| Sunday, 17 January 2010 |
| 7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration |
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| 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Annual Meeting Registration Begins |
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| 12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday
Weatherfest |
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| 3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, B314
First-Time Attendee Briefing |
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| 5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Sunday, B314
Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards |
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| 6:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Exhibit Hall B2
Fellows Reception |
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| Monday, 18 January 2010 |
| 7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
Registration Open |
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| 9:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1 and 2
Presidential Forum |
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| 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Monday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B1
Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception |
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| Tuesday, 19 January 2010 |
| 8:15 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, B313
Joint Session 4 Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: …to 15 Years Ahead (I) (Joint between the Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: From 50 Years Ago to 15 Years Ahead, the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), and the 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R) |
Cochairs: Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; W. Paul Menzel, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI
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| 8:15 AM | J4.1 | Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: …to 15 Years Ahead Introduction
Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and W. P. Menzel |
| 8:30 AM | J4.2 | Earth Science Applications from Space—An Update on the Decadal Survey
Richard A. Anthes, UCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 8:45 AM | J4.3 | NASA's Earth Science Satellite Observation Program
Michael H. Freilich, NASA, Washington, DC |
| 9:00 AM | J4.4 | NOAA Plans for Next Generation, Space-based, Operational Earth
Mary E. Kicza, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD |
| 9:15 AM | J4.5 | IR Imaging Sounders for Geosynchronous orbit: A key capability for future multi-national observing systems
Henry Revercomb, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
| 9:30 AM | J4.6 | Preparing for a space-based Doppler wind lidar as a key observing system for weather and climate applications
G. D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA |
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Exhibits Open |
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| 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, B313
Joint Session 7 Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: …to 15 Years Ahead (II) (Joint between the Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: From 50 Years Ago to 15 Years Ahead, the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), and the 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R) |
Cochairs: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; Timothy L. Miller, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL
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| 11:00 AM | J7.1 | NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission Applications in the Atmospheric and Hydrologic Sciences
Dara Entekhabi, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and E. Njoku and P. O’Neill |
| 11:15 AM | J7.2 | Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2): Science and implementation
Waleed Abdalati, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
| 11:30 AM | J7.3 | The Deformation, Ecosystem Structure, and Dynamics of Ice
Paul A. Rosen, JPL, Pasadena, CA |
| 11:45 AM | J7.4 | CLARREO: Cornerstone of the Future Climate Observing System
David F. Young, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, Va |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall) |
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| 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B313
Session 1 Satellite Program Overviews and Status |
Cochairs: Mike Haas, NPOESS IPO/Aerospace Corp., Silver Spring, MD; Gary K. Davis, NOAA/NESDIS/OSD, Silver Spring, MD
