SWOT Hydrology Workshop

September 15-17, 2008, The Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio

Sponsored by NASA, CNES, JPL, and OSU’s Climate, Water, and Carbon Program

Surface Water Ocean Topography satellite mission  http://bprc.osu.edu/water/

(date of this agenda: September 17, 2008) (click here for printable PDF of this agenda)

 

Meeting Goal: Answer these two questions

The following questions are motivating the hydrologic portion of SWOT:

Water Cycle: What is the spatial and temporal variability in the world's terrestrial surface water storage and discharge.  How can we predict these variations more accurately?

Floodplains & Wetlands: How much water is stored on a floodplain and subsequently exchanged with its main channel? How much carbon is potentially released from inundated areas?

Society: What are the policy implications that freely available water storage data would have for water management? Can health issues related to waterborne diseases be predicted through better mappings?

(1) Are there other science and/or applications questions that should be considered central to the mission?

(2) Given the motivating science and applications questions as they may be amended by the group, how do we quantify the mission design so that the technology remains affordable and that data through-put constraints are met?

 

Agenda: All speakers are now confirmed

The first two days are designed to allow discussion and decisions regarding hydrologic science drivers for SWOT and definition of potential applications motivators.  Essentially, days one and two address meeting goal question 1.  The third day will focus on the mission timeline and planning, thus addressing meeting question 2.

 

Monday, September 15, 2008, Pfahl Hall room 140

Objective: inform the group of present mission status, have people present their ideas about what is important in surface water hydrology and how a satellite mission might meet this importance.  This first day will focus on the needs of the observation community.

 

7:30 – 8:30:       Continental Breakfast located just outside of main meeting room, Pfahl Hall 140

8:30 – 9:00:      Welcome, introductory remarks, and meeting charge: Doug Alsdorf, Nelly Mognard, Jared Entin, Eric Lindstrom, welcome by Ohio State University Dean Matt Platz

9:00 – 9:30:      Decadal Survey and SWOT hydrologic science and applications questions, Dennis Lettenmaier

9:30 – 9:45:      SWOT Oceanography, Lee-Lueng Fu, C.K. Shum

9:45 – 10:30:    SWOT Technology, Ernesto Rodriguez

10:30 – 10:50:   Break with coffee and snacks

10:50 – 11:10: What will SWOT measurements look like? Doug Alsdorf

11:10 – 11:30: Ka-Band radar scattering from water and layover issues, Delwyn Moller

11:30 – 11:50: How will storage changes and discharge be estimated by SWOT? Mike Durand

11:50 – 12:10: SWOT height requirements and spatio-temporal errors from in-situ measurements, Sylvain Biancamaria

12:10 – 12:30: What are the sizes of lakes, reservoirs, and rivers that will be measured by SWOT? Kostas Andreadis

12:30 – 1:30:     Lunch in Ballroom B of Hotel main building (provided by OSU)

1:30 – 1:50:      Conventional altimetry for monitoring lake level changes and expected improvements from SWOT, Jean-Francois Cretaux

1:50 – 2:10:      SWOT applications to Arctic hydrology, Larry Smith

2:10 – 2:30:      SWOT measurements for improving our understanding of mid-latitude hydrology, Frank Schwartz

2:30 – 2:50:      SWOT measurements for understanding tropical hydrology and biogeochemistry, John Melack

2:50 – 3:10:      SWOT mission: expectations for tropical hydrology, Stephane Calmant, Frιdιrique Seyler

3:10 – 3:30:       Break with soda and snacks

3:30 – 4:30:      Break-out sessions in Pfahl Hall rooms 140, 330, and 340: (1) Arctic led by Larry Smith, Nelly Mognard, (2) mid-latitudes led by Frank Schwartz, Dennis Lettenmaier, (3) tropics let by Doug Alsdorf, John Melack

4:30 – 5:30:      Entire group in Pfahl Hall 140: Discuss today’s presentations and findings of break-out sessions, build consensus.  Discussion leaders: Doug Alsdorf, Nelly Mognard

 

Note: The break-out session includes three sub-groups, each with a geographic focus.  These groups and their discussion leaders will discuss important science issues and how SWOT will address these.  The groups will need to discuss space and time sampling issues; the importance of storage and discharge changes vs. absolute values of storage and discharge; and how SWOT can address water related issues such as carbon, nutrients, and sediments.  The break-out groups may want to consider possible synergies with other Decadal Survey missions such as HyspIRI (a hyperspectral spectrometer for land surface composition).

