Meeting Agenda

              Alaska SAR Facility User Working Group
                       October 28-29, 2002
      Hardisty Conference Center, Applied Physics Laboratory
                 University of Washington, Seattle


Monday October 28
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 8:00	Coffee

 8:20	Welcome and logistics					Stern

 8:30	NASA HQ perspective on ASF				Abdalati

 9:00	Role of Goddard / Next contract				Macie

 9:30	Telecon with Vanessa Griffin of NASA re: SEEDS

 9:45	Geophysical Institute perspective on ASF		Smith

10:00	Review of the past year at ASF				LaBelle-Hamer

10:30	Break

10:45	Engineering overview					Arko

11:15	Operations overview					Lane

11:45	Science overview					Lipscomb

12:15	Lunch

 1:30	Future plans for ASF					LaBelle-Hamer

 2:30	NOAA/NASDA negotiations on ALOS Americas Data Node	Pichel

 2:45	ALOS Americas Data Node					LaBelle-Hamer
	- Overview
	- Document status
	- Funding issues

 3:45	Break

 4:00	ALOS plans at ASF / Operations scenario			Ledlow

 5:00	Discussion session					Stern

 6:00	Dinner

 7:30	UWG session						Stern

 8:30	Adjourn


Tuesday October 29
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 8:00	Coffee

 8:30	Review of action items and recommendations		Stern

 8:45	Telecon with Richard Barazotto of NOAA re: ALOS

 9:00	ALOS discussion session

10:00	Short presentations (5-10 minutes each)
	- International Polar Year				Stern
	- NASA / Air Force SAR proposal				Holt
	- Seasat proposal					Holt
	- Ocean Observer SAR					Pichel
	- AIRSAR pole-to-pole mission				Chapman

10:45	Closing discussion session if necessary
	Adjourn by 11:30 or before