Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

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Saturday, 28 January 2006

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12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Saturday, 28 January 2006


Sat 28 Jan

7:30 AM-7:31 AM: Saturday, 28 January 2006


Short Course and Student Conference Registration

Sunday, 29 January 2006

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12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Sun 29 Jan

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Conference Registration

Monday, 30 January 2006

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12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Mon 30 Jan

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Registration Continues through Thursday, 2 February

12:00 PM-1:10 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Plenary Session 1
AMS Forum Kick-Off Luncheon (Cash & Carry available in the Meeting Room Foyer)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air and Waste Management Assoc; the The James Holton Symposium; the Third Symposium on Space Weather; the Event Program; the AMS Forum: Environmental Risk and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges; the AMS Forum: Managing our Physical and Natural Resources: Successes and Challenges; the 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; the 15th Symposium on Education; the Sixth Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Fourth Presidental History Symposium; the First Symposium on Policy Research; the Eighth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on the Challenges of Severe Convective Storms; the The Doug Lilly Symposium; the Second Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the 14th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere; the 18th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Conference on Hydrology; the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology; the Symposium on the Public/Private Sector Partnership; the Impacts of 2005's Weather: Major Stories of the Year; and the Second Special Session on Heat Health )
Chairs: Sue Grimmond, King's College; Steven Hanna, Harvard Univ.; Mark Andrews, NOAA/NWS
  12:00 PM
PL1.1
Forum opening
Gregory S. Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and M. Andrews, C. S. B. Grimmond, and S. R. Hanna

  12:10 PM
PL1.2
How should we compare and evaluate urban land surface models?
Martin Best, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

  12:40 PM
PL1.3
THUNDERSTORM IMPACTS: A MIX OF CURSES AND BLESSINGS
Stanley Changnon, Changnon Climatologist, Mahomet, IL

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (M2)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Holton Symposium Banquet

Tuesday, 31 January 2006

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12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Tue 31 Jan

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Poster Session 1
NPOESS Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall A2 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
 
P1.1
THE NATIONAL POLAR-ORBITING OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE SYSTEM (NPOESS) PREPARATORY PROJECT (NPP) – Mission Status

 
P1.2
Key Features of the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) System Architecture
Fabrizio Pela, NGC, Redondo Beach, CA

 
P1.3
NPOESS Environmental Data Records
Mike Haas, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD

 
P1.4
NPOESS Space Segment
Terry Larson, NGST, Redondo Beach, CA

 
P1.5
The NPOESS Command, Control, and Communications Segment
Mark Sargent, Raytheon, Aurora, CO

 
P1.6
IDPS Architecture
Joseph Mulligan, NPOESS IPO/NOAA; and K. Grant

 
P1.7
The NPOESS Field Terminal Segment
James Jensen, Raytheon, Omaha, NE

 
P1.8
The NPOESS Sensor Family Tree
Julius Sanks, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, McLean, VA

 
P1.9
The NPOESS Sensor Family
Thomas Kolesar, NGST, Redondo Beach, CA

 
P1.10
OMPS - The Next Generation Sensor Suite for Global Ozone Monitoring
Scott C. Asbury, Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Corp, Boulder, CO; and J. Sneary, D. Back, Q. Remund, and J. Rodriguez

 
P1.11
The NPOESS Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor
Eric Shettle, NRL, Washington, DC; and M. I. Mishchenko and L. Travis

 
P1.12
Ozone and ozone-related data products from NPP and NPOESS
John Hornstein, NRL, Washington, DC; and L. E. Flynn, E. Hilsenrath, C. Seftor, J. Larsen, J. Lumpe, J. Bergman, S. A. Mango, K. St. Germain, and D. Gu

 
P1.13
Using Multi-Angle, Multispectral Photo-Polarimetry from the Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor to Constrain Optical Properties of Aerosols And Clouds: Demonstration of Capabilities Using Results from Similar Measurements in Four Field Experiments
J. Chowdhary, Columbia University, New York, NY; and B. Cairns, M. I. Mishchenko, L. Travis, and M. Sato

 
P1.14
Retrieval of Ozone, NO2 and Aerosol Vertical Profiles from Limb Scatter Measurements
Didier F. Rault, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and R. Loughman

 
P1.15
NPOESS Space Environmental Monitoring
William F. Denig, Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscomb AFB, MA; and R. Viereck and M. Bonadonna

