**AGENDA**

***2008 Satellite Direct Readout Conference***

**December 8-12, 2008**

**Miami, Florida**

**Draft: November 23, 2008**

***Registration - 8:00 AM -- 12:45 PM***

***Session 1: Welcome and Keynote***

***Co-Chairs: Kathy Kelly and Paul Seymour***

**Monday 8 December (12:45pm - 5:30pm)**

Presentation

Number

1.1 12:45 -- 1:05 Welcome and Logistics

-   Paul Seymour, NOAA's Satellite and Information Service

1.2 1:05 -- 1:20 Conference Opening Remarks and Introductions

-   Kathy Kelly, NOAA's Satellite and Information Service -- Director:
    Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution

1.3 1:20 -- 1:50 Keynote Address -- NOAA's Satellite Programs

-   Mary Glackin, Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere

1.4 1:50 -- 2:10 National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information
Service Welcome

-   Mary Kicza, Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information
    Services

1.5 2:10 -- 2:30 National Weather Service Welcome

-   Fred Branski, NOAA National Weather Service

1.6 2:30 -- 2:50 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Welcome

-   TBD

**14:50 -- 15:20 Break and visit Exhibit Area (refreshments)**

1.7 3:20 -- 3:40 World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Space Program

-   Jerome Lafeuille - Chief, Space-based Observing Division, World
    Meteorological Organization

> Observing & Information Systems Dept

1.8 3:40 -- 4:00 GEOSS Overview

-   José Achache, Director, Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
    Secretariate

1.9 4:00 -- 5:30 Panel: GEOSS in the Americas

-   Moderator -- David Grimes - Assistant Deputy Minister,
    Meteorological Services of Canada, Environment Canada

6:00 -- 7:30 Conference "Icebreaker" -- Hilton Miami Airport Hotel --
Location: TBD

GEOSS in the Americas Panel Members:

Mary Glackin - NOAA U.S. - Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and
Atmosphere

David Grimes - MSC/EC (Canada) - Assistant Deputy Minister

José Achache - Director, Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariate

Jerome Lafeuille - WMO - Chief, Space-based Observing Division

Luiz Machado - INPE/CPTEC (Brazil) (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
Espaciais, Centro de Previsão de

Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, Divisão de Satélites e Sistemas Ambientais)

Marcelo Colazo - CONAE (Argentina) (Comisión Nacional de Actividades
Espaciales)

Albert Jones - WMO RA IV (North America, Central America and the
Caribbean)

***December 9 (Tuesday):***

***Session 2: Current Satellite Systems/Instruments***

***Chair: Kathy Kelly***

8:00- 8:30 Registration/Coffee

2.0 8:30 -- 8:35 Welcome and Introduction:

-   Kathy Kelly, NOAA's Satellite and Information Service -- Director:
    Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution

2.1 8:35 -- 9:00 Keynote

-   Albert Jones - WMO RA IV (North America, Central America and the
    Caribbean)

2.2 9:00 -- 9:20 NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
(GOES) Overview

-   Chris Wheeler - NOAA's Satellite and Information Service

2.3 9:20 -- 9:40 European Organization for the Exploitation of
Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) --

Geostationary Satellite Systems

-   Michael Williams - Head of Control Centre Division, EUMETSAT

2.4 9:40 -- 10:00 MTSAT

-   TBD

**10:00 -- 10:20 Break and visit Exhibit Area (refreshments)**

2.5 10:20 -- 10:40 Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite
(POES) Overview

-   Cindy Hampton - NOAA's Satellite and Information Service

2.6 10:40 -- 11:00 European Organization for the Exploitation of
Meteorological Satellites

(EUMETSAT) - Polar-orbiting Satellite Systems

-   Michael Williams - Head of Control Centre Division, EUMETSAT

2.7 11:00 -- 11:20 NASA EOS

-   Patrick Coronado -- NASA Direct Readout Laboratory

2.8 11:20 -- 11:40 Advanced Land Observing System (ALOS) / (GCOM)

-   TBD

2.9 11:40 -- 12:00 CGMS -- Other world satellite systems

-   TBD -- Secretariat, Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
    (CGMS)

2.10 12:00 -- 12:20 SOCC and Wallops Island and Fairbanks CDA Overview

-   Chris Wheeler and Cindy Hampton - NOAA's Satellite and Information
    Service

