NASA is holding a planning meeting for its next polar-orbiting ocean color
satellite mission, “PACE”.  PACE is part of NASA’s 2010 Climate Initiative
(http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/).  The PACE mission includes an ocean
color sensor and potentially an internationally-contributed polarimeter.  The
PACE mission will make global ocean color measurements to provide extended data
records on ocean ecology and global biogeochemistry (e.g., carbon cycle) along
with polarimetry measurements to provide extended data records on clouds and
aerosols.  An internationally-composed PACE Science Definition Team (SDT) was
recently selected by NASA to discuss Level 1 science and related instrument
requirements for the mission.

The first PACE SDT meeting will be held from 16-18 November 2011 in Washington,
D.C. USA. Meeting details can be found on the PACE web site:
http://dsm.gsfc.nasa.gov/PACE.html  .

The meeting is open to the public, registration can be done via the web site.
There are no funds to support travel unless you were selected as an official
NASA PACE SDT member from the 2011 competition.

The meeting web site will contain updated information and documentation
regarding the development of the PACE science, instrument and mission
requirements.