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