Welcome to the 2nd BiennialGoddard Earth Sciences

Data and Information Services CenterUser Working Group

(GES DISC UWG)

Eric Fetzer

Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute of Technology

AIRS Science Team Meeting, Caltech

May 10-11, 2011

Nearly 40,000 GES/DISC Users

MODIS and AIRS have Most Users Most Users Foreign

Courtesy of GES/DISC

NASA NRC DS Assigned to NOAA

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Why We’re Here

1. Represent the needs of GES DISC data users (and providers).

2. Assess how those needs are being met by the GES DISC.

3. Provide actionable recommendations to GES DISC and NASA Headquarters.