Data Requirements for Modernizing PMP Estimation
Channel: National Academies - Earth and Life Studies
Date: 2023-04-21

This event was an information-gathering session focused on "Data requirements for modernizing PMP estimation". Speakers included:

Bill Kappel, Applied Weather Associates
Ken Kunkel, North Carolina State University
Gary Lackmann, North Carolina State University
Alexander Ryzhkov, NOAA, University of Oklahoma
Laura Slivinski, NOAA
Dan Wright, University of Wisconsin

Guiding questions for this session included:

- What specific advances in rainfall measurement can be leveraged for storm catalog modernization and how should this be done?

- How should other data types (dew point, atmospheric water balance variables, etc.) be integrated into PMP determinations?

- What are the benefits and limitations of using reanalysis fields and downscaling simulations for PMP-magnitude storms?

- Are there other specific data requirements for modernizing PMP estimation not discussed above?