 

Tuesday, September 16, 2008, Pfahl Hall room 140

Objective: identify and quantify the unmet needs of the water cycle and hydrodynamic modeling communities as well as those of the applications community (e.g., water resource management, public health, etc.).

 

7:00 – 8:00:       Continental Breakfast located just outside of main meeting room

8:00 – 8:30:      Summary of Monday: Doug Alsdorf, Nelly Mognard, introductory comments by Ohio State University Provost Joseph Alutto

8:30 – 9:00:      GEWEX, needs of the water cycle modeling community and SWOT, Eric Wood

9:00 – 9:20:      USGS presentation, Jerad Bales

9:20 – 9:40:      SWOT and hydrodynamic modeling, Paul Bates

9:40 – 10:00:    The need for water surface slopes and channel width-depth relationships, an example from the Amazon hydrologic-hydraulic modeling, Ed Beighley

10:00 – 10:20:   Break with coffee and snacks

10:20 – 10:40:  The Peace-Athabasca delta as a case study in understanding the importance of water level fluctuations, Tamlin Pavelsky

10:40 – 11:00:  SWOT integration with in-situ measurement networks and the combined utility for water cycle modeling, Jay Famiglietti

11:00 – 11:20: Geographic distribution of global lakes and rivers, Bernhard Lehner

11:20 – 11:40:  Satellite observation of regional-scale lake dynamics, Yongwei Sheng

11:40 – 12:00:  Global inundation dynamics, Fabrice Papa, Catherine Prigent, Elaine Matthews

12:00 – 1:10:     Lunch just outside of main meeting room (provided by OSU)

1:10 – 1:30:      SWOT measurements for improving hydrological parameterization in Regional and Global Climate Models, Aaron Boone

1:30 – 1:50:      Potential applications of SWOT data to international water management issues, Faisal Hossain

1:50 – 2:10:      Water management and SWOT, Pete Loucks

2:10 – 2:30:      SWOT measurements for understanding water related disasters, Jun Magome

2:30 – 2:50:      Water related infectious diseases, Song Liang

2:50 – 3:10:       Break with soda and snacks

3:10 – 4:30:      Break-out sessions in Pfahl Hall rooms 140, 330, and 340: (1) applications led by Dennis Lettenmaier, (2) hydrodynamic modeling led by Paul Bates, (3) water cycle modeling led by Jay Famiglietti

4:30 – 5:30:      Entire group in Pfahl Hall room 140: Discuss today’s presentations and findings of break-out sessions, build consensus. Discussion leaders: Doug Alsdorf, Nelly Mognard

 

Note: The break-out session includes three sub-groups each with a modeling or applications focus. These groups and their discussion leaders will focus on space and time sampling issues, desired data sets from SWOT, and expected improvements in models.

 

 

Wednesday, September 17, 2008, Pfahl Hall room 330

Objective: identify how SWOT will address the findings of the previous two days. All are invited to this third day, but it will focus on discussions of the virtual mission and SWOT technology groups.  Thus we are anticipating a smaller audience for Wednesday. We will determine how well the virtual mission efforts are meeting the requests of the previous two days and how to adjust the VM, as needed.  We’ll describe the mission timeline with upcoming meetings, documents, and mission concept review.

 

7:30 – 8:30:       Continental Breakfast located just outside of Pfahl Hall meeting room 330

8:30 – 9:00:      Summary of Monday and Tuesday: Doug Alsdorf, Nelly Mognard

9:00 – 9:30:      SWOT mission timeline and mission needs, Ernesto Rodriguez

9:30 – 10:00:    Discussion: Given the presentations and discussions of Monday, what are the expectations for SWOT regarding the observation community?  Discussion leaders: Doug Alsdorf, Nelly Mognard

10:00 – 10:30:  Discussion: Given the presentation and discussions of Tuesday, what are the expectations for SWOT regarding the modeling and applications communities? Discussion leaders: Jay Famiglietti, Aaron Boone

10:30 – 10:50:   Break with coffee and snacks

10:50 – Noon:   Meeting wrap-up, discussion leaders: Doug Alsdorf, Nelly Mognard

Noon: meeting adjourned

 

 

Travel Reimbursement Procedures

Travel funding for workshop participants is being supplied by NASA, JPL, and OSU.  I hope you understand that because OSU is paying for workshop meals, you will not be reimbursed for per-diem.  You are on your own for dinner, I hope that is OK.

