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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Optical Communications Working Group members,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Weather and Atmospheric Characterization Green Book team has prepared an updated draft version of the document for your review. The draft is attached to this message and is also located on the CCSDS CWE website (filename: Weather and
Atmospheric Characterization GB_20141118.doc):<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://cwe.ccsds.org/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">The CCSDS Collaborative Work Environment (CWE)</span></a> > <a href="http://cwe.ccsds.org/sls"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Space
Link Services Area (SLS)</span></a> > <a href="http://cwe.ccsds.org/sls/docs/Forms/AllItems.aspx?View=%7b16ACDA38%2dFFA3%2d4657%2d8F27%2dB166C23C24A2%7d"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Documents</span></a> > <a href="http://cwe.ccsds.org/sls/docs/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2Fsls%2Fdocs%2FSLS%2DOPT&View=%7b16ACDA38%2dFFA3%2d4657%2d8F27%2dB166C23C24A2%7d"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">SLS-OPT</span></a> > <a href="http://cwe.ccsds.org/sls/docs/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2Fsls%2Fdocs%2FSLS%2DOPT%2FMeeting%20Materials&View=%7b16ACDA38%2dFFA3%2d4657%2d8F27%2dB166C23C24A2%7d"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Meeting
Materials</span></a> > <a href="http://cwe.ccsds.org/sls/docs/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2Fsls%2Fdocs%2FSLS%2DOPT%2FMeeting%20Materials%2F2014&View=%7b16ACDA38%2dFFA3%2d4657%2d8F27%2dB166C23C24A2%7d"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">2014</span></a> > Fall
2014 London meeting <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Comments to this draft are due to the Green Book team no later than January 8, 2015</b>. Please use the following procedure to submit comments on the draft Green Book:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Email the file with your comments to Lena (<a href="mailto:braatz_lena@bah.com">braatz_lena@bah.com</a>), Yoshi (<a href="mailto:takayama@nict.go.jp">takayama@nict.go.jp</a>), Dimitar (<a href="mailto:dkolev@nict.go.jp">dkolev@nict.go.jp</a>),
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Green Book team will consider all comments and distribute an updated version of the document by March 9, 2015. Thank you very much for your assistance.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lena <o:p></o:p></p>
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