**12:20 -- 13:50 Lunch**

***Session 3: Direct Readout Showcase***

***Chair: Dave Benner (assisted by Paul Seymour and Marlin Perkins)***

3.1 13:50 -- 14:20 Showcase Overview

-   Tim Schmit - NOAA's Satellite and Information Service

3.2 14:20 -- 16:10 Direct Services Showcase

-   Moderator -- Dane Clark -- Short and Associates, Inc

3.2.1 LRIT -- Paul Seymour, TBD

3.2.2 EMWIN -- Rob Wagner, Santos Rodriguez, Bill Johnson

3.2.3 GOES DCS -- Kay Metcalf, Letecia Reeves

3.2.4 Argos -- Bill Woodward, TBD

3.2.5 GVAR -- Chris Wheeler, Tim Schmit, Brian Hughes

3.2.6 EGVAR/GRB (GOES R) -- Bill Mazur, Satya Kalluri, Jim Gurka

3.2.7 HRPT/APT -- TBD: Marlin Perkins, Liam Gumley, Cindy Hampton

3.2.8 HRD, IPOPP Featuring Simulcast - John Overton, Gary McWilliams

3.2.9 GEONETCast Americas -- Chris O'Connors, TBD

3.2.10 RANET -- Kelly Sponberg, TBD

3.2.11 NOAAPORT -- Brian Gockel, TBD

**16:10 -- 16:30 Break and visit Exhibit Area (refreshments)**

3.3 16:30 -- 17:30 Direct Services Showcase Panel -- Feedback/Questions
and Answers

-   Moderator - Dave Benner - NOAA's Satellite and Information Service

Panel Members:

LRIT -- Paul Seymour

EMWIN -- Santos Rodriguez

GOES DCS -- Kay Metcalf

Argos -- Bill Woodward

GVAR -- Chris Wheeler

EGVAR/GRB (GOES R) -- Bill Mazur

HRPT/APT - Marlin Perkins

HRD, Simulcast/IPOPP - John Overton

GEONETCast Americas -- Chris O'Connors

RANET -- Kelly Sponberg

NOAAPORT -- Brian Gockel

3.4 6:30 -- 8:00 PM EMWIN/HRIT Prototype Software Defined Receiver -
Demonstration Session

-   Paul Seymour - NOAA's Satellite and Information Service

-   Rob Wagner/Santos Rodriguez, EMWIN Team, NOAA National Weather
    Service, Office of the CIO

-   Bill Mazur -- GOES-R Program Office

-   Jeremy L Roberson -- Aerospace Corporation

***December 10 (Wednesday):***

***Session 4: Applications and Training***

***Co-Chairs: Tim Schmit and Tony Mostek***

**Wednesday 10 December (8:00am - 5:30pm)**

8:00 -- 8:30 Registration/Coffee

4.0 8:30 -- 8:35 Introduction

-   Tim Schmit -- NOAA's Satellite and Information Service

4.1 8:35 -- 9:00 Keynote

-   Arona Ngari (Cook Islands) -- President, WMO RA V (South-West
    Pacific)

4.2 9:00 -- 9:15 COMET: Satellite Meteorology Training Resources for the
Atmospheric Science Community

-   Tim Spangler -- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
    (UCAR) Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education
    and Training (COMET^®^)

4.3 9:15 -- 9:30 Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite
Studies (CIMSS) VISITview

-   Scott Bachmeier - Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite
    Studies (CIMSS)

4.4 9:30 -- 9:45 Satellite Training Activities - Cooperative Institute
for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)

-   Bernadette Connell -- Cooperative Institute for Research in the
    Atmosphere (CIRA)

4.5 9:45 -- 10:00 Satellite HydroMeteorology (SHyMet) NOAA Distance
Training Course

-   Tony Mostek -- NOAA National Weather Service

4.6 10:00 -- 10:15 Satellite Training and Education and Naval Research
Lab Monterey, California

-   Arunas Kuciauskas, Tom Lee, F. Joseph Turk, K. Richardson, J.
    Hawkins -- Naval Research Laboratory

**10:15-- 10:45 Break and visit Exhibit Area (refreshments)**

4.7 10:45 -- 11:00 McIDAS-V: A powerful Data Analysis and Visualization
Tool for Multi- and

> Hyperspectral Environmental Satellite Data

-   Dave Santek -- University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering
    Center

4.8 11:00 -- 11:15 TBD

-   TBD

4.9 11:15 -- 11:30 NCEP Use for Forecast Models

-   Speaker Lars Riishojgaard -- Joint Center for Satellite Data
    Assimilation

