Agenda

Unidata Policy Committee
Thursday, 21 October 2010
at
NOAA/ESRL-Room 1D 708

Friday, 22 October 2010
at
Center Green 1, Room 3150

Committee Members
Staff Status Reports

Acronym List

Driving Directions to ESRL
Driving Directions to ML

Thursday, 21 October
8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:30 Administrative Matters (Businger)

• Introduction of new members - Kevin Kloesel, Univ of OK; Kerstin Lehnert, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
• Thanks to Vanda Grubisic, Univ of Vienna; Paul Ruscher, Florida State Univ for their service to the Policy Committee
• Introduction, NSF visitor - Barbara Ransom
• Adopt Agenda
• Approve April 2010 Meeting Notes
• Set spring 2011 meeting dates (calendar)
• Resolutions: no resolutions were taken at the April 2010 meeting

Action Items from April 2010 meeting:

1. In addition to an NREL representative to speak to the committee about renewable energy, the UPC should invite a representative from the private sector. Greg Poulos (V-bar) was mentioned as a possible candidate.
2. For the fall meeting the UPC should hold a portion of the meeting at NOAA/ESRL.
3. An AWIPS II demo will be presented at the fall meeting. Michelle Mainelli NWS will Michael James will provide the joint presentation.
4. Policy Committee members are urged to submit candidates with Climate expertise for the new governing committee members when the UPC makes the call for nominations.
5. Explore the possibility of Unidata's branding: products to raise its visibility. Report back to committee.

8:45 Director's Report - Mohan Ramamurthy

9:45 Budget Report (Terry Mitchell)

10:00 Break

10:15 Future Improvements of Weather and Climate Prediction - Alexander “Sandy” MacDonald, Director ESRL and Deputy Assistant Administrator for Research Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes

11:15 Modeling Activities - Steve Koch, Director, Global Systems Division, ESRL

11:45 Renewable Energy Activities – Melinda Marquis, ESRL

12:15 Working Lunch - Room 1D 403

1:15 MADIS - Patty Miller, ESRL - Return to Room 1D-708

1:45 N-WAVE - Rob Sears, ESRL

2:00 Discussion of synergies and collaborative opportunities - all

2:45 Documentation Consortium - Ted Habermann, NGDC

3:15 Break

3:45 Agency Reports

• NSF - Bernard Grant
• NASA – Peter Griffith
  

4:45 Users Committee Report - Tom Whittaker

• Survey

5:15 Adjourn

5:45 Dinner on NCAR Mesa Lab patio (indoor seating in the cafeteria)

Friday, 22 October - Center Green 1 Room 3150

8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:30 Executive Session – Mohan Ramamurthy

• Present-Ramamurthy and Committee only

8:45 Deep Executive Session - Steven Businger

• Present-Committee only

9:15 AWIPS-2 – Presentation and Demonstration 

• Michelle Mainelli, NWS/NCEP
• Michael James, Unidata

10:15 Break

10:45 Wrap up and discussion

11:30 Adjourn

Linda Miller
Community Services - Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303 497-8646 fax: 303 497-8690