Second Meeting Report


of the

 

Working Group on Future Space-based Hydrology Missions




held


May 3-4, 2001
Potomac, MD



Report prepared by Simpson Weather Associates, Inc.
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June 2001



CONTENTS

Agenda
Notes from Meeting
Overheads of Presentations
List of Attendees


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Working Group on Future Space-based Hydrology Missions

AGENDA

May 3-4, 2001
Potomac, MD


1.    Introduction

2.    Discussions with soil moisture and cold seasons Working Groups

3.    Review of Notes - August 3-4, 2000 meeting

4.    Action Items - Previous Meeting - Update/Status
   
     a) Establishment of working group web site
   
     b) Posting of original draft of White Paper, reviewer comments
   
     c) Responses to reviews of White Paper - status
   
     d) Development of template heading towards proposal formulation
   
     e) Efforts to put paper dealing with science justification

5.    Presentations:
   
     Water Level Changes in a Large Amazon Lake Measured with
   
     Spaceborne Radar Interferometry and Altimetry -- Doug Alsdorf

        Real-time Forecasting and Rapid Post-event Assessment of Erosional
        and Depositional Flood Damage
-- Laurence Smith

        Working Group on Future Space-based Hydrology Missions -- 
        G. Dave Emmitt

        Jeff Rothermel
   
     Pascal Kosuth
   
     Balazs Fekete

        The Contribution of Satellite Radar Altimetry to the Determination
        of River Discharge and Lake/Reservoir Stage from Space:  A

        Feasibility Study for North America -- Charles Vorosmarty

6.    Update on the GWEC NRA proposal reviews

7.    Updates on ongoing research related to HydraSat

8.    Discussion of plans for field studies in support of HydraSat - Primary
      Focus for this Meeting

9.    Discussion of opportunities for collaboration with other programs: StratoSat,
       GAINS, OOS

10.    Other

11.   Overview Summary Presentation - Friday a.m. -  HydrA-SAT:  A
        Hydrological Applications Satellite for Land Surface Water Monitoring
   
     -- G. David Emmitt