4.10 11:30 -- 11:45 Current and Near-term GOES Operations and
Applications

-   Tim Schmit -- NOAA's Satellite and Information Service

4.11 11:45 -- 12:00 From Data to Products to Weather Forecasting and Air
Quality Monitoring: Direct Broadcast at Its Best

-   Allen Huang -- Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite
    Studies (CIMSS)

**12:00 - 1:30 Lunch**

***Session 4 Continued: Applications and Training***

***Co-Chairs: Tim Schmit and Tony Mostek***

4.12 1:30 -- 1:45 EOS Direct Broadcast Products Used In Operations

-   Kathy Strabala - Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite
    Studies (CIMSS)

4.13 1:45 -- 2:00 Geoscience Educations Utilizing Satellite Imagery -- A
Direct Readout Experience from

> the EXLORES! Perspective

-   Paul Ruscher -- Florida State University

4.14 2:00 -- 2:15 Title Evolution of the EUMETSAT Advanced
Retransmission Service (EARS)

-   Christelle Ponsard -- European Organization for the Exploitation of
    Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)

4.15 2:15 -- 2:30 Use of RARS data in the UK Met Office

-   Richard Francis -- Satellite Data Processing System Group,
    Meteorological Office, United Kingdom

4.16 2:30 -- 2:45 National Weather Service Requirements for Real-time
Satellite Data

-   Gary Hufford -- NOAA National Weather Service

4.17 2:45 -- 3:00 GEONETCast Americas

-   Paul Seymour -- NOAA's Satellite and Information Service

**3:00 -- 3:30 Break and visit Exhibit Area**

4.18 3:30 -- 3:45 Poster Session Overview

-   Tim Schmit - NOAA's Satellite and Information Service

    19. 3:45 -- 5:30 Direct Readout Conference Poster Session

***December 11 (Thursday):***

***Session 5: Global User Perspective***

***Chair: Charlie Baker (Eric Madsen and Jennifer Lewis assisting)***

**Thursday 11 December (8:00am - 5:30pm)**

8:00 -- 8:30 Registration/Coffee

5.0 8:30 -- 8:35 Introduction:

-   Charlie Baker, Deputy Assistant Administrator, NOAA's Satellite and
    Information Service

5.1 8:35 -- 9:00 Keynote

-   TBD

5.2 9:00 -- 9:20 Group for Earth Observation

-   Francis Bell -- Director, Group for Earth Observation (GEO)

5.3 9:20 -- 9:40 Private Individual Users of Weather Satellites: the
Future

-   Dave Cawley -- Remote Imaging Group (RIG)

5.4 9:40 -- 10:00 The Use of NOAA data in Costa Rica

-   Werner Stolz -- TBD, Costa Rica

5.5 10:00 -- 10:20 Use of NOAA Data at the Chile National Meteorological
Service

-   Alejandro Muñoz, Jefe Subdepartamento Pronósticos, Dirección
    Meteorológica de Chile

**10:20 -- 10: 50 Break and visit Exhibit Area (refreshments)**

5.6 10:50 -- 11:10 Use of Satellite Direct Readout in the South Pacific

-   Colin Schultz - Pacific Regional Environment Program

5.7 11:10 -- 11:30 The Role of Satellite Data in the Meteorological
Service of Canada

-   David Bradley - Project Coordinator, Space-Based Monitoring,
    Meteorological Services of Canada

5.8 11:30 -- 11:50 Comparative evaluation of NOAA AVHRR, Feng Yun 1D,
MODIS and LandSat TM5

> images working as a Satellite Constellation for the detection of
> burned areas in the Flooding Valley of the Parana River, Argentina

-   Carlos Cotlier -- Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Facultad de
    Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura, Centro de Sensores
    Remotos, Argentina

5.9 11:50 -- 12:10 Low Orbit Meteorological Satellite Products and
Analysis Tools at INPE/CPTEC - Brazil

-   Carlos Angelis -- INPE/CPTEC (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
    Espaciais,\
    Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, Divisão de
    Satélites e Sistemas Ambientais)

5.10 12:10 -- 1:30 Luncheon Panel on GOES 10 Operations -- Chris Wheeler
Moderator / Participant

-   Panel members:

1.  Luiz Machado - INPE/CPTEC (Brazil) (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
    Espaciais,\
    Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, Divisão de
    Satélites e Sistemas Ambientais)

