PRIDE workshop:

Alaskan Coastal Climatologies Wind and Wave Hindcast Workshop

Anchorage, AK
August 2-3(4), 2005

RATIONALE | AGENDA [pdf]

OBJECTIVES

This workshop has the following objectives:

1) Assess agency (federal, state, NGO) needs:

• regarding wind/wave climatologies for AK, and
• forecasts of the same.
• Coordination with Hawaii: needs/efforts

2) Assess present capacity:

• coastal wind/wave data availability, existing and planned
• integration
• modeling capability

3) Identify target capacity to meet objective 1

The agenda for the workshop has been organized with a "top down" approach. The first part of Day 1 will focus on strategic issues, including identification of agency requirements to establish overall project direction, major program initiatives that are relevant to this project, and broad, methodological mechanisms by which Hawaiian and Alaskan efforts may be linked. The latter part of Day 1 and Day 2 will focus on technical issues, to arrive at an assessment of where current technology stands as it applies to this project. The last day will deal with summarizing what was learned during the workshop to establish directions for the full climatology development initiative.