 
P1.16
NPOESS Solar Irradiance Monitoring for Climate Change
Rodney Viereck, NOAA/NWS/SWPC, Boulder, CO; and G. Kopp and J. Harder

 
P1.17
NPP Science Data Segment

 
P1.18
CLASS NPP/NPOESS Data Archive and Access Overview
Richard G. Reynolds, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. J. Bates, C. Cremidis, and C. Martinez

 
P1.19
NPOESS Direct Readout Mission

 
P1.20
NPOESS' Key to Low Data Latency: SafetyNet
David G. Lubar, Raytheon, Aurora, CO; and G. Cook and M. L. Jamilkowski


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (T1)

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Exhbits Open (T)

12:15 PM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Plenary Session
Presidential Forum with Boxed Lunch (Lunch will be available for purchase outside the meeting room.)
Hosts: (Joint between the Event Program; the 18th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 15th Symposium on Education; the AMS Forum: Environmental Risk and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges; the AMS Forum: Managing our Physical and Natural Resources: Successes and Challenges; the Eighth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on the Challenges of Severe Convective Storms; the The Doug Lilly Symposium; the First Symposium on Policy Research; the 14th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air and Waste Management Assoc; the Second Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Sixth Symposium on the Urban Environment; the 14th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere; the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 20th Conference on Hydrology; the 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology; the 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; the Fourth Presidental History Symposium; the Symposium on the Public/Private Sector Partnership; the The James Holton Symposium; the Third Symposium on Space Weather; and the Impacts of 2005's Weather: Major Stories of the Year )

1:45 PM-2:15 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Joint Session 2
Symposium Welcome and Keynote (Joint with Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems and 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)
Location: A302 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Organizer: Gerard D. Wittman, Raytheon Company
  1:45 PM
J2.1
Keynote Address.
Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC
  Recorded presentation

2:15 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Joint Session 3
NPOESS Overview (Joint with Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems and 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Location: A302 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Organizer: Gerard D. Wittman, Raytheon Company
  2:15 PM
J3.1
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Program Overview
D. Ryan
  Recorded presentation

  2:45 PM
J3.2
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Program Status
C. Hoffman

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (T2)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Session 1
NPOESS Risk Reduction
Location: A302 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Organizer: Frank Hinnant, NPOESS/IPO
Chair: Frank Hinnant, NPOESS/IPO
  3:30 PM
1.1
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Risk Reduction Approach
James Schaeffer, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Spencer
  Recorded presentation

  3:45 PM
1.2
NPOESS Risk Reduction, NAST for CrIMSS
William Smith Sr., Hampton Univ., Hampton, VA; and D. K. Zhou, X. Liu, A. M. Larar, S. A. Mango, D. H. Staelin, H. E. Revercomb, and P. W. Rosenkranz
  Recorded presentation

  4:15 PM
1.3
WindSat Space Borne Polarimetric Microwave Radiomenter: Mission Overview and Sensor Performance
Peter W. Gaiser, NRL, Washington, DC
  Recorded presentation

  4:45 PM
1.4
Risk reduction for NPOESS using heritage sensors: AIRS, HIRS, MSU, SSM/I, AMSU, and MODIS
John F. Le Marshall, Bureau of Meteorology, Docklands, Victoria, Australia; and J. Jung, S. Lord, J. Derber, M. Goldberg, W. Wolf, and S. Mango
  Recorded presentation

  5:15 PM
1.5
NPOESS data exploitation (NDE) project
H. James Silva, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
  Recorded presentation

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Sessions end for the day (T)

Team NPOESS Reception

Wednesday, 1 February 2006

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12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Wed 1 Feb

8:30 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Session 2
NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP)
Location: A302 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Organizer: Peter Wilczynski, NPOESS Integrated Program Office
Chair: Peter Wilczynski, NPOESS Integrated Program Office
  8:30 AM
2.1
NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) – Mission Status
Ken Schwer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and P. Wilczynski
  Recorded presentation

  8:45 AM
2.2
NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Space Segment
Bill Anselm, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
  Recorded presentation

  9:00 AM
2.3
NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Data Products
James Gleason, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Privette and J. Butler
  Recorded presentation

  9:30 AM
2.4
NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Science Data Segment (SDS)
Robert J. Schweiss, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
  Recorded presentation

