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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span
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Seminar</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 20pt;">The
Polar Communications and Weather <st1:City w:st="on">Mission</st1:City>:
A Concrete Solution for Seamless Observation of the <st1:place
w:st="on">Arctic</st1:place></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Louis
Garand<br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Environment <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">Date, Time & Place</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><st1:date year="2010" day="13"
month="1" w:st="on"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Wednesday,
January 13, 2010</span></b></st1:date><br>
<st1:time minute="0" hour="14" w:st="on">2:00 – 3:00 P.M.</st1:time><br>
World Weather Building, <b><span style="color: red;">Room 707</span></b>,
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">5200 Auth Road</st1:Street>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Camp Springs</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MD</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">20746</st1:PostalCode></st1:address></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">The seminar presents the current status of
the Polar Communications and Weather (<st1:stockticker w:st="on">PCW</st1:stockticker>)
mission, led by the Canadian Space Agency.<span style=""> </span>As
the name indicates the dual goal of <st1:stockticker w:st="on">PCW</st1:stockticker>
is to provide continuous communications and Earth observation services
over the <st1:place w:st="on">Arctic</st1:place>, this with a near
real time operational mandate.<span style=""> </span>Environment <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>
will take responsibility for the production and delivery of
meteorological products. Currently in the middle of Phase A, the
mission is planned for 2016.<span style=""> </span>The seminar
focuses on the meteorological component.<span style=""> </span><st1:stockticker
w:st="on">PCW</st1:stockticker> is defined by a constellation of two
satellites in a highly elliptical 12-hour “Molniya” orbit with apogee
at ~39,600 km and perigee at ~600 km.<span style=""> </span>The
constellation will provide for the first time seamless observations
over the entire circumpolar domain above 55 N.<span style=""> </span>The
main meteorological instrument is an advanced imager with
characteristics similar to those of the imager planned for GOES-R
(2015) or Meteosat Third Generation (2016).<span style=""> </span>The
<st1:stockticker w:st="on">PCW</st1:stockticker> imager has 20
channels covering the spectral range 0.45 microns to 14.4 microns, with
pixel sizes ranging from 500 m to 1 km for visible channels to 2 km for
infrared channels.<span style=""> </span>The presentation will cover
the following elements: imager definition and applications, orbital
characteristics, critical technology issues, production of simulated
datasets, data assimilation and impact studies, notably in relation to
atmospheric wind vectors, and opportunities for other instruments.<span
style=""> </span>The international context will also be presented.<span
style=""> </span>For example the World Meteorological Organization (<st1:stockticker
w:st="on">WMO</st1:stockticker>) is supporting the highly elliptical
observation concept, and several countries have indicated a marked
interest for <st1:stockticker w:st="on">PCW</st1:stockticker>.<span
style=""> </span>This interest stems from the fact that the mission
allows extending the applications developed for geostationary
satellites all the way to the North Pole.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Video:</b> 1. <span
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2. Enter your name and email address.</span><br>
2. Enter your name and email address. <br>
3. Enter the meeting password: JCSDAseminar2010 <br>
4. Click "Join Now". <br>
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.<span
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</span><b>Audio: </b><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place> participants:
1-866-715-2479, Passcode: 9457557<br>
International: 1-517-345-5260</p>
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style="font-size: 14pt;">Contact</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="">George Ohring, <a
href="mailto:George.Ohring@noaa.gov">George.Ohring@noaa.gov</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Available at <a
href="http://www.jcsda.noaa.gov/JCSDASeminars.php">http://www.jcsda.noaa.gov/JCSDASeminars.php</a>
the day before the talk.</p>
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