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Appendix A Summer Study Background
Pages 70-76

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... the capabilities that were developed in the Earth Observing System program. He noted that sensors were developed without regard of the future operational possibility and that the operational NOAA program frequently developed sensors with characteristics almost identical to those in the NASA EOS program.
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... NASA representatives requested a look at the mechanisms for transition of research satellite sensors to operational systems. NOAA representatives were interested in concentration on the capability of the NWS's National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
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... The study was conducted at the Jonsson Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, from June 28 through July 2, 1999. In addition to the BASC members, the following also participated: Thomas Cuff, Deputy Technical Director, Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy Geoff DeMego, NOAA/NCEP Richard Greenfield, Director, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, NSF (presently Director, Atmospheric Public Policy Program, American Meteorological Society)
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... All sessions were open to all participants except the last day when BASC developed the draft report outline and identified writing assignments. All issues to be addressed in the report were discussed fully in the open sessions to ensure that the agency information had been properly understood and to permit the BASC members to question the agency representatives in detail.
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... Context of the national needs and priorities for weather and climate forecasting, including The Atmospheric Sciences Entering the Twenty-First Century (Barron, Pielke, Ryan) · Strategic objectives of NOAA/NWS/NCEP for meeting the needs.
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... (Discussion of a paper by Tony Hollingsworth) Wed~nesdFay,lune30 OPEN SESSION Satellite transition discussions: Current NASA Earth Science Enterprise (ESE)
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... Friday, July 2 CLOSED SESS ON Report Preparation: Discussion of conclusions and recommendations, development of annotated outline, and identification of writing assignments.
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