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| 1:30 PM | 1.1 | An overview of the GOES-R program
Greg Mandt, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD |
| 2:00 PM | 1.2 | NPP/NPOESS Status
Dan Stockton, Program Executive Office, NPOESS Program, Silver Spring, MD |
| 2:30 PM | 1.3 | Update on EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Programmes
Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and D. Klaes, R. Stuhlmann, P. Schlussel, L. Sarlo, K. Holmlund, S. Rota, and M. Cohen |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall |
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| 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B313
Session 2 Algorithm Development |
Cochairs: Karen St. Germain, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; Mitchell Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD
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| 3:30 PM | 2.1 | Towards an Enhanced Active Fire Product from VIIRS
Ivan Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and E. Ellicott, L. Giglio, and C. O. Justice |
| 3:45 PM | 2.2 | 'Shedding New Light' on Nighttime Satellite Remote Sensing Capabilities via the NPOESS/VIIRS Day/Night Band Low-Light Visible Sensor
Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. F. Lee, R. Turner, C. Combs, S. Kidder, and C. Elvidge |
| 4:00 PM | 2.3 | Cloud Detection and Typing in the NPOESS Era: Addressing the Numerous Operational Requirements with the Single VIIRS Cloud Mask Algorithm
Keith D. Hutchison, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Iisager, J. M. Jackson, T. J. Kopp, A. K. Heidinger, R. A. Frey, and M. J. Pavolonis |
| 4:15 PM | 2.4 | Pre-flight Characterization and Fast Radiative Transfer Forward Model Development for the NPOESS Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) for Use in Operational Numerical Weather Prediction and Data Assimilation Systems
Steven D. Swadley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and G. Poe, W. J. Blackwell, P. Van Delst, G. De Amici, and L. Childester |
| 4:30 PM | 2.5 | GOES-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG)
Mitch Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. M. Daniels, W. Wolf, and K. H. Lowe |
| 4:45 PM | 2.6 | Developments and Applications of Proxy Data Sets for GOES-R
Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and T. Zhu, M. D. Goldberg, A. Huang, B. Pierce, and M. DeMaria |
| 5:00 PM | 2.7 | GRAFIIR – An Efficient End-to-End Semi-Automated GOES-R ABI Algorithm Performance, Analysis, and Implementation Verification System
Allen Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
| 5:15 PM | 2.8 | GOES-R Risk Reduction Program
Ingrid Guch, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. DeMaria |
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| Wednesday, 20 January 2010 |
| 8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, B313
Session 3 Sensors and Sensor Performance |
Cochairs: Tim Walsh, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; James Morris, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD
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| 8:30 AM | 3.1 | GOES-R spacecraft/instrument overview
Tim Walsh, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD |
| 8:45 AM | 3.2 | ABI Development Status
Paul Griffith, ITT Space Systems Division, Fort Wayne, IN |
| 9:00 AM | 3.3 | The GOES-R geostationary lightning mapper
Bert T. Dixon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD |
| 9:15 AM | 3.4 | The NPOESS VIIRS Sensor as the Follow-On to the EOS MODIS Sensor
Bruce Guenther, JPSS Program Office, Lanham, MD; and J. Xiong, R. Murphy, F. J. DeLuccia, and E. Johnson |
| 9:30 AM | 3.5 | The NPOESS Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) and Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) as a Companion to the New Generation AIRS/AMSU and IASI/AMSU Sounder Suites 
Gail A. Bingham, Utah State Univ./SDL, Logan, UT; and N. S. Pougatchev, M. P. Esplin, W. J. Blackwell, and C. D. Barnet |
| 9:45 AM | 3.6 | NPOESS Microwave Imager/Sounder (MIS) Sensor Development for NPOESS C2
David Kunkee, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and C. Brann |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer |
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| 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, B313
Session 4 Expected Operational Improvements from NPP/NPOESS and GOES-R Data |
Cochairs: Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Madison, WI; Nancy Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA
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| 10:30 AM | 4.1 | The ABI on GOES-R
Timothy J. Schmit, ORA, Madison, WI; and J. Gurka and M. M. Gunshor |
