|  | P1.10 | Global and seasonal comparisons of VIIRS and MODIS cloud masks to CALIPSO cloud indications
Richard Frey, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. Hutchison, R. E. Holz, S. Dutcher, L. E. Gumley, and A. Heidinger |
| | P1.12 | NPOESS Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) retrieval characteristics defined using proxy Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) measurements
Daniel K. Zhou, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and X. Liu, A. M. Larar, W. L. Smith, P. Schluessel, L. L. Strow, S. A. Mango, and K. St.Germain |
| | P1.13 | Benchmark measurements for achieving societal objectives
John A. Dykema, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and R. Holz, D. Tobin, D. B. Kirk-Davidoff, S. S. Leroy, R. O. Knuteson, F. A. Best, H. E. Revercomb, and J. G. Anderson |
| | P1.14 | Supporting the Environmental Satellite Systems Journey from Research to Operations through Training and Education 
Patrick N. Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and M. Weingroff and W. Schreiber-Abshire |
| | P1.15 | NPOESS System Architecture
Frank Hinnant, NPOESS/IPO, Silver Spring, MD |
| | P1.16 | An NPOESS Feasibility Study to Retrieve Deep Soil Moisture Using WindSat Data and a Temporal Variational Data Assimilation Method
Andrew Jones, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. Lakhankar, C. L. Combs, S. Longmore, G. Mason, G. McWilliams, M. Mungiole, M. Sengupta, and T. H. Vonder Haar |
| | P1.17 | The Joint Airborne IASI Validation Experiment (JAIVEx) and Select Contributions from NAST-I
Allen M. Larar, NASA Langley Researc Center, Hampton, VA; and W. L. Smith, H. E. Revercomb, D. K. Zhou, X. Liu, D. Tobin, J. P. Taylor, P. Schlüssel, and S. A. Mango |
| | P1.18 | MIS Soil Moisture Algorithm Risk Reduction Study Using WindSat Data
Li Li, NRL, Washington, DC; and P. Gaiser and G. McWilliams |
| | P1.19 | NPOESS Space Weather Data Products and Archive Within NOAA
William F. Denig, NOAA/NESDIS, Boulder, CO; and D. C. Wilkinson and R. Viereck |
| | P1.20 | Tropical Cyclone Applications of NPOESS Soundings
Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Ft. Collins, CO; and R. T. DeMaria, D. W. Hillger, and R. Mazur |
| | P1.21 | Atmospheric Temperature and Moisture Profile Retrievals Using more than Eight Thousand Channels
Xu Liu, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and D. K. Zhou, A. M. Larar, W. L. Smith, P. Schlüssel, J. P. Taylor, H. Revercomb, and S. A. Mango |
| | P1.22 | Real-time satellite-derived ocean surface specific humidity
Neil Van de Voorde, Planning Systems, Inc., Stennis Space Center, MS; and C. Rowley |
| | P1.23 | High Vertically Resolved Atmospheric State Revealed with IASI Single FOV Retrievals under all Weather Conditions
Daniel K. Zhou, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and X. Liu, A. M. Larar, W. L. Smith, J. P. Taylor, P. Schlüssel, L. L. Strow, and S. A. Mango |
| | P1.24 | NPOESS Command, Control, and Communications Segment (C3S)
Paul B. Koster, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO |
| | P1.25 | COMET Online Training: Monitoring the Wildland Fire Lifecycle
Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and A. P. Kuciauskas, M. Weingroff, P. N. Dills, and D. M. Moore |
| | P1.26 | NPOESS Environmental Data Record (EDR) Production
Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and R. Hughes |
| | P1.27 | NPOESS/VIIRS Cloud Top Temperature - Algorithm Performance Case Study
Eric Wong, Northrup Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach., CA; and S. C. Ou |
| | P1.28 | NPOESS Field Terminal Segment
Joseph Bradley, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Omaha, NE |
| | P1.29 | The NOAA/NESDIS NPOESS/MetOp Derived Cloud Products System
Gilberto A. Vicente, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and A. K. Heidinger |
| | P1.30 | WindSat Space Borne Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer: Sensor Capability and NPOESS Risk Reduction
Peter W. Gaiser, NRL, Washington, DC; and M. H. Bettenhausen, L. Li, I. S. Adams, and W. Johnston |
| | P1.31 | Detection of Mineral Dust Using MODIS Thermal Infrared Window Data: Application to the NPOESS Program
Richard A. Hansell Jr., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and S. C. Ou, K. N. Liou, J. K. Roskovensky, S. Tsay, C. Hsu, and Q. Ji |
| | P1.32 | NPOESS Interface Data Processing Segment
Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO |
| | P1.33 | NPOESS Interface Data Processing Segment Hardware
William J. Sullivan, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO |
| | P1.34 | International Polar Orbiter Processing Package (IPOPP)
John Overton, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Thomas, P. Coronado, K. Brentzel, and L. E. Gumley |
| | P1.35 | Estimation of cloud height and emissivity from METOP/AVHRR and VIIRS
Andrew K. Heidinger, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and M. J. Pavolonis and C. G. Calvert |
| | P1.36 | OMPS - The Next Generation Sensor Suite for Global Ozone Monitoring
Scott C. Asbury, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO; and S. Cass, L. Farwell, K. Eastman, Q. Remund, and J. Rodriguez |
| | P1.37 | Removing Stray Light Contamination from the OMPS Limb Profiler
John W. Bergman, Computational Physics, Inc., Boulder, CO; and D. F. Rault, J. Hornstein, and J. Lumpe |
| | P1.38 | Building a System Comprehensive Calibration and Validation Community for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
Heather Kilcoyne, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD |
