Tuesday, May 18, 2021 – WERA LIGHTNING ROUND: DAY ONE

*All times are Eastern Daylight Time

WELCOME

11:15 AM -– Welcome from the Chairpersons (Russ Schumacher, Colorado State Univ.; Nancy Selover, Arizona State Univ.)

HEADQUARTERS UPDATES

11:30 AM – CoCoRaHS Headquarters Update: QC (Steve Hilberg, CoCoRaHS)

11:40 AM – CoCoRaHS Headquarters Update: Website/Mapping (Julian Turner, CoCoRaHS)

11:50 AM – CoCoRaHS Headquarters Update: Support update (Henry Reges/Nolan Doesken, CoCoRaHS)

12:00 PM – CoCoRaHS Headquarters Update: Educational update (Noah Newman, CoCoRaHS)

12:10 PM – CoCoRaHS Headquarters Update: State of the Network - Recruiting/Retention (Matt Spies, CoCoRaHS CT State Coordinator)

12:20 – 1:00 PM -– Discussion

1:00 - 1:30PM – Break

PARTNER UPDATES

1:30 PM – Pandemic Precipitation Observations (Art DeGaetano, NRCC; Nolan Doesken, CoCoRaHS)

1:40 PM – NOAA/NWS COOP Network update (Amy Fritz, NOAA/NWS)

1:50 PM – NOAA NIDIS update (Molly Woloszyn, NOAA/NIDIS)

2:00 PM – NE Rain Update, (Jim Williams, NE Rain) 

2:10 PM – CISA Condition Monitoring Update (Amada Farris, CISA)

2:20 PM – NOAA NCEI update (Bryant Korzeniewski, NOAA/NCEI)

2:30 PM – PRISM update (Chris Daly, PRISM)

2:40 – 3:30 PM -– Discussion

Wednesday, May 19, 2021 – WERA LIGHTNING ROUND: DAY TWO

*All times are Eastern Daylight Time

WELCOME

12:00 PM – Welcome from the Chairpersons (Russ Schumacher, Colorado State Univ.; Nancy Selover, Arizona State Univ.)

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UPDATES

12:10 PM – State Records and CoCoRaHS (Kevin Brinson, Delaware Climate Office) 

12:20 PM – Engaging with other Citizen Science Projects - (Noah Newman, CoCoRaHS)

12:30 PM – Engaging the Public (Melissa Griffin, SC Climate Office) 

12:40 PM – Getting Ranchers Involved in Observations (Mike Crimmins, Univ of AZ) 

12:50 PM – Alaska Update (Doug Wesley, NWS Alaska; Martin Stuefer, Ulyana Horodryskyj, Alaska Climate Office)

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM – Discussion

1:45 - 2:20 PM -– Break

IN THE FIELD UPDATES

2:20 PM – Ground Truth for Radar-estimated Precipitation Algorithms for MRMS (Steve Martinaitis, CIMMS/NSSL)

2:30 PM – Updates from the USA National Phenology Network (Theresa Crimmins, Univ of AZ)

2:40 PM – Vegetation Impact Program (Mike Timlin, MRCC) 

2:50 PM – Use of CoCoRaHS Data at Environment and Climate Change Canada (Rick Fleetwood, CoCoRaHS Canada)

3:00 PM – "GAZPACHO" Snow and Precipitation Maps (Christina Speciale/Jennifer Vogt, NWS Albany, NY)

3:10 – 3:45 PM – Discussion

3:45 PM – Wrap Up — plans for next year’s meeting

4:00 PM – Virtual Meeting Ends