| 10:45 AM | 4.2 | The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) for GOES-R: A new operational capability to improve storm forecasts and warnings
Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Blakeslee, W. J. Koshak, W. A. Petersen, L. Carey, and D. Mach |
| 11:00 AM | 4.3 | GOES-R and the mainstreaming of space weather
S. M. Hill, NOAA/NWS/SWPC, Boulder, CO; and J. Green, T. Onsager, H. J. Singer, R. Viereck, M. Shouldis, L. Mayer, E. J. Rigler, and J. V. Rodriguez |
| 11:15 AM | 4.4 | Expected Operational Cloud Observation Improvements with VIIRS on NPP/NPOESS
Andrew K. Heidinger, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and B. A. Baum, S. Platnick, P. Yang, and S. Berthier |
| 11:30 AM | 4.5 | The Expected Impacts of NPOESS Infrared Sounder Radiances on Operational Numerical Weather Prediction and Data Assimilation Systems
Nancy Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. C. Derber, A. Collard, F. Hilton, and B. Ruston |
| 11:45 AM | 4.6 | The Expected Impacts of NPOESS Microwave Radiances on Operational Numerical Weather Prediction and Data Assimilation Systems
Steven D. Swadley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. Baker, B. Ruston, W. Bell, B. Candy, and T. J. Kleespies |
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| 11:00 AM-6:30 PM, Wednesday
Exhibits Open |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall) |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday, B313
Joint Panel Discussion 1 Panel Discussion - NPOESS and GOES-R User Community (DoD, NOAA, NASA) Applications (Joint between the 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts) |
Panelists: Mary E. Kicza, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; Robert Winokur, Oceanographer of the Navy, Washington, D.C., DC; Fred Lewis, Director of Weather, Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC; Dr. Jack Hayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Lars Peter Riishojgaard, JCSDA, Greenbelt, MD; Lars Prahm, EUMETSAT, D-64205 Darmstadt Germany
Cochairs: Michael L. Jamilkowski, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Greenbelt, MD; Hal Bloom, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD
Moderator: William Hooke, AMS, Washington, DC
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| 12:00 PM | JPD1.1 | Satellite User Community
Mary E. Kicza, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD |
| 12:15 PM | JPD1.2 | NPOESS
Robert Winokur, Oceanographer of the Navy, Washington, D.C., DC |
| 12:30 PM | JPD1.3 | NPOESS & GOES-R User Community Applications Panel
John Hayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD |
| 12:45 PM | JPD1.4 | NPOESS: Panel Discussion
Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD |
| 1:00 PM | JPD1.5 | EUMETSAT
Lars Prahm, EUMETSAT, D-64205 Darmstadt, Germany |
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| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, B313
Session 5 Calibration and Validation Plans for NPP/NPOESS and GOES-R |
Cochairs: Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD; Laurie Rokke, NOAA/NESDIS/OSD, Greenbelt, MD
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| 1:30 PM | 5.1 | NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for the Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite
Thomas J. Kopp, The Aerospace Corporation, Bellevue, NE; and R. Arnone, K. D. Hutchison, J. M. Jackson, H. Kilcoyne, M. Plonski, J. L. Privette, B. Reed, A. Sei, D. O. Starr, and E. Wong |
| 1:45 PM | 5.2 | NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for the Cross-track Infrared Sounder
Christopher D. Barnet, STC, Columbia, MD; and N. R. Nalli and D. Gu |
| 2:00 PM | 5.3 | The GOES-R SDR Calibration/Validation Plan
Changyong Cao, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and R. A. Iacovazzi Jr. |
| 2:15 PM | 5.4 | GOES-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG) Level-2 Product Validation Activities
Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Goldberg, W. Wolf, Z. Cheng, and K. H. Lowe |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday
Poster Session Poster Session - GOES-R |
Chair: Dick Reynolds, Short and Associates, Annapolis, MD
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| | 301 | GOES-R AWG product processing system framework: implementing algorithms
Walter W. Wolf, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Sampson, Z. Cheng, P. Keehn, Q. Guo, S. Qiu, and M. Goldberg |
| | 302 | Validation of Community Radiative Transfer Model through hyperspectral Infrared brightness temperature comparison over thin cirrus cloud region
Yong-Keun Lee, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Greenwald and A. Huang |
| | 303 | Convective Initiation Algorithm for GOES-R