| | P1.39 | A Blended Total Water Vapor Product for the Analysis and Forecast of Weather Hazards
Sheldon J. Kusselson, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Q. Kidder and J. M. Forsythe |
| | P1.40 | Government Resource for Algorithm Verification, Independent Testing, and Evaluation (GRAVITE): Establishing the Technical Validity and Operational Viability of the NPP and NPOESS Data Products
Bonnie Reed, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD |
| | P1.43 | IDPS Software and Sustainment Philosophy
John Van de Wouw, Northrop Grumman Space Technology (NGST), Redondo Beach, CA |
| | P1.41 | NOAA's NPOESS Data Exploitation (NDE) Products: Transitioning from Research to Operations
Tom Schott, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and S. L. Bunin and J. G. Yoe |
| | P1.42 | NPP Science Data Segment
Robert J. Schweiss, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD |
| | P1.44 | Pre-Flight CrIS SDR Algorithm Performance Assessment
Vladimir Zavyalov, Space Dynamics Laboratory, Logan, UT; and G. Bingham, H. Johnson, N. S. Pougatchev, M. P. Esplin, G. W. Cantwell, D. Ferguson, and L. Chidester |
| | P1.45 | NPOESS Data Formats
Richard Ullman, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD |
| | P1.46 | Retrievals of Mixed-Phase Cloud Properties During NPOESS
S. C. Ou, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and X. Wang, D. Hagan, A. W. Dybdahl, M. Mussetto, L. D. Carey, K. N. Liou, J. Niu, J. A. Kankiewicz, S. Kidder, and T. H. Vonder Haar |
| | P1.47 | NPOESS' Key to Low Data Latency: SafetyNetTM
Michael L. Jamilkowski, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Cook, D. G. Lubar, and P. Azarewicz |
| | P1.48 | Algorithm for Flagging High-Scatter Pixels on VIIRS
Stephen Mills, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and J. Lamoureux Christiansen and K. Jordan |
| | P1.49 | Remote Sensing of Cirrus Vertical Size Profile Using MODIS Data
Xingjuan Wang, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and K. N. Liou, S. C. Ou, G. Mace, and M. Deng |
| | P1.50 | Optimization of NPOESS CrIMSS EDR Algorithm
Richard J. Lynch, AER, Inc., Cambridge, MA; and Y. He, G. Uymin, D. B. Hogan, H. E. Snell, D. Hagan, and M. Mussetto |
| | P1.51 | CrIS preflight testing
M. P. Esplin, Space Dynamics Laboratory, Logan, UT; and G. E. Bingham |
| | P1.52 | NPOESS Microwave Imager/Sounder (MIS) Sensor Definition and Trade Studies
David Kunkee, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and C. Brann |
| | P1.53 | CLASS Vision
Robert Rank, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and F. Vizbulis |
| | P1.54 | CrIMSS Pre-launch Calibration Activities and On-Orbit Validation Plans
Denise Hagan, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and D. Tremblay, J. Predina, G. Kratz, P. Lee, and C. Wang |
| | P1.55 | Retrieval of Precipitation Using NPOESS Microwave Sensors
Frederick W. Chen, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and L. J. Bickmeier, W. J. Blackwell, L. G. Jairam, and R. V. Leslie |
| | P1.56 | Aerosol Measurements from the VIIRS Instrument During NPOESS
John M. Jackson, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and E. Vermote and E. Shettle |
| | P1.57 | Sea Surface Temperature Measurements from the VIIRS Instrument During NPOESS
John M. Jackson, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and R. Evans, D. May, and P. J. Minnett |
| | P1.58 | Predicted Performance of the VIIRS Cloud Mask Algorithm
Keith Hutchison, Center for Space Research, Austin, TX; and B. Iisager, J. M. Jackson, J. K. Roskovensky, T. J. Kopp, A. K. Heidinger, and R. A. Frey |
| | P1.59 | Preparation for NPOESS/NPP Early On Orbit Cross Comparison with Other Satellite Instruments
Zi-Ping Sun, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and C. Cao |
| | P1.60 | The NPOESS Spacecraft Earth Observing Platform
MaryAnn Chory, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and D. Adkins, M. Bahrain, and M. Wehner |
| | P1.61 | NOAA's National Data Centers, CLASS, and Data Producers – Roles and Responsibilities for Data Archive and Access
Robert Rank, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and F. Vizbulis |
| | P1.62 | Impact of the VIIRS 8.5 Micron Channel on Cloud Products
Andrew Heidinger, NOAA, Madison, WI |
| | P1.63 | Accessing and Using NPOESS Data Products
Suzanna Diener, Raytheon Company, Aurora, CO |
| | P1.64 | Status and Activities of the NPOESS Visible Infrared Imager Suite (VIIRS), in Preparation for Delivery to the NPP Spacecraft
Hal Bloom, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Ross and M. Ayers |
| | P1.65 | Status and Activities of the NPOESS Advanced Technology Sounder (ATMS), in Preparation for Delivery to the NPOESS Spacecraft
Hal Bloom, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and C. Brann |
| | P1.66 | Status and Activities of the NPOESS CERES in Preparation for Delivery to the NPP Spacecraft
Hal Bloom, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Hamilton |
| | P1.67 | Status and Activities of the NPOESS Cross-Track Infrared Sounder, in Preparation for Delivery to the NPP Spacecraft
Hal Bloom, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Slonaker |
| | P1.68 | The NPOESS Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite (OMPS) Calibration & Validation Plans
James Done, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and T. Samec, P. Lee, and R. Buss |
| | P1.69 | Ocean Color Remote Sensing: Validation Approaches for the Coming Decades
Patty Pratt, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA |