NOAA Seminar Series

Title: Snowpack Monitoring in the Rocky Mountain West Webinar, Part 2: Applications

Series Title: Western Water Assessment Webinars

Presenter(s): 
Gus Goodbody, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Patrick Kormos, NOAA Colorado Basin River Forecast Center (CBRFC)

Sponsor(s): Western Water Assessment, a NOAA RISA Team 

Seminar Contact: Sean Bath (sean.bath@noaa.gov) or Benet Duncan (wwa@colorado.edu)

Accessibility: If accessibility accommodations needed, reach out to Benet Duncan (wwa@colorado.edu).

Abstract: Join Western Water Assessment for Part 2 of our two-part webinar in which we share Snowpack Monitoring in the Rocky Mountain West: A User Guide. Guest speakers Gus Goodbody (NRCS) and Patrick Kormos (CBRFC) will cover applications of snowpack information, particularly runoff forecasting. 

Bio(s): 
Angus G. Goodbody has been a Forecast Hydrologist at the National Water and Climate Center, part of the USDA’s Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting program since 2008, providing systems support and operational water supply forecasts for the Colorado and Rio Grande basins. He has worked as a forecast hydrologist with NOAA's Northwest River Forecast Center and as a research hydrologist with the Rocky Mountain Research Station. He has an M.S. from Colorado State University.

Patrick Kormos is a senior hydrologist at the National Weather Service's Colorado Basin River Forecast Center in Salt Lake City. He focuses on watershed hydrology, snow science, and snow modeling. He received his Ph.D. and Master's degrees from Boise State University, and had postdoc appointments at the National Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Research Station and Agricultural Research Service's Northwest Watershed Research Center.

Slides: Contact Benet Duncan (wwa@colorado.edu).

Recordings: 
A recording will be posted at https://wwa.colorado.edu/outreach/webinars/index.html  

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{Gus Goodbody, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; Patrick Kormos, NOAA Colorado Basin River Forecast Center}