General Meeting Information

The Climate Impacts Group's (CIG's) fall forecast meeting provides an opportunity to hear how forecasted climate conditions for winter 2009-2010 may affect regional climate and streamflow conditions in the Columbia River Basin and western Washington and Oregon in summer 2010. The meeting also provides a forum for sharing the latest research on climate impacts and climate forecasting in the Pacific Northwest (PNW).

Meeting participants

This year's CIG's fall forecast meeting drew representatives from a variety of agencies, including, but not limited to, the following:


Agenda and Presentations

8:30-9:00

** Registration **

9:00-9:10

Welcome and introductions – Alan Hamlet, CIG

9:10-9:45

Winter 2008-09 climate recap and outlook for winter 2009-10 – Eric Salathé, CIG

9:45-10:15 Seasonal outlooks for hydrology and water resources – Francisco Munoz-Arriola, UW
10:15-10:45 Seasonal volume forecasts using Ensemble Streamflow Prediction for the 2010 water year - Stephen King, NWS River Forecast Center

10:45-11:00

** Break **

11:00-11:30

Hydrology, climate, and land use in the Puget Sound Basin: Past, present, and future – Dennis Lettenmaier, CIG

11:30-12:00

Are we loading the dice? Climate change and the Northwest 2000 drought– Guillaume Mauger, CIG

12:00-12:15

Morning Q&A

12:15-1:30

Lunch
1:00-2:30 Highlights from the Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment
1:00-1:20 Impacts of climate change on PNW hydrology – Marketa McGuire Elsner, CIG

1:20-1:40

Climate change impacts to Yakima River Basin and Puget Sound water supplies  – Julie Vano, CIG

1:40-2:00

Climate change impacts on Columbia River Basin energy production and regional energy demand – Alan Hamlet, CIG

2:00-2:20

Projected changes in extreme events and new developments in Regional Climate Modeling -- Eric Salathé, CIG
2:20-2:30 Additional Q&A on the Washington Assessment

2:30-2:45

**Break**

2:45-3:15

Climate and hydrology datasets for use in the RMJOC agencies' longer-term planning studies - Nancy Stephan, Bonneville Power

3:15-3:40 The Columbia Basin Climate Change Scenarios Project – Alan Hamlet, CIG
3:40-4:00 Preliminary tree-ring reconstructions of stream flow in the Pacific Northwest: CIG NOAA SARP project update – Jeremy Littell, CIG
4:00-4:15 Meeting wrap-up – Alan Hamlet, CIG

 

Other Climate Meetings of Interest

Idaho Climate and Water Forecasts for the 2010 Water Year - October 22, 2009 (Boise, Idaho)

The Idaho Climate and Water Forecasts meeting provided the opportunity to hear how forecasted climate conditions for the winter 2009-2010 may affect regional climate and streamflow conditions in the Columbia and Snake River Basins in 2010. Visit the meeting web site to learn more.

Water and Land Use in the Pacific Northwest - November 4-6, 2009 (Stevenson, Washington)

Washington State University supports this conference on the complex interaction of water management and land use in the Pacific Northwest. The conference provides an opportunity to open discussion among planners, engineers and scientists about the sustainable development of these resources.