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English: The 2013 NOAA Satellite Conference closed with a special panel on the importance of NOAA Satellites. Panel members included Estela Collini (Director of Projects, National Meteorological Service and Naval Hydrographic Service of Argentina), Mary Kicza (Assistant Administrator, NESDIS), Tom Fahey (Meteorology Manager, Delta Air Lines, Inc.), Chris Vaughan (FEMA Geospatial Information Officer, Strategic Integration Group, Office of Response and Recovery), and Jerad Bales (Acting Associate Director for Water, USGS).

The 2013 NOAA Satellite Conference for Direct Readout, GOES/POES, and GOES-R/JPSS Users was hosted by NOAA and was held at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction (NCWCP) in College Park, Maryland, on April 8-12, 2013.

The conference brought together users and providers of polar-orbiting and geostationary satellite data, products and applications from the public, private, and academic perspectives and provided a venue and opportunity for greater collaboration between and among environmental satellite users in the Western Hemisphere. This conference is particularly important to prepare users for the GOES-R and JPSS era. More than 600 people attended the conference, taking in more than 175 posters, 70+ presentations, 25 exhibits and panels, tours, user feedback sessions and additional workshops.

Credit: GOES-R program

For more information: satelliteconferences.noaa.gov/2013/

Conference presentations: satelliteconferences.noaa.gov/2013/adgen_list.htm

Original photo source: www.goes-r.gov/multimedia/events.html