Wayne M. MacKenzie Jr., University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Walker and J. R. Mecikalski |
| | 304 | An algorithm for deriving absorbed solar radiation at the surface from GOES-R
Hye-Yun Kim, IMSG at NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and I. Laszlo and H. Liu |
| | 305 | GOES-R ABI Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm Assessment Using MODIS and ASTER Data
Wilfrid Schroeder, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and C. C. Schmidt, S. S. Lindstrom, I. Csiszar, and J. P. Hoffman |
| | 306 | Integrated cloud mask and quality control for GOES-R ABI SST: prototyping with MSG/SEVIRI
Nikolay Shabanov, NOAA/NESDIS, IMSG Inc, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Ignatov, B. Petrenko, Y. Kihai, and A. Heidinger |
|  | 307 | Prototyping GOES-R ABI Hybrid SST Retrieval Algorithm with MSG/SEVIRI: Combining Regression and Radiative Transfer Model Approaches
Boris Petrenko, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, IMSG Inc, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Ignatov, N. Shabanov, Y. Kihai, and F. Xu |
| | 308 | Model-derived proxy ABI radiance datasets used for GOES-R research and demonstration activities
Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Sieglaff, T. Greenwald, and A. Huang |
| | 309 | Merits of the GOES-R ABI 13.3-μm Data for Inferring Upper-Troposphere Cloud Top Locations in the Presence of Multilayered Clouds
Fu-Lung Chang, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, J. K. Ayers, M. Khaiyer, L. Nguyen, R. Palikonda, and D. A. Spangenberg |
| | 310 | A Weather Event Simulator (WES) for the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Madison, WI; and K. Bah, J. Gerth, M. Cronce, J. Otkin, and J. Sieglaff |
| | 311 | A novel approach for improving the lightning detection efficiency of the GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper
Yuanming Suo, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and L. D. Carey |
| | 312 | Hyperspectral microwave atmospheric sounding from geostationary orbit: The GeoMAS concept
William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and L. J. Bickmeier, R. V. Leslie, C. A. Upham, and C. Surussavadee |
| | 313 | GeoSTAR - A hurricane observatory
Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA |
| | 314 | Application of GOES and MSG data in NWP models
Tong Zhu, CIRA/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD; and F. Weng, J. Derber, R. L. Vogel, G. Krasowski, and M. Goldberg |
| | 315 | GOES-R mesoscale product development at CIRA and STAR/RAMMB
Renate Brummer, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. Combs, B. H. Connell, M. DeMaria, R. T. DeMaria, J. F. Dostalek, L. Grasso, D. W. Hillger, J. Knaff, D. Zupanski, and D. T. Lindsey |
| | 316 | Development of a statistical hail prediction product for the GOES-R proving ground
Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and C. W. Siewert |
| | 317 | Forward morphing of passive microwave derived precipitation field with adjusted intensity from GOES information
Ali Behrangi, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; and K. Hsu, B. Imam, and S. Sorooshian |
| | 318 | A Nested Tracking Approach for Reducing the Slow Speed Bias Associated with Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs)
Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Bresky |
| | 319 | Mountain wave detection as an aviation hazard awareness tool for GOES-R
Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz |
| | 320 | High impact weather study using advanced IR sounding data
Jinlong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, H. Liu, and T. J. Schmit |
| | 321 | A new ultra high resolution sea surface temperature analysis from GOES-R ABI and NPOESS VIIRS
Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Harris and J. Mittaz |
| | 322 | Quality Assurance (QA) in the GOES-R AWG Product Processing System
Zhaohui Cheng, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and W. W. Wolf, S. Qiu, S. Sampson, X. Liu, and M. Goldberg |
| | 323 | Intercalibration activities at CIMSS in preparation for the GOES-R era
Mathew M. Gunshor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Tobin, T. J. Schmit, and W. P. Menzel |
| | 324 | Using McIDAS-V in preparation for the GOES-R ABI
Kaba Bah, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, T. Achtor, T. Rink, W. Wolf, J. Otkin, J. Sieglaff, and J. Feltz |
| | 325 | McIDAS-V – data analysis and visualization development for the NPP/NPOESS and GOES-R programs
Thomas H. Achtor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. D. Rink and T. M. Whittaker |
| | 380 | Performance modeling of the GOES R-series ground segment product generation function
