March 2017

NOAA UAS Program briefs Data Management for Environmental Intelligence: A Case Study for the End-to-End Utilization of High- and Low-altitude Unmanned Aircraft Systems The NOAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Program Office’s John “JC” Coffey presented the opportunities to expand and transition into routine operations UAS observational capabilities that stand to benefit the organization’s objectives and society at large. Coffey highlighted the importance of data management to provide reliable, real-time environmental intelligence to our science and operational “end-users”. […]

Robbie Hood gives the keynote speech March 28th on Assessing UAS Observing Strategies for NOAA Earth Observations. Robbie Hood has served as the Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program office since 2008, and was a lead coordinator for this year’s Federal UAS Workshop at NASA Ames March 28-30, 2017.  Her keynote at the workshop focused on Assessing UAS Observing Strategies for NOAA Earth Observations. As part of the Federal