DRI: Drought Research Initiative

DRAFT AGENDA

2010 DRI Annual Workshop

May 12-14, 2010
Inn at the Forks in Winnipeg

(As of May 7, 2010)

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

19:00 – 21:00: DRI BOD Meeting (Restaurant Alcove – Inn at the Forks)

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

08:00 - 08:30: Breakfast/ Registration (Ballroom Foyer)
08:30 – 10:05: Session #1: Welcome and Introduction to Manitoba and overview of DRI (Location: Ballroom)

08:30 – 08:45: Welcoming remarks
08:45 – 09:00: Welcome talk by a Manitoba Government Official
09:00 – 09:20: Introduction to DRI (John Pomeroy, Ron Stewart)
09:20 – 09:30: Introduction to CFCAS (Erica Wilson)
09:30 – 09:40: Comments from the Board of Directors (Jim Bruce)
09:40 – 09:50: Comments from the Partners Advisory Committee (Harvey Hill)
09:50 – 10:05: The year in review: The Network Manager’s Perspective (Rick Lawford)

10:05 – 10:30: Break (Ballroom Foyer)

10:30 – 12:00: Session #2: Synthesis Activities DRI (Location: Ballroom)

10:30 – 11:00: Overall synthesis (Ron Stewart)
11:00 – 11:15: Drought characterization (John Hanesiak)
11:15 – 11:30: Drought prediction (Charles Lin)
11:30 – 11:45: Drought comparisons (Barrie Bonsal)
11:45 – 12:00: Discussion

12:00 – 13:00: Lunch (Ballroom Foyer)

13:00 - 14:10: Session #3: Atmospheric Drought Processes and regional water and energy cycling during the drought (Location: Ballroom)

13:00- 13:10: Atmopsheric and Oceanic Variability associated with Droughts and Pluvials on the Canadian Prairies (Amir Shabbar, Barrie Bonsal and Kit Szeto)
13:10- 13:20: Diagnosing meteorological drought mechanisms with global and regional reanalysis data (John Gyakum)
13:20 – 13:30: Historical perspective and meteorological diagnosis of the 1999-2005 Canadian prairies drought (Lisa Hryciw)
13:30 – 13:40: Water cycling and hydroclimate extremes in the Canadian Prairies (Kit Szeto)
13:40 – 13:50: The atmosphere during drought over Edmonton (Ron Stewart/ William Henson)
13:50 – 14:00: Clouds and drought: relationships from observations and a regional climate model(Henry Leighton)
14:00 – 14:10: Discussion

14:10 – 15:25: Session #4: Drought Prediction, Land Atmosphere and Hydrologic Processes (Location: Ballroom)

14:10 – 14:25: Drought prediction: Challenges and opportunities (Charles Lin)
14:25 – 14:35: Water Cycle Prediction on the Prairies (Anthony Liu, Al Pietroniro, Brenda Toth)
14:35 – 14:45: Prairie drought surface hydrology (John Pomeroy)
14:45 – 14:55: Hydrological modeling of small basins during drought (Kevin Shook)
14:55 – 15:05: Watershed-scale modeling of groundwater and surface water interaction in the Canadian Prairies (Getachew Adem Mohammed, Masaki Hayashi)
15:05 – 15:15: Spatial variability of Evapotranspiration during the prairie’s drought (Rob Armstrong)
15:15 – 15:25: On the surface-convection feedback during drought periods on the Canadian prairies (Julian Brimelow/ John Hanesiak)
15:25 – 15:35: Land cover, Orographic, and Convective Storm Links to Alberta Drought Conditions (Geoff Strong)

15:35 – 16:00: Break (Ballroom Foyer)
16:00 – 17:20: Session #4 (Continued) Drought Prediction, Land Atmosphere and Hydrologic Processes (Location: Ballroom)

16:00 – 16:10: Modelling soil moisture with the VIC model during drought (Lei Wen)
16:10 – 16:20: The role of soil moisture initialization in drought prediction (Aaron Berg)
16:20 – 16:30: Monitoring groundwater conditions from space during drought (Ken Snelgrove)
16:30 – 16:40: The response of groundwater levels, wetlands, and lakes in Western Canada to drought (Garth van der Kamp)
16:40 – 16:50: The consequences of drought for groundwater management in the Assiniboine Delta (Al Woodbury)
16:50 – 17:00: Summary of the Prairie Drought Hydrology Workshop (John Pomeroy)
17:00 – 17:20: Discussion

17:45 – 20:00: Session #5 (early evening) Poster Session and Reception (Location: River Salon Room)

