| Session 2 | 
|  | Part III: NPOESS – [National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System] | 
|  | 1:30 PM | 2.1 | Introductory Remarks: Future National Operational Environmental Satellites Stephen A. Mango, NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD
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|  | 1:35 PM | 2.1a | Preparing the Way for NPOESS  John D. Cunningham, NOAA/NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD
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|  | 2:00 PM | 2.2 | Meteorological Mission Elbert (Joe) W. Friday, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
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|  | 2:20 PM | 2.3 | Climate Mission  Berrien Moore III, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
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|  | 2:40 PM | 2.4 | Ocean Mission  Robert Winokur, Technical Director for the Oceanographer of the Navy, Washington, DC
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|  | 3:00 PM |  | Coffee Break 
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|  | 3:30 PM |  | NPOESS Mission Capabilities 
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|  | 4:45 PM | 2.6 | NPOESS Preparatory Project [NPP]  Jeffrey Privette, NASA/GSFC
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|  | 5:00 PM | 2.7 | WindSat/Coriolis  Peter W. Gaiser, NRL, Washington, DC  20375, DC
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|  | 5:15 PM | 2.7a | System of Systems Planning & Closing Remarks for Joint Symposium - Dr. Colleen N. Hartman, Deputy Assistant Administrator NOAA/NESDIS  Colleen N. Hartman, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI
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