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ALL CONFERENCE EVENTS REQUIRE PAID CONFERENCE FEE & BADGE
(See Registration Page for more information)
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6:30 am - 8:00 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Location: Exhibition Pavillion |
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7:00 am - 4:30 pm REGISTRATION
Location: Foyer
Registration Coordinator: Sue Seawalt |
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8:00 am - 4:30 pm EXHIBITION HALL OPEN
Location: Exhibition Pavillion
Exhibition Coordinators: John Joiner & Andy Knaak |
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8:00 am - 10:00 am GENERAL SESSION I (WEBINAR SESSION)
Location: International Ballroom (Riviera/Monte Carlo/St. Tropez)
Moderator: Kevin Stewart, NHWC President |
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NHWC Welcome to San Diego
Kevin Stewart, NHWC President |
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NHWC Executive Program Committee Status Report
Moderator: Brian McCallum, EPC Chair |
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"Advancing Hydrologic Forecasts and Warnings in the Information Age"
Mary M. Glackin
Undersecretary for Operations
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
(biography)
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TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED
Michael Gabaldon
Director of Technical Services
U.S Bureau of Reclamation
(biography)
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| 10:00 am - 10:30 am BREAK in Exhibition Pavillion |
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10:30 am - 12:00 pm GENERAL SESSION II (WEBINAR SESSION)
Location: International Ballroom (Riviera/Monte Carlo/St. Tropez)
Moderator, Steve Fitzgerald, NHWC Vice-President |
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"Future Flood Hazards in California, Oregon and Washington-An Analysis of Atmospheric-River Storms in Projections of
21st Century Climate Change"
Michael Dettinger, USGS & Scripps Institute
(abstract/bio) |
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"A Nationwide Comprehensive Water Management System: Can We Get There and Why Should You Care"
Christopher Dunn, Director, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC), Davis, California |
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"Efforts in the International Hydrologic Warning Arena: Empowering
the Future"
Mark Heggli
Innovative Hydrology, Inc.
(biography)
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| 12:00 pm -1:30 pm |
LUNCH w/ guest speaker
Location: International Ballroom-Capri/San Marino/Sorrento |
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"Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming"
Dr. Naomi Oreskes, University of San Diego
Moderator: David Curtis, NHWC 2011 Agenda Committee Chair
Book signing by author will immediately follow |
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSION 1: Breaking Through the Noise
Collaboration on a Regional Scale
Sponsored by NHWC Hazard Communications &
Public Awareness Sub-Committee
Room: St. Tropez
Moderator: Mariana Leckner |
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"Flood Response Efforts in the Upper Ohio River Basin-A Collaboration between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Geological Survey"
Werner C. Loehein, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(abstract/bio)
"Using a Regional Climate Outlook Forum to Improve Drought Early Warning in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin"
Chad McNutt, NOAA National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)
(abstract/bio)
"Australian Bureau of Meteorology-Flood Warning Field &
Data Collection Systems-A Highly Available National Service"
Robert Thompson, Australia Bureau of Meteorology
(abstract/bio) |
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSION 2: Understanding Global Connections
Improving Tools for Better Hydrologic Warning
Room: Monte Carlo
Moderator: Kent Frantz |
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"HEC-RTS Use for Watershed Forecasting; Recent
Enhancements HEC-RTS and HEC-HMS"
William J. Charley, USACE
(abstract/bio)
"Predicting Flash Floods and Debris Flows in Forest
Fire Burn Areas of Western Montana and North Cenral
Idaho"
Ray Nickless, NOAA-National Weather Service
(abstract/bio)
"Estimating the Magnitude and Frequency of Floods in
Urban Basins of Georgia"
Anthony Gotvald, U.S. Geological Survey
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSION 3: Training for Field Personnel
Telemetry Options (WEBINAR SESSION)
Sponsored by NHWC Training & Professional Development
Sub-Committee
Room: Riviera
Moderator: John McEnery |
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"Pros & Cons of Land-Based Radio Telemetry Systems"
Brian Iserman, J.E. Fuller, Inc.