Julie McNeil, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and A. J. Ryberg Jr. and J. Gurka |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday
Poster Session Poster Session - NPOESS |
Chair: Jane Whitcomb, NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD
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| | 326 | NPOESS Architecture Overview
Frank Hinnant, Eagle Consulting, LLC, Lansing, NC |
| | 327 | NPOESS Satellites Support Demanding Operational Requirements
Derrick Day, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and M. Chory, M. Perz, J. Nelson, and J. Burdin |
| | 328 | NPOESS Contributions to Climate Observations
Derrick Day, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and R. Ohlemacher and M. Mussetto |
| | 329 | NPOESS Electrical Engineering Model Test Bed Reduces Risk for Satellite Integration and Test
MaryAnn Chory, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and M. Perz, L. Padmore, J. Spolidoro, T. Lee, R. Auten, S. Schneider, and D. Day |
| | 330 | Features of the Deployed NPOESS Ground System
Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and G. Heckmann, G. Route, J. Mulligan, and M. M. Ripley |
| | 331 | NPOESS C3S Expandability: SafetyNetTM and McMurdo Improvements
Joseph Paciaroni, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and M. L. Jamilkowski |
| | 332 | Direct Readout – A Transformation from Research to Operations
John Overton, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Ullman |
| | 333 | NPOESS Field Terminal Updates
Gary Heckmann, Raytheon Intelligence & Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and G. Route |
| | 334 | NPOESS Environmental Data Records
Gary Mineart, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, MD; and M. Haas, F. Eastman, and J. Whitcomb |
| | 335 | NPOESS Environmental Data Record (EDR) Production
Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and R. Hughes |
| | 336 | NPOESS Tools for Rapid Algorithm Updates
Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and R. Hughes, B. Reed, and G. Route |
| | 337 | Testing the VIIRS operational code with a proxy data stream
Bruce Hauss, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA |
| | 338 | NPOESS/NPP VIIRS Cryosphere Algorithms
Robert Mahoney, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and K. Hutchison, J. Ip, B. Iisager, J. Jackson, S. Mills, M. Plonski, A. Sei, M. Shoucri, and E. Wong |
| | 339 | Preparation of NPOESS CrIS in the Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM)
Yong Chen, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR and CSU/CIRA, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng, Y. Han, and P. Van Delst |
| | 340 | Single FOV Sounding Retrieval in Cloudy Atmospheres Using Hyperspectral Infrared Measurements
Elisabeth Weisz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, J. Li, and H. L. Huang |
| | 341 | An Improved FAST Microwave Sea Surface Emissivity Model, FASTEM4
Quanhua Liu, Dell Inc., Camp Springs, MD; and S. English and F. Weng |
| | 342 | CrIMSS retrieval algorithm testing with proxy data
Degui Gu, Northrop-Grumman, Redondo Beach, CA; and X. L. Ma |
| | 343 | Retrieval of Cloud Ice Water Path from Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS)
Ninghai Sun, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng |
| | 344 | The OMPS Limb Profiler instrument: Data analysis and retrieval algorithm
Didier F. Rault, NASA, Hampton, VA; and R. Loughman and G. Taha |
| | 345 | OMPS TC EDR Algorithm: Improvement and Verification
Megan Novicki, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Sen, D. Gu, K. Jordan, J. Qu, and X. Hao |
| | 346 | A Comparison Between AVHRR, MODIS, and VIIRS
Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and M. Mussetto and N. Andreas |
| | 347 | VIIRS (Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite): a next-generation polar-orbiting operational environmental sensor
Jeffery J. Puschell, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA; and E. Johnson, R. Valeri, P. Hayman, E. Jacobson, E. Kinder, J. McCarthy, B. Guenther, and P. Sullivan |
| | 348 | NPP Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Radiometric Calibration - Tested Performance
Eric Johnson, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA; and K. Galang, C. Ranshaw, and B. Robinson |
| | 349 | Operation and Characterization of the Day/Night Band (DNB) for the NPP Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
Eric Jacobson, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA; and A. Ibara, M. Lucas, R. Menzel, H. Murphey, F. Yin, and K. Yokoyama |
| | 350 | NPOESS VIIRS on NPP: radiometric and spectral performance
Lushalan Liao, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA; and R. Patel, M. S. Chou, G. Grimm, J. Diehl, and S. Jackson |
