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NOAA Agency Update
Mary E. KiczaNOAA Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services
25th CEOS Plenary, Lucca, Italy
9 November 2011
NPP in Orbit
Successful NASA launch on 28 Oct 2011
NASA mission developed in close partnership with NOAA• Used by NASA as a research mission• Used by NOAA for short and long-term weather and climate forecasting and environmental monitoring
Important link in the U.S.-European polar-orbiting satellite partnership
Data will be provided to international partners around the world in support of weather forecasting and environmental research missions
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NOAA Cooperative Achievements
NOAA/ISRO Oceansat-2 Agreement, to be concluded soon
Courtesy: JAXA
Courtesy: JAXA
NOAA/JAXA GCOM-W1 Agreement concluded 18 July 2011
NOAA/ALOS Agreement concluded 29 March 2011
McMurdo Station Agreement, June 2011
NOAA/EUMETSAT IJPS Agreement concluded July 2011
Courtesy: NASA
Courtesy: NOAA
NOAA/AIMS and NOAA/UQ Agreements concluded September 2011
Courtesy: ISRO