This message is a reminder for those of you attending the 2013 AMS
Annual Meeting in Austin next week:<br>
<br>The Special Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data
Assimilation will take place during the 2013 AMS Annual Meeting as
part of the Third R2O Conference on Tuesday January 8 (all day).<br>
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We will kick off the Symposium with a Panel discussion in the
morning with agency executives from all Joint Center partners. The
expected panelists are Mary Kicza, NOAA/NESDIS, Laura Furgione,
NOAA/NWS, Bob Atlas, NOAA/OAR, Mike Freilich, NASA, Fred Lewis, USAF,
and RADM Jonathan White, US Navy, and the Panel will be moderated
by Bill Hooke, AMS.<br>
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The second highlight will be a lunch-time keynote given in a town
hall format by Dr. David Titley, Deputy Undersecretary for
Operations of NOAA. Dr. Titley will be speaking about "The Role of
Satellite Data in Environmental Prediction and the Challenges for
the Satellite Programs in Todays Fiscal Climate".<br>
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The remainder of the program is reserved for contributed presentations,
many of them given by our own investigators. We in the Organizing
Committee believe that we have put together a compelling program
(attached here), and we hope that many of you will be able to join
us at this inaugural JCSDA event at the AMS Meeting!<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Lars Peter
Riishojgaard</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Director, Joint
Center for
Satellite Data Assimilation</p>