  10:00 AM
2.4A
Coffee Break

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer (W1)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Session 3
NPP Calibration and Validation
Location: A302 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Organizer: Carl Hoffman, NPOESS Integrated Program Office
Chair: Carl Hoffman, NPOESS Integrated Program Office
  10:30 AM
3.1
NPP Preparatory Project Calibration/Validation: An Overview
Karen St. Germain, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Lee and B. Guenther
  Recorded presentation

  10:45 AM
3.2
NPOESS VIIRS Calibration Activities
Bruce Guenther, Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and F. J. DeLuccia, G. Grimm, E. Johnson, J. Young, and J. Xiong
  Recorded presentation

  11:15 AM
3.3
CrIMSS Cal/Val Planning and Prelaunch Preparation for NPP and NPOESS
A.W. Dybdahl, Northrop Grumman, Redondo Beach, CA
  Recorded presentation

  11:45 AM
3.4
Validation and Calibration Plans for the Ozone Mapping Suite (OMPS)
Lawrence E. Flynn, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and E. Hilsenrath, J. Hornstein, and C. Seftor
  Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Exhibits Open (W)

12:00 PM-12:45 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Panel Discussion 1
Luncheon Panel—Implementing the Strategic Plan for the U.S. Integrated Earth Observation System (IEOS)
Location: A302 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Moderator: William Hooke, AMS
Panelists: Jay Feuquay, USGS; Gene Whitney, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Gregory Withee, NOAA/NESDIS; Ron Birk, NASA; John Lyon, EPA; Grant Aufderhaar, Department of Defense/Aerospace Corp.
  12:00 PM
PD1.1
Implementing the Strategic Plan for the U.S. Integrated Earth Observation System
William Hooke, AMS Policy Program, Washington, DC
  Recorded presentation

  12:15 PM
PD1.2
USGS and GEOSS: A strategy for improving environmental observations
J. F. Devine
  Recorded presentation

  12:30 PM
PD1.3
GEOSS and the EPA
John Lyon, EPA
  Recorded presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall) (W)

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Joint Session 6
GOES-R: Part I (Joint with Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems and 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)
Location: A302 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Cochairs: Gary K. Davis, NOAA/NESDIS; James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS
  1:30 PM
J6.1
Introduction to GOES-R
Gary K. Davis, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
  Recorded presentation

  1:45 PM
J6.2
GOES-R Program Overview
Michael Crison, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
  Recorded presentation

  2:00 PM
J6.3
The ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager) on GOES-R
Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel, J. Gurka, and M. M. Gunshor
  Recorded presentation

  2:15 PM
J6.4
Infrared measurements from the Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) on GOES-R
W. Paul Menzel, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, J. J. Gurka, and J. Li
  Recorded presentation

  2:30 PM
J6.5
GOES-R Coastal Waters Imaging and the COAST Risk Reduction Activities
Curtiss Davis, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR; and M. Abbott
  Recorded presentation

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Poster Session 2
GOES-R Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall A2 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
 
P2.1
Synergism of ABI and HES for Atmospheric and Cloud Products
Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. Y. Liu, T. J. Schmit, J. J. Gurka, and W. P. Menzel

 
P2.2
GOES-R Lightning Mapper (GLM) Research and Applications Risk Reduction
Steven J. Goodman, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and R. Blakeslee, D. Boccippio, H. Christian, W. Koshak, and W. A. Petersen


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (W2)

4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Session 4
Goes-R: Part II
Location: A302 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Gary K. Davis, NOAA/NESDIS; James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS
  4:00 PM
4.2
User Readiness Issues for GOES-R
James Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. J. Schmit, A. Mosetek, and R. W. Reynolds
  Recorded presentation

  4:15 PM
4.3
Serving Society with GOES-R Solar and Space Environment Data
Howard J. Singer, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and S. Hill, T. Onsager, R. Viereck, and D. Biesecker
  Recorded presentation

  4:30 PM
4.4
GOES-R Data Dissemination
Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and T. Walsh, R. W. Heymann, and J. Gurka
  Recorded presentation

  4:45 PM
4.4A
Concluding Remarks

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Reception in the Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 2 February 2006

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12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Symposium Ends

THUR 2 FEB

11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Exhibits Open (Th)

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall) (Th)

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Registration Desk Closes

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


AMS iPod Raffle in Exhibit Hall

4:00 PM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Exhibit Close

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Lilly Symposium Banquet
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