 

U.S. travelers should use the following information:

Please contact Mary Ann Hall (Maryann.C.Hall@jpl.nasa.gov) at NASA's JPL regarding specific details of reimbursements.  The simplest approach is for you to pay for your travel and then seek reimbursement from JPL.  Keep receipts for airfare, hotel room, airport parking, and taxi.  When booking your airfare, please make certain you purchase a non-refundable ticket via a U.S. flag carrier airship.  If you prefer, Mary Ann can arrange for your airline ticket via JPL's Travel Department. 

 

International travelers should use the following information:

The Ohio State University or your agency will pay for your expenses (U.S. travelers will be reimbursed by JPL).  Please contact Michele Larrimer (larrimer.18@osu.edu) for travel details.  Hotel rooms for all non-U.S. attendees will be paid directly by OSU: your agency will not need to pay for the hotel rooms.  If your agency will not pay for airfare or taxis, then please inform Doug Alsdorf (alsdorf.1@osu.edu) and OSU will pay for these, as well.  OSU will need some additional information from you in-order to reimburse you (e.g., filling out some government forms, etc.).

 

Columbus Airport (CMH) to & from The Blackwell

Taxis are available at CMH airport and the cost will be around $30 from CMH to the Blackwell.  Check with the Blackwell when booking your room to determine if they have a shuttle service.  Travel time between CMH and the Blackwell is about 20 minutes.  Columbus afternoon rush hour, 4:00 to 6:00 pm will add about 10 minutes to the dirve.  I’m not aware of any shuttle buses at CMH (e.g., I don’t think Super Shuttle serves CMH) and taking a public bus probably isn’t worth the hassle.

 

Hotel: The Blackwell  http://www.theblackwell.com/

The Blackwell Inn and Conference Center is located on the campus of the Ohio State University.  They are located at: 2110 Tuttle Park Place, Columbus Ohio 43210, tel: 614-247-4000 and toll free: 866-247-4003.

 

Our workshop is identified by the Blackwell as “SWOT Hydrology Workshop”; please refer to this name when booking your hotel room.  All reservations should be made by Thursday, August 14, 2008 in order to receive the group rate of $131 per night (additional taxes and fees will increase the rate to about $150 to $160 per night).  We have reserved 15 rooms for Saturday night, 40 rooms for Sunday night, 40 for Monday night, and 20 for Tuesday night.  If you suddenly cannot attend, you must cancel your reservations by 4:00pm the day before your scheduled arrival to avoid one night’s room and tax charge to your credit card.

 

Our contact at the hotel is Lauren Adams (ladams@studentaffairs.osu.edu).  If you need to send something to the hotel, use the following address:

HOLD FOR: YOUR NAME

SWOT Hydrology Workshop

Arrival Date:  Saturday, September 13, 2008

The Blackwell

2110 Tuttle Park Place

Columbus, Ohio 43210

 

Here is a map of the hotel, click here for a PDF of this map, click the following Google link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2110+Tuttle+Park+Place,+43210&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=94.871889,103.535156&ie=UTF8&ll=39.985933,-82.951069&spn=0.095752,0.184021&z=13

 

The campus of The Ohio State University is located between Lane and W12th avenues and between N. High Street and interstate 315.  For a pleasant walk or run, may I suggest that you ask the hotel for directions to the Olentangy River (runs NS in the map) and take a ~12 mile stroll along the river on the paved trail (link: http://recparks.columbus.gov/trails/Trails_3.asp).

