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2010 Call For Papers
6th Annual Symposium
"Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
NPOESS and GOES-R"
American Meterological Society 90th annual Meeting
Tuesday / Wednesday - January 19-20, 2010
The 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R), sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, and organized by the NPOESS and GOES-R Symposium Committee will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, 19-20 January 2010, as part of the 90th AMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Preliminary programs, registration, hotel, and general information will be posted on the AMS Web site:
(http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/annual/  ) in late-September 2009.
The theme of the 90th AMS Annual Meeting is “Weather, Climate, and Society: New Demands on Science and Services.” Weather and climate present many scientific and service challenges. Improved global and regional observing and prediction capabilities are becoming more critical for protecting life and property, promoting economic vitality, securing national defense, and enabling environmental stewardship. Weather and climate services, including proactive communication with users of the data, data management, forecasts, and training and education will play an increasingly important role in the development of socioeconomic and defense policy and industrial and military operations, and will provide motivation for the emergence of new economicopportunities.
This two-day symposium during the 90th AMS Annual Meeting will consist of invited oral and poster presentations with emphasis on how NPOESS and GOES-R will enhance our nation’s ability to: observe, understand, and predict weather; detect and warn for severe weather events and other natural hazards; and monitor, understand, and predict climate change and assess the impacts of climate change on seasonal and longer time scales. The symposium will address expected performance of NPOESS and GOES-R sensors and algorithms, environmental data products, civilian and military user applications, and benefits of NPOESS and GOES-R to the national and international user community. Sessions will focus on use of NPOESS and GOES-R data to improve: numerical weather prediction and short-term nowcasting and forecasting; climate monitoring; applications for natural hazards detection; and applications for national security. The symposium will highlight ongoing training that is preparing forecasters to use NPOESS and GOES-R data and products as soon as the new systems launch. A moderated discussion is planned during lunch on Wednesday, with a panel comprised of leading members of the weather and climate communities responsible for exploiting the data from NPOESS and GOES-R.
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