NESDIS International & Interagency Affairs Office
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Last updated: February 13, 2007
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Contact: NESDIS IIA Office
The International and Interagency Affairs Office works closely with
other agencies on the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Committee
on Environment and Natural Resources committee and its Subcommittee
on Global Change Research (SGCR) and Subcommittee on Natural Disaster Reduction
Subcommittee
on Natural Disaster Reduction (SNDR). One member of the staff supports
NESDIS/IA interests on the Data Management Working Group of the SGCR; another
member is leading an effort to draft an internationally focused paper: "Living
with Earth's Extremes: Building Global Coalitions to Reduce Disasters'' for
the SNDR.
U.S. Department of Defense
Contact: John Morrisroe
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Defense
Meteorological Satellite Program is operated by NOAA for DOD to aid the
US military in planning operations through strategic and tactical weather prediction.
DOD participates together with NOAA and NASA in the
National Polar orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System National
Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, an integrated
approach to meet the needs of the civilian and military communities. This joint
program operates under the
Integrated Program Office
Integrated Program Office at NOAA, and will replace the current Defense
Meteorological Satellite Program and NOAA polar missions with its first launch
in 2008.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Contact: NESDIS IIA Office
NOAA works closely with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to support a variety of U.S. Government environmental interests. NOAA and NASA work together to improve knowledge of environmental processes; to improve the observational capabilities of operational and research satellite systems; to improve the acquisition, processing, distribution, and use of environmental data and information; to improve the acquisition, processing, and distribution of search and rescue and environmental data collection systems; and to reduce the cost of new observational satellite systems.
NASA participates together with NOAA and DOD in NPOESS,
an integrated approach to meet the future needs of the civilian and military
user communities. This joint program operates under the Integrated Program Office
at NOAA, and will replace the current Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
and NOAA Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite missions with its first satellite
launch in 2010.
U.S. Department of State Contact: NESDIS IIA Office
United States Agency for International Development Contact: Rebecca Chacko
United States Geological Survey Contact: John Morrisroe
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