1. 1 PG-UR Annual Meeting: Welcome from the GOES-R Program Scientist Steven J. Goodman GOES-R Program Senior Scientist NOAA/NESDIS Annual NOAA Satellite Proving Ground-User Readiness Meeting May 9-13, 2016 National Weather Center, Norman, OK

2. FY15 Highlights GRPG Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) Evaluations: AHI operational since July 2015- sister to GOES-R series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Operational coverage for NWS Pacific Region JMA cooperation on impacts to volcanic ash, cloud analysis, rapid-scan imagery Provided full-resolution Himawari imagery for Proving Ground demonstrations and GOES-R Baseline Product performance assessments Super-Rapid Scan, 1-min GOES-14 SRSOR RGB Evaluations Lightning Detection Legacy Atmos Profiles/Nearcast Himawari-8 True Color RGB Composite from January 25, 2015. S. Miller (CIRA) on behalf of the GOES-R AWG Imagery Team

3. FY15 Transition Metrics GRPG Table 1. GOES-R product assessments at 7 NOAA Testbeds

4. Launch Week Science Workshop KSC Visitors Center, Astronaut Encounter, 1-6pm ET 1:00- 1:15, Welcome and Introduction - Steve Goodman, Program Senior Scientist/GOES-R Program Science Office 1:15-1:30, Launch Week Logistics - Ashton Armstrong/GOES-R Program Science Office, Jennifer Wilson/NASA KSC 1:30-1:45, GOES-R Launch Weather Briefing – Mike McAleenan /KSC Launch Weather Officer 1:45-2:15, Product Readiness and Operations - Matt Seybold, Wayne MacKenzie, Jon Fulbright/PRO Team, GOES-R Program Office 2:15- 3:15, Calibration Working Group Post Launch Test Readiness - Changyong Cao, ABI - Fred Wu/STAR, GLM – Bill Koshak/NASA MSFC, SpWX – Bill Denig/NCEI 3:15-3:30 BREAK 3:30- 4:15, Algorithm Working Group Post Launch Test Readiness - Jaime Daniels, Walter Wolf/STAR 4:15-5:00, User Readiness and Forecaster Training for GOES-R – Bill Ward/NWS PR, Tony Mostek/NWS OCLO, Jim Gurka/CICS 5:00- 5:15, GOES-R Risk Reduction and Visiting Scientist Call for Proposals – Dan Lindsey/STAR RAMMB, Andy Heidinger/STAR/ASPB 5:15-6:00, Open Discussion 6:00 – Ice Breaker Reception TBD

5. KSC Visitor Complex AE

6. Astronaut Encounter Theatre Seats ~300

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