Workshops

NEWS AND ACTIVITIES (in reverse chronological order)

October 2008

A CHPS Preparation Workshop #2 was held in Taunton, MA (at NERFC) during the week of September 29. This is the second of three preparation workshops, resulting in a BOC CHPS that will be installed at the CAT RFCs by the end of this year. Of particular note was a demonstration of an early prototype interface developed by Deltares for FEWS, which goes a long way in concept towards many of the desired features requested at the IFP workshop in Taunton, MA (visit the Software Requirements Analysis page).

The CAT RFCs will migrate their existing segments to CHPS beginning January 2009; this is expected to be a 9 month activity, with the CAT RFCs sharing their progress and experiences along the way and providing valuable feedback as part of an effort designed to positively influence the experience for other RFCs. Much of the basic migration will be automated. Progress on the NWS-specific migration tools was presented to the CAT at the workshop.

July 2008

A CAT-OHD-Deltares workshop was held June 17-19 in Silver Spring, MD. A number of major CHPS topics were addressed, including data ingest and data flow through the system, verification, ensembles, and calibration. The CAT suggested an interim approach for Flash Flood Guidance. Approaches for many of the major capabilities will be refined over time.

Karel Heynert from Deltares gave a Delft-FEWS presentation to the Integrated Water Resources Science and Services (IWRSS) workshop participants on June 16. Don Cline subsequently gave a distilled version of his IWRSS presentation to the CAT, which then prompted a positive discussion on the future role of NOHRSC in CHPS.

The next CAT-OHD-Deltares workshop is scheduled for the week commencing September 29 2008, at NERFC. Workshops for all RFCs (other than the CAT) are expected to begin in March 2009 at a location yet to be determined.

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