The subtle influence and presence of shareholders sometimes forces management to neglect long - term planning and corporate strategy and concentrate on short -
term operational requirements to ensure shareholders are happy with recent company results.
Participants considered each NPOESS - measured parameter, starting with ones in jeopardy of not meeting Integrated
Operational Requirements Document (IORD) specifications, commenting on the relevance of the parameter to climate science and / or long - term climate records, the importance of maintaining the IORD - level value (and potential consequences if it is not met), and noting any additional considerations required to make the NPOESS program's environmental data records (EDRs) more relevant to GCOS ECV climate parameters and to the climate community as a whole (e.g., additional instrument characterization, calibration, overlap re
Requirements Document (IORD) specifications, commenting on the relevance of the parameter to climate science and / or long -
term climate records, the importance of maintaining the IORD - level value (and potential consequences if it is not met), and noting any additional considerations required to make the NPOESS program's environmental data records (EDRs) more relevant to GCOS ECV climate parameters and to the climate community as a whole (e.g., additional instrument characterization, calibration, overlap
requirementsrequirements).