(abstract/bio)
"Future Very Narrowband Radio Requirements:
Implications for the Hydrologic Warning Community"
Timothy Salo, Salo IT Solutions
(abstract/bio)
"Pros & Cons of Space-Based Telemetry Systems"
Terry Colgan, Sutron, Inc.
(abstract/bio) |
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSION 4: Adapting to Change
Building & Maintaing Large-Scale Warning Systems
Sponsored by NHWC Data Collection Sub-Committee
Room: Portofino/Marseilles
Moderator: Jim Kolva |
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"Building Global End-to-End Hydrometeorological
Warning Systems"
Curtis Barrett, WMO Consultant
(abstract/bio)
"Monitoring Network of the Lower Colorado River Authority"
David Murdoch, Lower Colorado River Authority
(abstract/bio)
"Maintaining a National Observation Network: Lessons
for Hydrologic Warning Systems"
Michael A. Palecki, NCDC
(abstract/bio) |
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Hydrologic Hazards: What's
Happening Now? Extreme Events, Part I
Sponsored by NHWC Hydrology/Modeling & Analysis
Sub-Committee
Room: Las Palmas/Marabella
Moderator: George Smith |
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"Record Floods of Greater Nashville, May 1-3, 2010"
Kevin Werner, NOAA-National Weather Service
(abstract/bio)
"USGS Monitoring Efforts and Lessons Learned from the Historic 2009 Georgia Floods"
Brian McCallum, U.S. Geological Survey
(abstract/bio)
"The Albert Pike Flash Flood Tragedy of June 11, 2010"
Tabitha Clarke, NOAA-National Weather Service
(abstract/bio) |
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Breaking Through the Noise
Flood Inundation Mapping Initiatives and Strategies
Room: Terrazza Ballroom
Moderator: Scott Morlock |
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"USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Initiative: An Overview"
William Guertal, U.S. Geological Survey
(abstract/bio)
"Susquehanna Inundation Map Viewer: Strategies in Web-
Based Flood Risk Management"
Benjamin Pratt, Susquehanna River Basin Authority
(abstract/bio)
"Historical Flooding & Opportunities for Real-Time
Forecast Flood Inundation Mapping"
Victor Hom, NOAA-National Weather Service
(abstract/bio) |
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| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm BREAK in Exhibition Pavillion |
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3:30 pm - 5:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Breaking Through the Noise
Communicating Flood Risk
Room: St. Tropez
Moderator: Mike Griffin |
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"Using WebGIS to Communicate Flood Hazard Risks"
Chad Kudym, GIS Workshop, Inc.
(abstract/bio)
"Geospatial Web Applications for Communicating Flood Risk"
Matthew Mampara, Dewberry, Inc.
(abstract/bio)
"USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Iniative: Products and
Communication"
Marie Peppler, U.S. Geological Survey
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"Communicating Flood Risk to Affected Stakeholders"
Bruce Rindahl, Ventura County Flood Control District
(abstract/bio) |
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3:30 pm - 5:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSION 8: Understanding Global Connections
Rainfall-Runoff Modeling
Room: Monte Carlo
Moderator: Victor Hom |
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"Evaluation of the KINEROS2 Distributed Rainfall-Runoff
Model and Comparison with Existing Modeling Procedures
for the Johnson Creek Basin in Portland, Oregon"
Andy Bryant, NOAA-National Weather Service
(abstract/bio)
"A Nested Modeling Approach Using the Precipitation
Runoff Modeling System in the Appalachicola-
Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin in the Southeastern USA"
Jacob LaFontaine, U.S. Geological Survey
(abstract/bio)
"Application of a Distributed Model in Forecasting
Fast-Responding Small Basins in Areas of Complex Terrain"
Michael Schaffner, NOAA-National Weather Service
(abstract/bio)
"Fourmile Canyon Post-Fire Flood Risk Assessment"
Kevin Stewart, Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Control District
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3:30 pm - 5:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSION 9: Hydrologic Hazards: What's
Happening Now? Extreme Events, Part II
(WEBINAR SESSION)
Room: Riviera
Moderator: Rand Allan |
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"Historic Flood of May 2010 - Cumberland River Basin"
Benjamin Rohrback, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(abstract/bio)
