National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Satellite Conference 2015

The NOAA Satellite Conference 2015 (NSC 2015) offers an extension of the inaugural 2013 conference, which merged past Satellite Direct Readout and GOES Users’ Conferences with POES, Suomi NPP, JPSS customers and users. This gathering will include government, public, private, and academic attendees, along with national and international associates.

The conference will bring together users and providers of polar-orbiting and geostationary satellite data, products, and applications, from the public, private, and academic sectors.

Participation is expected from 40 countries and will include members of NOAA, NASA, Department of Defense, Environment Canada, EUMETSAT, and the Hydrometeorological Services of countries in North, Central and South America; the Caribbean, and Asia. NSC 2015 will provide a venue and opportunity for greater collaboration between environmental satellite users.

Over the next decade, the launch of a new generation of geostationary satellites — the GOES-R series, and JPSS and EUMETSAT polar-orbiting satellites — will result in significant changes in data rates, volumes, acquisition, and information content. The changes resulting from these new satellite systems will affect all current and future users of environmental satellites, particularly those who receive data directly from the satellites.

As the next generation of satellites becomes operational, all users will need to enhance or replace current receiving equipment and basic processing software. This conference will consist of invited oral and poster presentations with emphasis on environmental satellite technological, scientific, educational and training opportunities, and direct readout and re-broadcast services to raise awareness of upcoming enhancements and prepare for their use.

The NSC 2015 website has more details, including updates of conference and hotel registration details and programme information.