People of GES DISC

GES DISC User Working Group 

The purpose of the GES DISC UWG is to engage science users in the planning, development, and operation of GES DISC, and to represent the science user community in reviewing and guiding GES DISC evolution in order to better serve the community into the future.

Objectives and Responsibilities

• Provide suggestions to GES DISC on the development of strategies to fulfill the goals of NASA Earth Science Division.
• Provide suggestions on data management issues.
• Provide suggestions on specific user services, tools, and datasets that represent the needs and interests of the broader GES DISC user community.
• Provide suggestions to improve the usability of GES DISC products and services to research and application users.
• Review and recommend data sets of interest to the user community.
• Highlight issues and concerns related to managing NASA Earth science data to the GES DISC.

The UWG meets one face-to-face meeting, and three quarterly teleconferences per year, which will be scheduled by the Chair and Co-Chair, or an alternate voting member of the UWG, to review the status of GES DISC operations and to provide recommendations. 

Members