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APPENDIX A
STATEMENT OF TASK TO THE COMMITTEE ON VIEWS OF THE
U.S. NAS AND NAE ON AGENDA ITEMS AT THE WORLD
RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE 2012
Statement of Task
The National Academies will convene a committee to prepare a short report which will articulate the
views of the U.S. science community on specific agenda items at issue at the 2012 World
Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) with potential impact on scientific observations, particularly
future radio astronomy and Earth remote sensing observations. The committee will:
• Identify the agenda items at issue at the 2012 WRC that are potentially relevant to the scientific
use of the radio and microwave spectrum, namely for, but not limited to, radio astronomy and
Earth remote sensing;
• Assess each of the identified agenda items for their potential impact—positive, negative, or
none—on radio frequency science applications;
• Describe the scientific justification for protecting radio astronomy and Earth remote sensing
observations in agenda items with potential impact, where appropriate;
• Solicit and consider input from the broad science community relevant to the committee’s task;
and
• Establish a position, where needed and within the scope of the identified agenda items, to
ensure that radio astronomy and Earth remote sensing and other related radio frequency
science applications will continue to be able to make needed observations.
In preparing its report, the committee will take into account the anticipated future spectrum
requirements of the scientific communities, and will ensure that the needs of multiple communities are
appropriately considered. The unedited, prepublication version of the report should be publicly
released no later than July 1, 2010.
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