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- USDA-ARS Pacific West Area Remote Sensing Workshop
- 5th Interagency Surface Dynamics Working Group Meeting
- Cooperative Research
- JFSP Workshop
- Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds
- Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems

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 5th Interagency Surface Dynamics Working Group meeting March 1-3, 2011 USDA Southwest Watershed Research Center Tucson, AZ    **Tuesday, March 1, 2011**   08:30 - Welcome and Introductions(Dr. Nearing & Dr. Harmon) 08:45 - 09:15Meeting overview and goals (Eylander) 09:15 - 09:45Dr. Jeff Cetola & Mr. Chris FranksAir Force Weather Agency (AFWA) Operational Land Surface Modeling overview at AFWA  09:45 - 10:15Dr. Christa Peters-Lidard NASA-Goddard Hydrological Sciences Branch The Land Information System as a Research-to-Operations Tool  10:15 - 11:00Break   11:00 - 11:30Gary McWilliams(via telecom) US Army Research Lab Review of Joint Polar Satellite System and Defense Weather Satellite System  11:30 - 12:00Dr. Enrique Vivoni Arizona State University Small catchment activities at Jornada and Santa Rita Experimental Range, and large-scale soil moisture network in Sonora   12:00 - 13:00Lunch  13:00 - 13:30Mike Tischler(via telecom) USACE Topographic Engineering Center (Alexandria, VA) TEC soil property mapping update  13:30 - 14:00Mike Follum USACE ERDC Coastal & Hydraulics Lab (Vicksburg, MS) Use of remotely sensed data in hydrologic prediction  14:00 - 14:30Dr. George Mason USACE ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Lab (Vicksburg, MS)                              Utilization of Soil Moisture for Trafficability Studies  14:30 - 15:00Hsu &Gao Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing UC Irvine  15:00 - 15:15Break  15:15 - 15:45Jingfeng Wang& Rafael Bras University of California at Irvine Modeling Surface Energy Balance Using the MEP Method  15:45 - 16:15Dr. Scott Tyler Univ. of Nevada, Reno Desert Research Institute Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing for Soil Moisture and Environmental Studies: NSF's Community User Facilty.  16:15 - 16:45Dr. Jan Hendrickx New Mexico Tech Assimilation of METRIC Evapotranspiration and soil moisture in a distributed hydrologic model      Wednesday, March 2, 2011Field Trip    Visit the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed (WGEW) and the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (SPRNCA).SWRC has an active program at WGEW to develop knowledge and technology to conserve water and soil in semi-arid lands.The Upper San Pedro Partnership - a consortium of 21 organizations and agencies - supports research to preserve the SPRNCA and ensure the long-term viability of Fort Huachuca. /PandP/docs.htm?docid=10978&page=2http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/ncarea/sprnca.html http://usppartnership.com/    8:30Depart SWRC Facility in multiple Government Vehicles  10:00Visit WGEW (Hosts:Susan Moran & Tim Keefer)  12:00-13:00Lunch in Tombstone, Arizona  13:00Visit SPRNCA (Host: Russ Scott)  17:00Arrive back at SWRC Facility      **Thursday,March 3, 2011SMAP Applications Workshop**   08:30-08:45 SMAP SDT Presentation.  Descriptions of NASA missions, overview of SMAP Mission and Objectives (Susan Moran)  08:45-9:45 SMAP Products.SMAP product development, explain the differencebetween level products, break down the algorithms and data sets, Discuss the availability of the data (time line, pre launch and post launch) (Barry Weiss, JPL)  9:45-10:15 Overview of the SMAP Applications Plan and the details of the MOA.Explain the expectations of Early Adopters and the Community of Practice.Stress the importance of feedback loops and workshops (Susan Moran)  10:30 -11:00Specific examples of multiagency collaborative efforts to incorporate SMAP data into Applications:  ••Work with the Maryland Emergency Operation Center (MEOC) is to integrate SMAP model data for weather related training exercises, e.g., flooding and snow events (Vanessa Escobar) ••Ongoing efforts to integrate remotely-sensed surface soil moisture observations into the USDA's global crop forecasting system to improve agricultural drought monitoring world-wide(Wade Crow, via telecon)  11:00-11:30   Group Discussion. Objective is to discuss different thematic group research, models and operations. Discuss how SMAP ties into capabilities that have been presented at this workshop (Facilitator: Susan Moran) 11:30-11:45Overviewof the workshop and adjourn.


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