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Meeting of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Global Energy and Water Exchanges Project (GEWEX) Hydroclimatology Panel (GHP)
Workshop on the Hydrology of the Lake Victoria Basin
Local host: Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA)
Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda
17–19 November 2015
(Draft Agenda, Rev 0.2, 26 October 2015)
Purpose of the GHP Meeting:
GEWEX integrates scientific research, production and collection of information in the form of observational data, as well as products derived from applied algorithms and analysis of numerical model solutions, and all of these activities are distributed among four different panels. The GEWEX Hydroclimatology Panel (GHP) is based upon integrated research projects, observations and scientific activities for improving the knowledge about global climate change and its impacts on a regional scale. GHP is organized around several Regional Hydroclimate Projects (RHPs) and a number of crosscutting science topics.
The objective of the 3-day GHP Meeting is to evaluate the ongoing and planned GHP activities to ensure that the Panel continues to contribute effectively to the leading role that GEWEX has in the hydrological sciences and related modeling activities. Discussions will focus on GHP activities related to the GEWEX Science Questions addressing the WCRP Grand Challenges that will result in improved interactions between the GEWEX RHPs and their strengthened involvement in crosscutting projects.
0900-0920: Welcome Remarks and Meeting Logistics
Peter van Oevelen, IGPO
0920-0940: Programmatic Overview and Meeting Goals
Jason Evans and Jan Polcher, GHP Co-Chairs
0940-1000: Introduction to GEWEX
Peter van Oevelen
Regional Hydroclimate Panels (RHPs)
NEESPI (Pavel Groisman): Conclusions and outcome of final meeting
MAHASRI (Jun Matsumoto): Preparations for final conference in March 2016
CCRN (John Pomeroy): Update on recent achievements
HyMeX (Phillipe Drobinski, presented by Jan Polcher): Outcome of the 5-year review
OzEWEX (Albert Van Dijk): Evaluation of the first year’s activities
AMMA (Sylvester Danuor): Impact in the West African scientific community
Cross-Cutting Projects
INTENSE (Renaud Barbero): Sub-daily precipitation
Phase Transition Precipitation (Ronald Stewart, Pavel Groisman)
INARCH (John Pomeroy): Mountain hydrology
1700: Adjourn
0900-0940: Introduction of New Panel Members
New members introduce themselves, their expertise, current research, and previous GEWEX/WCRP involvement (Silvina Solman, Christel Prudhomme, Ben Zaitchik, Craig Ferguson)
0940-1010: GEWEX Priorities
Peter Van Oevelen
GEWEX Outlook, the International GEWEX Project Office, and the JSC Report
Other Activities for Evaluation by GHP
Cross-Cutting Projects
MounTERRAIN (James Renwick): Mountain precipitation
Potential Cross-Cutting Projects
Managed water resource systems (Richard Harding)
HEPEX (Andy Wood): Seasonal streamflow forecasting
HyVic Session
Introduction (Fred Semazzi)
HyCristal (Richard Ogutu-Ohwayo)
African community activities (Fred Semazzi)
First year’s activities and management plans (Fred Semazzi)
Potential RHPs
BalticEarth (Marcus Reckerman): Progress toward RHP status
RELAMPAGO
PANNEX (Joan Cuxart, presented by Jan Polcher): Outcome of the Osijek workshop
Progress toward a Western US RHP (Anna Barros, Roy Rasumussen, Tom Painter)
1430-1700: GHP Panel business meeting
1700: Adjourn
Global Data Centres: GRDC, GPCC, HYDROLARE
GRDC: Ulrich Looser
GPCC: Udo Schneider, presented by Ulrich Looser
Presentation on interaction with WGRC/CORDEX
Bruce Hewitson
30 minutes with questions
Evaluation on progress on the GEWEX science questions
Jan Polcher and Jason Evans, Discussion Leaders
General Discussion
1430-1700: GHP Panel business meeting
1700: Adjourn
Background image by J J used under Creative Commons license.
