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Charleston Marriott | 170 Lockwood Blvd
Tuesday, June 11
7:30 AM Registration & Room Open
8:30 – 8:45 Workshop Welcome
Opening Remarks
Mona Behl, University of Georgia, Georgia Sea Grant
Fiona Horsfall, Climate Services Branch, NOAA National Weather Service
Kirstin Dow, Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments
8:45 – 9:15 Welcome
NOAA leadership
9:15 – 10:00 Keynote Address
“Title” TBD
Name TBD
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:45 Session 1: Supporting Natural Resources Management Moderator: TBD
A Coastal Resilience Assessment for the United States Greg Dobson, UNC Asheville’s NEMAC
Linking Land Use, Climate, and Coastal Ecosystems: a watershed perspective for a changing South Carolina coast Lloyd Hill, College of Charleston
NOAA and Water: Connecting End User Needs with Decision Support Tools Brenna Sweetman, NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Building Resilience to Extreme Events and Water Hazard Planning in Rural Communities Sarah Trainor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (presented by Richard Thoman, ACCAP)
ENSO and Seasonal Sea level Variability in the face of Changing Climate: Experience from the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands Md Rashed Chowdhury, Pacific ENSO Applications Climate Center
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11:45 – 1:15 PM Lunch (on your own)
1:15 – 2:45 Session 2: Informing Sector-Based Decisions
Moderator: Hunter Jones, NOAA Climate Program Office
Delivering Broader Impacts through Climate Change Communication Paula Jasinski, Chesapeake Environmental Communications
Overview of the New Drought.gov Website Steve Ansari, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Inform ation
Week-2 Probabilistic Forecasts of Wind Hazards and Extremes Melissa Ou, NOAA Climate Prediction Center
Improvement of Two-week Temperature Forecast of JMA Shochiro Miyawaki, Japan Meteorological Agency
Supporting Decision Makers in Anchorage, Alaska, with Accurate Seasonal Snowfall Predictions Joseph Wegman, NOAA National Weather Service Anchorage
Challenges and Recommendations for Climate-ready Management of U.S. Marine Fisheries Melissa Karp, NOAA Fisheries / ECS Federal LLC
2:45 – 3:00 Discussion
3:00 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 4:45 Session 3: Informing Sector-Based Decisions
Moderator: Adrienne Antoine, NOAA Climate Program Office
The Value of Climate Data from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information Tamara Houston, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Understanding Sector-Based Decisions for Heat-Health Risk Reduction Hunter Jones, NOAA Climate Program Office
Delivering Climate Services to Rural Alaska: Challenges and Opportunities Richard Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy
Applications of Satellite Altimetry Mission Assets for Understanding and Assessing Coastal Risk Margaret Srinivasan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology
Development and Applications of Climate Projections in India Jenny Dissen, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites
4:45 – 5:00 Discussion
5:00 – 5:15 Poster Lightning Talks
5:30 – 7:30 PM Reception & Poster Viewing
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Tuesday Keynote Address Speaker: Name, Affiliation
Bio.
Organization
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Charleston Marriott | 170 Lockwood Blvd Wednesday, June 12
7:30 AM Registration & Room Open
8:30 – 9:00 Kick-off Keynote
“Title” TBD
Susanne Moser, Director, Susanne Moser Research & Consulting
9:00 – 9:30 Session 4 Panel: Addressing Emotional Well-Being and Empathy Drain In Climate and Weather Work Panel Facilitator: Susanne Moser
Becky DePodwin, AccuWeather
Daniel Gilford, Rutgers
Rebecca Moulton, FEMA Region 5
Sarah Watson, S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments
9:30 – 10:00 Panel Discussion
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:45 Session 5: Guiding Public Health Preparedness
Moderator: Amanda Farris, CISA
Susceptibility of Public Health Impacts from Flooded Water, Wastewater and Public Health Infrastructure Susan Lovelace, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
The Impact of Chronic High-heat on Reduced Gestational Age in Pregnant Women in North Carolina, 2011-2015 Ashley Ward, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments
Development of a Web-Based Tool to Forecast Wet Bulb Globe Temperature for Populations Who Engage in Exertional Outdoor Activities Charles Konrad, CISA, Southeast Regional Climate Center
Heath Impact Oriented Excessive Heat Forecasting at Sub-seasonal Lead Times: Evaluation of Performance of the Real-time Global Sub-seasonal Excessive Heat Outlook System Augustin Vintzileos, University of Maryland / ESSIC
Subseasonal Forecasting of Heatwaves at the NOAA Climate Prediction Center Evan Oswald, NOAA Climate Prediction Center
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11:45 – 1:15 PM Lunch (on your own)
1:15 – 2:00 Session 6 Panel: Approaches to Engaging Decision Makers in Design and Evaluation
Moderator: Kirstin Dow, CISA
Susan Lovelace, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
Brenna Sweetman, NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Hunter Jones, NOAA Climate Program Office
Matt Rosencrans, NOAA Climate Prediction Center
Blair Holloway, NOAA National Weather Service Charleston
Paulina Cwik, The University of Oklahoma
2:00 – 2:30 Panel Discussion
2:30 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 5:00 Field Trips
Educational Tour of South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Marine Resources Research Institute: Co-located near the NOAA Hollings Lab, MRRI provided scientific expertise to assess the condition of South Carolina’s coastal resources. During the 90-minute tour, attendees will hear about the history of MRRI and have a chance to engage with research staff about the various projects currently being conducted to monitor fisheries, habitats, and environmental impacts.
