| • The CALFED Science Program invited Dr. Pete
Loucks of Cornell University to organize and chair an expert panel for
the review of CalSim 2 Water Resources Planning Model. In addition to
Dr. Loucks as the chairperson, the panel consisted of Drs. A. Close (Murray
Darling Basin Commission), W.M. Haneman (University of California, Berkeley),
J.W. Labadie (Colorado State University), J.R. Lund (University of California,
Davis), D.C. McKinney (University of Texas, Austin), and J.R. Stedinger
(Cornell University). The panel published its final report on December
4, 2003, titled: A
Strategic Review of CALSIM II and its Use for Water Planning, Management,
and Operations in Central California.
• In response to the short-term and long-term improvements recommended
in the December 4, 2003 CalSim 2 Panel Review Report, DWR and USBR staff
developed a program to implement the major features of those recommendations
according to a time line that met agencies priorities and model development
goals. The agencies response plan was documented in an August 2004 report,
titled: PEER
REVIEW RESPONSE: A Report by DWR/Reclamation in Reply to the Peer Review
of the CalSim 2 Model Sponsored by the CALFED Science Program in December
2003.
• In addition to the above general review of the CalSim 2 modeling
features and capabilities, the CALFED Science Program and the California
Water and Environmental Modeling Forum jointly sponsored and oversaw a
review process of the CalSim 2’s updated modeling approach of the
San Joaquin River Valley. The panel was chaired by Dr. J.R. Lund (University
of California, Davis), and panel members were Dr. David Ford (David Ford
Consulting Engineers), Mr. Les Grober (Central Valley Regional Water Quality
Control Board), Dr. Thomas Harmon (University of California, Merced),
and Dr. Daene McKinney (University of Texas, Austin). The panel published
the results of its review in a January 12, 2006 Report, titled: Review
Panel Report San Joaquin River Valley CalSim II Model Review.
• An updated model, CalSim 3 is under internal review.
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