Climate Test Bed Seminar Series

September 8, 2010 Preliminary Schedule JAWF Seminar Series 2010 Schedule of Speakers Seminars are from 10:00 -11:00 am on Wednesday unless otherwise noted. One hour is reserved afterwards for discussion.

# Date Location Speaker Title Brian Morris An overview of the JAWF/USDA and its Agricultural 1 24-Feb NCEP (JAWF/USDA) Assessments

17-Mar Jon Gottschalck The Madden-Julian Oscillation: What is it and how can 2 @ 12:30 pm USDA (CPC) it be used for USDA applications.

Curt Reynolds (FAS) An Overview of the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service 3 31-Mar NCEP Edward Allen (ERS) (FAS) and Economic Research Service (ERS) and how do they use weather/climate Information

20-Apr Clyde Fraise From AgroClimate to Open-AgroClimate: Reducing 4 (Tuesday) NCEP University of Florida Climate Risks in Agriculture

5 30-Jun USDA The NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFS) and the @ Noon Huug van den Dool (CPC) CPC Soil Moisture Monitoring

Felix Kogan Agricultural, Water, and Health-Related Satellite 6 27-Oct USDA NESDIS-STAR Products from NESDIS-STAR

Geospatial Applications in Agrometeorology – An 17-Nov Harlan Shannon & Eric Overview of the USDA World Agricultural Outlook 7 Room 209 NCEP Luebehusen (JAWF/USDA) Board Geographic Information System

NCEP World Weather Building USDA/WAOB 5200 Auth Road, Room 707 WAOB Board Room - Washington, DC Camp Springs, MD 20746 1400 Independence Ave. 4th Floor, 4th Wing Contacts: Viviane Silva, [email protected] Contact: Brian Morris, [email protected] Phone: (301) 763-8000, x7515 or Phone: (202) 720-3062 David Miskus, [email protected] Phone: (301) 763-8000, x7751

Driving Directions: Directions to NCEP from Capital Beltway I-495 : Take exit 7B (Branch Ave. N.), make right at first light (Auth Road). The 8-story building is immediately on the left. At security barrier, push button on box to talk to guard. Security procedures require you to have a valid photo ID for entry into NOAA Science Center (WWB). Please allow time for security clearance procedures. Bring the seminar notice to facilitate entry to WWB.

Metro: The NCEP building is 10 minutes (or less) walking from the Branch Avenue Metro station (Green line). When leaving the Metro station, take a left (head west) and continue walking on the side walk to the left until you need to cross – cross to the sidewalk of the new apartment building complex (Tribeca) and keep going west, until you see the 8-story NOAA building (across from the Sheehy Mazda Car Dealership).

To enter the USDA building someone needs to sign you in, so please contact Brian Morris or Viviane Silva/David Miskus if you plan to attend the Seminar.