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Climate Prediction Application Science Workshop (CPASW) The William and Ida Friday Center

Integrated Water Resource Products for Drought in North Carolina Mark S. Brooks and Ryan P. Boyles State Climate Office of North Carolina NC State University. Climate Prediction Application Science Workshop (CPASW) The William and Ida Friday Center Chapel Hill, NC March 6, 2008.

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Climate Prediction Application Science Workshop (CPASW) The William and Ida Friday Center

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  1. Integrated Water Resource Products for Drought in North Carolina Mark S. Brooks and Ryan P. Boyles State Climate Office of North Carolina NC State University Climate Prediction Application Science Workshop (CPASW) The William and Ida Friday Center Chapel Hill, NC March 6, 2008

  2. Who Are We? • The State Climate Office is where University researchers, extension scientists, government agencies (state and federal) come together to work on North Carolina weather and climate related issues. • Applied group • Housed at NCSU Climate Prediction Application Science Workshop 2008 - Chapel Hill, NC - March 6, 2008

  3. The Need for Water Resource Data • Economically important • Socially important • Monitor conditions • Policy • Decision support Climate Prediction Application Science Workshop 2008 - Chapel Hill, NC - March 6, 2008

  4. Water Resource Data in NC • Many different data sources • Many different parameters • Many different formats • No one place to get it all (until now) Climate Prediction Application Science Workshop 2008 - Chapel Hill, NC - March 6, 2008

  5. ... and so was born, CRONOS H2O • One digital database, one format, one interface • Multiple sources: • USGS • NC DWR • USACE • Duke Energy • TVA • NWS COOP (precip) Climate Prediction Application Science Workshop 2008 - Chapel Hill, NC - March 6, 2008

  6. Let’s put this into context • CRONOS • Climate Retrieval and Observations Network of the Southeast • Digital database of surface weather • Eleven weather networks, over 3700 stations • Launched in 2003 Climate Prediction Application Science Workshop 2008 - Chapel Hill, NC - March 6, 2008

  7. CRONOS H2O • CRONOS + water data • Streamflow • Reservoir levels • Groundwater levels • Precipitation • Percentiles Climate Prediction Application Science Workshop 2008 - Chapel Hill, NC - March 6, 2008

  8. CRONOS H2O Interface • Designed with “Joe Q. Public” in mind • while serving needs of advanced users • Integrated with CRONOS (weather) Climate Prediction Application Science Workshop 2008 - Chapel Hill, NC - March 6, 2008

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  11. Reflections • CRONOS H2O been online since Jan 2007 • Already being used as a monitoring tool • Designed for (un)sophisticated users • Conceptual / working model for larger geographic extent Climate Prediction Application Science Workshop 2008 - Chapel Hill, NC - March 6, 2008

  12. Looking Ahead • Expand domain to include Tenn. Valley seven-states • Evaluate societal and economic value & impacts • Overlay usage data • Innovative products and decision-support tools • MPE grid / precip normals grid Climate Prediction Application Science Workshop 2008 - Chapel Hill, NC - March 6, 2008

  13. Acknowledgements • NC Division of Water Resources • Tom Fransen, Charles Theobald, Wenli Chen, Nat Wilson • USGS • Nelson Williams, Ramona Traynor, Jeanne Robbins, Karen Ford • US ACE • Terry Brown • Duke Energy • Scott Holland, Arthur Snuggs • State Climate Office colleagues • Ashley Frazier, Sherri Pugh, Bryan Aldridge, Aaron Sims, Sethu Raman Climate Prediction Application Science Workshop 2008 - Chapel Hill, NC - March 6, 2008

  14. CRONOS H2O www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu Questions? Mark Brooks 1-877-718-5544 mark_brooks@ncsu.edu Climate Prediction Application Science Workshop 2008 - Chapel Hill, NC - March 6, 2008

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