# Presentation: 893458

## Mary E. Kicza 

- 87th Annual AMS Meeting, San Antonio, Texas

**Mary E. Kicza **
- Assistant Administrator
- NOAA Satellite and Information Service
- 87th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
- Future National Operational Environmental Satellites Symposium
- January 16, 2007

## 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**

## Mary E. Kicza 

- 87th Annual AMS Meeting, San Antonio, Texas

**Mary E. Kicza **
- Assistant Administrator
- NOAA Satellite and Information Service
- 87th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
- Future National Operational Environmental Satellites Symposium
- January 16, 2007

## Continuity of Data is Highest Priority

**NOAA Satellite and Information Service – Top Priority**

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- Successful Acquisition of Future Satellite Programs
- Ability to Archive and Access data from future data streams

## Released January 15, 2007

**National Research Council Decadal Survey **

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- Addresses NOAA Questions to:
- 1	. Review the field of Earth sciences, assess progress,  and develop a consensus of top level questions on environmental observations to be addressed in 2005 – 2015;
- 2) Recommend a prioritized list of measurements and potential new capabilities to support national needs and Global Earth Observation System of Systems societal benefit areas; and
- 3) Identify important directions influencing planning beyond 2015
- NOAA is Currently Reviewing the Survey

## Restore sensors on planned missions

**Decadal Survey Recommendations for NOAA**

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- Focus on research observations to operational use
- Recommended specific new missions
- Recommended increased investment
- Climate data and information system to support long-term climate data records
- Support for Earth system modeling, including provision of high-performance computing facilities

## NOAA Planned Missions - Polar

**NOAA Planned Missions - Polar**

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## NOAA Planned Missions - Geostationary

**NOAA Planned Missions - Geostationary**

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** ****Satellite is operational beyond design life**

** ****On-orbit GOES storage**

**GOES 11 **

*** ******GOES  East***

** ****GOES 12**

** ****GOES  O**

** ****Operational**

** ****GOES  R**

*** ******GOES  West***

** ****GOES  S**

## Integrated Data Management

**Integrated Data Management**

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- Framework architecture to integrate independent systems
- Agreed Upon Standards and Principles
- Single Point of Access for the User
- CLASS is one piece of the GEO-IDE architecture

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## Importance of Partnerships

**Importance of Partnerships**

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## International Partnerships

**International Partnerships**

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**MetOp-A launched on October 19, 2006**

**GOES-10 migrated to cover South America**

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## Focusing the Organization

**Focusing the Organization**

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## NOAA 200th Anniversary 

**NOAA 200****th**** Anniversary **

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- celebrating200years.noaa.gov

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