All Hands Update OCONUS Satellite Support Scientist

1. All Hands UpdateOCONUS Satellite Support Scientist • 2014 OCONUS site meeting in Honolulu • New proving ground initiative for OCONUS in upcoming JPSS PGRR call • New OCONUS teleconferences starting soon • 2015 OCONUS site meeting in Anchorage (May) • On-site support to CPHC ahead of Hurricane Iselle • Media interviews • Renewed need for GOES-West RSO capability for OCONUS • Code updates to AWIPS II • Increased true color capabilities • Regionalsat plug-in support for Lambert Conformal with two standard latitudes • Meeting with EMC on sky cover • Liaison visit to CIRA and FDTB Jordan Gerth, 608-263-4942, Jordan.Gerth@noaa.gov

2. All Hands UpdateOCONUS Satellite Support Scientist • New proposed meeting structure • Less long all hands meetings • New focused, shorter meetings • Response to common cooperative institute complaint that number of PG meetings is too high, meetings are too long (high personnel cost) • More routine oversight of liaison activities • Decreased meetings + predictable schedule + importance = high attendance • Liaisons will rotate through site visits with CIMSS, CIRA, and SPoRT every three years (one site per year) • No change to in-person meetings, “tag ups” Jordan Gerth, 608-263-4942, Jordan.Gerth@noaa.gov

3. All Hands UpdateOCONUS Satellite Support Scientist