History of CPASW

The annual Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW), initiated in 2002 by the NOAA National Weather Service Climate Services Division, brings together a diverse group of climate researchers, climate product producers, and climate information users to share developments in research and applications of climate predictions for societal decision-making. A unique planning team, consisting of several NOAA climate services partners, organizes and hosts CPASW at a different location each year to ensure varying climate application focuses, and both regional and national perspectives.

Links to previous CPASW workshops and information for the latest:
 

CPASW 2020 | CPASW 2019 | CPASW 2018 | CPASW 2016 | CPASW 2006 | CPASW 2004

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The 19th Annual Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW) will bring together a diverse community to share developments in research and application of weather and climate information for societal decision-making. Participants will include researchers, service producers, resource managers, planners, practitioners, social scientists, and others making weather and climate-sensitive decisions. NOAA’s National Weather Service Climate Services Branch, Michigan State University, the Michigan State Climate Office, and many climate services partners are collaborating in the organization of the 2022 CPASW.

The workshop will convene in East Lansing, Michigan, May 24-26, 2022, for discussion centered on the theme of “Toward equitable and actionable climate services across communities and timescales”.

The Workshop will address the following Focus Areas:

Equitable and Seamless Climate Services 

• Effective communication of subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) products and services that maximizes utility among diverse and underserved stakeholders

• Co-production of S2S climate services and climate change information between users and producers 

• Transboundary issues and partnerships (e.g., cross-border services, sustaining international partnerships, effective stakeholder engagement including tribes and underserved communities, etc)

Climate Impact-based Decision Support Tools and Service Delivery Across Sectors 

• Agriculture, Forestry, & Fisheries

• Water Resources

• Energy, Transportation, & Urban planning

• Emergency Management

• Coastal Services  

• Heat and health

User Engagement and Service Requirements 

• Social, behavioral, and economic science integration

• Balancing collaborative partnerships across climate communities in identifying user needs and extending service capabilities 

Weather, water, and climate extremes are a unifying issue across all of these focus areas contributing to significant impacts on the economy and society. Applications of climate information at various timescales, including sub-seasonal to seasonal and beyond, help inform preparedness activities for disruptive events and long-term changes, supporting resilient communities and their economies. Defining and clarifying provision of equitable climate services across communities and timescales can play a critical role in targeted and successful decision support. We invite abstracts for workshop presentations that address the use of and/or opportunities for climate data and products including monitoring, predictions, and projections in any of the focus areas listed above. We also encourage abstracts highlighting best practices in the areas of communication and outreach, integration of social and economic sciences, decision support tools, and preparedness methods to advance adaptation and mitigation efforts. The workshop will also include special discussions related to sector-specific applications, water and environmental issues, and international aspects.

Final Agenda (PDF)

Tuesday Morning Welcome Speaker: John Murphy, NOAA National Weather Service
	John D. Murphy is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS). He has overall responsibility for day-to-day mission execution units responsible for delivering NWS weather, water, climate, and space weather products, services, and information as well as the budgetary planning for 11 National Service Programs. He joined NWS in 2011 after serving more than 29 years with the United States Air Force as a career meteorologist and finally as Commander of the Air Force Weather Agency and Deputy Foreign Policy Advisor to United States Strategic Command.
Tuesday Morning Keynote Speaker: Liesl Eichler Clark, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)
	James Clift is Deputy Director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), where he oversees the department’s policy and engagement work. He heads the offices of Legislative Affairs, Public Information, and Great Lakes; as well as three offices created under the administration of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Climate and Energy, Clean Water Public Advocate, and Environmental Justice Public Advocate. James helped launch all three new offices – vital steps in pursuing the state’s goal of carbon neutrality in an equitable manner that provides opportunity for all Michiganders and protects the state’s world-class water resources. He began his work in the state Capitol as a Michigan Senate environmental policy analyst. More recently, he was policy director at the Michigan Environmental Council for 20 years, working on environmental policy with the council’s more than 70 member and partner organizations. A fixture at the Capitol, he coordinated the council’s legislative and policy work on an array of environmental issues including water protection, environmental justice, clean energy, air quality, and climate mitigation and adaptation. A graduate of Central Michigan University, James earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Wayne State University, where he spent two years assisting in research and editing textbooks and other works of Prof. Robert Abrams, a leading U.S. expert in water law. James is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and its Environmental Law Section.

Wednesday Invited Speaker: Dennis Todey, USDA Midwest Climate Hub

Dennis Todey is the Director of the Midwest Climate Hub in Ames. He is a native Iowan with his BS and PhD from Iowa State in Meteorology and Agricultural Meteorology. He has spent two stints in South Dakota, first completing his MS at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and most recently as Associate Professor and State Climatologist for South Dakota at South Dakota State University. He is well known regionally as a speaker and media source on various climate issues and is the former president of the American Association of State Climatologists.

