# Presentation: 728307

## Symposium Welcome

**Scott Turek**
**NPOESS Ground Segments**
**Raytheon Company**

**3rd Annual Symposium**
**Future National Operational Environmental Satellites-**
**“****Strengthening Our Understanding of Weather and Climate”**

## Symposium Welcome

**Dr. Scott Turek**
**NPOESS Ground Segments**
**Chief Scientist**
**Raytheon Company**

**NPOESS Program**
**Raytheon Ground Segments Chief Engineer 2001-2004**
**Raytheon Ground Segments Chief Scientist 2004-Present**
**Air Force Career**
**Tactical Weather Forecaster**
**Environmental Support, U.S. Air Force Special Programs**
**Space Weather Operations Officer**
**Assistant Professor of Physics, U.S. Air Force Academy**
**B.S. Meteorology, University of Utah**
**M.S. Upper Atmospheric Science, Utah State University**
**Ph.D. Physics, Utah State University**

## Symposium Welcome

**Satellite Meteorologist**
- GOES-R Operations Project 2005-Present
**GOES-R**
- GOES-R work includes:
- Product Generation and Distribution
- User Interfaces
- Algorithms and Science
- Ground requirements
**11+ Year Career with NOAA**
- NESDIS – Satellite Services Division
- Operational (24x7) Satellite Meteorologist
- Staff Meteorologist
- Operations Manager
- GOES-R series
**MS, Meteorology, 1997 University of Oklahoma**
**BS, Meteorology, 1992 Millersville University of PA**

**Tom Renkevens**
**Physical Scientist**
**NOAA / NESDIS / GOES-R**

## Symposium Agenda

**3rd Symposium: “Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems – Strengthening Our Understanding of Weather and Climate”**
_***Tuesday, January 16***_
**8:30****	****Symposium Welcome****	****	****	****	****	****	****Scott Turek **
**8:35****	****Keynote Address****	****	****	****	****	****	****Louis Uccellini  **
**	****	**_**Session 1:  NPOESS Overview and Status**_
**8:55****	****Session Introduction and Overview****	****	****	****	****Carl Hoffman**
**9:00****	****NPOESS Program Status****	****	****	****	****	****Dan Stockton/Dave Ryan ****	**
**9:45****	*****Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break***
***	******	***_**Session 2:  GOES-R Overview and Status**_
**11:00****	****Session Introduction and Overview****	****	****	****	****Mike Crison**
**11:00****	****Keynote Address: ****NOAA Satellite and Information**
**	****	****Service: Looking Ahead****	****	****	****	****	****Mary Kicza**
**11:20****	****GOES Program Status****	****	****	****	****	****	****Mark Mulholland **
**11:40****	****GOES-R Program Overview****	****	****	****	****	****Tony Comberiate**
**12:00****	*****Lunch Break***

## Updated SymposiumAgenda (cont’d)

_***Tuesday, January 16***_
**	****	**_**Session 3:  Polar Observations**_
**1:30****	****Session Introduction and Overview****	****	****	****	****Mike Haas **
**1:35****	****NPOESS Sensor Suite****	****	****	****	****	****	****Hal Bloom **
**1:50****	****NPOESS Data Products****	****	****	****	****	****Mike Bonadonna**
**2:05****	****EUMETSAT Polar System – Results from MetOp-A****	****	****Johannes Schmetz **
**2:20****	****EUMETSAT’s Network of Satellite Application Facilities****	****Lothar Schuller**
**2:40****	****NESDIS Polar Data Exploitation****	****	****	****	****Gene Legg**
**3:00****	*****Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall***
**	****	**_**Session 4:  GOES-R Observations **_
**3:30****	****Session Introduction and Overview****	****	****	****	****Tom Renkevens**
**3:35****	****The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on GOES-R****	****	****Tim Schmit **
**3:55****	****The Next GOES Sounder****	****	****	****	****	****Paul Menzel**
**4:15****	****D.C. LMA Demo; Risk Reduction for GOES LM Data****	****	****Steve Goodman**
**4:35****	****GOES-R Ocean Applications****	****	****	****	****	****Richard Legeckis **
**4:55****	****Understanding the Space Env. with GOES-R Data****	****	****Steven Hill**
**5:15****	****GOES-R Data Distribution and Products****	****	****	****Tom Renkevens**
**5:30****	*****Team NPOESS Reception***** ****	**

