4th Meeting of the Coordination Group on Satellite Data Requirements for RA III and RA IV (RA-III-IV-SDR-4)

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Link to all meeting documents

First Session, Sunday, 29 September 2019, 4:00 to 6:00 PM

Time

Agenda Item 

Speaker(s)

4:00

1. Opening of the Meeting 

Welcoming remarks 

Approval of agenda

 

Co-Chairs

WMO, NOAA

4:15

2. Objectives of the Meeting

Co-Chairs

WMO – Werner

NOAA – Eric

 

4:25

3. Review of Actions and Recommendations

 

Co-Chairs and WMO

 

4:40

4. Review of Country Reports, followed by Discussions

Short summaries of the presentations prepared and submitted by SDR members prior to the meeting. 

Identification of major findings/issues, including GOES and JPSS reception, applications, analysis software and visualization, and training needs.

 

Country

Presenter Name

Presenter First Name

Argentina

RODRIGUEZ

Diana

Belize

SCOTT

Dwayne

Brazil

SOUZA

Diego

Canada

ARKETT

Matt

Cayman Islands

DE SOUZA

Glendell

Chile

FIGUEROA

Marta Noemi Caneo

Costa Rica

LEON

Eladio

SALAS

Marcial Garbanzo

Ecuador

CRUZ

Edison

Peru

CHIRA

Jorge

Trinidad and Tobago

SUBRATH-ALI

Carol

 

SDR Members

6:00

End of First Session

 

 

Second Session, Thursday, 3 October 2019, 6:00 to 8:00 PM

Time

Agenda Item 

Speaker(s)

6:00

Opening of the Second Session

 

NOAA - M. Paese (Deputy Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services)

 

6:10

5. GEONETCast-Americas (GNC-A) Updates

 

Natalia Donoho (NOAA) & Diego Souza (INPE)

 

6:25

6. GOES-R Series Data for RA III and RA IV

GOES-16/17 data distribution updates and use cases (data access, exchange, and archiving) - GRB / HRIT-EMWIM / GNC-A / BIG Data Project / Web / Other

 

NOAA – Dr. Dan Lindsey (Senior Scientific Advisor for the GOES-R Series Program)

 

6:40

7. JPSS Data for RA III and RA IV

JPSS Data Distribution Update and User Cases (data access, exchange, and archiving) - X-Band stations / GNC-A / Web

- DBNet Implementation Status in RA III and RA IV

 

NOAA – Dr. Mitch Goldberg (JPSS Chief Program Scientist)

 

7:00

8. Discussion on How to Update Regional Satellite Data Requirements

 

Co-Chairs

7:15

9. Capacity Building Activities and Regional Training Plans

 

VLab Co chairs – Kathy Ann, Mark Higgins

7:30

10. Review of Actions and Recommendations

 

Co-Chairs, WMO, SDR Members

7:45 

11. Election of New Co-Chairs

 

Co-Chairs

8:00

12. Adjourn the Meeting