Science and Engineering Council of Santa Barbara
March Luncheon
at
The Elephant Bar Restaurant
Thursday, March 8, 2007 12:00-1:30 PM

Earth Science from Space:
National Imperatives for the Next Decade & Beyond

The National Research Council (NRC) recently completed a two-year study to recommend satellite sensing projects through the mid-2020’s to reverse the decline of US leadership in remote sensing. They recommended 17 new satellite missions, including missions to improve weather forecasting and to predict climate change impacts--such as ice sheet melting and the resulting rise in sea level.

This study was chartered by NASA, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The resulting report was released January 15 of this year; it lays out affordable ways to retain US leadership in remote sensing. Our speaker was a member of the weather panel of the committee that produced this report. He will talk about the committee's approach and principal recommendations.

------PRESENTER------

Dr. Carl Schueler, formerly Chief Scientist Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing

Currently consulting, Dr. Carl F. Schueler was until recently with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing with responsibility for data requirements analysis and translation to sensor specifications. Until 2004 he was a member of the National Research Council (NRC) Committee on Earth Studies (CES) and since that has been on the NRC Earth Sciences decadal survey Weather panel. He is on the Advisory Committee of the UCSB Institute for Computational Earth System Science (ICESS) and is a member of the Earth Observing Systems Program Committee for the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).

------OTHER INFO------

$14 for SEC members; $20 for non-members.
Information: Barbara Keaney (E-mail: scieng@silcom.com or call 805-684-4927).
Reservations NOT required.
Elephant Bar Restaurant: 521 Firestone Road, off Hollister near airport administration in Goleta
Visit our web site at http://www.scieng.org

From the Co-President: Please note the luncheon price for non-members has been increased from $19 to $20, and there is no increase in member prices at this time. Thanks again for your membership renewals and scholarship donations. If you have not yet renewed or made a donation, please consider doing so at this time, this will keep our membership strong as we continue to provide quality programs and support local students. Also, we welcome your assistance in identifying speakers and topics for future presentations. Look for a general announcement on this issue coming soon. See you in March!

Tim Murphy and Gary Kravetz