Climate Test Bed Seminar Series - Climate Prediction Center



JAWF Seminar Series

2010 Schedule of Speakers

Seminars are from 10:00 -11:00 am on Wednesday unless otherwise noted.

One hour is reserved afterwards for discussion.

|# |Date |Location |Speaker |Title |

|1 |24-Feb |NCEP |Brian Morris |An overview of the JAWF/USDA and its Agricultural Assessments |

| | | |(JAWF/USDA) | |

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|2 |17-Mar |USDA |Jon Gottschalck |The Madden-Julian Oscillation: What is it and how can it be used for USDA |

| |@ 12:30 pm | |(CPC) |applications. |

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|3 |31-Mar |NCEP |Curt Reynolds (FAS) |An Overview of the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and Economic |

| | | |Edward Allen (ERS) |Research Service (ERS) and how do they use weather/climate Information |

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|4 |20-Apr |NCEP |Clyde Fraise |From AgroClimate to Open-AgroClimate: Reducing Climate Risks in Agriculture|

| |(Tuesday) | |University of Florida | |

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|5 |30-Jun |USDA |Huug van den Dool (CPC) |The NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFS) and the CPC Soil Moisture Monitoring|

| |@ Noon | | | |

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|6 | |USDA |Felix Kogan |Agricultural, Water, and Health-Related Satellite Products from NESDIS-STAR|

| |27-Oct | |NESDIS-STAR | |

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|7 |17-Nov |NCEP |Harlan Shannon & Eric Luebehusen |Geospatial Applications in Agrometeorology – An Overview of the USDA World |

| |Room 209 | |(JAWF/USDA) |Agricultural Outlook Board Geographic Information System |

|NCEP World Weather Building |USDA/WAOB |

|5200 Auth Road, Room 707 |WAOB Board Room - Washington, DC |

|Camp Springs, MD 20746 |1400 Independence Ave. 4th Floor, 4th Wing |

|Contacts: Viviane Silva, Viviane.Silva@ |Contact: Brian Morris, BMorris@oce. |

|Phone: (301) 763-8000, x7515 or |Phone: (202) 720-3062 |

|David Miskus, David.Miskus@ | |

|Phone: (301) 763-8000, x7751 | |

Driving Directions:

Directions to NCEP from Capital Beltway I-495 : Take exit 7B (Branch Ave. N.), make right at first light (Auth Road). The 8-story building is immediately on the left. At security barrier, push button on box to talk to guard. Security procedures require you to have a valid photo ID for entry into NOAA Science Center (WWB). Please allow time for security clearance procedures. Bring the seminar notice to facilitate entry to WWB.

Metro: The NCEP building is 10 minutes (or less) walking from the Branch Avenue Metro station (Green line). When leaving the Metro station, take a left (head west) and continue walking on the side walk to the left until you need to cross – cross to the sidewalk of the new apartment building complex (Tribeca) and keep going west, until you see the 8-story NOAA building (across from the Sheehy Mazda Car Dealership).

To enter the USDA building someone needs to sign you in, so please contact Brian Morris or Viviane Silva/David Miskus if you plan to attend the Seminar.

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