WERA 2024 Presentations and Recordings


 

WERA1012-2024-Recordings-Presentations

 

SESSION 1 – WERA Partners

National Weather Service COOP Update
Scott McGuire, National COOP Program, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

PRISM Climate Group Update
Chris Daly, PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

State Climatologist Involvement/Coordination/Promotion of Rain Gauge networks
Beth Hall, CoCoRaHS Indiana, West Lafayette, IN

Coordinator updates – from the field
Matt Sittel, Kansas State Coordinator, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS
Dave Robinson, New Jersey State Co-Coordinator, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ

Significant Weather Reports 
Chad Gimmestad, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO

NCEI and CoCoRaHS
Imke Durre, NOAA/NCEI, Asheville, NC

NIDIS- NIDIS and CoCoRaHS
Joel Lisonbee, NOAA/NIDIS, Boulder, CO

SESSION 2 – CoCoRaHS Support and Operations

CoCoRaHS Data Dashboard (DEx) Overview
Noah Newman, CoCoRaHS Education Coordinator, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

CoCoRaHS App update & other things from IT
Julian Turner, CoCoRaHS Web Development, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

CoCoRaHS Data Quality Control Update
Steve Hilberg, CoCoRaHS Project Manager, Colorado State University., Fort Collins, CO
Dani Talmadge, CoCoRaHS QC, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Tony Bergantino, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

SESSION 3 – International Updates plus Drought

CoCoRaHS Canada Update
Mansi Patel, CoCoRaHS Canada National Coordinator, Chatham, ON
Doug Leonard ECCC, Dartmouth, NS

CoCoRaHS Puerto Rico Update
Xiomara Cruz, Rosalina Vasquez, NWS, San Juan, Puerto Rico

NDMC . . . A very dry talk
Brian Fuchs, NDMC, Lincoln, NE

SESSION 4 – Annual Volunteer Recruiting, Retention, Engagement Update,
Plus, Hail, Snow and Forensics

CoCoRaHS Recruiting and Retention Update
Matt Spies, Connecticut State Coordinator, Brookfield, CT

Hail Yes . . . or No? Where do we go from here? Discussion only
Dani Talmadge, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Snow operations/training?? Something to graupel about?
Steve Hilberg, CoCoRaHS Project Manager, Colorado State University., Fort Collins, CO

Maximizing Insights: The Power of Leveraging Multiple Data Networks for a Comprehensive Forensic Analysis
Kelly Cebulko, STM Weather, Cropseyville, NY

SESSION 5 – Networks, Madness and Rain Gauges

NE Rain Updates
James Williams, Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, Lincoln, NE

March Madness/Precip Absurdity/Minnesota Dynasty . . .
Matt Sittel, WERA 1012 Co-Chair, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS

Rain Gauge Discussion only - Lucy Plahmer, WeatherYourWay, Hartford, WI

Towards a distributed soil moisture network in Alabama: Opportunities for 
low-cost, easy deployable sensors leveraging citizen science networks
Lee Ellenburg, Univ. of Alabama – Huntsville, Huntsville, AL

Project IDEAL (Inclusive Diverse Equitable Accessible Large-Scale)
Noah Newman, CoCoRaHS, Fort Collins, CO

SESSION 5 – The Next Step - Issues that Need Continuing Attention, Setting 
Priorities, and Action Items