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Decadal Environmental
Remote Sensing Science & Technology:
NESDIS & CREST Visions

7-8 December 2009
NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Silver Spring, MD
SSMC3, Room 4527

Day 1 - December 7, 2009
Time	Presentations (all files are PDFs)	Speakers & Affiliations
8:30 a.m.	Greet and Meet
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.	Opening Remarks	Dr. Mary Kicza, Asst. Administrator, NESDIS
9:00 - 9:30 a.m.	NOAA/NESDIS/STAR Outlook, (PDF, 850 KB)	Dr. Al Powell, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.	CREST-NESDIS Partnership, Current & Future Directions, (PDF, 4.6 MB)	Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi, CREST
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.	Coffee Break
Research Overview - CREST and NOAA/NESDIS Scientists
10:15 - 11:30 a.m.	Theme I: Climate and Air Quality CREST Speakers Bill Rossow: Climate, (PDF, 1.4 MB); Pat McCormick: Air-Stratosphere & TRAQ, (PDF, 2.1 MB) NESDIS Speaker - Mitch Goldberg: Climate and Air Quality Theme Discussion, (PDF, 5.8 MB)
11:30 - 12:30 p.m.	Lunch Break
12:30 - 1:45 p.m.	Theme II: Coastal Remote Sensing CREST Speakers Sam Ahmed: Optical RS of coastal waters, (PDF, 3.5 MB), AVI File: NY-NJ Tide, (AVI, 12.8 MB), MPEG File, (MPG, 3 MB) Jorge Gonzalez: Urban Coastal, (PDF, 3.3 MB) NESDIS Speakers Menghua Wang: Satellite Ocean Color Remote Sensing for Ocean Coastal and Inland Waters, (PDF, 2.1 MB) Chris Brown: Coastal Remote Sensing: Future Applications & Collaboration, (PDF, 996 KB)
1:45 - 3:00 p.m.	Theme III: Land/Terrestrial Precipitation, Soil Moisture & Water Resources CREST Speakers Charles Vorosmarty: Global Water Resources, (PDF, 3.6 MB) Reza Khanbilvardi: Land & Hydrology, (PDF, 3.8 MB) NESDIS Speakers - Fuzhong Weng: Uses of SSM/I/S and Future Microwave Imagers for Land & Terrestrial Science Studies, (PDF, 3.9 MB)
3:00 - 3:15 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:15 - 4:00 p.m.	Theme IV: Severe Weather and Hazards CREST Speaker - Johnny Luo: Severe Weather & Hazards Related Research at CREST, (PDF, 1.5 MB) NESDIS Speakers Mark DeMaria: Applications of Satellite Data to Tropical Cyclone Forecasting, (PDF, 483 KB) Ken Pryor: Aviation Weather and Hazard Assessment, (PDF, 334 KB)
4:00 - 4:45 p.m.	Theme V: Education; Outreach and Professional Development CREST Speaker - Shakila Merchant: Education, Outreach & Professional Development, (PDF, 6.7 MB) NESDIS Speakers - Ken Pryor: NESDIS Education and Outreach, (PDF, 796 KB)
4:45 - 5:00 p.m.	Discussion
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn Day 1 Group Dinner (Restaurant in Downtown, Silver Spring, MD)

Day 2 - December 8, 2009
Time	Themes & Speakers/Affiliations
9:00 - 12:00 Noon	Breakout sessions All Groups
	Theme/Group I: Climate and Air Quality - SSMC3, Room 5817 NESDIS Lead - Mitch Goldberg CREST Lead - William Rossow
	Theme/Group II - Coastal - SSMC3, Room 6817 NESDIS Lead - Paul DiGiacamo CREST Lead - Sam Ahmed
	Theme/Group III - Land/Terrestrial/Hydrology SSMC3, Room 7817 NESDIS Lead - Ivan Csiszar CREST Lead - Charlie Vorosmarty
	Theme/Group IV - Severe Weather and Hazards - SSMC3, Room 8817 NESDIS Lead - Ken Pryor CREST Lead - Johnny Luo
	Theme/Group V - Education; Outreach and Professional Development - SSMC3, Room 4527 NESDIS Lead - Ingrid Guch EPP Lead - Priti Brahma CREST Lead - Shakila Merchant
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch Break
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.	All groups for action items including: Improve/Expand Research Collaborations CREST Students Mentoring by NESDIS Scientists Potential Exchange Programs between CREST-NESDIS Other Innovative Ideas
3:00 to 3:30 p.m.	Wrap-up and Adjourn - Al Powell