| | 351 | NPOESS VIIRS on NPP: spatial and pointing performance
Lushalan Liao, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA; and R. Kutina |
| | 352 | Polarization Sensitivity of the VIIRS instrument on NPP - outcome of the various sensor test data
Patty Pratt, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and V. Kulkarny |
| | 353 | NPOESS VIIRS polarization dependent optical crosstalk
Mau-Song Chou, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and J. McCarthy, J. C. Donovan, and R. C. Patel |
| | 354 | VIIRS polarization sensitivity tolerance and impact on Ocean Color
Vijay A. Kulkarny, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Hauss, P. Pratt, and G. Mineart |
| | 355 | Performance of the NPP CrIS Sensor
Scott Farrow, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and D. Gu, C. Wang, D. Hagan, and F. Sabet-Peyman |
| | 356 | NPP Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS): Sensor calibration and preliminary data product performance
William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and L. J. Bickmeier, L. G. Jairam, and R. V. Leslie |
| | 357 | STATUS OF THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT MONITOR FOR NPOESS (SEM-N)
William F. Denig, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and T. Sotirelis, V. Grano, R. Hamilton, K. Wolfram, C. Brann, and J. Manley |
| | 358 | Modelling the sidelobe contributions to ATMS measurements
Giovanni De Amici, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (NGAS), Redondo Beach, California |
| | 359 | NPOESS Microwave Imager/Sounder (MIS) Sensor
Christopher Brann, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Hamilton and D. Kunkee |
| | 360 | Soil Moisture Performance Prediction for the NPOESS Microwave Imager/Sounder (MIS)
Li Li, NRL, Washington, DC; and G. McWilliams and A. S. Jones |
| | 361 | NPOESS Preparatory Project Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite – Expected Performance
M. Caponi, NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Hornstein, L. E. Flynn, S. Janz, and A. Segura |
| | 362 | OMPS Sensor Performance and Algorithm Description
Scott Farrow, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Sen, M. Novicki, M. Branham, and B. Baker |
| | 363 | Operational concept for observation-based forecasting of clear sky condition
Timothy J. Hall, The Aerospace Corporation, Silver Spring, MD; and C. N. Mutchler, G. J. Bloy, R. N. Thessin, S. K. Gaffney, and J. J. Lareau |
| | 364 | The upper tropospheric storm-scale signatures from hyperspectral infrared soundings
Chian-Yi Liu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, T. J. Schmit, and S. Ackerman |
| | 365 | Reevaluating Passive Ocean Vector Winds
Michael H. Bettenhausen, NRL, Washington, DC; and I. S. Adams and P. W. Gaiser |
| | 366 | Implementation of a Temporal Variational Data Assimilation Method to Retrieve Deep Soil Moisture
Andrew S. Jones, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. Cogan, G. Mason, and G. McWilliams |
| | 367 | Enhancements to the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) ground test, data downlink and processing for Climate Monitoring including Trace Gas Retrievals
Scott Farrow, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and D. Gu, C. Wang, D. Hagan, and F. Sabet-Peyman |
| | 368 | The NPOESS Community Collaborative Calibration/Validation Program for the NPOESS Preparatory Project
Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD; and J. Feeley, B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, B. Reed, K. St Germain, L. Zhou, M. Plonski, and B. Hauss |
| | 369 | The NPP Community Collaborative Calibration and Validation Data Management System
Richard Ullman, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Reed, J. Zajic, and S. Thomas |
| | 370 | Providing pre-Launch VIIRS, CrIS, and ATMS Proxy Datasets to facilitate NPP Validation Activities
Richard Ullman, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Zajic, V. Gonzalez, and D. Sushon |
| | 371 | Contributions of the SDR Task Network tool to Calibration and Validation of the NPOESS Preparatory Project instruments
Janna Feeley, Aerospace Corporation, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Zajic, A. Metcalf, and T. Baucom |
| | 372 | NPOESS/NPP VIIRS SDR calibration and validation plan
Lushalan Liao, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA; and S. Mills |
| | 373 | NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for Atmospheric Data Products from VIIRS
David O'C. Starr, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Wong |
| | 374 | NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for the Imagery and Cloud Mask Data Products from the Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite
