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U.S. Weather and Environmental Satellites: Ready for the 21st Century?

Full Committee Hearing
Date:  Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Time:  10:00 AM
Location:  SR

The hearing will examine the state of U.S. weather and environmental satellites, including QuikSCAT, which is used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to aide in hurricane forecasting. The hearing also will look at setbacks in NOAA and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) satellite procurement programs, such as the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Series-R (GOES-R), and investigate the potential economic and scientific impacts of these problems, including the removal of sensors important to climate research and weather prediction.

Committee Members

  • Daniel K. Inouye

    Senator

Testimony

  • Mary Ellen Kicza

    Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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  • Michael Freilich

    Director, Earth Science Division
    Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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  • David Powner

    Director, Technology Management Issues
    Government Accountability Office
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  • Antonio Busalacchi

    Professor and Director, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
    University of Maryland
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  • Greg Holland

    Director, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division
    Earth and Sun Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
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  • Ron Klein

    U.S. Representative from Florida
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