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 NSC2013

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 NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction Updated: April 17, 2013

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 College Park, Maryland

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 April 8-12, 2013

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 "Strengthening Partnerships to Enhance
User Readiness, Reception, and Utility"		 Organizer

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 Presenter

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 Saturday/Sunday
April 6-7
 "Train the Trainer" Workshop

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 9:30am - 4:00pm "Train the Trainer" Workshop (NCWCP Conference Center)

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 Monday, April 8 Session Registration / Pre-Meetings / Opening Session

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 7:30am - 8:15am
11:00am - 12:30pm		 Shuttles from Conference Hotel; approximately every 20 mins

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 7:30am - 12:30pm Put up Posters for Poster Session 1; Set-up Exhibits

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 7:30am - 12:45pm Registration; Sign-up for NCWCP Tours (Wed/Fri) and Dinner (Thu)

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 8:30am - 12:00pm GSICS Users' Workshop (Auditorium)

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 8:30am - 12:00pm WMO RA-III and RA-IV Meeting (NCWCP Conference Room 4552/53)

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 12:00pm - 12:45pm Lunch

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 1:00pm 1.0 Opening Remarks Eric Madsen (NESDIS/IIA; NSC Co-Chair)
Scott Rogerson (Argos DCS Program Manager, NESDIS/OSPO; NSC Co-Chair)

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 1:20pm 1.1 Special Guest Speaker - NOAA Kathryn Sullivan (Acting Administrator, NOAA)

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 1:30pm 1.2 Special Guest Speaker - NESDIS Mary Kicza (Assistant Administrator, National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service (NESDIS), NOAA)

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 1:50pm 1.3 Special Guest Speaker - NWS Louis Uccellini (Assistant Administrator, National Weather Service (NWS), NOAA)

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 2:10pm 1.4 Highlights since the 2011 Satellite Direct Readout and GOES Users' Conferences - OSPO/GOES-R Vanessa Griffin (Director, NESDIS/OSPO)
Steve Goodman (Program Chief Scientist, NESDIS/GOES-R)

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 2:30pm Break

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 3:00pm 1.5 Special Guest Speaker - EUMETSAT Mikael Rattenborg (Director of Operations, EUMETSAT)

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 3:20pm 1.6 Keynote Address - WMO David Grimes (President, WMO)

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 3:50pm 1.7 Wrap-up / End of Day 1

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 4:00pm - 4:30pm Sign-up for NCWCP Tours (Wed/Fri) and Dinner (Thu)

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 4:15pm - 5:30pm Shuttles to Conference Hotel; approximately every 20 mins

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 5:30pm Icebreaker/Social (Hotel)

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 Tuesday, April 9 Current and Future Programs and Systems

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 7:00am - 8:15am Shuttles from Conference Hotel; approximately every 20 mins

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 8:00am Ocean Prediction and Satellite Data/Product Overview NOAA's Ocean Prediction Center

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 8:25am 2.0 Opening Remarks Eric Madsen (NSC Co-Chair)
Scott Rogerson (NSC Co-Chair)

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 8:30am 2.1 Development of an Architecture for Climate Monitoring from Space Wenjian Zhang (Director, WMO Space Programme)

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 9:00am - 10:15am 2.2 GOES/GOES-R Steve Goodman (Program Chief Scientist, NESDIS/GOES-R; NSC Co-Chair)
Jim Gurka (Ground Segment Project Scientist, NESDIS/GOES-R; NSC Co-Chair)

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 9:00am 2.2a GOES - Update on Current Operations Matthew Seybold (Satellite User Services Coordinator, NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD)

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 9:15am 2.2b GOES-R - Update on Future Operations Rick Pickering (Deputy System Program Director, GOES-R)

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 9:30am 2.2c The ABI on GOES-R Tim Schmit (NESDIS/STAR Advanced Satellite Products Branch)

