of Engineers Data Acquisition meeting (Sun Down)

                                                          Hosted by Rich Engstrom

 

           8:00 am    to      9:30 am    Concurrent Session 11:  Exploring New Partnerships--Working

                                                          Together Towards Common Goals, Part II (Salon F)

                                                          Moderator:  Dan Miller

                                                                            James Porter-"The Operations Support Tool:  A New Frontier of

                                                                                    Monitoring, Modeling, Collaboration, and Action in the New

                                                                                    York City Water Supply"

                                                                            Moon Kim-"Flood Inundation Mapping in Indiana: A Mulit-

                                                                Partner Approach to Creating Flood Inundation Mapping"

                                                                             Gene Stallings-"Fifty Years and Counting"

 

           8:00 am    to     09:30 am    Concurrent Session 12:  Navigating the Technology Frontiers--Acoustic

                                                          and Cellular Approaches  (Salon G/H)

                                                          Moderator:  Tony Gotvald

                                                                        Dongsu Kim-"Fast Mapping of River and Lake Bed Shape Using

                                                                                Geo-referenced Bathymetry Measurements Acquired by SonTek's

                                                                                 9-beam ADCP"

                                                                        John Sloat-"A Comparison of Different ADP Track and Depth

                                                                                References Used in Open Channel Irrigation Discharge

                                                                                Measurements"

                                                                        June Wolfe-"Flood Warning System uses Modbus Water Level

                                                                                 Sensors and GSM Cellular Modems to Protect Soldiers and

                                                                                Civilians"

 

           8:00 am    to     09:30 am    Concurrent Session 13:  Braving the Communications Wilderness--Flood

                                                          Stories, Part II  (Salon I/J)

                                                          Moderator:  Michael Kane

                                                                        Scott Morlock-"Collaboration and Communications During Indiana's

                                                                                "Year of Floods"

                                                                        John Lewis-"The Arkansas Flood Events of March/April 2008"

                                                                        Marie Peppler-"Mapping and Documenting the Flood of June 2008

                                                                                in Southern Wisconsin"

 

           8:00 am    to     09:30 am    Concurrent Session 14:  Navigating the Technology Frontiers--

                                                                            Precipitation Forecasting Techniques, Part II  (Game Creek)

                                                          Moderator:  Steve Fitzgerald, NHWC Director

                                                                        Nathan Clements-"The Temporal Distribution of Precipitation in

                                                                                Extreme Precipitation Events in the Western United States"

                                                                         David Curtis-"Design Storm Development for Colorado Springs"

                                                                        Ken Howard-"Improving Quantitative Precipitation Estimates for

                                                                                Flood Warnings at the National Severe Storms Laboratory"

 

           8:00 am    to     09:30 am    Concurrent Session 15:  New Hydrologic Warning Horizons--New

                                                          Direction for ALERT  (Blue Sky)

                                                          Moderator:  Ilse Gayl, NHWC Director

                                                                        Don Van Wie -"ALERT-2 Field Trials"

                                                                        Chris Roark-"ALERT-2 Roadmap:  Hardware, Physical Layer,

                                                                                Migration"

                                                                        David Leader-"Developing an Easy Access User Interface for San

                                                                                Bernadino County's Public Web Server"

 

             9:30 am    to    10:00 am    BREAK (Salon A/B/C/D/E)

 

         10:00 am    to    10:30 am    NHWC Education & Outreach Panel Discussion (Salon F)

                                                                                 With door prizes!!

                                                                            Moderators:  Chris Crompton & Glenn Austin

                                                                     

         10:30 am    to    12:00 pm     Concurrent Session 16: Exploring New Partnerships--Program

                                                          Analysis and Effectivenes  (Salon F)

                                                          Moderator:  Suzanne Van Cooten

                                                                         Mike Norris-"Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Multi-Purpose

                                                                                 Streamgage Networks"

                                                                         David Schwertz-"Improved Hydrologic Services in the National

                                                                                 Weather Service"

                                                                         David Fisher-"An Overview of the BIA Early Warning System

                                                                                 Program and National Monitoring Center"

 

         10:30 am    to    12:00 pm    Concurrent Session 17: Navigating the Technology Frontiers--New Ways

                                                          to Communicate Critical Data  (Salon G/H)

                                                          Moderator:  Joel Lanier

                                                                         Ken Zweig-"New Initiatives for Communicating Flood Information

                                                                                in King County, Washington"

                                                                         Chad Kudym-"Using Google Maps for Dynamic Presentation of

                                                                                Radar and Gauge Data"

                                                                         Xiadong Jian-"WaterWatch:  A Map-Based Interface to Depict and

                                                                                Quantify Hydrologic Hazards"

 

         10:30 am    to    12:00 pm    Concurrent Session 18:  Braving the Communications Wilderness--

                                                          Reservoir Operations and Water Management  (Salon I/J)

                                                          Moderator:  Chris Smith

                                                                          Randall Harvey-"ACT/ACF River Basins Reservoir Operations

                                                             During the 2006-2009 Drought in the Southeast United States"

