Welcome, Logistics, and Introductions

Fifth Meeting of the Science Advisory Committee -- 18-20 November, 2009

Review agendaSAC meeting materialsIntroduction of SAC members and visitorsWelcome by Drs. James Smoot and James Spann

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Members

Dr. Tsengdar Lee (ex-officio) - NASA Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC

Dr. Martin Ralph – 2007ff (Dr. Allen White attending) - NOAA/Earth Science Research Lab/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO

David (Rusty) Billingsley – 2007ff - Chief, Science and Technology Services, NWS Southern Region, Fort Worth, TX

Dr. Mitch Goldberg - 2005ff (not attending) - Chief, Satellite Meteorology and Climate Division, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD

Dr. Ronald Gelaro – 2007ff - Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Dr. Bill Bauman – 2005ff - ENSCO Program Manager, NASA KSC Applied Meteorology Unit, Cocoa Beach, FL

Dr. Lars Peter Riishojgaard – 2008ff - Director, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Camp Springs, MD

Dr. Jack Kain - 2009ff – NOAA / OAR, NSSL, Norman, OK

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Invited Attendees

Open meeting – NSSTC interested parties welcome to attendEarth science management, UAH, USRA, etc. staff, NWS MIC, SOO, forecasters, etc.

Brian Motta – Earth System Research Lab, Boulder, COJeff Waldstreicher - NOAA/NWS Eastern Region, Science Services Division, Bohemia, NY

Elizabeth Valenti – Owner, WorldWinds Inc., Slidell, LAWilliam Sjoberg - General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Silver Spring, MD