Aaron Berg et al.: Overview of the Canadian Experiment for soil moisture – 2010
Catherine Champagne, Heather McNairn, Aaron Berg and Alex Driedger: Monitoring soil moisture anomalies using passive microwave remote sensing
Gordon Drewitt and Aaron Berg: A high spatial/temporal resolution soil moisture data set for the Canadian Prairies
E. Ray Garnett, M.L.Khandekar: Identifying the solar influence on Canadian prairie droughts
Jonas Roberts: The impact of mean seasonal synoptic forcing on hydroelectric storage in Labrador
Jessica Vanstone, Cesar Perez-Valdivia and Dave Sauchyn: Nine hundred year streamflow reconstruction of the North Saskatchewan River
Genong Yu et al.: Downscaling the global soil moisture from AMSR-E for drought models
Others

Thursday, May 13, 2010:

08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast (Ballroom Foyer)
08:30 – 09:30: Session #6: Historical and Future Droughts and their impacts (Location: Ball Room)

08:30 – 08:45: Drought and water shortage impacts on the Canadian West (Bob Sanford)
08:45 – 08:55: Every one is Affected: Selections of drought characteristics, impacts and adaptations (Barrie Bonsal, Elaine Wheaton, Virginia Wittrock, Evan Siemens, Nick Nicolichuk)
08:55 – 09:05: Agricultural drought indicators for Western Canada (Paul Bullock and Manasah Mkhabela)
09:05 – 09:15: Increasing resilience to drought on the Canadian Prairies through structured learning from recent extreme events (Hank Venema)
09:15 - 09:25: Early 21^st Century Pacific Decadal Oscillation projections (Suzan Lapp)
09:25 – 09:35: Early 21st Century Projected Southern Alberta River Discharges (Jeanine St. Jacques)
09:35 – 09:40: Discussion

09:40 – 10:30: Session #7: The 2009/2010 Drought (Location: Ball Room)

09:40 - 09:50: Short presentation on what we know about the 2009/2010 drought (Ron Stewart)
09:50 – 10:10: Short reports of observations and analyses of the 2009/2010 drought
10:10 – 10:30: Discussion on the goals of a 2009/2010 study and the next steps in realizing such a study.

10:30 – 11:00: Break (Ballroom Foyer)
11:00 – 12:00: Session #8: Agencies and Programs with Interests in Supporting Drought Research DRI (Location: Ballroom)

11:00 – 11:10: Manitoba Water Stewardship (Bob Harrison)
11:10 – 10:20: Canadian Wheat Board (Bruce Burnett)
11:20 – 11:30: Saskatchewan Watershed Authority (Bart Oegema)
11:30 – 11:40:Manitoba Hydro (TBC))
11:40 – 11:50: Summary of User Workshops (Rick Lawford)
11:50 – 12:00: Results of the DEWS exercises (Phillip Harder)

12:00 -13:00: Lunch (Ballroom Foyer)
13:00 – 14:00: Session #9: Selected Reports on droughts from other parts of the world DRI (Location: Ballroom)

13:00 – 13:10: Drought and extremes in the GEWEX context (Ron Stewart)
13:10 –13:20: Drought vulnerability and the role of large scale circulation patterns influencing drought conditions in Pakistan (Munir Sheikh)
13:20 – 13:30: Drought in Southeast Asia (Orn-Uma Polpanich)
13:30 – 13:40: Drought in Northern Mexico (Andrea Munoz Hernandez(TBC))
13:40 – 13:50: Drought in the USA (Richard Heim)
13:50 – 14:00: Discussion

14:00 – 17:00: Session #10: Breakout Groups

14:00 – 14:10: Charge to the breakout groups
14:10 – 16:00 Breakout Groups

Breakout Group #1: What steps need to be taken to complete the DRI Synthesis papers? (Location: Ball Room West)
Breakout Group #2: What should the DRI Legacy provide to scientists and stakeholders/users? (Location: River Salon Room)
Breakout Group #3: How can drought research inform improved approaches to agriculture and water resource management on the Canadian Prairies (Location: Ball Room East)
(The afternoon break will be taken in conjunction with the breakout sessions.)

16:00- 17:00: Reports to Plenary and Discussion

Friday, May 14, 2010:

08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast (Ballroom Foyer)
08:30 – 09:45: Session #11 Data Systems and Satellite Data Applications (Location: Ball Room West)

08:30 – 08:40: The DRI data legacy (Phillip Harder)
08:40 – 08:50: The Data Access and Integration System (DAIS) (Patrice Constanza)
08:50 – 09:00: Results of the GEO-DRI Workshop (Rick Lawford)
09:00 – 09:10: The North American Drought Monitor and AAFC drought monitoring services (AAFC representative – Aston Chipanshi?)
09:10 – 09:20: From a North American to a Global Drought Monitor (Richard Heim)
09:20 – 09:45: Discussion

09:45 – 10:15: Break (Ballroom Foyer)
10:15- 11:00: Session #12: Discussion on needs and future opportunities for drought research (Location: Ball Room West)

11:00 – 11:50: Session #13: The final DRI Statement and Summary: Scoping the final steps (Location: Ball Room West)

11:50 – 12:00 Session #14: Adjournment

12:30 – 14:30: DRI Science Committee and Investigators Working Lunch and Meeting (Location: Ball Room West)