NHPM Conference

Southern Region

Regional Breakout Session

AGENDA

Thursday December 5, 2002

Moderator: Nezette Rydell

Timekeeper: Amanda Roberts

Recorder: Buzz Merchlewitz

1:00 PM - Welcome and Opening Remarks 

Bill Proenza - Southern Region Director

1:30 PM – Southern Region Issues  

Ben Weiger - Chief, Southern Region Hydrologic Services Branch

Kandis Boyd - Southern Region Hydrology Program Manager

2:30 PM – Hydro Vision Statement 

Dave Reed - HIC, Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center 

3:00 PM – Break

3:30 PM – Technology Transfer Workshop Teams

WHFS Database Sharing 

Jerry Nunn- HIC, West Gulf River Forecast Center

Information Sharing

John Feldt- HIC, Southeast River Forecast Center 

Internet Communication

Dave Reed- HIC, Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center 

PC backup for RFC operations

John Schmidt - Lead Hydrologist, Arkansas-Red Basin River Forecast Center

4:30 PM – GOES HDR Platforms and NextHADS

Larry Cedrone - HADSProgram Manager 

5:30 PM – WCM Initiative Team

Jayant Deo- WIT Team

NHPM Conference

Southern Region

Regional Breakout Session

AGENDA

Friday December 6, 2002

Moderator: Brian Boyd

Timekeeper: Dave Schwertz

Recorder: Bob Carle

8:00 AM – Updates on WHFS, Site Specific Model, FFMP, and MPE

Jeff Zimmerman - Chief, Hydrologic Support Branch

9:30 AM – Hydrologic Modeling with GIS

David Maidment - Professor of Engineering, University of Texas at Austin             

10:00 AM – Break

10:30 AM – GIS Topics

Guadalupe River Flood Inundation Project 

Mike Shultz – Senior Hydrologist, West Gulf River Forecast Center

Graphical HMD

Jonathan Atwell – Senior Hydrologist, Southeast River Forecast Center

Drought Applications 

Keith Stellman – Senior Hydrologist, Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center 

River Flood Climatology 

John Schmidt – Senior Hydrologist, Arkansas-Red Basin River Forecast Center

12:30 PM – Closing Remarks 

Kandis Boyd - Southern Region Hydrology Program Manager