1. NOAA Agency Update Mary E. Kicza NOAA Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services 25 th CEOS Plenary, Lucca, Italy 9 November 2011

2. 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 Image Credit: NASA Image Credit: Spaceflight Now

3. NOAA Cooperative Achievements NOAA/ISRO Oceansat-2 Agreement, to be concluded soon 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