## Updated SymposiumAgenda (cont’d)

_***Wednesday, January 17***_
**	****	**_**Session 5: Satellite Data Applications**_
**8:30  ****	****Session Introduction and Overview****	****	****	****	****Greg Mandt **
**8:35****	****AFWA Cloud Forecasting****	****	****	****	****	****John Eylander **
**8:55****	****Fleet Numerical Operations Update****	****	****	****	****Mike Clancy **
**9:15****	****Transition of NASA EOS Datasets to WFO Operations****	****Chris Darden**
**9:30****	****Satellite Applications TC Forecasting at NOAA/NHC****	****	****Lixion Avila**
**9:45****	****Dependences of SpWx Services on Env. Sat. Systems****	****Thomas Bogdan **
**10:00****	*****Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer***
_**Session 6:  Climate and Science Implications**_
**10:30****	****Session Introduction and Overview****	****	****	****	****Grant Aufderhaar **
**10:30****	****Climate Capabilities with Restructured NPOESS****	****	****Tom Karl**
**11:00****	****EOS-NPP-NPOESS Satellite Climate Change Record****	****Jim Gleason**** **
**11:30 ****	****JCSDA: Improving Climate Forecasts and Datasets****	****	****John Le Marshall**** **
**	****	****	****	**
**	****	**_**Luncheon Speaker**_
**12:00****	****Perspectives on Congress and the Future Weather and****	****Eric Webster**
**	****	****Climate Enterprise****	**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	**

## Symposium Committee

**Carl Hoffman**
**Rich Lane**
**Gary Mineart**
**Mike Haas**
**Mike Jamilkowski**
**Brian Baldauf**
**Dick Reynolds**
**Bill Sjoberg**

**Gerard Wittman**
**Tim Schmit**
**Rick Ohlemacher**
**Stan Schneider**
**Steve Mango**
**Erica Handleman**
**Jane Whitcomb**

## Keynote Address

**Director of NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)**
**Director of the National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Meteorology, 1994-1999**
**Chief of the NCEP Meteorological Operations Division, 1989-1994**
**Section Head, Mesoscale Analysis and Modeling Section, NASA/GSFC's Laboratory for Atmospheres, 1978-1989. **
**B.S., M.S. and Ph.D.,  University of Wisconsin-Madison**
**Numerous awards including the Maryland Academy of Sciences Distinguished Young Scientist Award (1981), the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement (1985), the American Meteorological Society's prestigious Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award (1985), and the National Weather Association's Research Achievement Awards for Significant Contributions to Operational Meteorology (1996), and Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award (2001), Presidential Distinguished Executive Rank Award (2006)**
**Elected AMS Fellow, 1987. **

**Dr. Louis W. Uccellini**

## Keynote Address

**Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services**
**Served as the Associate Deputy Administrator for Systems Integration at NASA**
**Received two SES Meritorious Service Awards, NASA’s Distinguished Service and Scientific Achievement Medals, and numerous other awards**
**Served as a program manager, as Deputy Director of the Solar System Exploration Division, Assistant Associate Administrator for Space Science, Associate Center Director for Goddard Space Flight Center, and Associate Administrator for Biological/Physical Research **
**Joined NASA in 1982; participated in preparation of Atlas Centaur and Shuttle Centaur launch vehicles in support of NASA, DoD and NOAA satellites**
**B.S. Electrical and Electronics Engineering California State University**
**MBA Florida Institute of Technology**

**Mary E. Kicza**

## Luncheon SpeakerPerspectives on Congress and the FutureWeather and Climate Enterprise

**Luncheon Speaker****Perspectives on Congress and the Future****Weather and Climate Enterprise**

**Eric Webster**
**Director**
**Office of Legislative Affairs **
**NOAA**

**Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, NOAA**
- Appointed by President Bush in Sep 2005
- Serves as the agency’s chief legislative officer
- Specializes in weather satellite issues
**Previous Positions**
**Staff Director, House Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards**
**Legislative Director for Congressman Wayne Gilchrist (R-MD)**
- Oversaw Congressman’s entire legislative agenda
- Implemented Mr. Gilchrest’s agenda during tenure as Chairman, Coast Guard and Maritime Subcommittee
**Legislative Assistant for Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)**
- Specialized in defense, transportation and agriculture issues
**B.A. European History, Hobart and William Smith Colleges**
**M.A. European Studies, Washington University**
**Graduate, Senior Managers in Government Executive Program, Harvard University**