Program Chairs:


Monday, 13 January 2020
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 13 January 2020
Joint Session
1
Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats to Improve Earth Science, Weather Forecasting, Space Weather Prediction, Hydrology Studies or Climate Monitoring -Part I
Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
the 16th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the Third Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats
)
Cochairs:
Session
1
Models and Data Assimilation to Enable and Accelerate the Transition of Research to Operations to Decision Makers, End Users and to the Public: Land/Ocean/Hydrological Modeling, Advanced Modeling and DA Development & Testbeds
Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 13 January 2020
AM Coffee Break (Monday)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020
Session
2
Testbeds to Enable & Accelerate Transitions of R2O to Decision Makers, End Users & the Public in Weather, Water or Climate Applications e.g. Hazardous Weather Testbed [HWT] & Hydrometeorological Testbed [HMT] -Part I
Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Joint Session
4
Space-Based Lidar Applications
Location: 210C (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 10th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications;
and the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Chair:
Joint Session
5
Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats to Improve Earth Science, Weather Forecasting, Space Weather Prediction, Hydrology Studies or Climate Monitoring -Part II
Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
the 16th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
and the Third Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats
)
Cochairs:
12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020
Lunch Break (Monday)
12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020
The NASA Earth Science Flight Program - Investments In And Planning For The Next-Generation Earth Observatories: NASA HQ
Hosts: (Joint
between the Town Hall Meetings;
and the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Organizer:
Facilitator:
2:00 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020
Session
3A
Testbeds to Enable & Accelerate Transitions of R2O to Decision Makers, End Users & the Public in Weather, Water or Climate Applications e.g. Hazardous Weather Testbed [HWT] & Hydrometeorological Testbed [HMT] -Part II
Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Session
3B
Advances in Satellite Observations, Earth Science, and Observing Technologies that can complement the Heritage Observation Systems and potentially lead to Advances in Next Generation Observation Systems
Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020
Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Mon)
Poster Session
1
10R2O Poster Session I
Location: Hall B1 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Panel Discussion
1
Best Practices, Private-Public Partnerships and multi-community efforts for the Transition of R2O in the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprises including successes, failures and lessons learned -Part I [Panel Discussion]
Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Moderator:
Facilitators:
9:00 AM
Panel Discussion
Session
4
R2O Progress in GNSS Radio Occultations and Reflectometry for Numerical Weather Prediction, Ionospheric Studies & Prediction and Ocean Surface Properties
Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Joint Session
12
National and international program overviews for environmental satellites (Invited)
Location: 253B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 16th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
the Third Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats;
and the Eighth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA)
)
Cochairs:
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020
AM Coffee Break (Tuesday)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Session
5A
Best Practices, Private-Public Partnerships and multi-community efforts for the Transition of Research to Operations in the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprises including successes, failures and lessons learned -Part II
Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Session
5B
Emerging Technologies for Earth or Space Sciences to Address Unmet, Targeted Needs/Requirements in the Research or Operational Communities
Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Lunch Break (Tuesday)
12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Progress in Using Satellite Observations to Help Monitor, Understand and eventually Predict and Warn of Extreme Events especially Volcanic Eruptions, Seismic Activity, Earthquakes and Tsunami: Focus - Earth’s Volatile Ring of Fire
Hosts: (Joint
between the Side Panels;
and the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Organizer:
Facilitator:
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Session
6A
Best Practices, Private-Public Partnerships and multi-community efforts for the Transition of Research to Operations in the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprises including successes, failures and lessons learned -Part III
Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Session
6B
Significant Role of Calibration/Validation in the Transition of Research to Operations to Provide the Science-to-Operations-to-Societal Benefits
Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020
PM Coffee Break (Tuesday)
3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Session
7
Best Practices, Private-Public Partnerships and multi-community efforts for the Transition of Research to Operations in the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprises including successes, failures and lessons learned -Part IV
Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Joint Session
28
Transitioning Artificial Intelligence (AI) Prediction Systems to Operations
Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
and the 19th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science
)
Cochairs:
4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Tues)
Poster Session
2
10R2O Poster Session II
Location: Hall B1 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Session
8A
Improving R2O & O2R in the 0–18 Hour Forecast Range Linking Research and Operations to Forecasters’ Needs -Part I of 5 [Modeling]
Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Session
8B
Special Session: Collaborations between National Weather Service Science & Operations Officers (SOO)/Development & Operations Hydrologists (DOH) to enhance the transition of research into forecast operations [Invited Speakers]
Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Joint Session
30
Common Technology Review - Past, Present and Future
Location: 157C (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 36th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the 10th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python;
the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
and the Sixth Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate
)
Cochairs:
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
AM Coffee Break (Wednesday)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Panel Discussion
2
NOAA practices and policies enabling R2O activities to support end-user needs - Panel Discussion [Invited Presentations]
Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Moderator:
Facilitators:
10:30 AM
Panel Discussion
Session
9
Improving R2O & O2R in the 0–18 Hour Forecast Range Linking Research and Operations to Forecasters’ Needs -Part II of 5 [Obs & PP]
Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Lunch Break (Wednesday)
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Session
10A
Improving R2O & O2R in the 0–18 Hour Forecast Range Linking Research and Operations to Forecasters’ Needs -Part III of 5 [Forecast Evaluation]
Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Session
10B
National and International Efforts & Partnerships i.e. Community Global Modeling: Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) & Beyond: Improvements, Key Components & Statistical Techniques to evaluate Global Models -Part I
Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
PM Coffee Break (Wednesday)
3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Session
11A
Improving R2O & O2R in the 0–18 Hour Forecast Range Linking Research and Operations to Forecasters’ Needs -Part IV of 5 [WoF]
Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Session
11B
National and International Efforts & Partnerships i.e. Community Global Modeling: Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) & Beyond: Improvements, Key Components & Statistical Techniques to evaluate Global Models -Part II
Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Joint Session
46
Challenges in Communication and Decision Support Throughout the Research-to-Operations Nexus
Location: 257AB (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint
between the 30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP);
the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
and the Special Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice
)
Chair:
4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Wed)
Poster Session
3
10R2O Poster Session III
Location: Hall B1 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
Thursday, 16 January 2020
8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 16 January 2020
Session
12
Improving R2O & O2R in the 0–18 Hour Forecast Range Linking Research and Operations to Forecasters’ Needs -Part V of 5 [WoF]
Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs:
9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 16 January 2020
Exhibit Hall Breakfast
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2020
Lunch Break (Thursday)
3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2020
PM Coffee Break (Thursday)