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 9:45am 2.2d The GLM on GOES-R Steve Goodman (Program Chief Scientist, NESDIS/GOES-R)

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 10:00am Discussion

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 10:15am 2.3 Intro to Posters, Break, and Poster Session 1 Tim Schmit (Advanced Satellite Products Branch, NESDIS/STAR)
Gary McWilliams (Outreach Liaison, NESDIS/JPSS)

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 11:30am - 12:45pm 2.4 POES/JPSS Tom Schott (Satelite Product Manager, NESDIS/OSD)
Mitch Goldberg (Senior Program Scientist, NESDIS/JPSS; NSC Co-Chair)

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 11:30am 2.4a Initial Joint Polar System (IJPS) Tom Schott (Satellite Product Manager, NESDIS/OSD)

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 11:45am 2.4b Overview of JPSS Harry Cikanek (Director, NESDIS/JPSS)

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 12:00pm 2.4c Suomi-NPP/JPSS Operational Applications Mitch Goldberg (Senior Program Scientist, NESDIS/JPSS)

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 12:15pm 2.4d Status of DoD Environmental Satellites Colonel Dan Edwards (Chief, Integration, Plans & Requirements, HQ USAF/A3O-W)

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 12:30pm Discussion

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 12:45pm Lunch / Exhibits / Posters

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 1:55pm - 3:15pm 2.5 Direct Readout Marlin Perkins (Direct Readout Program Manager, NESDIS/OSPO)
Paul Seymour (Rebroadcast Services Program Manager, NESDIS/OSPO)

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 1:55pm 2.5a POES to JPSS Transition Marlin Perkins (Direct Readout Program Manager, NESDIS/OSPO)

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 2:15pm 2.5b GOES to GOES-R Transition Steve Ambrose (NESDIS/OSPO)

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 2:40pm 2.5c GOES DCS Transition Kay Metcalf (GOES DCS Program Manager, NESDIS/OSPO)

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 2:55pm 2.5d Private Individual Users of Weather Satellites Dave Cawley (Remote Imaging Group)

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 3:15pm Break

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 3:45pm 2.6 Frequency Matters Mark Mulholland (Senior Advisor/Program Executive, NESDIS AA)

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 Mark Mulholland (NESDIS) - Moderator
Beau Backus (Aerospace)
Karen Dubey (SeaSpace)
David Lubar (Raytheon)

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 4:30pm - 5:30pm 2.7 User Feedback Session 1 Gary McWilliams (Outreach Liaison, NESDIS/JPSS)
John Furgerson (User Liasion, NESDIS/JPSS)

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 4:30pm 2.7a Community Satellite Processing Package (CSPP) Liam Gumley (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies)

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 4:40pm 2.7b VIIRS Day-Night Band (DNB) Steven Miller (Deputy Director, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere)

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 4:50pm Discussion

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 5:30pm 2.8 Wrap-up / End of Day 2

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 5:30pm - 6:00pm Take down Posters from Poster Session 1

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 5:30pm - 6:30pm Shuttles to Conference Hotel; approximately every 20 mins

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 Wednesday, April 10 Data Access and Use

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 7:00am - 8:15am Shuttles from Conference Hotel; approximately every 20 mins

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 7:30am - 8:25am Put up Posters for Poster Session 2

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 8:00am Climate Prediction and Satellite Data/Product Overview NOAA's Climate Prediction Center

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 8:25am 3.0 Opening Remarks Eric Madsen (NSC Co-Chair)
Scott Rogerson (NSC Co-Chair)

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 8:30am 3.1 VIP Presentation - RA-III Luiz Machado (INPE - Instituto de Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)

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 9:00am - 10:15am 3.2 Data Access Matthew Seybold and Natalia Donoho (User Services Coordinators, NESDIS/OSPO)
Paul Haggerty (ESPC Engineering Team Lead, NESDIS/OSPO)

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 9:00am 3.2a Archive GOES/POES Data Access through NCDC John Bates (Principal Scientist, NESDIS/NCDC)

