General Program

Monday, April 20, 2015

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8:30 AM-9:00 AM


Welcome and Conference Scope and Goals
Conveners:  Martin P Hoerling, NOAA Boulder, ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States and Amir AghaKouchak, University of California Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States

9:00 AM-10:00 AM


Drought Causes/Monitoring Plenary
Keynote Speaker:  Daniel R Cayan, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

10:30 AM-11:15 AM


Panel: Drought Causes
Rapporteurs:  Martin P Hoerling, NOAA Boulder, ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States
Panelists:  Daniel Griffin, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Chris C Funk, University of California Santa Barbara, Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Gudrun Magnusdottir, University of California Irvine, Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States, Daniel L Swain, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States and Henry F Diaz, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States

11:15 AM-12:30 PM


Panel: Drought Monitoring
Rapporteurs:  Martin P Hoerling, NOAA Boulder, ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States
Panelists:  Dennis P Lettenmaier, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Eric E Small, Univ of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Amir AghaKouchak, University of California Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States and Shraddhanand Shukla, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

1:45 PM-2:45 PM


Drought Impact/Water Supply Plenary
Keynote Speaker:  Soroosh Sorooshian, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

2:45 PM-3:30 PM


Panel: Drought Impacts on Agriculture, Energy and Economy
Rapporteurs:  Jay R Lund, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
Panelists:  Forrest S Melton, California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA, United States, Kurt Schwabe, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States and Jeff Dozier, University of California, Mammoth Lakes, CA, United States

3:50 PM-5:00 PM


Panel: Drought Impacts Water Supply
Rapporteurs:  Amir AghaKouchak, University of California Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States
Panelists:  James S Famiglietti, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, Jay Jasperse, Sonoma County Water, Santa Rosa, CA, United States, Josue Medellin-Azuara, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States and Claudia Faunt, U.S. Geological Survey, CA WSC, San Diego, CA, San Diego, CA, United States

5:00 PM-5:45 PM


Day One Redux: Challenges/Needs/Gaps
Panelists:  Martin P Hoerling, NOAA Boulder, ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States, Jay R Lund, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States and Amir AghaKouchak, University of California Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

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8:30 AM-9:45 AM


Drought Impact/Ecosystems Plenary I
Keynote Speaker:  Travis E Huxman, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

9:45 AM-11:00 AM


Poster Session I

11:00 AM-12:15 PM


Panel: Drought Impacts Ecosystems
Rapporteurs:  Ashmita Sengupta, SCCWRP, Costa Mesa, CA, United States
Panelists:  Nathan J Mantua, NOAA La Jolla, La Jolla, CA, United States, Christopher A Williams, Clark University, Worcester, MA, United States and Martha H Conklin, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States

2:00 PM-3:00 PM


Operational Decision Making Plenary
Keynote Speaker:  Jeanine Jones, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States

3:20 PM-4:20 PM


Panel: Operational Decision Making
Rapporteurs:  David Feldman, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
Panelists:  Andrew W Wood1, Michael Anderson2, Bill Hasencamp3 and John Leahigh2, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States(2)California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States(3)Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Irvine, CA, United States

4:20 PM-5:20 PM


Day Two Redux: Challenges/Needs/Gaps
Panelists:  David Feldman, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States and Ashmita Sengupta, SCCWRP, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

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8:30 AM-9:45 AM


Drought Management/Policy Plenary
Keynote Speaker:  AG Kawamura, Solutions from the Land, Irvine, CA, United States

9:45 AM-11:00 AM


Poster Session II

11:00 AM-12:30 PM


Panel: Drought Management/Policy
Rapporteurs:  Veva DeHeza, University of Colorado, CIRES and NIDIS Program, Boulder, CO, United States
Panelists:  Jay R Lund, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, David Feldman, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, Heather Cooley, Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA, United States and Michael Kiparsky, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States

1:45 PM-3:00 PM


Opportunities: Drought Early Warning
Rapporteurs:  Michael Anderson, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States
Panelists:  Roger S Pulwarty, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States, Roger C Bales, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States, Kingtse C Mo, NOAA Science Center, College Park, MD, United States and Jeanine Jones, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States

3:20 PM-4:35 PM


Challenges and Opportunities to Enhance California's Resilience to Drought
Panelists:  Travis E Huxman, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, David Feldman, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, Amir AghaKouchak, University of California Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States, Michael Anderson, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States and Jay R Lund, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States