| 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
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|  | 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
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|  | 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.
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|  | 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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