ACCAP Monthly Webinar – “Updated Precipitation Frequency Atlas for Alaska”

The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy presents its monthly webinar series:

Title: “Updated Precipitation Frequency Atlas for Alaska”
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012; 10-11am Alaska Local Time
Presenters: Sanja Perica, NOAA, NWS, HSDC; Doug Kane and Sveta Stuefer, Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
NOAA’s National Weather Service Office of Hydrologic Development and University of Alaska Fairbanks, Water and Environmental Research Center are updating precipitation frequency estimates for the state of Alaska. Precipitation frequency estimates are used by hydrologists, engineers and others when designing infrastructure built to cope with runoff. The new estimates in an electronic format, which will replace estimates published in early 1960s, will be published in NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 7 and will be available through NOAA’s Precipitation Frequency Data Server (http://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds), starting in February 2012. In this webinar, the authors will present the steps taken in the data collection, analysis, QA/QC, discuss some of the problems and finally present results of the updated atlas.

HOW TO JOIN
Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. To register please fill out the web-form at: www.accap.uaf.edu/teleconference.htm#register, or contact: Brook Gamble, (907) 474-7812, accap@uaf.edu. Please let us know if you intend to come in person. The ACCAP office is located on the second floor of the Denali Building, 3352 College Rd., Fairbanks. This month’s satellite sites include the AOOS office in ANCHORAGE, and the UAS SITKA Campus (a new satellite site!). Satellite sites are available for local community members, agencies and non-profits, resource managers, and scientists to participate together in monthly webinars. Please contact us for room details or let us know if your organization would like to host a satellite viewing site.

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Upcoming ACCAP Webinars:
Monday, February 13, 2012; 10-11am Alaska Local Time
ALASKA AND THE NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT: THE ALASKA TECHNICAL REPORT
Carl Markon, US Geological Survey; and Sarah Trainor, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy

Tuesday, March 6, 2012; 10-11am Alaska Local Time
INTERAGENCY SCIENCE IN THE ARCTIC
Erica Key, National Science Foundation