Symposium Welcome

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Symposium Welcome
3rd Annual Symposium Future National Operational
Environmental Satellites- Strengthening Our
Understanding of Weather and Climate

• Scott Turek
• NPOESS Ground Segments
• Raytheon Company

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Symposium Welcome

• NPOESS Program
• Raytheon Ground Segments Chief Engineer 2001-2004
• Raytheon Ground Segments Chief Scientist
  2004-Present
• Air Force Career
• Tactical Weather Forecaster
• Environmental Support, U.S. Air Force Special
  Programs
• Space Weather Operations Officer
• Assistant Professor of Physics, U.S. Air Force
  Academy
• B.S. Meteorology, University of Utah
• M.S. Upper Atmospheric Science, Utah State
  University
• Ph.D. Physics, Utah State University

Dr. Scott Turek NPOESS Ground Segments Chief
Scientist Raytheon Company
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Symposium Welcome

• Satellite Meteorologist
• GOES-R Operations Project 2005-Present
• GOES-R
• GOES-R work includes
• Product Generation and Distribution
• User Interfaces
• Algorithms and Science
• Ground requirements
• 11 Year Career with NOAA
• NESDIS Satellite Services Division
• Operational (24x7) Satellite Meteorologist
• Staff Meteorologist
• Operations Manager
• GOES-R series
• MS, Meteorology, 1997 University of Oklahoma

Tom Renkevens Physical Scientist NOAA / NESDIS /
GOES-R
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Symposium Agenda
3rd Symposium Future National Operational
Environmental Satellite Systems Strengthening
Our Understanding of Weather and
Climate Tuesday, January 16 830 Symposium
Welcome Scott Turek 835 Keynote
Address Louis Uccellini Session 1
NPOESS Overview and Status 855 Session
Introduction and Overview Carl
Hoffman 900 NPOESS Program Status Dan
Stockton/Dave Ryan 945 Formal Poster Viewing
with Coffee Break Session 2 GOES-R Overview
and Status 1100 Session Introduction and
Overview Mike Crison 1100 Keynote Address
NOAA Satellite and Information Service Looking
Ahead Mary Kicza 1120 GOES Program
Status Mark Mulholland 1140 GOES-R Program
Overview Tony Comberiate 1200 Lunch
Break
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Updated SymposiumAgenda (contd)
Tuesday, January 16 Session 3 Polar
Observations 130 Session Introduction and
Overview Mike Haas 135 NPOESS Sensor
Suite Hal Bloom 150 NPOESS Data
Products Mike Bonadonna 205 EUMETSAT Polar
System Results from MetOp-A Johannes Schmetz
220 EUMETSATs Network of Satellite Application
Facilities Lothar Schuller 240 NESDIS Polar Data
Exploitation Gene Legg 300 Coffee Break in
Exhibit Hall Session 4 GOES-R Observations
330 Session Introduction and Overview Tom
Renkevens 335 The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
on GOES-R Tim Schmit 355 The Next GOES
Sounder Paul Menzel 415 D.C. LMA Demo Risk
Reduction for GOES LM Data Steve
Goodman 435 GOES-R Ocean Applications Richard
Legeckis 455 Understanding the Space Env. with
GOES-R Data Steven Hill 515 GOES-R Data
Distribution and Products Tom
Renkevens 530 Team NPOESS Reception
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Updated SymposiumAgenda (contd)
Wednesday, January 17 Session 5 Satellite
Data Applications 830 Session Introduction and
Overview Greg Mandt 835 AFWA Cloud
Forecasting John Eylander 855 Fleet
Numerical Operations Update Mike Clancy
915 Transition of NASA EOS Datasets to WFO
Operations Chris Darden 930 Satellite
Applications TC Forecasting at NOAA/NHC Lixion
Avila 945 Dependences of SpWx Services on Env.
Sat. Systems Thomas Bogdan 1000 Coffee Break
in Meeting Room Foyer Session 6 Climate and
Science Implications 1030 Session Introduction
and Overview Grant Aufderhaar 1030 Climate
Capabilities with Restructured NPOESS Tom
Karl 1100 EOS-NPP-NPOESS Satellite Climate
Change Record Jim Gleason 1130 JCSDA
Improving Climate Forecasts and Datasets John Le
Marshall Luncheon Speaker 1200 Perspectiv
es on Congress and the Future Weather and Eric
Webster Climate Enterprise
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Symposium Committee

• Carl Hoffman
• Rich Lane
• Gary Mineart
• Mike Haas
• Mike Jamilkowski
• Brian Baldauf
• Dick Reynolds
• Bill Sjoberg

• Gerard Wittman
• Tim Schmit
• Rick Ohlemacher
• Stan Schneider
• Steve Mango
• Erica Handleman
• Jane Whitcomb

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Keynote Address

• Director of NOAAs National Centers for
  Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
• Director of the National Weather Service (NWS)
  Office of Meteorology, 1994-1999
• Chief of the NCEP Meteorological Operations
  Division, 1989-1994
• Section Head, Mesoscale Analysis and Modeling
  Section, NASA/GSFC's Laboratory for Atmospheres,
  1978-1989.
• B.S., M.S. and Ph.D., University of
  Wisconsin-Madison
• Numerous awards including the Maryland Academy of
  Sciences Distinguished Young Scientist Award
  (1981), the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific
  Achievement (1985), the American Meteorological
  Society's prestigious Clarence Leroy Meisinger
  Award (1985), and the National Weather
  Association's Research Achievement Awards for
  Significant Contributions to Operational
  Meteorology (1996), and Presidential Meritorious
  Executive Rank Award (2001), Presidential
  Distinguished Executive Rank Award (2006)
• Elected AMS Fellow, 1987.

Dr. Louis W. Uccellini
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Keynote Address

• Assistant Administrator for Satellite and
  Information Services
• Served as the Associate Deputy Administrator for
  Systems Integration at NASA
• Received two SES Meritorious Service Awards,
  NASAs Distinguished Service and Scientific
  Achievement Medals, and numerous other awards
• Served as a program manager, as Deputy Director
  of the Solar System Exploration Division,
  Assistant Associate Administrator for Space
  Science, Associate Center Director for Goddard
  Space Flight Center, and Associate Administrator
  for Biological/Physical Research
• Joined NASA in 1982 participated in preparation
  of Atlas Centaur and Shuttle Centaur launch
  vehicles in support of NASA, DoD and NOAA
  satellites
• B.S. Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  California State University
• MBA Florida Institute of Technology

Mary E. Kicza
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Luncheon SpeakerPerspectives on Congress and the
FutureWeather and Climate Enterprise

• Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, NOAA
• Appointed by President Bush in Sep 2005
• Serves as the agencys chief legislative officer
• Specializes in weather satellite issues
• Previous Positions
• Staff Director, House Subcommittee on
  Environment, Technology and Standards
• Legislative Director for Congressman Wayne
  Gilchrist (R-MD)
• Oversaw Congressmans entire legislative agenda
• Implemented Mr. Gilchrests agenda during tenure
  as Chairman, Coast Guard and Maritime
  Subcommittee
• Legislative Assistant for Congressman Sherwood
  Boehlert (R-NY)
• Specialized in defense, transportation and
  agriculture issues
• B.A. European History, Hobart and William Smith
  Colleges
• M.A. European Studies, Washington University
• Graduate, Senior Managers in Government Executive
  Program, Harvard University

Eric Webster Director Office of Legislative
Affairs NOAA