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 9:15am 3.2b Real-time GOES/POES Data Access Donna McNamara (ESPC Distribution & Scheduling Team Lead, NESDIS/OSPO)

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 9:30am 3.2c Suomi NPP Data Access Kevin Berberich (Products & System Integration Coordinator, NESDIS/OSD)

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 9:45am 3.2d NESDIS Enterprise Distribution through the PDA System Chris Sisko (JPSS Data Operations Manager, NESDIS/OSPO)

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 10:00am Discussion

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 10:15am 3.3 Intro to Posters, Break, and Poster Session 2 Tim Schmit (Advanced Satellite Products Branch, NESDIS/STAR)
Gary McWilliams (Outreach Liaison,
NESDIS/JPSS)

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 11:30am - 12:45pm 3.4 Data Use Ingrid Guch (Director, Cooperative Research Program, NESDIS/STAR)
Ken Carey (Director of Strategic Solutions, Earth Resources Technology, Inc.; NSC Co-Chair)

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 11:30am 3.4a Science Advances and Data Fusion Ingrid Guch (Director, Cooperative Research Program, NESDIS/STAR)

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 11:45am 3.4b GOES-R and JPSS Proving Grounds James Gurka (Program Office Scientist, NESDIS/GOES-R)

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 12:00pm 3.4c Satellite Cal/Val and Data Assimilation Fuzhong Weng (Acting Chief, Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division, NESDIS/STAR; NSC Co-Chair)

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 12:15pm 3.4d Collaborative Decision Making:  Enhancing Situational Awareness with Satellite Data Use in Real‐Time to Improve Readiness, Response and Recovery Dave Jones (President/CEO, StormCenter Communications, Inc.)

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 12:30pm Discussion

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 12:45pm Lunch / Exhibits / Posters

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 2:00pm 3.5 Special Panel on Data Access and Use by International Community Eric Madsen (NESDIS/IIA; NSC Co-Chair)

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 Wenjian Zhang (Director, WMO Space Programme) - Moderator

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 Osvaldo Moraes (Director, Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Research, INPE)

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 Mike Manore (Director, Monitoring Strategies and Data Management, Meteorological Service of Canada)

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 Kathy-Ann Caesar (Chief Meteorologist, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology)

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 3:00pm Break

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 3:30pm 3.6 Improving the Use of Satellite Data at NOAA's Center for Satellite Applications and Research Al Powell (Director, NESDIS/STAR)

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 4:00pm 3.7 User Feedback Session 2 Tom Renkevens (Deputy, Satellite Products and Services Division, NESDIS/OSPO)
Linda Stathoplos (Deputy, Mission Operations Division, NESDIS/OSPO)

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 5:00pm 3.8 Wrap-up / End of Day 3

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 5:00pm - 6:30pm Shuttles to Conference Hotel; approximately every 20 mins

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 5:15pm - 6:00pm NCWCP Tours

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 6:30pm GOES-R Proving Ground Sidebar/Social (Hotel)

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 Thursday, April 11 Applications

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 7:00am - 8:15am Shuttles from Conference Hotel; approximately every 20 mins

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 8:00am Weather Prediction and Satellite Data/Product Overview NOAA's Weather Prediction Center

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 8:25am 4.0 Opening Remarks Eric Madsen (NSC Co-Chair)
Scott Rogerson (NSC Co-Chair)

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 8:30am 4.1 Leveraging Satellite Data at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Prediction James Yoe (Chief Administrative Officer, NWS National Centers for Environmental Prediction)

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 9:00am - 10:15am 4.2 Weather Forecasting Applications Joseph Sienkiewicz (Chief, Ocean Applications Branch, NWS Ocean Prediction Center)
Michael Folmer (Satellite Liaison at NOAA/NWS HPC/OPC/TAFB and NOAA/NESDIS SAB)

