Overview | When and Where | Registration | Agenda | Pre-Workshop Webinar | Logistics | Workshop Resources
The Arkansas-White-Red River Basin faces unique water management challenges and diverse water needs due to the various states, water management stakeholders, geographic, geologic, and climate areas that the basin encompasses. To understand these unique challenges, WWAO will be hosting a Needs Assessment Workshop for the Arkansas-White-Red River Basin, which will include key stakeholders, resources managers, and decision makers from the Basin, as well as NASA scientists developing water decision-support applications.
The goals of this event are to:
Previous needs assessments conducted by NASA WWAO in other western basins have documented a variety of use cases for NASA data (reports are listed at the bottom of this page). These use cases cover topics ranging from forecasting and monitoring water availability, use and quality to watershed health to responding to extreme events such as floods and drought. High-priority use cases in the Arkansas-White-Red Basin may form the basis of future WWAO awards, partnerships and initiatives.
Date: June 11 - 13, 2024
Location: Oklahoma City Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Room: 105
The Needs Assessment Workshop is by invitation only. Please reach out to Julie Molacek at julie.molacek@hdrinc.com or (402) 399-1458 if you have any questions.
The Needs Assessment workshop will span three days, with half-day sessions on day 1 and day 3. A social event will follow the end of the session on day 1. A workshop agenda will be posted soon.
Workshop participants were invited to attend a pre-workshop webinar, which was aimed at introducing stakeholders to NASA’s use-case methodology so as to hit the ground running at the workshop. The webinar was held on April 10, 2024.
A recording of the webinar is here, and the slides can be downloaded here.
Oklahoma City Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Meeting Room: 105
If you need lodging during the workshop, you are welcome to book a room at one of the hotels near the Convention Center:
Refreshments and beverages will be provided throughout the workshop (meals, including lunch, are on your own). A group social hour will follow the end of the session on day 1.
On-site parking at the Oklahoma City Convention Center is available. It is secured, covered, and has EV charging available. Additional parking and transit information in Oklahoma City can be found here. Information on parking in downtown Oklahoma City can be found here.
Several rental car companies are available at the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City. For more information, visit this site. Taxis are located in the transportation plaza of the airport, which is accessed from the baggage claim on the lower level. TNC/Rideshare (Uber, Lyft, etc.) pickups occur on the upper level “Departures” roadway at the west end. The area is marked as “TNC Pick Up”.
Tools co-developed by NASA, WWAO and partners that harness remotely-sensed data to inform water decisions
