The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Outreach Program works on building strong relationships with NPOESS constituents and stakeholders. The Outreach Program is one of our most effective avenues for communicating information about NPOESS and gathering important feedback about NPOESS products, programs, and services. The NPOESS Outreach team proactively promotes NPOESS to the user community through open communication and reliable information. They inform the DOC, DoD, and NASA stakeholders, broader user community, and general public of expected operation benefits of NPOESS and contribution to GEOSS societal benefits.

Target Audiences

DOC/NOAA, DOD, and NASA Stakeholders Operational Weather/Oceanography/Space Weather Forecasters Climate Scientists Remote Sensing Scientists Other Government and Academia Meteorologists, oceanographers, hydrologists, climatologists Emergency Managers Land Use Managers

Industry/Private Sector Value added weather industry Transportation industry Agriculture, fishing industry Others K – 12 Teachers K – 12 Students College/University Teachers College/University Students General Public

Tools to Train, Educate and Inform

User Training

NPOESS Userport NPOESS partnership with University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)/Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET) On-line training modules to prepare users for the new NPOESS capabilities Web Sites NPOESS Userport - http://www.meted.ucar.edu/npoess.php MetEd - http://www.meted.ucar.edu/ COMET - http://www.comet.ucar.edu/ NRL NexSat NRL/NPOESS Next Generation Weather Satellite Demonstration Project Complements COMET/NPOESS Userport by demonstrating the value of many new NPOESS data products to the operational user community. Web Site NexSat - http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/NEXSAT.html

Technical Abstracts, Papers, and Presentations Stakeholder Presentations Military (DoD: USAF, USN, USA) and Civilian (NOAA/NASA) NPOESS Fact Sheets NPOESS Articles NPOESS Videos NON-TECHNICAL AND EDUCATIONAL: (K-12) Materials Activity Books Book Covers Stickers Miscellaneous Materials and Handouts