Thursday, May 26 2022	*****All Times in Eastern Time Zone*****
8:00 AM	Lincoln Room Open (Kellogg Conference Center)
8:30 - 9:00	Invited Talk (Virtual)
	CPC National and International Sub-Seasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Decision Support Services David DeWitt, Director, NWS Climate Prediction Center
9:00 - 10:00	Session 4: Addressing Services for Extreme Heat Moderators: Jeff Boyne, NWS LaCrosse
	A Socio-spatial Model of Hospitalizations from Exposure and Sensitivity to High Temperatures Juan Declet-Barreto, Union of Concerned Scientists Week 3-4 Forecasting of Extreme Heat: a new tool-based SST and regional soil moisture patterns Evan Oswald, NWS Climate Prediction CenterVIRTUAL: Understanding Local Variations in Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) and Tailoring the WBGT Forecast Tool to Local Environments Charles Konrad, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:00 - 10:15	Break (15 Minutes)
10:15 - 11:15	Session 5 Part 1: Climate Decision Support Services Moderator: Steve Baxter, NWS Climate Services Branch
	The Cellular Cooperative Observer Program Project Pilar Trevino, NWS Paducah The Use of Social Science and Expanding the IDSS footprint at the Climate Prediction Center Jon Gottschalck, NWS Climate Prediction Center VIRTUAL: Updating the CPC T2M Observational Verification Dataset and Impact on the Seasonal T2M GPRA Mike Halpert, NWS Climate Prediction Center
11:15 - 11:30	Break (15 Minutes)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Session 5 Part 2: Climate Decision Support Services Moderator: Jenna Meyers, NWS Climate Services Branch
	Extending the Temporal Range for Aviation Wind Guidance Erica Burrows, NWS Climate Prediction Center NWS DSS and Partnerships with Michigan's Transportation Sector Brandon Hoving, NWS Grand Rapids VIRTUAL: The Value of Environmental Information from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information Tamara Houston, NOAA NCEI
12:30 - 2:00	Lunch (on your own)
2:00 - 3:30	Panel Session: Engaging Users and Co-producing Climate Services Moderator: Marina Timofeyeva, NWS Climate Services Branch
	Introductory Remarks Stephen Baxter, NWS Doug Kluck, NOAA NCEI Allison Leidner, NASA Earth Science Division Beth Hall, Purdue University Dennis Todey, USDA Midwest Climate HubKelly Karll, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments Q&A Discussion
3:30 - 4:00	Meeting Wrap-up (Marina Timofeyeva & Jeff Andresen)
4:00 PM	Adjourn

Thursday Invited Speaker: David DeWitt, NWS Climate Prediction Center

David DeWitt is the Director of the NWS Climate Prediction Center. DeWitt joined NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) in 2012 as the lead modeler within the Science Plans Branch of the Office of Science and Technology. During his tenure at NWS, he served a detail as the acting deputy director for NCEP’s Environmental Modeling Center, and as a project manager for the Sandy Supplemental projects, which accelerated development of NOAA’s foundational numerical guidance for weather prediction. David has provided leadership on several NWS and NOAA cross-line office activities targeted toward improving NOAA’s products and services. Prior to coming to NOAA, DeWitt worked as a research scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) at Columbia University from 1999-2012. From 1994-1999, DeWitt worked at the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies developing coupled atmosphere-ocean models for seasonal forecasts and conducting research to better understand short-term climate variability.

Register Here for CPASW 2022

Please note that the above link will take you to the Michigan State University registration page.

Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center at Michigan State University

For those staying at the conference hotel, a block of rooms are being held by the hotel.  For your convenience, you can make reservations online or by phone. Please  use the code for Group Block: 2205STATEC.

The hotel will hold the guestrooms in the Group Block until April 24, 2022. The Group Rate will only apply to guestrooms in the Group Block that are reserved before such date. Reservations made after such date will be subject to room availability, and standard rates will apply.

Online Reservation Instructions

For ease and 24 hour access to booking for your guests we encourage guests to book online by following the instructions below:

• Go to www.kelloggcenter.com
• Click on the “Reservations” link at the top of the page
• Select "Book a Room" link
• Enter arrival, departure, rooms, and number of adults and children
• Select “More Options” and enter your Code for Group Block: 2205STATEC
• Click “Check Availability”

For special requests, reservations outside of the conference dates, or reservations after the room block release date, please call our reservations department at 800-875-5090.

Phone Reservation Instructions

• Call 800-875-5090 and refer to the Code for Group Block: 2205STATEC or Block Name: CPASW Climate Predication Application
• Representatives are available Monday through Friday 7:30am-7:00pm

Event Organizers

	Michigan State University
	Michigan State Climate Office
	National Weather Service, Climate Services Branch
	National Centers for Environmental Prediction / Climate Prediction Center
	NWS Central Region Headquarters and Detroit Weather Forecast Office
	Oceanic and Atmospheric Research / Climate Program Office
	National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service / National Centers for Environmental Information
	Midwestern Regional Climate Center
	Michigan Sea Grant
	USDA Midwest Climate Hub

Contact Us

Jenna Meyers (Jenna.Meyers@noaa.gov, 301-427-9113)

Marina Timofeyeva (Marina.Timofeyeva@noaa.gov, 301-427-9367)

Jeff Andresen (andresen@msu.edu, 517-432-4756)