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2019 AGU Fall Meeting

San Francisco, CA, December 9-13, 2019

Town Hall - Community-Based Coupled Coastal Modeling in Support of Total Water Prediction

Presentation

Summary

 

Oral Presentations

Session I

The Evolution of NOAA’s National Water Model: An Overview of Version 2.1 and Future Operational Plans - Brian Cosgrove, National Weather Service

Status Update and Regional Performance Evaluation of the National Water Model - David Gochis, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Multi-scale Integrated Modeling in the USGS Water Mission Area - Katerine Skalak, US Geological Survey

CHIP – Continental Hydrologic Intercomparison Project: A Conceptual Evaluation Framework for Large-Scale Hydrology Model Comparisons - Danielle Tijerina, Colorado School of Mines

The Effect of Topographic Processes on Runoff Simulation over the Continental US - Jun Zhang, University of Arizona

Impacts of Subgrid Topographic Heterogeneity in the Energy Exascale Earth System Model - Teklu Tesfa, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

ERA-Interim vs ERA-5 Hydrology Comparison, Jerom Aerts, Delft University of Technology

Hyper Resolution Modeling of Urban Flooding - Michael Smith, National Weather Service

 

Session II

Unlocking the Power of Global Models for Local Decision-Making with Hydrologic Modeling as a Service - Jim Nelson, Brigham Young University

National Water Model as a Service: Towards a New Frontier of Community Engagement - Nels Frazier, CyberData Technologies (NOAA Affiliate)

Climate-to-Ecosystem Integrated Modeling in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary: An Overview of the CASCaDE Project (Part 1—Modeling of physical processes) - Noah Knowles, US Geological Survey

Climate-to-Ecosystem Integrated Modeling in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary: An Overview of the CASCaDE Project (Part 2—Modeling of Water Quality and Ecosystem Processes) - Lisa Lucas, US Geological Survey

iFLOOD: An Experimental Platform for Integrated Total Water Forecasts for the National Capital Region and the Chesapeake Bay - Celso Ferreira, George Mason University

Regional-Scale Hydrologic and Hydrodynamic Modeling of a Riverine-Estuarine System under Extreme Storms: Application to U.S. East Coast - Roham Bakhtyar (presented by Nels Frazier, CyberData Technologies (NOAA Affiliate))

Towards a Unified Modeling Framework for Coupling Coastal Ocean Models and Inland Hydrology at NOAA's National Ocean Service - Saeed Moghimi

Model-Based Parametric Analysis of Total Water Prediction in Coastal Transition Zones of the US East and Gulf Coasts, Taher Chegini, University of Houston
 

Session III

A Proposed Hydrologic Model Taxonomy as a Means to Improve Hydrologic Model Comparison, Evaluation, and Reproducibility - Fred Ogden, NOAA Affiliate, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Continental-Scale Coupled Groundwater–Surface-Water Modelling - Kerry Lee Callaghan, University of Minnesota

Continental Scale Heterogenous Channel Routing Strategy for Operational and Forecast Models - Ehab Meselhe, Tulane University of Louisiana

Modeling Hydrology at the Largest and Longest Scales - Richard Barnes, University of California Berkeley

Large-Scale Rainfall-Runoff Modeling using the Long Short-Term Memory Network - Grey Stephen Nearing, University of Alabama

A Visualization Workflow for Quantifying Parameter Sensitivities and Uncertainties for Hydrologic Models - Kyla Semmendinger, Cornell University

Cryospheric Process Representation in Local to National-Extent Hydrologic Models - Jessica Driscoll, US Geological Survey

 

Poster Presentations

Short to Sub-seasonal Streamflow Forecasts for Reservoir Operations in India - Amar Deep Tiwari, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Flood Inundation Mapping Using Hydrologic Models and Remote Sensing in Support of the National Water Model - Fernando Aristizabal, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Office of Water Prediction

Assessing Runoff Risk to Support Nutrient Application Timing Using a Hybrid of Physically-based and Statistical Models—an Application of National Water Model - Yao Hu, University of Michigan

Enhancement of the National Water Model Forecast Predictions by Establishing Correlations in Reservoir Release Datasets with Low Flow Conditions - Elizabeth Del Rosario, Texas A&M

Lessons Learned in the Application of the MRMS-FLASH System at Scales Ranging from the River Reach to the Conterminous United States for Impact-Based Flood Prediction - Humberto Vergara, University of Oklahoma

Considerations for Continental-Scale Modeling of Stream Temperature and Nutrients with Examples from the Field - Hedeff Essaid, US Geological Society

An Update In Hydrology Model Development And Application - Wei Yu, Weather Tech Services, LLC

Representing Urban Infiltration in the National Water Model - Mike Johnson, University of California Santa Barbara

Experimental Loose One-Way Coupling of TOPMODEL with NWM to Substitute Runoff Processes in a Headwater Catchment - Dong-Hyun Kim, San Diego State University

Representing Anthropogenic Processes in the National Water Model: A Persistence Approach to Reservoir Operations - Nels J Frazier, CyberData Technologies (NOAA Affiliate)

