8:00 AM

Empire Chapter Business Meeting / Coffee - All members are welcome and encouraged to participate

8:45

Program Registration / Coffee

9:00

Welcome and Introduction - Peter Wright

State Conservation Engineer, NRCS-NY, Syracuse, NY

9:30

Updating the Design Storm Data: Overview and Methodology - Dan Zarrow

Meteorologist, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

10:30

Demonstration of Web-Based Tools / Q&A - Dan Zarrow

11:30

Application of Design Storm Updates by NRCS: Rainfall Distribution Curves and Runoff Prediction Tools (EFH2, TR-20, TR-50) - Bill Merkel and Quan Quan

Hydrologists, National Water and Climate Center, NRCS, Beltsville, MD

12:00 PM

Lunch - Impact of Climate Change on Design Storms - Art DeGaetano

Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Director, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1:00

Empire Chapter SWCS Awards and Scholarships - Empire Council Members

1:15

Discussion and demonstration of EFH2 - Bill Merkel and Quan Quan

2:15

Discussion and demonstration of TR-20 and TR-55 - Bill Merkel and Quan Quan

3:45

Q&A:  Application of tools in NYS and impact on conservation practice design - Peter Wright

4:00

Adjourn