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(Some of the presentations given at the 2001 Conference are available as MS PowerPoint  or Adobe Acrobat files, and are so noted as links.These are large files!)

Thursday March 8
1000a - 1100a Pre-meeting optional tour of the National Climatic Data Center
1100a - 1200p Pre-meeting optional tour of the National Climatic Data Center
1130a - 1245p Lunch and Meeting Registration
1245p - 100p Opening Remarks Dr. Tom Karl, Director, National Climatic Data Center
100p - 145p Session 1 Alex Huang (University of NC):"The Essentials--How Satellite Remote Sensing Works"
145p - 230p Session 2 Joe Knight (NC State University):"Satellites Helping Us Monitor and Understand Our Environment"
230p - 315p Session 3 Tom Ross (National Climatic Data Center):"Studying Earth Science with NCDC's Satellite, Climate and Extreme Event Products"
315p - 330p Break
330p - 415p Session 4  CANCELLED Doris Rotzoll (National Weather Service):"Satellite Imagery and Weather Forecasting for NASA Manned Spaceflight"
415p - 500p Session 5 Tim Owen (National Climatic Data Center):"City Lights and Growing Things -- Imagery from Space"
500p - 505p Closing Remarks

 

Friday March 9
830a - 845a Opening Remarks
845a - 930a Session 6 Paul Ruscher (Florida State University):"Exploiting Direct Readout and Internet Satellite Imagery in Classrooms"
930a - 1015a Session 7 Dave Eslinger (NOAA Coastal Services Center):"Satellite Oceanography: Real-World Uses and Classroom Applications"
1015a - 1030a Break
1030a --1115a Session 8 Tom Smith (National Climatic Data Center):"El Nino as Seen From Space"
1115a - 1200p Session 9 Dan Evans (Caribbean Conservation Corp.):"Sea Turtles & Cyberspace--Melding Science, Education and the Internet"
1200p - 100p Lunch
100p - 145p Session 10 Grant Goodge (Consulting Meteorologist):"Retrospective Uses of Satellite Imagery"
145p - 230p Session 11 Sam McCown (National Climatic Data Center):"Using Satellite Data to Enhance NOAA's Media Coverage"
230p - 330p Concurrent Labs 1 and 2 Rebecca Dodge (West Georgia State University):"MultiSpec--Free Remote Sensing Software for Classroom Use"
330p - 345p Break
345p - 445p Concurrent Labs 1 and 2 Paul Ruscher (Florida State University):"Satellite Imagery Interpretation for Teachers"
445p -530p Session 12 Axel Graumann (National Climatic Data Center):"Satellite Resources on the NCDC Internet Site"

 

Saturday March 10
830a - 845a Opening Remarks
845a - 930a Session 13 Lin Chambers (NASA Langley Research Center):"The CERES S'COOL Project--Students as Scientists"
930a - 1015a Session 14 Ken Healy (Socastee High School, SC):"Using Live NOAA Satellite Data in the Classroom"
1015a - 1030a Break
1030a - 1115a Session 15 Kathy Bender (Northwest High School, MD):"Exploring Technology with Satellite Imagery"
1115a - 1200p Session 16 Dave Woods (NASA Langley Research Center):"SAGE III and SOLAR Educational Outreach"
1200p - 1215p Prize Drawing and Meeting Close

 

Revised: June 6, 2001