Impacts of Climate Change on Extreme Events/Severe Weather
Doubletree San Diego Downtown
San Diego, California
March 21-23, 2011


AGENDA


Monday, March 21

Opening Remarks

Tony Willardson, WSWC Executive Director

Background and Perspective

Robert Mason, USGS
Jonathan Overpeck, University of Arizona
Kelly Redmond, Western Regional Climate Center
Peter Ruggiero, Oregon State University
Ken Kunkel, NOAA

If stationarity is dead, what do we do about it?

Rolf Olsen, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Bob Hirsch, USGS
Andrea Ray, NOAA


Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Climate Change and Floods

Marty Ralph, NOAA
Mike Dettinger, USGS
Mike Anderson, CDWR
Nancy Steinberger, FEMA

Non-stationarity and hydrologic design standards/approaches and implications

Glenn DeCou, Caltrans
Dave Raff, USBR
Cindy Lin, EPA Region 8
Sam Riley Medlock, ASFPM
Don Schroeder, CDM

Luncheon Keynote Address
The California ARkStorm Scenario, Mike Dettinger

Data and science considerations

Soroosh Sorooshian, UC Irvine
Jonathan Overpeck, University of Arizona
Greg Holland, NCAR
Dave Reynolds, National Weather Service
Frank Gehrke, CDWR


Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Possible approaches and outreach opportunities

Jeff Jacobs, Laura Helsabeck and Stephen Parker, National Research Council
Kelly Redmond, WRCC
Jeanine Jones, CDWR