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Program Workshops
- 1st Water Management Program Workshop, 13 June 2006
- 2nd Water Management Program Workshop, 1 Nov. 2007
1st Water Management Program Workshop - Agenda
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1st Water Management Program Workshop - Attendees
Graeme Aggett (Riverside Tech.),
Kristi Arsenault (UMBC GEST),
James Carleton (EPA),
Brian Cosgrove (SAIC),
Ted Engman (SAIC),
Jared Entin (NASA/HQ),
Kathleen Fitzgerald (INFONETIC, Logistical Coordinator)
Don Frevert (USBR),
Lawrence Friedl (NASA/HQ),
Tom Graziano (NOAA NWS/OHD),
Sung-ho Hong,
Paul Houser (GMU/IGES),
Charles Laymon (MSFC-USRA),
Son Nghiem (JPL),
Joe Nigro (SAIC),
Pedro Restrepo (NOAA OHD),
George Sehlke (North Olympic Peninsula),
Richard Stodt (USBR),
Dale Straw (CO Div Water Resources),
Mike Thomas (Fla Env. Protection),
David Toll (NASA/GSFC),
James Verdin (USGS),
Kathleen White (ACE),
Andy Wood (U. Washington).
1st Water Management Program Workshop - Presentations
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1st Water Management Program Workshop - Executive Summary
The workshop purpose was to introduce all funded investigators and members of the Water Management Program Working Group concerning the current state and future of the NASA Water Management Program. This also permitted the exchange of ideas and plans. This was also the first opportunity of the newly formed Water Management Working Group to examine activities and plans and to provide insights on directions the program should consider.
Jared Entin, Water Management Program, reported that Water Management is one element of twelve applications under the Applied Sciences Program (ASP). The primary goal of the ASP is to infuse NASA data products and information into operational Decision Support Tools through partnering with other organizations with broad, national applicability. The Water Management Program Element addresses issues of concern and decision-making related to water availability, forecasting and quality. This includes 1) estimating water storage (snowpack, soil moisture and aquifer); 2) modeling and predict water fluxes (river runoff, precipitation and evapotranspiration); and 3) remote sensing and modeling of water quality (direct estimates of turbidity, eutrophication and temperature) and nonpoint source (land cover conversion, agriculture runoff, etc.).
Towards these goals, the NASA Water Management Program is supporting three "directed projects" and five projects chosen through NASA solicitations. Representatives from each of the projects provided summary presentations on their use of NASA products in to operational DSTs. Each of the presentations is available ( ftp://hsbserv.gsfc.nasa.gov/Dtoll/WATER/ ). Two NASA "Cross-Cutting Solutions" projects with the objective to provide a "Solutions Network" capability between NASA products and end users were also included. NASA also summarized many of its ongoing water science and research activities. In addition, plans were presented to provide quarterly project reports with semi-annual "Science Highlights".
A focus of the afternoon discussion period was to discuss future directions of the Water Management Program Plan towards FY07-FY11. There was an indicated need to modify the current plan from a NASA-oriented perspective to more of an Applications perspective. There was a wide range of specific recommendations (see below), including better describing the Water Management Vision, the work being done in a concise but relevant manner, and where NASA plans to head towards fulfilling its plan. Additionally, the discussion periods included "What is the One Thing Missing from the Plan", "Communication between NASA and Other Groups", and "Who is Our Audience?".
The second day comprised a meeting of the Water Management Working Group team with members from the NASA Water Management team. The purpose of the Working Group is to a) discuss trends, directions, and priorities within the water management community, b) discuss opportunities to integrate Earth science products in water management decision making, and c) provide insights and recommendations on priorities and directions to the NASA Water Management program. In particular the group is providing expertise from a user perspective, especially as pertains to the user side of the Integrated System Solutions diagram. The group helped to provide a framework for revising the Water Management Plan to more of an applications perspective. The group is also helping to identify gaps and set priorities. Also, they are recommending groups to work with and participation at selected meetings and workshops. Each Working Group member also presented a summary of their agency with links to the NASA Water Management Program (see ftp://hsbserv.gsfc.nasa.gov/Dtoll/WATER/ ).
2nd Water Management Program Workshop - Agenda
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2nd Water Management Program Workshop - Attendees
Graeme Aggett (Riverside Technologies)
Steve Ambrose (NASA/HQ)
Kristi Arsenault (UMBC/GEST)
Deborah Belvedere (GMU/CREW)
Levi Brekke (USBR)
Brian Cosgrove (SAIC)
Lucien Cox (NASA/HQ)
Jiarui Dong (UMBC/GEST)
Ted Engman (SAIC)
Jared Entin (NASA/HQ)
Lawrence Friedl (NASA/HQ)
Jan Hendrickx (New Mexico Tech)
Paul Houser (GMU/IGES)
Rick Lawford (GEWEX)
Ashutosh Limaye (NASA/MSFC/USRA)
Jesse Meng (NOAA/NWS/NCEP)
Ken Mitchell (NOAA/NWS/NCEP)
Son Nghiem (NASA/JPL)
Wenge Ni-Meister (Hunter College)
Christa Peters-Lidard (NASA/GSFC)
Will Pozzi (GMU/CREW)
Pedro Restrepo (NOAA OHD)
George Sehlke (North Olympic Peninsula)
David Toll (NASA/GSFC)
James Verdin (USGS)
Mark Wigmosta (PNL)
Andy Wood (U. Washington)
1st Water Management Program Workshop - Presentations
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1st Water Management Program Workshop - Executive Summary
The second workshop brought together all the current Principle Investigators and representatives of the NASA Applied Sciences Program in water management. The primary objective of the meeting was to update and better coordinate NASA Water Management Program project activities and permit attendees to share their results and perspectives and to help plot the direction of future actions. This meeting also presented the opportunity to review and improve future NASA Water Management Program activities.
Date Last Modified: 11/30/07
