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12010 North American Drought Monitor Forum and Global Drought Assessment Workshop
North American Drought Monitor
Forum
April 20 & 21
Global Drought Assessment Workshop
April 21 & 22
U.S.-Canadian GEO Bi-lateral Technical
Meeting
April 23
Hosted by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center, Asheville N.C.Hosted by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center, Asheville N.C.
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Registration and Breaks will be in thePre-Function Corridor Each Day
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1. Report on the status of improving NADM‐related drought monitoring within the member countries (CN, MX, US)
2. Address issues related to the production of the NADM map and narrative.
3. Strengthen international linkages by meeting with the Global Drought Assessment and U.S.‐Canadian GEO Bi‐lateral Technical workshops.
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1. Create a clearinghouse for international drought information and services.
2. Develop recommendations to the WMO of SPI characteristics to be adopted by the world’s National Meteorological & Hydrological Services, and where this should be integrated and hosted.
3. Provide a venue for progress on the WMO goal of identifying common indices for agricultural and hydrological droughts.
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0800 – 0830 Registration and Coffee0830 – 0930 NADM Contribution to Global Drought Monitoring0930 – 1020 Setting the Stage1020 – 1045 Break1045 – 1200 Setting the Stage1200 – 1330 Lunch – Provided
Speaker M. McGuirk – NCDC and WMO1330 – 1445 –Global & Continental Drought Monitoring
Activities1445 – 1515 Break1515 – 1700 SPI
Joint NADM Forum & Global Drought Assess-ment Workshop
Global Drought Assessment Workshop
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0800 – 0830 Registration and Coffee0830 – 1000 Nation-Specific Drought Monitoring Activities1000 – 1020 Break1020 – 1200 Break-out – What Pieces are Necessary?1200 – 1330 – Lunch (provided)1330 – 1530 Break-out – How to House, Portray, and
Distribute1530 – 1600 Break1600 – 1700 Putting the Pieces Together
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Wednesday
Plenary – Swannanoa Room
Lunch – Grand Ballroom Salon A
Registration & Breaks – Pre-Function Corridor
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ThursdayPlenary – Swannanoa Room
Lunch – Grand Ballroom Salon A
Numbers with Badges:
Breakout 1 – Swannanoa Room
Breakout 2 – Eagle Room
Breakout 3 – Berkeley Room
Registration & Breaks – Pre-Function Corridor
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WednesdayPlenary – Swannanoa RoomLunch – Grand Ballroom Salon A
ThursdayPlenary – Swannanoa RoomLunch – Grand Ballroom Salon ABreakout 1 – Swannanoa RoomBreakout 2 – Eagle RoomBreakout 3 – Berkeley Room
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Miscellaneous:
Dial-in Phone Lines available for Remote ParticipationWednesday: 1-866-740-1260Access code: 4978687
Thursday: Swannanoa Room OnlyDial in: 1-866-740-1260Access code: 4978687
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Questions?