final program

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• 9:10 Welcome and introductions  Dennis Lettenmaier, UW
• 9:25 Overview of the 2001-02 winter and spring, and outlook for winter 2002-03 (big file) - Philip Mote, UW
• 10:00 Understanding probabilistic forecasts - Tom Pagano, USDA NRCS
• 10:20 Columbia River water resources outlook for water year 2003 - Alan Hamlet, UW
10:45 ** break **
• 11:00 Description and assessment of an Extended Streamflow Prediction (ESP) system configured for Seattle City Light's Skagit hydropower facility - Pascal Storck, 3Tier Environmental Forecast Group
• 11:20 The tropical Madden-Julian oscillation and flooding in the Pacific Northwest - Nick Bond, NOAA PMEL
• 11:40 Evaluating accuracy of NRCS seasonal streamflow forecasts - Tom Pagano, USDA NRCS
12:15 **lunch**

• 1:15 Quantifying impacts of climate change on Portland's water supply - Rick Palmer, UW
• 1:35 A new online tool for hydrologic impacts of climate change - Alan Hamlet, UW
• 1:55      panel discussion   Incipient efforts to consider climate change
• Northwest Power Planning Council John Fazio
• Portland Water Bureau  Lorna Stickel
• Seattle Public Utilities  George Schneider
                        3:00 ** break **
• 3:15 Impacts of climate change on western Washington rivers (powerpoint)  Margaret Hahn, UW
• 3:45 Regional climate change: update on the science  Philip Mote, UW
• 4:05 Translating large-scale climate information to smaller scales (big file)   Eric Salathe, UW
4:30 close