2.  Marcelo Colazo - CONAE (Argentina) (Comisión Nacional de Actividades
    Espaciales)

3.  Tim Schmit - NOAA's Satellite and Information Service

4.  Chris Wheeler - NOAA's Satellite and Information Service

    ***Session 6: Future Direct Readout***

    ***Co-Chairs: Hal Bloom and Dan Stockton***

6.1 1:30 -- 1:50 Future of Direct Readout and Satellite Systems

-   Abigail Harper, Deputy Assistant Administrator, NOAA's Satellite and
    Information Service

6.2 1:50 -- 2:10 GOES R Satellite and Program Review

-   Vanessa Griffin, NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, GOES-R
    Program Office

6.3 2:10 -- 2:30 GOES R Instruments and Products

-   Tim Schmit, NOAA's Satellite and Information Service

6.4 2:30 -- 2:50 GOES R Direct Readout Implications

-   Bill Mazur -- NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, GOES-R
    Program Office

6.5 2:50 -- 3:10 GOES-R Outreach activities -- GOES-R Specific

> (Outreach, GUC Conferences, and Proving Ground )

-   Jim Gurka -- NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, GOES-R
    Program Office

**3:10 -- 3:40** **Break and visit Exhibit Area (refreshments**

6.6 3:40 -- 4:00 NPOESS-Satellite and Program Review

-   Dan Stockton, NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, NPOESS
    Integrated Program Office

6.7 4:00 -- 4:20 NPOESS Direct Readout Mission

-   John Overton, NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, NPOESS
    Integrated Program Office

6.8 4:20 -- 4:40 NPOESS Direct Readout Operational Enhancements Model
for Future Polar Orbiting

Systems

-   John van de Wouw, Northrup Grumman Space Technology

6.9 4:40 -- 5:00 NPOESS Preparatory Project Calibration and Validation
Supporting Direct Readout Users

-   Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, NPOESS
    Integrated Program Office

6.10 5:00 -- 5:20 Transitioning from POES AVHRR to NPOESS VIIRS: 
Understanding the Relationships

Between POES and NPOESS Data Products

-   Bonnie Reed, NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, NPOESS
    Integrated Program Office

5:20 Session Ends

6:30 -- 8:30 Conference Banquet -- Hilton Miami Airport Hotel -- Room:
TBD

"**Satellites and their Utility in Communicating: Extreme Weather,
Climate Change and their**

**Impacts in a Collaborative Environment"**

-   Dave Jones - Founder, President & CEO, StormCenter Communications,
    Inc.

***December 12 (Friday):***

***Session7: User Services and Impacts***

***Co-Chairs: Mark Mulholland and Brian Hughes***

7.0 Introduction:

7.1 8:00 -- 8:20 SSD -- User Services

-   Brian Hughes -- NOAA's Satellite and Information Service

7.2 8:20 -- 8:40 USDA Forest Service Application of Direct Readout
Products for Wildland Fire and

Resource Management

-   Brad Quayle -- RS/GIS Specialist, USDA Forest Service, Remote
    Sensing Applications Center (RSAC)

7.3 8:40 -- 9:10 Importance of Geostationary Weather Satellites in
Hurricane Forecasting -- A Perspective

-   Speaker Jack Bevin -- NOAA National Weather Service, National
    Hurricane Center

**9:10 -- 9:20 Break (refreshments)**

7.4 9:20 -- 11:50 Facilitated Discussion

> 7.41 9:20 -- 9:25 Breakout Moderator

-   Mark Mulholland -- NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, Deputy
    Director, Office of Systems Development

> 7.42 9:25 -- 10:50 Structured Breakouts

1.  User Needs from GOES Current & Future Satellite: GVAR, eGVAR, GRB

2.  User Needs from POLAR Current & Future Satellites: HRPT, IPOPP, LRD,
    HRD

3.  User Needs from Satellite Services: LRIT, EMWIN, GOES DCS, ARGOS,
    GEONETCast, RANET, and NOAAPORT

4.  Other topics of interest, or an additional group

> **10:50 - 11:00 Break and Re-convene**
>
> 7.43 11:00 -- 11:35 Feedback from Breakout Groups

-   Mark Mulholland -- NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, Deputy
    Directory, Office of Systems Development

> 7.44 11:35 -- 11:50 Session Wrap-up and Final Discussion

-   Abigail Harper - NOAA's Satellite and Information Service

7.5 11:50 -- 12:00 Closing Remarks

-   Abigail Harper - NOAA,s Satellite and Information Service

12:00 Conference Closes