Agenda

DHM/HL-RDHM Workshop

ABRFC June 5-7, 2007

Revised May 31, 2007

Workshop Objectives

1.  To train RFC personnel how to set-up and run the new AWIPS-NWSRFS
    DHM operation.

2.  To train RFC personnel how to use the HL-RDHM and related tools to
    parameterize and calibrate the DHM.

3.  To provide an overview of the vision and plan to use distributed
    models for RFC and WFO river and water resources forecasting
    operations.

4.  To provide an overview of the science and systems R&D for NWS
    distributed modeling, obtain feedback, and promote collaborative
    development.

**Course Outline**

The suggested course outline is designed to present the concepts in a
logical order. First is an overview to provide an overall framework for
the following lectures. Then, the workshop focuses on the use of HL-RDHM
to derive items needed to run DHM for operations. Then a significant
portion of the workshop is devoted to the use of DHM for operations.

Note: Items in yellow highlight are planned as GoToMeeting seminars
during the actual workshop to allow many from the field offices to
attend

**Tuesday June 5, 2007**

8:00 -- 10:00 am [**[Lecture 1]{.underline}: Introduction and Overview
of modeling techniques**]{.mark}

-   Introduction, workshop objectives and overall strategy of
    distributed modeling

-   Runoff (SAC-SMA and SAC-SMA-HT science and a-priori parameter
    estimation techniques)

-   Snow (gridded Snow-17 science and a-priori parameter estimation
    techniques

-   Routing (science and a-priori techniques)

-   Manual and Automatic calibration

10:00 -- 10:15 am Break

10:15 -- 11:45 **[[Lectures 2]{.underline}: RFC forecast point
applications and results]{.mark}**

-   ABRFC and WGRFC (45 min per RFC)

11:45 -- 1:00 Lunch

1:00 -- 2:00 **[Lectures 3]{.underline}: Overview of HL-RDHM, STAT-Q,
and XDMS**

-   Overview of the end-to-end process from calibration to model setup
    to forecast runs

-   HL-RDHM, STAT-Q

-   XDMS

2:00 -- 2:15 Break

2:15 -- 5:00 [**Workshop 1**:]{.underline} Getting Started with HL-RDHM,
XDMS, and STAT-Q

**Wednesday, June 6**

8:00 -- 8:45 am **[Lecture 4a]{.underline}. Overland and Channel Flow
Routing**

8:45 -- 9:30 am **[Lecture 4b]{.underline}. Calibration of HL-RDHM**

9:30 -- 9:45 am Break

9:45 -- 10:45 am **[Lecture 5]{.underline}: DHM: Operational Distributed
Hydrologic Model**

10:45 - 12:15 am **[Workshop 2:]{.underline} Updating Connectivity and
Deriving Routing**

> **Parameters**

12:15 -- 1:15 Lunch

1:15 -- 2:45 **[Workshop 3:]{.underline} Calibration**

2:45 -- 3:00 Break

3:00 -- 5:00 **[Workshop 4]{.underline}*.*** **Generating Forecasts
Using DHM**

-   DHM: define operation in deck and run from IFP.

**Thursday, June 7**

8:00 -- 9:00 am **[[Lecture 6:]{.underline} Flash Flood
Applications]{.mark}**

-   ABRFC gridded FFG results

-   Distributed Hydrologic Modeling and Threshold Frequency (DHM-TF)

9:00 -- 9:30 am **[[Lecture7:]{.underline} CBRFC Applications and
Results]{.mark}**

9:30 -- 9:45 am Break

9:45 -- 10:15 am **[[Lecture 8]{.underline}: Where to apply distributed
models]{.mark}**

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10:15 -- 11:45 am [**[Lecture 9]{.underline}: Systems
development**]{.mark}

-   Status of FEWS

-   DHM plans

-   GFE

11:45 -- 12:45 Lunch

12:45 -- 5:00 [**Complete** **Workshop 4**]{.underline} **and [Workshop
5]{.underline}: Large Area Runs and Ad Lib Exploration**

5:00 -- **[Wrap-up and Evaluation]{.underline}**

[End of ABRFC workshop]{.underline}

**Future Date** [Post Workshop Lecture via GoToMeeting. Lecture to be
given at OHD]{.underline}

[**[Lecture 10]{.underline}: Science R&D**]{.mark}

-   Calibration techniques (automatic calibration, use of soil moisture
    data)

-   Data assimilation

-   Enhanced a-priori parameters

-   DMIP-2

-   Statistical-distributed R&D

-   Flash flood verification