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 9:00am 4.2a A Perspective from the Skies: Aviation Forecasting and Satellite Applications at the AWC Amanda Terborg (Aviation Support Branch, Aviation Weather Center)

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 9:15am 4.2b The Importance of Satellite Products within National Weather Service Forecast Offices Chad Gravelle (Integrated Services Division, NWS Central Region) 

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 9:30am 4.2c Pacific Region's Satellite Products, Programs and Requirements Eric Lau (Environmental Scientific and Services Division, NWS Pacific Region)

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 9:45am 4.2d NWS Alaska Region Satellite Program and Requirements Carven Scott (Chief, Environmental and Scientific Services, NWS Alaska Region)

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 10:00am 4.2e Satellite Techniques for Marine, Precipitation, and Hazardous Weather Applications Michael Folmer (Satellite Liaison at NWS HPC/OPC/TAFB and NOAA/NESDIS SAB)

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 10:15am Break

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 10:30am - 3:15pm HRIT/EMWIN/GOES DCS Workshop (ESSICS Building)

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 10:45am - 11:30am 4.3 User Applications Tim Schmit (Advanced Satellite Products Branch, NESDIS/STAR)
Gary McWilliams (Outreach Liaison, NESDIS/JPSS)

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 10:45am 4.3a Applications of GOES-SA (South America) Daniel Alejandro Vila (DSA/CPTEC/INPE)

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 11:00am 4.3b The Global Impact of 10+ Years of IMAPP Software in
Support of Aqua and Terra		 Kathleen Strabala (UW-Madison, CIMSS)

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 11:15am 4.3c NOAA Operational Satellite SST for Monitoring Coral
Bleaching Thermal Stress: Coral Reef Watch’s Satellite Decision
Support System for Coral Reef Managers		 Gang Liu (NESDIS/STAR)

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 11:30am - 12:45pm 4.4 Environmental Assessment Applications Kathy-Ann Caesar (Chief Meteorologist, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology)
Karen Moe (Technology Leader, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

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 11:30am 4.4a National Ice Center Pablo Clemente-Colon (Chief Scientist, U.S. National Ice Center)

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 11:45am 4.4b From Space to Village: The SERVIR Regional Visualization and Monitoring System Nancy Searby (Capacity Building Program Manager, NASA/HQ)

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 12:00pm 4.4c Rapid Processing and Distribution of Satellite Disaster Data Matthew Handy (GMSEC API Lead Engineer, NASA/GSFC)

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 12:15pm 4.4d Practical Experience with RADARSAT-2 Regarding Rapid and Detailed SAR Data Collection for the Caribbean Satellite Disaster Pilot (CSDP) During the 2010-2012 Atlantic Hurricane Seasons Dirk Werle (Partner/Associate, AERDE Environmental Research)

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 12:30pm Discussion

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 12:45pm Lunch / Exhibits / Posters

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 2:00pm - 3:15pm 4.5 Climate Applications John Bates (Principal Scientist for Remote Sensing, NESDIS/NCDC)
Pingping Xie (Research Meteorologist, Climate Prediction Center, NCEP/NWS/NOAA)

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 2:00pm 4.5a Climate Data Records and Their Applications John Bates (Principal Scientist for Remote Sensing, NESDIS/NCDC)

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 2:15pm 4.5b Climate Prediction Center Satellite Products and Services Wayne Higgins (Director, NWS/Climate Prediction Center; Acting Director, NWS National Centers for Environmental Prediction)

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 2:30pm 4.5c Use of NOAA Satellite Products by the Energy Sector Carl Schreck (Research Associate, NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites)

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 2:45pm 4.5d Climate Literacy and Outreach: Using Satellite Data for the General Public and the Private Sector - a CICS Perspective Jenny Dissen (Director of Literacy and Outreach, NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites)
Stephanie Uz (Faculty Research Assistant, NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites)

