Session 1 Recent Successes in Satellite Observing Systems

Thursday, 27 January 2011: 8:30 AM-9:45 AM
602/603 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: First Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans and Challenges
Cochairs:
Al Powell, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD and John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS, Advanced Satellite Planning and Technology, Silver Spring, MD

Papers:
8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks: Mary E. Kicza, Assistant Administrator, NOAA Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS) and Dr. Michael H. Freilich, Director, NASA Earth Science Division

8:45 AM
1.1
The Transition of High-Accuracy Satellite Altimetry from Research to Operational Agencies, or Continuity of the Jason Climate Record of Global Sea Level
William Stanley Wilson, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
1.2
A constellation of GPS RO sensors: from research to long-term sustained operational capabilities
Lidia Cucurull, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Suitland, MD

9:15 AM
1.3
Satellite Ocean Surface Vector Winds: Progress and Challenges
Paul Chang, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Jelenak
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
1.4
NOAA's preparation for NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission – successes and obstacles
Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and C. R. Kondragunta, J. Pereira, D. Mamula, and K. Hampton
Recorded Presentation

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