"Epic Flooding in North Georgia: The Top Ten
Lessons Learned"
Kent Frantz, NOAA-National Weather Service
(abstract/bio)
"The Value of ALERT Networks, Q2 Data and Real-
Time Inter-Agency Collaboration During the Deadly,
Record Central Iowa Flooding of August 2010"
Jeffrey Zogg, NOAA-National Weather Service
(abstract/bio)
"USACE Fort Worth District Dams & Lakes: Lessons
Learned from the 2007 Flood Events"
Fred Jensen, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(abstract/bio) |
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3:30 pm - 5:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSION 10: Breaking Through the Noise
Building Systems through Partnerships
Room: Portofino/Marsailles
Moderator: Josh McSwain |
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"Arkansas Flood Warning Information Systems"
Bob Blanchard, U.S. Geological Survey
(abstract/bio)
"Development of a Flood-Warning System for Selected
Stream Reaches in Licking County, Ohio"
Chad Ostheimer, U.S. Geological Survey
(abstract/bio)
"Establishing Benchmarks: The Shrewsbury River Flood
Warning System"
Mariana Leckner, American Military University
(abstract/bio)
"Improving Hydrologic Monitoring Networks and Flood
Monitoring and Warning Tools for the Nashville, Tennessee Area"
Shannon Williams, U.S. Geological Survey
(abstract/bio) |
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3:30 pm - 5:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSION 11: Training for Field Personnel
ALERT2TM Protocol Testing & Implementation Forum
Sponsored by NHWC ALERT2TM Technical Working Group
Room: Las Palmas/Marabella
Moderator: Ilse Gayl |
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This session will provide an overview of ALERT2TM progress to date. We will provide a brief background, a full-on demo of multiple implementation approaches, a round-table discussion by managers who are in transition to ALERT2TM, and lots of Q&A time. Technical Working Group Members and Participants include:
Steve Fitzgerald, Harris County FCD, TX
Ilse Gayl, OneRain
David Haynes, Distinctive AFWS Designs
Scott Holder, Ventura County Watershed Protection District, CA
David Leader, HydroLynx
James Logan, OneRain
Dan Miller, City of Overland Park, KS
Chris Roark, Blue Water Design
Jim Slouber, High Sierra Electronics
Kevin Stewart, Denver UDFCD, CO
Rob Thompson, Bureau of Meterology, AU
Sam Utley, Campbell Scientific
Don Van Wie, Telos Services
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3:30 pm - 5:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSION 12: Breaking Through the Noise
Uncertainty in Precipitation Estimates
Sponsored by NHWC Data Collection Sub-Committee
Room: Terrazza Ballroom
Moderator: Eylon Shamir |
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"Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting for Hydrological
Application, PERSIANN-CCS Approach"
Ali Zahraei, University of California-Irvine
(abstract/bio)
"Trends in Precipitation Forecasting Skill at the California-Nevada River Forecasting Center"
Alan Haynes, NOAA-National Weather Service
(abstract/bio)
"Use of Gauge-Adjusted Radar Rainfall During Tropical Storm Hermine
in Austin, Texas"
Baxter Vieux, Vieux & Associates
(abstract/bio)
"Uncertainty in Precipitation Forecasts from
Meteorological Mesoscale Models"
M.J. Murphy, Hydrologic Research Center
(abstract/bio) |
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| 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EXHIBITION HALL CLOSED for cleaning |
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| 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm ALERT Users Group Board meeting-in Board Room |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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Vendor Reception
Located in the Exhibition Hall
Spend a few hours with the vendors browsing the latest services and technologies available to operators of hydrologic warning and data collection systems. Light hors d'oeuvres will be served as snacks. Cash bar available.
Each attendee gets 1 drink ticket with
registration.
Raffle of select vendor-supplied prizes, along with an NHWC prize drawing is always a favorite of conference attendees! |
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| 7:30 pm - till DINNER on own |
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| 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm |
HOSPITALITY SUITE OPEN
Sponsored by Hydrolynx, Inc.
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