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 3:00pm Discussion

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 3:15pm Break

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 3:45pm 4.6 Hurricanes and Heavy Precipitation Steve Goodman (Senior Program Scientist, NESDIS/GOES-R; NSC Co-Chair)
Fuzhong Weng (Acting Director, Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division, NESDIS/STAR; NSC Co-Chair)
Mark DeMaria (NESDIS/STAR)

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 3:45pm 4.6a Use of Satellite Observations to Monitor the Evolution of Sandy Jack Beven (NWS National Hurricane Center)

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 4:00pm 4.6b HFIP Overview Fred Toepfer (NWS Office of Science and Technology)

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 4:15pm 4.6c Use of Observations and Data Assimilation for Operational HWRF Vijay Tallapragada (NWS Environmental Modeling Center)

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 4:30pm 4.6d Heavy Precipitation Ralph Ferraro (NESDIS/STAR)

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 4:45pm Discussion

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 5:00pm 4.7 Wrap-up / End of Day 4

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 5:00pm - 5:30pm Take down Posters from Poster Session 2

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 5:00pm - 6:30pm Shuttles to Conference Hotel; approximately every 20 mins

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 6:00pm No Host Dinner (Hotel):
"Satellites and Science Literacy: A Powerful Opportunity"		 Dan Satterfield (Chief Meteorologist, WBOC-CBS)

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 Friday, April 12 Closing Session

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 7:00am - 8:15am Shuttles from Conference Hotel; approximately every 20 mins

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 8:00am Satellite Data and Product Analyses Overview NOAA/NESDIS Satellite Analysis Branch

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 8:25am 5.0 Opening Remarks Eric Madsen (NSC Co-Chair)
Scott Rogerson (NSC Co-Chair)

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 8:30am - 9:30am 5.1 Significant Events (Wildfires, Drought, etc.) Grace Swanson (Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Manager, NESDIS/OSPO)
Regis Walter (NOAA Homeland Security Program Office)

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 8:30am 5.1a Use of VIIRS DNB Data to Monitor Power Outages and Restorations for Significant Weather Events Gary Jedlovec (Earth Science Office, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center)

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 8:40am 5.1b Wildland Fire Monitoring Using NOAA Satellites Jamie Kibler (Meteorologist, NESDIS/OSPO Satellite Analysis Branch)

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 8:50am 5.1c Satellite-Based Detection of Deep Convective Updrafts: From 1-Minute
Observations to Climate Applications		 Kristopher Bedka (Senior Research Scientist-Climate Science Branch, Science Systems & Applications, Inc.)

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 9:00am 5.1d Development of a Multi-Sensor Volcanic Cloud Monitoring System Michael Pavolonis (Physical Scientist, NESDIS/STAR)

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 9:10am Discussion

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 9:30am-10:30am 5.2 Special Panel on the Importance of NOAA Satellites Ken Carey (Director of Strategic Solutions, ERT, Inc.; NSC Co-Chair)
Marlin Perkins (Direct Readout Program Manager, NESDIS/OSPO)

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 Mary Kicza (Assistant Administrator, NESDIS) - Moderator

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 Chris Vaughan (FEMA Geospatial Information Officer, Strategic Integration Group, Office of Response and Recovery)

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 Tom Fahey (Meteorology Manager, Delta Air Lines, Inc.)

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 Estela Collini (Director of Projects, National Meteorological Service and Naval Hydrographic Service of Argentina)

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 Jerad Bales (Acting Associate Director for Water, USGS)

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 10:30am Break

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 11:00am 5.3 Conference Summary / Action Items Vanessa Griffin (Director, NESDIS/OSPO)

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 11:45am 5.4 Closing Remarks / End of Conference Mary Kicza (Assistant Administrator, NESDIS)

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 12:00pm Lunch  

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 12:00pm - 2:00pm Shuttles to Conference Hotel; approximately every 20 mins  

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 12:30pm - 2:00pm Take down Exhibits  

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 1:00pm - 1:45pm NCWCP Tours