 

 

These 73 People Will Attend the Workshop: (54 U.S., 13 France, 6 International)

 

First Name

Last Name

Email

Kostas

Andreadis

kostas@hydro.washington.edu

Jerad

Bales

jdbales@usgs.gov

Paul

Bates

paul.bates@bristol.ac.uk

Ed

Beighley

beighley@mail.sdsu.edu

Sylvain

Biancamaria

Sylvain.Biancamaria@legos.obs-mip.fr

Charon

Birkett

cmb@essic.umd.edu

Aaron

Boone

aaron.boone@meteo.fr

Laura

Bowling

bowling@purdue.edu

Steven

Buchberger

steven.buchberger@uc.edu

Stephane

Calmant

stephane.calmant@ird.fr

Liz

Clark

eclark@hydro.washington.edu

Sophie

Coutin-Faye

sophie.coutin-faye@cnes.fr

Melba

Crawford

mcrawford@purdue.edu

Jean-Francois

Cretaux

jean-francois.cretaux@cnes.fr

Remco

Dost

remcodost@itc.nl

Jared

Entin

jared.k.entin@nasa.gov

Jay

Famiglietti

jfamigli@uci.edu

Mark

Fonstad

mfonstad@txstate.edu

Claude

Fratter

claude.fratter@cnes.fr

Tony

Freeman

Anthony.Freeman@jpl.nasa.gov

Faisal

Hossain

FHossain@tntech.edu

Hiroshi

Ishidaira

ishi@yamanashi.ac.jp

Mike

Jasinski

Michael.F.Jasinski@nasa.gov

Thierry

Lafon

thierry.lafon@cnes.fr

Venkat

Lakshmi

vlakshmi@geol.sc.edu

Juliette

Lambin

juliette.lambin@cnes.fr

Bernhard

Lehner

bernhard.lehner@mcgill.ca

John

Lenters

jlenters2@unl.edu

Dennis

Lettenmaier

dennisl@u.washington.edu

Xu

Liang

xuliang@pitt.edu

Eric

Lindstrom

eric.j.lindstrom@nasa.gov

Pete

Loucks

DPL3@cornell.edu

Alain

Mallet

alain.mallet@cnes.fr

Jun

Magome

magome@pwri.go.jp

John

Melack

melack@bren.ucsb.edu

Nelly

Mognard

nelly.mognard@cnes.fr

Delwyn

Moller

delwyn.moller@jpl.nasa.gov

Zhuotong

Nan

zhn1+@pitt.edu

Anne

Nolin

nolina@geo.oregonstate.edu

Fabrice

Papa

fpapa@giss.nasa.gov

Tamlin

Pavelsky

pavelsky@ucla.edu

Ernesto

Rodriguez

ernesto.rodriguez@jpl.nasa.gov

Frederique

Seyler

fseyler@lmtg.obs-mip.fr

Yongwei

Sheng

ysheng@geog.ucla.edu

Larry

Smith

lsmith@geog.ucla.edu

Jean Claude

Souyris

jean-claude.souyris@cnes.fr

Margaret

Srinivasan

Margaret.Srinivasan@jpl.nasa.gov

Eric

Thouvenot

Eric.Thouvenot@cnes.fr

Parag

Vaze

pvaze@jpl.nasa.gov

Shugong

Wang

shw36+@pitt.edu

Matt

Wilson

m@ttwilson.org

Eric

Wood

efwood@princeton.edu

 

 

 

From The Ohio State University

 

Jerry

Allen

allen.694@geology.ohio-state.edu

Doug

Alsdorf

alsdorf.1@osu.edu

Kate

Calder

calder@stat.osu.edu

Mike

Durand

durand.8@osu.edu

Judy

Gardiner

judithg@osc.edu

Joel

Johnson

johnson@ece.osu.edu

Hahn Chul

Jung

jung.196@osu.edu

Ethan

Kubatko

kubatko.3@osu.edu

Dan

Leavell

leavell.6@osu.edu

Song

Liang

sliang@cph.osu.edu

Desheng

Liu

liu.738@osu.edu

Ganming

Liu

liu.669@osu.edu

Ninoslav

Majurec

majurec.1@osu.edu

Bryan

Mark

mark.9@osu.edu

Carolyn

Merry

merry.1@osu.edu

Richard

Moore

moore.11@osu.edu

Praphun

Naenna

naennap@ece.osu.edu

Taotao

Qian

qian.48@osu.edu

Frank

Schwartz

frank@geology.ohio-state.edu

C.K.

Shum

ckshum@osu.edu

Yeosang

Yoon

yeosang@inha.ac.kr