Presentations Tuesday, August 5th Session 1: Programmatics (Chair: S. Braun/G. Jackson) 8:00 - 8:05 NASA HQ PMM Welcome and Program Status R. Kakar 8:05 - 8:25 NASA HQ Perspective M. Freilich 8:25 - 8:45 NASA PMM Science G. Jackson 8:45 - 9:05 NASA TRMM Science S. Braun 9:05 - 9:20 NASA GPM Project and GMI Sensor Status A. Azarbarzin 9:20 - 9:40 Precipitation Processing System (PPS) E. Stocker 9:40 - 10:00 GPM’s Application Science and EPO D. Kirschbaum 10:30 - 10:45 JAXA TRMM/GPM Program Status R. Oki 10:45 - 11:00 DPR Sensor Status K. Furukawa 11:00 - 11:15 JAXA TRMM Science Status N

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