Date:  

November 12-13th

Location:

NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction
University of Maryland M Square Research Park
College Park, MD 20740

Info:

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) will hold its first Applications Workshop on November 12-13th, 2013 at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction in College Park Maryland. This two day workshop will explore topics of weather forecasting, water resources, agricultural modeling, food security, hydrological modeling, disaster response, ecological forecasting and public health with respect to applications of TRMM and GPM satellite data. The goal is also to broaden the discussion to address the range of current and future applications of satellite data to science and societal applications and provide feedback to the TRMM and GPM teams with respect to data access, suggestions and questions.

Purpose:

1. Update the Earth science and applications communities on TRMM and GPM including:
   • instrument specifications
   • data characteristics
   • access to data and data products
   • transition from TRMM
2. Review applications of data from GPM in four elements of the Applied Sciences Program:
   • Weather Forecasting
   • Water Resources, Agricultural Forecasting and Food Security
   • Hydrological Modeling and Disaster Response
   • Ecological Forecasting and Public Health
3. Provide an opportunity for community feedback to NASA on data products, data access and other user needs.

Intended audience:

Earth observation data users and end users in the science and applied science communities and all sectors – government, commercial, non-government organizations and academia

This will be the first of what the Applied Sciences Program intends to be a series of annual to bi-annual workshops on this mission to keep the community informed on GPM’s performance and use of data in applications.
There is no registration fee to participate in this workshop but registration is required.

Registration Deadline: November 1st, 2013

Hotel Room Reservation Deadline: October 14th , 2013

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Agenda/Posters

Agenda (coming soon)

Poster Sessions

To present a poster, please register your poster title and authors via the meeting registration page. The poster session will be held from 4:30-6:30pm on Tuesday, November 12th. There are a limited number of poster slots and participation is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Presenters are asked to limit posters to 4 ft x 4 ft  (1.2 m x 1.2 m) in dimensions to accommodate as many posters as possible. Poster boards and pushpins will be available to display your poster.

Lodging

Room Reservations at:

Greenbelt Marriott, 
6400 Ivy Lane,
Greenbelt, Maryland 20770

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Greenbelt Marriott at a rate of $169 per night.  The hotel will provide shuttle services to and from the NOAA Conference Center. You can make reservations by calling 1-800-228-9290 and using the reservation code GPMO or by clicking on this link: 
Book your group rate: Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Applications Workshop

The block of rooms will only be held until October 14th  so please make your reservations prior to this time.

If you need to cancel your reservation, please do so 24 hours in advance of your scheduled arrival to avoid being charged a cancelation fee. Guests are responsible for any cancelation fees.

Hotel Parking

Complimentary on-site parking

Local attendees are responsible for confirming hotel accommodation rules with their companies.

Other hotels nearby

Holiday Inn in College Park
10000 Baltimore Av.
College Park, MD 20740
Hotel Front Desk: 1-301-345-6700
Hotel Fax: 011-301-441-4923
Book by calling: 1-800-315-2621

Hilton Garden Inn
7810 Walker Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Hotel Front Desk: 1-301-474-7400
Hotel Fax: 1-301-474-7411
 

Registration

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