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5th Interagency Surface Dynamics
Working Group meeting
March 1-3, 2011
USDA Southwest Watershed Research Center
Tucson, AZ
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
08:30 - Welcome and Introductions (Dr. Nearing & Dr. Harmon)
08:45 - 09:15 Meeting overview and goals (Eylander)
09:15 - 09:45 Dr. Jeff Cetola & Mr. Chris Franks
Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA)
Operational Land Surface Modeling overview at AFWA
09:45 - 10:15 Dr. Christa Peters-Lidard
NASA-Goddard Hydrological Sciences Branch
The Land Information System as a Research-to-Operations Tool
10:15 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:30 Gary McWilliams (via telecom)
US Army Research Lab
Review of Joint Polar Satellite System and Defense Weather Satellite System
11:30 - 12:00 Dr. Enrique Vivoni
Arizona State University
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 13:30 Mike Tischler (via telecom)
USACE Topographic Engineering Center (Alexandria, VA)
TEC soil property mapping update
13:30 - 14:00 Mike Follum
USACE ERDC Coastal & Hydraulics Lab (Vicksburg, MS)
Use of remotely sensed data in hydrologic prediction
14:00 - 14:30 Dr. George Mason
USACE ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Lab (Vicksburg, MS)
Utilization of Soil Moisture for Trafficability Studies
14:30 - 15:00 Hsu &Gao
Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing
UC Irvine
15:00 - 15:15 Break
15:15 - 15:45 Jingfeng Wang& Rafael Bras
University of California at Irvine
Modeling Surface Energy Balance Using the MEP Method
15:45 - 16:15 Dr. Scott Tyler
Univ. of Nevada, Reno Desert Research Institute
Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing for Soil Moisture and Environmental Studies: NSF's Community User Facilty.
16:15 - 16:45 Dr. Jan Hendrickx
New Mexico Tech
Assimilation of METRIC Evapotranspiration and soil moisture in a distributed hydrologic model
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Field Trip
Visit the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed (WGEW) and the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (SPRNCA). SWRC has an active program at WGEW to develop knowledge and technology to conserve water and soil in semi-arid lands. The Upper San Pedro Partnership - a consortium of 21 organizations and agencies - supports research to preserve the SPRNCA and ensure the long-term viability of Fort Huachuca.
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8:30 Depart SWRC Facility in multiple Government Vehicles
10:00 Visit WGEW (Hosts: Susan Moran & Tim Keefer)
12:00-13:00 Lunch in Tombstone, Arizona
13:00 Visit SPRNCA (Host: Russ Scott)
17:00 Arrive back at SWRC Facility
Thursday, March 3, 2011 SMAP Applications Workshop
08:30-08:45 SMAP SDT Presentation. Descriptions of NASA missions, overview of SMAP Mission and Objectives (Susan Moran)
08:45-9:45 SMAP Products. SMAP product development, explain the difference between level products, break down the algorithms and data sets, Discuss the availability of the data (time line, pre launch and post launch) (Barry Weiss, JPL)
9:45-10:15 Overview of the SMAP Applications Plan and the details of the MOA. Explain the expectations of Early Adopters and the Community of Practice. Stress the importance of feedback loops and workshops (Susan Moran)
10:30 -11:00 Specific examples of multiagency collaborative efforts to incorporate SMAP data into Applications:
•• Work with the Maryland Emergency Operation Center (MEOC) is to integrate SMAP model data for weather related training exercises, e.g., flooding and snow events (Vanessa Escobar)
•• Ongoing efforts to integrate remotely-sensed surface soil moisture observations into the USDA's global crop forecasting system to improve agricultural drought monitoring world-wide(Wade Crow, via telecon)
11:00-11:30 Group Discussion. Objective is to discuss different thematic group research, models and operations. Discuss how SMAP ties into capabilities that have been presented at this workshop (Facilitator: Susan Moran)
11:30-11:45 Overview of the workshop and adjourn.
