Themed Joint Panel Discussion 1 Perspective and Plans for Future Observing Systems in Earth System Science

Monday, 11 January 2016: 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
Room 252/254 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Fourth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA); the 20th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); and the Sixth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )
Moderator:
Bill Baker, Tempus Global Data, Inc., Ogden, UT
Panelists:
Faisal Hossain, University of Washington, Civil Engineering, Seattle, WA; Tsengdar Lee, NASA, NASA HQ, Washington, DC; Paul A. Rosen, JPL, NISAR Project Science Office, Pasadena, CA; Jeffrey G. Masek, NASA/GSFC, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD and Ralph O. Stoffler, U.S. Air Force, Director of Weather, Washington, DC

A panel of senior managers and scientists will present their perspective on the challenges and opportunities of future spaced-based earth observation missions needed for providing more value-added applications addressing societal needs and increasing the scientific understanding of earth processes. They will describe how these challenges and opportunities are being addressed through changes to satellite architecture, sensor design, an evolving business model, and increased inter-agency and international cooperation, etc.

Papers:
PD1.4
PD1.6
Panel Discussion

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