                                                       Ernie Wells-"National Weather Service's Flash Flood Program and

                                                                                 Dambreak Coordination"

                                                                        William Charley-"HEC-RTS (Real-Time Simulation) Version 2 for

                                                                               Real-Time Flood Forecasting and Water Control"

 

         10:30 am    to    12:00 pm    Concurrent Session 19:  New Hydrologic Warning Horizons--Water

                                                          Quality Warning Systems  (Game Creek)

                                                          Moderator:  Rand Allan, NHWC Secretary

                                                                          Eric Strom-"The Cooper River Salinity Alert Network--25 Years of

                                                                                Real-Time Monitoring"

                                                                          Rob Mooney-"Tidally-Influenced New Orleans Canal Network

                                                                                Benefits from Accurate Water Level, Conductivity, and

                                                                                Temperature Data"

                                                                          Paul Ankcorn-"Analysis of Quality-Assurance and Quality-Control

                                                                                 Procedures for an Urban Water-Quality Monitoring Program,

                                                                                 Gwinnett County, Georgia"

 

         10:30 am    to    12:00 pm    Concurrent Session 20:  New Hydrologic Warning Horizons--Protecting

                                                          Life and Quality of Life  (Blue Sky)

                                                          Moderator:  Marian Baker, NHWC Director

                                                                        Enrica Caporali-"Integrating Modeling of Extreme Events with Risk

                                                                                Perception of Natural Hazards"

                                                                        Chris Crompton-"Hydrologic Data Needs in the Aftermath of the

                                                                                2007 Santiago Fire in Orange County, California"

                                                                        Baxter Vieux-"Physics-based Hydrologic Modeling for Flash Flood

                                                                                Forecasting"

 

 

            12:00 pm    to      1:15 pm    LUNCH (Colorado Ballroom)

                                                           Moderator:  Kevin Stewart, NHWC President

 

FEATURED GUEST SPEAKER

 

 

"Strategic Planning for Better Decisions"

 

Jack Hayes, Director, National Oceans and Atmospheric Administration,

National Weather Service, Silver Springs, Maryland

 

 

                1:15 pm    to    1:45 am    NHWC Business Meeting (Colorado Ballroom)

                                                                            With door prizes!! 

 

            2:00 pm   to     5:00 pm    ASFPM CFM Certification Exam--additional fee required 

                                                          (Board Room)

                                                          Hosted by Berry Williams, Inc. & sanctioned by ASFPM

 

            2:00 pm   to     3:30 pm    Concurrent Session 21:  Exploring New Partnerships--Working Together

                                                           Towards Common Goals, Part III (Salon F)

                                                           Moderator:  George Wilkins, NHWC Director

                                                                        Arthur Armour-"USACE Northwestern Division Establishes New

                                                                                Water Management Data Systems"

                                                                        Suzanne Van Cooten-"Project CI-FLOW:  Tracking the Raindrop

                                                                                from the Sky to the Summit to the Sea"

                                                                        Lisa Holts-"Colorado Basin River Forecast Center Operations"

 

            2:00 pm   to     3:30 pm    Concurrent Session 22:  Navigating the Technological Frontiers--Data

                                                           Analysis & Modeling Techniques, Part II  (Salon G/H)

                                                          Moderator:  Rob Nelson

                                                                        Michael Schaffner-"A Distributed Flash Flood Forecasting Rainfall-

                                                                                Runoff Model Applied to Fast-Responding Watersheds in the

                                                                                Eastern United States"

                                                                        Beth Clarke-"Verification of Floodplain Deliniation Hydrologic and

                                                                                Hydraulic Models Using Radar-Derived Rainfall Grids with the

                                                                                FLO-2D Model"

                                                       Anthony Gotvald-"Estimating the Magnitude and Frequency of

                                                            Floods in Rural Basins of Georgia, South Carolina, and

                                                            North Carolina"

 

            2:00 pm   to     3:30 pm    Concurrent Session 23:  Braving the Communications Wilderness--Flood

                                                          Inundation Mapping  (Salon I/J)

                                                          Moderator:  John Joiner

                                                                        Doug Marcy-"National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's

                                                                                Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS) Flood

                                                                                Inundation Mapping Challenges"

                                                                        Joseph Jones-"Near-Real-Time Simulation and Internet-Based

                                                                                Delivery of Forecast-Flood Inundation Maps Using Two-

                                                                                Dimensional Hydraulic Modeling:  A Pilot Study for the

                                                                                Snoqualmie River, Washington"

                                                                        Michael Crenshaw-"Leveraging FEMA Map Modernization Models

                                                                                for Use in a Flood Forecasting System"

 

            2:00 pm   to     3:30 pm    Concurrent Session 24:  New Hydrologic Warning Direction--Changing

                                                          Lives, Saving Lives  (Game Creek)

                                                          Moderator:  Mark Svoboda

                                                                        Michael Smith-"Miracle' at Greensburg:  A Look at How Weather

                                                                                Science and Technology is Saving Lives"

