Agenda

8:15-8:30 Phil Bedient : Welcome as Local host , Discussion of Logistics

8:30-9:00 Phil Bedient: Introduction of the Flood Alert System Project, and the layout of Texas Medical Center

9:00-9:30 David McLaughlin: DCAS concept and IP-2 : ERC Goals

9:30-9:45 V.Chandra: Importance of precipitation measurement in the larger context of “ societal problems” to be solved.

9:45-10:00 Importance of IP-2 , TMC Perspective

10:00-:10-15AM : Coffee Break

10:00- 10:45 AM Comments from other end user groups

10:45 – 11:45 AM Tour of TMC facilities and the Flood Alert System

11:45AM - 1:00 PM Lunch at Rice

Afternoon Session

IP-2 Working Groups

Goal of this session: Brainstorm, Generate action items, and prepare a guiding document to build the IP-2 GANNT chart

1:00 PM –4:00 PM Afternoon Session: IP2- Working groups

Format for the session: The discussion leaders will lead the discussion ( not make presentations ), the raporteurs will document the discussion, which will be collected at the end of the meeting by Chandra to prepare the meeting report. Chandra will stay for the night of Nov 17 in Houston to finish the report and then depart for CSU ( NSF, fastlane reporting style )

1) What is to be accomplished in this testbed within the ERC? Discussion led by McLaughlin ( 30 minutes) Rapporteur: Paula Rees

2) Title--Hydrologic predictability and forecast system . Topics--Hydrologic predictability and limits, forecast goal, watershed area, radar/QPE design, model/radar resolution, radar network configuration, QPE precision/accuracy/resolution ( 30 minutes , This may need more time )

Discussion leader: Baxter Vieux, Rapporteur: V.Chandra

3) Algorithms and DCAS/ Optimization issues ( 30 min ) : Discussion Leader: V.Chandra, Rapporteur: Jim Kurose

4) End Users: Discussion leader Brenda Phillips (30 min ), Rapporteur: Paula Rees

5) Testbed cost and plan for generating the needed resources (30 min ) – Discussion Leader: Brenda Phillips, Rapporteur: Paula Rees

6) Relationship of SOCC to IP-2 and Leveraging with LEAD( 30 min ) :

Discussion leader: J. Brotzge; Rapporteur: Jean Vieux