Thomas J. Kopp, The Aerospace Corporation, Bellevue, NE; and K. D. Hutchison |
| | 375 | NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for Ocean Data Products from VIIRS
Robert Arnone, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and J. M. Jackson |
| | 376 | Validating NPP Ocean Color with Optical Closure using HydroLight-BRDF
Patty Pratt, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Hauss |
| | 377 | Cross-Track Infrared Sounder Science Data Record Pre-launch Calibration and On-Orbit Validation Plans
Denise Hagan, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and F. Sabet-Peyman, C. Wang, G. Di Amici, S. Farrow, M. Plonski, J. Hohn, D. Gu, G. Bingham, M. Esplin, V. Zavyalov, C. Fish, J. Predina, R. Glumb, S. Wells, L. Suwinski, J. Strong, C. Behrens, H. Kilkoyne, J. Feeley, G. Kratz, and D. Tremblay |
| | 378 | NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for the Atmospheric Profile Data Products
Christopher D. Barnet, STC, Columbia, MD; and D. Gu and N. Nalli |
| | 379 | OMPS SDR Calibration and Validation
Bhaswar Sen, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and J. Done, R. Buss, G. Jaross, and T. Kelly |
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| 4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, B313
Session 6 Preparing the User Community for the Next Generation of LEO and GEO Environmental Satellites |
Cochairs: James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; Steve Warren, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
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| 4:00 PM | 6.1 | Satellite Meteorology Education Resources: New Modules and Initiatives
Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and W. Abshire, M. Weingroff, and B. Guarente |
| 4:15 PM | 6.2 | The GOES-R ground segment project update
Vanessa Griffin, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD |
| 4:30 PM | 6.3 | EUMETSAT's approach towards an optimization of training for its current and future satellite systems
Volker Karl Gaertner, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, , Germany |
| 4:45 PM | 6.4 | Applications and Training for Next-Generation Imagers
Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins, A. P. Kuciauskas, and S. D. Miller |
| 5:00 PM | 6.5 | GOES-R proving ground: ensuring user readiness
James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; and S. J. Goodman, T. J. Schmit, A. Mostek, S. D. Miller, A. S. Bachmeier, and M. DeMaria |
| 5:15 PM | 6.6 | The ESRC: A Web-based Environmental Satellite Resource Center
Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and B. Guarente and P. Dills |
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| 5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) |
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| 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1-4
AMS Annual Awards Banquet |
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| Thursday, 21 January 2010 |
| 7:30 AM-8:30 AM, Thursday, B208
Washington Symposium Breakfast |
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| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, B313
Session 7 Algorithm Development - II |
Cochairs: Karen St. Germain, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; Mitch Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD
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| 8:30 AM | 7.1 | An Overview on the JCSDA Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) Version 2
Yong Han, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Van Delst, F. Weng, Q. Liu, D. Groff, B. Yan, Y. Chen, and R. L. Vogel |
| 8:45 AM | 7.2 | A new infrared land surface emissivity database for the Community Radiative Transfer Model
Ronald L. Vogel, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and Q. Liu, B. Ruston, Y. Han, and F. Weng |
| 9:00 AM | 7.3 | A New Algorithm for Retrieving Hyperspectral Land Emissivity
Hu Yang, University of Maryland, College park, MD; and F. Weng and B. Yan |
| 9:15 AM | 7.4 | Sub-field-of-view radiative transfer for the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD |
| 9:30 AM | 7.5 | WindSat passive microwave ocean wind and precipitation retrieval in hurricanes
Amanda M. Mims, AER, College Park, MD; and R. Kroodsma, C. S. Ruf, and D. McKague |
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| 9:45 AM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Exhibits Open |
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, B313
Session 8 Preparing the User Community for the Next Generation of LEO and GEO Environmental Satellites - II |
Cochairs: James Gurka, NESDIS GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; Steve Warren, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