An Efficient Approach for Generating Large Scale Unstructured Computational Mesh for 2-D Flood Models - Venkatsundar Ramaswamy, Jupiter

Hydrological Responses to Precipitation Extremes: An Investigation of the National Water Model System in the San Francisco Bay Area Using AQPI Gap-Filling Radar - Yingzhao Ma, Colorado State University

Identifying the Minimum Set of Parameters for Flood Forecasting in Iowa Using the HLM Model - Nicolas Velasquez, University of Iowa

Implementation and Evaluation of Channel Infiltration in the NOAA National Water Model for Semi-Arid Environments - Timothy Lahmers, University of Arizona

Automated Multi-Domain Regression Testing of the WRF-Hydro Model with User-Specified Deviation Tolerance - Ryan Cabell, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Evaluating and Tailoring National Water Model Analysis for Estimating Freshwater Inflow into the Matagorda Bay - Md Arifur Rahman, University of Texas at Arlington

From Global to Local River Hydrodynamic Predictions: Can Regional to Continental Models be Locally Relevant? - Walter Collischonn, UFRGS Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Representing Subsurface Lateral Groundwater Flow in Earth System Models - Chang Liao, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Developing a Hydrologic-Hydrodynamic Flood Forecasting System for Lake Champlain - Dmitry Beletsky, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Linking Continental-Scale Watershed Hydrologic and Coastal Hydrodynamic Models for Improved Water Level and Inundation Prediction in the Great Lakes - Eric Anderson, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

Predicting Compound Flooding in Low-Lying Coastal Areas Produced by Tropical Storms - Panagiotis Velissariou (presented by Graeme Aggett, Lynker Technologies)

Assessment of the Water Balance Model Performance as a Freshwater Component in the Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System - Alexander Proussevitch, University of New Hampshire

Improving Soil Moisture States in WRF-Hydro Using SWOT Observations - Nicholas Elmer, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Leveraging Emerging New Soil Datasets to Enable Field-Scale Hydrologic Prediction over the Contiguous United States - Nathaniel Chaney, Duke University

Development of Watershed-Based Large-Domain Modeling to Support Monitoring, Prediction, and Water Management Applications - Ridwan Siddique, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Estimation of Historical Monthly Evapotranspiration Rates for the Conterminous U.S. - Meredith Reitz, US Geological Survey

Evaluation of Integrated Land Simulator using Site Observations - Tomoko Nitta, University of Tokyo

Parameterizing Waterbodies in a Level Pool Scheme: a National Water Model Application - Laura Read, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Using Digital Recursive Filters to Estimate Subsurface Stormflow Parameters at the Catchment Scale across Different Landcovers - Jason Regina, NOAA/NWS Office of Water Prediction

Global Fully-Distributed Parameter Regionalization Based on Observed Streamflow from 4229 Headwater Catchments - Ming Pan, Princeton University

Calibrating the National Water Model V2.1 over the Contiguous United States - Xia Feng, UCAR/NWC

Assessment and Calibration of the WRF-Hydro National Water Model Configuration for a Snowmelt Dominated Watershed in a Mountain Karst Region - Irene Garousi Nejad, Utah State University

Enhancing Total Water Prediction for the Great Lakes through Calibration of the National Water Model in Canadian Watersheds - Philip Chu, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

Regionalized Parameters in Global-Scale Hydrological Models: Preliminary Assessment of Climate Controls on Parameter Transferability - Takeo Yoshida, NIRE National Institute for Rural Engineering

Parameter Sensitivity of the National Hydrologic Model Alaska Domain - Theodore Barnhart, US Geological Survey

Evaluation of Precipitation Fields for National Water Model Prediction over Large Lakes and International Basins - Lauren Fry, US Army Corps of Engineers

Near Real-Time Hydrologic Operational Evaluation of National Water Model (NWM) Streamflow Short- and Medium-Range Forecasts. - Juzer Dhondia, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, National Weather Service, Office of Water Prediction

A Multi-faceted Evaluation of National Water Model Snow Processes in Complex Terrain - Robert Cifelli, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

Assessment of NOAA National Water Model Operational Short-Range Streamflow Forecasts: A February 2019 Case Study in San Francisco Bay Area - Jungho Kim, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

Runoff Identification and Delimitation in Discharge Series Using Forward and Backward Moving Averages - Alexander Maestre, NOAA/NWS Office of Water Prediction

National Water Model Channel Geometry: Using a New Dockerized Job Scheduler for NWM Parametrization - Arthur Austin Raney II, University of Alabama

Next Generation National Water Model Architecture: Organizing Principles to Support Evolving Capabilities - Donald Johnson, NOAA Affiliate, CyberData Technologies

Macro-Scale Hydrologic Modeling for Depression-Dominated Cold Climate Regions - Mohsen Tahmasebi Nasab, Bucknell University

Toward Global Terrestrial Hydrology with Theory Guided Machine Learning - Jonathan Frame, University of Alabama