Walking tour City of Charleston Adaptation and Mitigation Efforts: The City of Charleston is often plagued with flooding concerns, whether it be from nuisance "sunny day" flooding or from higher impact weather events. The City of Charleston's Chief Resilience Officer, Mark Wilbert, will provide a walking tour of parts of the peninsula that are frequent trouble spots and will discuss mitigation measures that have been put in place to combat these issues.
South Carolina Aquarium Coastal Resilience Program: Explore the South Carolina Aquarium and meet their conservation team to learn about their efforts on coastal resilience and conservation for the City of Charleston and the South Carolina coasts.
6:00 – 8:00 Banquet Dinner
Title Name, affiliation
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Wednesday Kick-off Keynote Speaker: Susanne Moser, Director, Susanne Moser Research & Consulting
Bio
Wednesday Banquet Speaker: Name, Affiliation
Bio
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Charleston Marriott | 170 Lockwood Blvd
Thursday, June 13
7:30 AM Room Open
8:30 – 9:00 Kick-off Keynote
“Title” TBD
Mark Wilbert, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Charleston
9:00 – 10:30 Session 7: Disaster Risk Management (Flooding Hazards)
Moderator: Brenna Sweetman, NOAA Office for Coastal Management
To Adapt or not to Adapt: Decision-making by residents of urban coastal areas Malgosia Madajewicz, Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University
End to End of Coastal Inundation Early Warning System in Indonesia for Disaster Risk Reduction Nelly Riama, The Agency for Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical, Indonesia
Forecasting Seasonal Sea Levels for the U.S. East Coast: opportunities and challenges Matthew Widlansky, Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii
A Climatology of Coastal Flooding in New York City, and how NWS New York, NY is evolving its Coastal Hazard and Impact Forecasting Products and Services to Address Current and Future Risks John Murray, NOAA National Weather Service New York
Examining Coastal Flood Thresholds for the Southeast South Carolina and Southeast Georgia Coast Blair Holloway, NOAA National Weather Service Charleston
Developing High-Resolution Data and Neighborhood-Scale Flood Modeling in Charleston County, SC Norman Levine, College of Charleston & Landon Knapp, South Carolina Sea Grant
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:30 Invited Talk
Record-Breaking Rainfall and Flooding Associated with Hurricane Florence: Is This the New Normal?
Charles Konrad, CISA, Southeast Regional Climate Center
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11:30 – 12:30 PM
Session 8: Disaster Risk Management (Tropical Hazards)
Moderator: TBD
Hurricane Preparedness and Recovery in Agriculture and Forestry: perspectives from extension, NRCS, and state forestry agencies Sarah Wiener, USDA Forest Service Southeast Climate Hub
Increasing Risk Perception and Understanding of Hurricane Storm Tides in Charleston SC Using an Interactive, Web-Based Visualization Approach Frank Alsheimer, NOAA NWS Columbia / B. Lee Lindner, College of Charleston
Climatology and Variability of Tropical Cyclones Affecting Charleston, South Carolina B. Lee Lindner, College of Charleston
Tropical Convection Interaction With Alaska Weather William Ludwig, NOAA National Weather Service Anchorage
12:30 – 2:00 PM Lunch (on your own)
2:00 – 3:15 Session 9: Disaster Risk Management (Hazards & Extremes)
Moderator: TBD
The CPC Global Tropics Hazards Outlook: Product Overview, Goals and Plans Jon Gottschalck, NOAA Climate Prediction Center
The Use of Three to Nine-Month NOAA Forecasts for Predicting Southern Pine Beetle Outbreaks Across the Southeastern United States Steven McNulty, USDA Forest Service Southeast Climate Hub
Users Perspectives on S2S Forecast Products for Extreme Precipitation Events Elinor Martin, University of Oklahoma (presented by Paulina Cwik, University of Oklahoma)
Understanding and Communicating Precipitation Average Return Intervals within South Carolina Melissa Griffin, South Carolina State Climatology Office
Modeling and Mapping the Advance of Monthly Tidal Flooding, a Threshold of Inhabitability Philip Orton, Stevens Institute of Technology
3:15 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 4:45 Session 10: Disaster Risk Management (Coastal Hazards) Moderator: TBD
Building Resilience through Risk Management of Climate-Related Coastal Hazards James Fox, NEMAC + FernLeaf
Decision Support Tools in Delaware Tina Callahan, University of Delaware CEMA
Developing Coastal Capabilities in the NOAA Local Climate Analysis Tool Michael Churma, NOAA National Weather Service
A Climatology-based Forecast Tool for Coastal Flooding in the Lowcountry Joey Coz, College of Charleston
4:45 – 5:00 Meeting Wrap-up
5:00 PM Adjourn
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Thursday Kick-off Keynote Speaker: Mark Wilbert, City of Charleston
Bio
Thursday Invited Talk Speaker: Dr. Charles Konrad, CISA, Southeast Regional Climate Center
Bio
Poster List
1 The Carolinas Precipitation Patterns and Probabilities Atlas Melissa Griffin, South Carolina State Climatology Office
2 Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS) Precipitation Analysis Web Pages Daniel Roman, NOAA/NWS Water Resources Branch
3 Assessing the Usefulness of Citizen Science Information in Drought-Related Decision Making Amanda Farris, CISA
4 The Watershed Game: An Engagement Tool to Build Awareness about the Connections Between Land Use and Water Quality Brenna Sweetman, NOAA Office for Coastal Management
5 Title Paulina Cwik, The University of Oklahoma
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17th Annual Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop
June 11-13, 2019 Charleston, South Carolina