Session 3 60 years of Weather Satellites:  How Earth Observing Satellites Contributed to Linking Information to Knowledge to Society (Centennial)

Monday, 13 January 2020: 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
253B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Cochairs:
Kenneth Holmlund, EUMETSAT, Meteorological Operations Division, Darmstadt and Wenjian Zhang, WMO, Assistant Secretary-General, Geneva
Papers:
2:00 PM
3.1A
TIROS Origins: How Military and Civilian Organizations Contributed to the First Weather Satellite System
Angelina L Callahan, NRL, Washington, DC; and G. Dittberner and T. Vonder Haar

2:15 PM
3.2
2:30 PM
3.3A
Early Weather Satellite Observations Energized the history of Science Discoveries and Weather Forecasting
Thomas Vonder Haar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and G. Dittberner

3:15 PM
3.6
Progress/Status On The GOES-R Socioeconomic Benefits Study
Michael Jamilkowski, The Aerospace Corporation, Greenbelt, MD; and D. G. Lubar

3:30 PM
3.7
Case Studies on the Socioeconomic Benefits of Satellite Information in Weather-Related Decisions
Yusuke Kuwayama, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC; and B. Mabee

Abstract Submissions Closed