Agenda

Workshop on Satellite Data Applications and Information Extraction

20-21 August 2003 (Wednesday-Thursday)

at the

Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Room 351, 1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 608-263-7435

Wednesday, 20 August

0800 AM Coffee, tea, donuts, bagels

0830 AM Welcome and Participant Introductions - Key/Wade

SSEC - Revercomb
NESDIS Research and the Needs of the User Community - Powell

0915 AM Session 1: Current NESDIS Products (More than pretty pictures)

(Daniels, Wade, Rabin)

1000 PM Session 2: New and Near-Future Satellites (Whetting our appetite)

(Strabala, Schmit)

1030 AM Session 3: Satellite Data and Geographical Information Displays (Getting to our data)

(Whittaker, Santek, Meiggs, Patterson, Batzli)

Noon Lunch at Urban Pizza

0130 PM Session 4: Data Mining/Information Extraction Techniques (Getting to our information)

(Forester, Kumar, George, Hillger)

0300 PM Session 5: Satellite Data Use in Today's NWS (What the experience is now)

(NWS FO staffers)

0415 PM Start general discussion with wrap-up of Day 1; agenda adjustment, if needed, for Day 2

0600 PM Group dinner at Great Dane (for those interested)

0800 AM Coffee, tea, donuts, bagels

0830 AM Building tour and demonstrations

(VISITview (Bachmeier - room 351), Data cube (Rink - room 239), ERSC Lab (12th floor))

1000 AM Session 6: Roundtable Discussions (Sift and winnow)

Follow-up discussions from Day 1

Questions that motivated the workshop (in no particular order):

How can satellite research better serve forecast operations in the field?
What mechanisms can be implemented to better connect research and operations (e.g., discussion groups, product oversight groups, additional workshops)?
Can data mining techniques create new products for forecasters?
What new products from current and future satellite systems will be of interest to forecasters?
Are there satellite products and/or tools that are not in AWIPS but should be?
How can information technology, operational environmental products, and integrated tool suites help users make better decisions?

Noon Adjourn

Lunch (at UW Memorial Union Terrace)