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COOP Modernization
Partners' Forum

Building a National Observing Capability for the Future
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Keynote Speaker: Deputy Secretary of Commerce Samuel Bodman

Welcome Address by Assistant Secretary on Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Deputy Administrator Dr. James Mahoney


18 September 2002
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center
Rockville, Maryland

COOP Modernization Brochure(PDF) - Goals - General Info - Agenda - Registration

Co-Sponsored by: NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services
NESDIS National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
NOAA Climate Observations and Services Program
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology


Top of Page Meeting Goals:

    1. Provide customers of NOAA COOP data with detailed information on the technical proposal for modernizing the COOP network system architecture, including observation instrumentation, data communications, archiving, and quality control.
    2. Allow customers direct exchange with NOAA COOP management personnel to provide their input

Top of Page General Information
    Workshop Location:
    Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center, Rockville, Maryland
    1750 Rockville Pike
    Rockville, MD 20852-1699

    Rooms must be booked no later than August 30, 2002 for participants to be assured the federal government per-diem rate of $150 per night.

    Reservations should be made by individual call-in at 1-800-222-8733. Participants should mention that they are participating in the "NOAA COOP Modernization Partners' Forum" to receive the government rate. Reservations must be guaranteed with a credit card.

    Detailed hotel information can be accessed via the web at the following URL: http://www.doubletreerockville.com

    The Hotel is directly adjacent to a metro stop, which makes it convenient for both local and out-of-town participants who want to take public transportation. Travelers coming into Washington-Regan-National Airport do not need a rent-a-car to get to the hotel.

    Directions:
    From Dulles International (20 miles): Take the access road to I-495 North. Follow sign for I-270 North. Exit at Montrose Road east. Go to Rockville Pike (Rt. 355) and turn left. The hotel is 3/4 mile ahead on the right.

    From Reagan National Airport (15 miles): Take the George Washington Pkwy. north to I-495 North. Continue as above from Dulles.

    From Baltimore/Washington International (25 miles): Go west to I-95 South and follow to I-495 West. Take exit I-270 North and continue as above from Dulles.

    Via METRO: Take the Red Line to Twinbrook. The hotel is one block west of the Metro station on Rockville Pike between Halpine Rd. and Bouic Ave.

Top of Page Agenda:
    Wednesday, September 18, 2002
    7:30 - 8:30Registration and Continental Breakfast
    8:30 - 11:15 Introduction
    Meeting Chair: Mr. Gregory A. Mandt (Director, NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services)
    8:30 - 8:45 Welcome/Objectives: Welcome/Objectives: James R. Mahoney, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Deputy Administrator
    8:45 - 9:30 Modernization of COOP: Dr. Kenneth Crawford (Director, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, and National Research Council’s Panel on Climate Record: Modernization of the Cooperative Observer Network)
    9:30 -9:55 NWS: Brigadier General John J. Kelly, Jr., U.S. Air Force (Ret.) (Director, National Weather Service)
    9:55 - 10:40 Break
    10:40 - 2:15 NOAA COOP Modernization Proposal and Benefits
    Chair: Mr. Samuel P. Williamson (Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology)
    10:40 - 11:20 NOAA COOP Modernization Proposal & Benefits: Mr. Rainer Dombrowsky (Chief, NWS Observations Services Division)
    11:20 - 11:40 NOAA: Mr. Thomas Karl (Director, National Climatic Data Center)
    11:40 - 12:00 USDA: Dr. Gerald Bange, Chairman, World Agricultural Outlook Board
    12:00 - 12:15 Media: Mr. John McLaughlin, President, National Weather Association
    12:15 - 1:30 Lunch (provided)
    Speaker: Deputy Secretary Samuel Bodman, Department of Commerce
    1:30 - 2:00 Partnership Options: Mr. Glenn Tallia (Senior Counsel for Atmospheric and Space Services and Research, Office of the Under Secretary/Administrator)
    2:00 - 2:15 Western Governors’ Association: Mr. Shaun McGrath (Program Manager)
    2:15 - 3:00 Panel: COOP Modernization Data Benefits
    Moderator: Dr. Robert Livezey (Chief, NWS Climate Services Division)

    (Panel members to make a brief 5 to10 minute statement of their organization's viewpoint followed by open discussion.)

    American Association of State Climatologists: Mr. John M. Grymes, III, President

    Energy: Mr. Roger Kranenburg, Director, Business Development, Edison Electric Institute

    National Drought Mitigation Center: Mr. Mark Svoboda, Climatologist

    Private Meteorologists: Mr. Bill Bradbury, President, Weather Factor

    Regional Climate Centers: Dr. Michael Janis, Director, Southeastern Region Climate Center

    Weather Risk Management Association: Mr. Ravi Nathan, President

    3:00-3:45 Break
    3:45-4:45 Panel Continues
    4:45 Closing Remarks Mr. Gregory A. Mandt (Director, NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services)
    5:00Adjourn
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