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2015 GPM Applications Workshop Files

Presentations

Tuesday, June 9th

Time

Description

Speaker(s)

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Introductions and Overview

8:30-8:45

Greetings and Workshop Purpose

Lawrence Friedl, NASA HQ

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8:45 – 8:55

Introduction to GPM

Ramesh Kakar, GPM Program Scientist

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8:55 - 9:15 

GPM Mission Overview

Gail Skofronick-Jackson, NASA GSFC

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9:15 - 9:30

Remarks from JAXA

Kinji Furukawa, Acting Project Manager of GPM/DPR, JAXA

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9:30-10:00

TRMM and GPM Data Products

George Huffman, Deputy Project Scientist, NASA GSFC

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10:00-10:20

Discussion and Q&A

All speakers

N/A

Science Advancements: TRMM to GPM Era

10:40-11:00

Achievements in Precipitation Characteristics Science

Dave Randel, Colorado State

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11:00-11:20

Big Picture improvements of GPM: Over-land improvements, where do we compare with other sensors?

Joe Turk, JPL

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11:20-11:40

GPM Applications and GSMaP

Misako Kachi, JAXA EORC

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11:40-12:00

Multi-mission synergistic activities: A new era of integrated missions

Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA GSFC

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12:20-1:15

Brownbag “Meet the Developer” Discussion

Led by George Huffman and Owen Kelley

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Panel Plenary: Weather Forecasting

1:15-1:20

Introduction to Panel Plenary

Dalia Kirschbaum, GSFC

N/A

1:20-1:50

Keynote

Ben Ruston, Naval Research Lab

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1:50-2:50 

Weather Forecasting

Kevin Garrett, JCSDA

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Brad Zavodsky, SPoRT Team, NASA MSFC

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Yasushi Suzuki, Japan Weather Association

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Panel Plenary: Weather Communication

2:50-3:50

Weather Communication Panel

Todd Hutchinson, The Weather Company

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Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia

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Jason Samenow, Capital Weather Gang

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4:00-6:00

Poster Session

 

Wednesday, June 10th

8:30-8:35

Introduction and review of previous day

John Haynes and Dalia Kirschbaum

N/A

Panel Plenary: Water Resources, Food Security and Agriculture

8:35-9:05

Keynote

Gary Eilerts, USAID

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9:05-10:20 

Food Security, Agriculture and Water Resources

Wade Crow, USDA/FAS

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Amy McNally, NASA GSFC

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Curt Reynolds, FASGSFC

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10:35-12:00 

Breakout Session

 

N/A

Panel Plenary: Public Health and Ecological Forecasting

1:00-1:30

Keynote

Ben Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University

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1:30-2:45 

Panel Plenary

Molly Macauley, Resources for the Future

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Antar Jutla, West Virginia University

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John Haynes, NASA HQ

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Panel Plenary: Disasters

3:00-3:30

Keynote

Frederic Zanetta, IFRC

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3:30-4:45

Disasters Panel Plenary

Sezin Tokar, OFDA/USAID

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Chris Chiesa, PDC

Pending

 

 

James Kurz, MiCRO  

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4:45-5:00

Presentation from Breakout Sessions

Breakout session leads

N/A

5:00-5:30

Summary, Discussion, Feedback and Wrap-up: Actions, Future Workshops

John Haynes, Dalia Kirschbaum

N/A
 

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