TWG Meetings

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

• - GOES DCS historical documents and TWG meeting notes will be moved to https://dadds-dcs.data.nesdis.noaa.gov/help/system-info effective June 2026.
  - Spring 2026 TWG & STIWG Schedule:
  
  
  • DCS Technical Working Group (TWG), Day 1 on May 12th
  • DCS TWG, Day 2 on May 13th
  • DCS STIWG on May 14th (Government Only - attendance to be determined by the STIWG) To register before April 27th click here.
  For more information please contact Letecia.Reeves@noaa.gov.

The Spring TWG/STIWG meeting was held on April 29–30, 2025, as a hybrid event with both in-person sessions at NSOF in Suitland, MD, and virtual participation.

TWG - Day One

–  TWG Day 1 Agenda (pdf)
–  1010 EUMETSAT Coyne (pdf)
–  1025 GOES DCS Update Dronen (pdf)
–  1055 Customer Service Update Reeves (pdf)
–  1105 Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Update Sullivan (pdf)
–  1145 HRIT EMWIN Update Avruch (pdf)
–  1315 User Report - National Ocean Service Holcomb & Ilogho (pdf)
–  1330 User Report - National Weather Service Fajman (pdf)
–  1345 User Report - Army Corps of Engineers Broyles (pdf)
–  1415 DADDS Updates Ceanfaglione (pdf)
–  1500 Industry Report-Synoptic Raval (pdf)
–  1515 User Report-TVA Leo Britt (pdf)
–  1530 User Report - Greenstream Technologies Gray (pdf)
–  1545 User Report-USACE-Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Moyer (pdf)
–  1600 User Report-Censipam-Ministry of Defense (Brazil) Amaral (pdf)
–  1630 Manufacturer Report-Microcom Betsill (pdf)

Day 1 TWG Meeting

GOES Data Collection Service (DCS) Technical Working Group (TWG) Video Presentation & Timeline - Day 1
TIMES	TOPICS	PRESENTER
00:06:30-00:20:35	Eumetsat	Nicholas Coyne & Louis Soliveres Higuera
00:21:15-00:52:25	DCS Update	Skip Dronen
00:52:43-01:01:42	Customer Service Update	Letecia Reeves
01:01:55-01:33:00	Wallops Command and Data Acquisition (WCDAS) Update	Matt Sullivan
01:34:05-01:46:30	HRIT/EMWIN Update	Ian Avruch
01:49:55-02:11:50	User Report - National Ocean Service	Nathan Holcomb
02:12:38-02:35:30	User Report - National Weather Service	Paul Fajman
02:36:07-02:57:45	User Report - Army Corps of Engineers	LySanias Broyles
02:58:42-03:20:55	DADDS Updates	Matt Ceanfaglione
03:21:25-03:40:26	Industry Report – Synoptic	Ashish Raval & Jackson
03:40:50-03:54:20	User Report – TVA	Leo Britt, Quentin Anderson
03:55:13-04:15:25	User Report - Greenstream Technologies	Jim Gray
04:15:45-04:23:55	User Report - USACE - Great Lakes and Ohio River Division	Robert Moyer
04:24:15-04:30:30	User Report - Censipam - Ministry of Defense (Brazil)	Cristiano Torres do Amaral
04:31:19-04:49:14	Manufacturer Report – Microcom	Brett Betsill
04:49:23-04:50:30	Day One Wrap Up	Skip Dronen

TWG - Day Two

–  TWG Day 2 Agenda (pdf)
–  1010 Communication Protocols-Enhanced DCP Dronen (pdf)
–  1120 DCP Commanding (DCPC) & Two-Way Communication Demonstration Dronen & Microcom (pdf)
–  1400 Replacement DADDS Demo & User Input Detwiler (pdf)

Day 2 TWG Meeting

GOES Data Collection Service (DCS) Technical Working Group (TWG) Video Presentation & Timeline - Day 2
TIMES	TOPICS	PRESENTER
00:00:00-00:06:36	Welcome & Introduction	Skip Dronen
00:07:42-01:04:10	Communication Protocols - Enhanced DCP	Skip Dronen
01:04:20-01:08:30	DCP Commanding (DCPC) / Two-Way Communication Demonstration	Skip Dronen
01:08:44-02:39:20	DCP Commanding (DCPC) / Two-Way Communication Demonstration	Microcom
02:40:03-04:07:10	Replacement DADDS Demo & User Input	Dave Detwiler
04:07:20-04:10:25	Wrap Up and Action Item Review	Skip Dronen

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