NWS EASTERN REGION CLIMATE WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 15

PURPOSE & GOALS:

Discuss and identify Climate Services needs and solutions by establishing the role of climate services for Eastern Region.

The participants of the workshop will gain an understanding of:

Complimentary shuttle from airport to hotel: ** When making your room reservation (you must speak to the hotel directly not the 1-800 reservationists), indicate that you will need to use the shuttle from the airport to the hotel. They will ask for your arrival time. Make sure to indicate the group name: National Weather Service. Then when you arrive at the airport you will need to call the hotel (919-828-0811) to request the shuttle pick-up.

Time	Event/Briefing	Organization - Briefer	min
8:00 AM	Welcome, Workshop details	ER Climate Services Team	15
		Moderator - Gary Szatkowski - NWS PHI Note taker - Michael Evans - NWS BGM
8:15 AM	Climate Services - NWS/NOAA Vision	ER Director - Dean Gulezian OCWWS/CSD - Fiona Horsfall	10 20
8:45 AM	Workshop Theme *Science Data Partnerships	ER Climate Services Team	10
8:55 AM	Applied Statistics for Climatology	OCWWS/CSD - Marina Timofeyeva	65
10:00 AM	Break		15
10:15 AM	Climate Variability / ENSO	CPC - Gerry Bell	60
11:15 AM	Climate Downscaling Techniques	OCWWS/CSD - Marina Timofeyeva	60
12:15 AM	Lunch	*on your own*	75
		Moderator - Jim Campbell - NWS RLX Note taker - Patti Wnek - NWS MARFC
1:30 PM	Current Training Opportunities & Resources	ER/SSD - Heather Hauser	30
2:00 PM	Wrap up of Science Session	ER Climate Services Team	30
2:30 PM	Introductory Remarks - Data	ER Climate Services Team	10
2:40 PM	Snowfall Requirements, Data, Transition	NWS BOX - Alan Dunham	50
3:30 PM	Break		15
3:45 PM	COOP Modernization and New England Project	ERH/SOD - Sergio Marsh Sr. Visiting Scientist OS&T - Ken Crawford	60
4:45 PM	Wrap up of Day 1	ER Climate Services Team	30

Time	Event/Briefing	Organization - Briefer	min
		Moderator - Sam McNeil - NWS ILN Note taker - Steve McLaughlin - NWS BUF
8:00 AM	Data Quality Control	WFO RLX - Jim Campbell	30
8:30 AM	Data Quality Control	NERFC - Jeane Wallace	30
9:00 AM	CPC - Products, Data, QC, etc.	CPC - Ed O'Lenic	50
9:50 AM	Break		15
10:05 AM	NCDC - Products, Data, QC, etc	NCDC - Stephen Del Greco	50
10:55 AM	RCCs -Products, Data, QC, etc	NRCC - Keith Eggleston	50
11:45 PM	Lunch	*on your own*	75
		Moderator - Alan Dunham - NWS BOX Note taker - Jim Mansfield - NWS GYX
1:00 PM	State Climatologist(s) - Products, Data, QC, etc	AASC President - David Robinson	45
1:45 PM	Media Use of Climate Data - coordinated presentation	New England Cable News - Matt Noyes WRAL-TV - Greg Fishel	45
2:30 PM	NWS Climate Outreach/Partnerships	OCWWS/OS - Stephan Kuhl OCWWS/CSD - Judy Koepsell	45
3:15 PM	Break		15
3:30 PM	Local Climate Partnerships	WFO RAH - Brandon Locklear NC State Climatologist - Ryan Boyles	30
4:00 PM	Wrap up of Data/Partnerships/ Outreach Session	ER Climate Services Team	30
4:30 PM	Climate Services Workshop Wrap up Discussion Review of Action Items	ER Climate Services Team	30
5:00 PM	Workshop Ends

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