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Crosscut Assessment of Hydrometerological Products, Services, and Supporting Research

Crosscut Assessment of Hydrometerological Products, Services, and Supporting Research. Robert J. Dumont Chief Scientist/OFCM presented by Mark Gunzelman, OFCM/STC. Overview. Background Discussion Who should be involved? Objectives Proposed Action. Background.

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Crosscut Assessment of Hydrometerological Products, Services, and Supporting Research

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  1. Crosscut Assessment of Hydrometerological Products, Services, and Supporting Research Robert J. Dumont Chief Scientist/OFCM presented by Mark Gunzelman, OFCM/STC

  2. Overview • Background • Discussion • Who should be involved? • Objectives • Proposed Action

  3. Background • Feedback from several Federal agency reps, like NWS, USGS, and USACE, indicates that the time is right • The OFCM is committed to conducting an assessment devoted to hydrometeorology • Post-Katrina, we need to more closely examine the hydrometeorological impacts of tropical cyclones, like storm surge and inland flooding

  4. Discussion • With regard to hydromet products and services, outreach conducted by the NWS indicates that there is growing need for: • Uncertainty information for risk management and decision making • Products in geographically referenced formats • Expanded use of the Internet and other emerging communications/dissemination technologies

  5. Discussion (2) • In a April 2007 BAMS article—Hydrologic Verification—Edwin Wells, et.al., makes two key points: • Without conducting continuous and comprehensive verification, it is not possible to know what needs to change in order to improve forecast skill • By focusing hydrologic research on forecasting, a new branch of the hydrologic discipline, a hydrologic forecast science, will develop • Both are great assessment issues that need to be addressed on a Federal interagency basis

  6. Who should be involved? • Federal agencies: • NOAA (NWS and NOS) • Interior (USGS, BLM, FWS, and NPS) • Agriculture (NRCS) • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • Homeland Security (FEMA and USCG) • EPA • NASA

  7. Who should be involved? (2) • Users of Federal information: • National Emergency Management Association • International Association of Emergency Managers • National Hydrologic Warning Council • American Meteorological Society • Media (TWC and other TV broadcasters) • Others

  8. Objectives • Define the needs and requirements for hydrometeorological products, services, and supporting research for the Federal agencies and the customers they support • Investigate agency plans and alternatives for satisfying new requirements • Create agency partnerships to better leverage subject-matter expertise and resources to meet the growing needs for better hydromet products and services

  9. Proposed Action ICMSSR support the need for a crosscutting assessment of Federal agency hydrometeorological products, services, and supporting research and establishment of a Joint Action Group to conduct this activity

  10. QUESTIONS?

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