Kenneth Nowak and Christopher Frans

Kenneth Nowak, Manager of the Research and Development Office at the US Bureau of
Reclamation, and Christopher Frans, Water Availability Research coordinator at the same
organisation, bring extensive expertise in the execution of similar competitions. Reclamation’s R&D
Office has run multiple competitions aimed at forecast skill improvement: two on sub-seasonal
temperature and precipitation, one on 10-day streamflow flow, and most recently, one on water
supply.