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| 11:00 AM | 8.1 | The GOES-R Proving Ground at NOAA's Storm Prediction Center and Hazardous Weather Testbed
Christopher W. Siewert, NOAA/Storm Prediction Center and CIMMS, Norman, OK; and R. S. Schneider, S. J. Goodman, E. C. Bruning, R. M. Rabin, and J. J. Gurka |
| 11:15 AM | 8.2 | NASA SPoRT GOES-R proving ground activities
Geoffrey T. Stano, NASA SPoRT, Huntsville, AL; and K. K. Fuell and G. J. Jedlovec |
| 11:30 AM | 8.3 | NOAA's near-real time data products from NPP and NPOESS
Thomas B. Schott, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and S. L. Bunin, J. G. Yoe, G. Goodrum, and J. Silva |
| 11:45 AM | 8.4 | Sustained coordinate processing of essential climate variables at the national and international levels
John J. Bates, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. Privette and D. Saunders |
| 12:00 PM | 8.5 | Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Cross Calibration and Impact on Water Vapor, Precipitation and Climate Trend
Song Yang, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng, N. Sun, B. Yan, and M. Goldberg |
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| 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, B313
Session 9 Calibration and Validation Plans for NPP/NPOESS and GOES-R - II |
Cochairs: Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD; Laurie Rokke, NOAA/NESDIS/OSD, Greenbelt, MD
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| 1:30 PM | 9.1 | GOES-R satellite mission: land product development, validation and applications
Yunyue Yu, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Goldberg and I. Csiszar |
| 1:45 PM | 9.2 | The NOAA products validation system (NPROVS) and archive summary system (NARCSS) for real-time and long-term monitoring of environmental satellite products
Anthony L. Reale, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Pettey and B. Sun |
| 2:00 PM | 9.3 | Validating VIIRS land and cryosphere products from the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP)
Jeff L. Privette, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC |
| 2:15 PM | 9.4 | Calibration of the VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB)
Stephen Mills, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and S. Weiss, T. Ohnuki, D. Searcy, M. Plonski, E. Jacobson, J. McCarthy, and J. Jaron |
| 2:30 PM | 9.5 | Evaluation and Quality Control of in situ SSTs for Use in the Calibration and Validation of Satellite Retrievals at NESDIS
Feng Xu, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Ignatov |
| 2:45 PM | 9.6 | NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
Lawrence E. Flynn, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and D. F. Rault, S. Janz, I. Petropavlovskikh, C. S. Long, S. K. Yang, and S. Farrow |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer |
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| 3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, B313
Session 10 Expected Operational Improvements from NPP/NPOESS and GOES-R Data - II |
Cochairs: Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Madison, WI; Nancy Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA
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| 3:30 PM | 10.1 | Improving Weather and Climate Prediction with the AIRS on Aqua
Thomas S. Pagano, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. Chahine |
| 3:45 PM | 10.2 | Assimilation of cloud affected radiances in NCEP GDAS
Min-Jeong Kim, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng |
| 4:00 PM | 10.3 | Multi-spectral cloud classification for precipitation estimation
Ali Behrangi, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; and K. Hsu, B. Imam, and S. Sorooshian |
| 4:15 PM | 10.4 | Hydrometeor assimilation using hourly-updated satellite cloud retrievals over North America in the Rapid Refresh
Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, S. S. Weygandt, J. M. Brown, P. Minnis, and W. L. Smith Jr. |
| 4:30 PM | 10.5 | Potential Impacts of Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) and Microwave Imager/Sounder (MIS) in NCEP Global Forecast System
Banghua Yan Sr., University of Maryland/ESSIC, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng and J. Derber |
| 4:45 PM | 10.6 | NOAA's Microwave Integrated Retrieval System in the NPP/NPOESS era
Kevin J. Garrett, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. A. Boukabara, W. Chen, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, C. Grassotti, and F. Weng |
| 4:55 PM | | Concluding Remarks
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| 5:00 PM-5:05 PM, Thursday
AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns |
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