                                                                        Isabelle Ruin - "From Daily  to Crisis Activities:  Monitoring Travel

                                                            Patterns in Response to Extreme Weather Stresses"

                                                                        Kevin Stewart-"AHPS-Adapting a Familiar Hydrologic Service to

                                                                                ALERT Systems"

 

            2:00 pm   to     3:30 pm    Concurrent Session 25:  Exploring New Partnerships--Flood Warning

                                                          System Success Stories, Part II (Blue Sky)

                                                          Moderator:  Rand Allan, NHWC Secretary

                                                                        Brian Iserman-"Greenlee County ALERT System"

                                                                        Michael Kane-"Flash-Flood Warning for the Upper Sutlej River

                                                                                Basin in Northern India"

                                                                        Ryan Kilgren-"San Diego County FLOODWATCH:  An

                                                                                Application in Real-Time Flood Forecasting for Decision Support"

 

               3:30 pm    to     3:45 pm    BREAK (Salon A/B/C/D/E)

 

           3:45 pm    to     6:00 pm    Exhibition Hall closed for tear-down

 

           3:45 pm    to     5:15 pm    Concurrent Session 26:  Navigating the Technological Frontiers--GOES

                                                          Applications for Hydrologic Warning  (Salon F)

                                                          Moderator:  Kay Metcalf

                                                                        Duane Preble-"GOES Data Collection and Applicability for Real-

                                                                                Time Hydro-Met Operations"

                                                                        John Shelton-"Implementation of a New Flood Warning System:

                                                                                Columbia, South Carolina"

                                                                        George Arcement-"Hardeing Tidal Gages Improves Hurricane

                                                                                Preparation and Warning in the Northern Gulf of Mexico"

 

           3:45 pm    to     5:15 pm    Concurrent Session 27:  Navigating the Technological Frontiers--Data

                                                          Analysis & Modeling Techniques, Part III  (Salon G/H)

                                                          Moderator:  Glenn Austin, NHWC Executive Director

                                                                        Jason Needham-"Estimating Flood-Induced Consequences with

                                                                                HEC-FIA"

                                                                        Edward Clark-"Frequency Surface Response-Supporting Flash Flood

                                                                                Warning Decision Making"

                                                                        Kevin Stamm-"Hydrologic Simulations of Historic, Transposed

                                                                                Storms over Cherry Creek Basin in Colorado"

 

           3:45 pm    to     5:15 pm    Concurrent Session 28:  Braving the Communications Wilderness--New

                                                          Ideas for Public Outreach  (Salon I/J)

                                                          Moderator:  Paul Ankcorn

                                                                        Andrew Knaak-"Hydrologic Streamflow Conditions for

                                                            Georgia, 2007"

                                                                        Jeff Colton-"National Weather Service Hydrologic Services: 

                                                                                Providing Information for Flood Preparedness, Drought

                                                                                Mitigation and Water Resources Management on the Western

                                                                                Slope of Colorado"

                                                                        Todd Hamill-"Innovative Outreach from the Southeast River

                                                                                Forecast Center"

 

           3:45 pm    to     5:15 pm    Concurrent Session 29:  New Hydrologic Warning Direction--Adapting

                                                          Existing Technologies for New Threats  (Game Creek)

                                                          Moderator:  Timothy Pojunas

                                                                        Brian Iserman-"Lakes ALERT System"

                                                                        Jeff Conaway-"Collection and Distribution of Real-Time Streambed

                                                                                Scour Monitoring Data from Bridges in Alaska"

                                                                        Mike McMahon-"Flood Warning Systems with Multiple Flood

                                                                                Warning Scenarios Fairfax County, Virginia"

 

           3:45 pm    to     5:15 pm    Concurrent Session 30:  Navigating the Technological Frontiers--

                                                          Precipitation Forecasting Techniques, Part III  (Blue Sky)

                                                          Moderator:  Joel Lanier

                                                                      Pedro Fernandez-"Use of Radar and ALERT Data for the

                                                                            Characterization of Convective Cells for the Calibration

                                                                            of a Storm Model"

                                                                      Beth Clarke-"Use of Blended Numerical Weather Prediction Models

                                                                           and Radar Nowcasts for Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting"

                                                                      Gregory Story-"The Rio Grande Flooding of Late Summer 2008:

                                                                           Challenges Faced by the HAS Forecasters at the NWS West

                                                                           Gulf River Forecast Center"

 

           6:00 pm    to     9:00 pm    NHWC Awards Banquet (Colorado Ballroom)

                                                                        With Grand Door Prizes!! 

                                                           Wine sponsored by Water & Earth Technologies

 

                                                                        Featuring the music of Roy Bloomfield, guitarist who has played with

                                                                        with Bo Diddley and many others.

 

 

           9:00 pm    to   12:00 pm    Hospitality Suite Open

                                                                            Sponsored by Hydrolynx, Inc.

 

  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

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