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Please join ASCE/SAME for the March joint virtual meeting on Climate Change and the Effects on Flooding Frequency and Types. The presentation is by Mr. Ray Wolf of the local office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - National Weather Service in Davenport, IA.

The mission of NOAA is to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, ocean, and costs, to share that knowledge with others, and conserve and manage coaster and marine systems and resources.

Their work provides far reaching support to engineers who design buildings and building systems, flood protection and prevention, transportation facilities, crop sciences, water works, riverine and ecosystem scientists, etc.

Mr. Ray Wolf is the Science and Operations Officer for NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) in Davenport, Iowa.  He is responsible for managing operations, staff training, and local research.  Prior to arriving in Davenport in 1994, Ray was a forecaster at the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Denver, Colorado where he evaluated new forecast and warning science and technologies that formed the basis of the NWS Modernization.  He also served as an agricultural forecaster in the MidSouth, supporting farmers and producers in the region with weather and climate information.  Ray received an M.S. in Agricultural Climatology in 1985 and a B.S. in Meteorology in 1982 from Iowa State University

ASCE and SAME Members receive 1 free pdh for attendance. Non-member cost is $10.