| Time |
Title |
Presenter |
| 8:30-9:00 |
Registration |
|
| 9:00-9:10 |
Welcome and introductions |
Hal Anderson, IDWR, and Richard Palmer, UW |
| 9:10-9:45 |
Winter 2003-04 climate recap and outlook for winter 2004-05 |
Philip Mote, UW |
| 9:45-10:15 |
Overview of the 2004 water year in Idaho |
Bill Ondrechen, IDWR |
| 10:15-10:30 |
Break |
| 10:30-11:30 |
Seasonal outlooks for hydrology and water resources: Streamflow
forecasts for major western U.S. river systems (with emphasis on
the Columbia and Snake River basins) and reservoir forecasts for
the Snake |
Alan Hamlet, UW |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Season volume forecasts using ensemble streamflow predictions
for 2005 water year
|
Stephen King, National Weather Service Northwest
River Forecast Center |
| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00-1:30 |
Accuracy of 2004 streamflow forecasts and snow levels needed in
2005 for adequate irrigation supplies |
Ron Abramovich, USDA NRCS |
| 1:30-2:00 |
Effects of climate variability and global warming on crop water
demand in the Snake River Basin and potential forecasting applications |
Alan Hamlet, UW |
| 2:00-2:30 |
Updated climate
change streamflow scenarios and predicted
system response for the Snake River System |
Nathan VanRheenen and Richard Palmer, UW |
| 2:30-2:45 |
Break |
| 2:45-3:15 |
Hydrologic trends in the West |
Phil Mote, UW |
| 3:15-3:45 |
Using optimization to identify new (and validate old) management
opportunities in the Snake River System |
Nathan VanRheenen and Richard Palmer, UW |
| 3:45-4:15 |
Restructuring the contract: The Nez Perce and 1000 Springs agreements
and modeling Snake River socioeconomic tradeoffs |
Richard Slaughter, Richard Slaughter Associates,
and Don Reading, Ben Johnson Associates |
| 4:15 |
Closing remarks
Hal's closing presentation |
Hal Anderson, IDWR, and Richard Palmer, UW |
