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ASIC3 Workshop

ASIC3 Workshop Schedule
16-18 May 2006

Tuesday May 16

7:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Workshop Check-in
8:30 a.m. Welcome - Workshop Overview/Objectives
8:45 a.m. Keynote Address
Mary Kicza, Deputy Director of NOAA/NESDIS
9:15 a.m. Session 1. Agency Roles - Part I
9:15 a.m. NASA
Jack Kaye, Director, Research and Analysis Program, Earth-Sun System Division
or Bryant Cramer, Acting Deputy Director, Earth Science Division
9:35 a.m. NIST
Katharine Gebbie, Director of the Physics Laboratory
9:55 a.m. IPO
Steve Mango, Chief Scientist / Carl Hoffman, Senior NPOESS Advisor
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Session 1. Agency Roles - Part II
10:30 a.m. NOAA
Al Powell, Director of Office of Research and Applications
10:50 a.m. International Coordination (WMO, CEOS, etc.)
Mitch Goldberg, NOAA
11:10 a.m. CCSP (Climate Change Science Program) Observations Panel
Bob Cahalan, NASA/GSFC

11:30 a.m. Session 2. Review Requirements for Measuring Global Climate Change - Part I
11:30 a.m. WCRP Observation and Assimilation Panel (WOAP)
Kevin Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
11:55 a.m. Review of Previous Climate Calibration Workshop
George Ohring, NOAA/NESDIS (Consultant)
12:20 p.m. Lunch
1:20 p.m. Session 2. Review Requirements for Measuring Global Climate Change - Part II
1:20 p.m. NCDC (National Climate Data Center)
Tom Karl, Director of NCDC
1:45 p.m. Global Climate Observation System (GCOS)
Stephan Bojinski, WMO
2:10 p.m. Session 3. Calibration Status for Current Instruments and Plans for Future Instruments - Part I
2:10 p.m. UV Ozone Instruments: SBUV, OMI, NPOESS OMPS
Larry Flynn, NOAA
2:35 p.m. VIS/NIR: AVHRR, MODIS, VIIRS, ABI, APS
Bruce Guenther, UMBC (NASA)
3:00 p.m. IR: HIRS, AIRS, IASI, CrIS, HES
Hank Revercomb, University of Wisconsin SSEC
3:25 p.m. Microwave: AMSU, ATMS, MISR, TMI, SSMIS, CMIS
Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS
3:50 p.m. Break
4:05 p.m. Session 3. Calibration Status for Current Instruments and Plans for Future Instruments - Part II
Parallel Sessions: Passive & Active Instruments

4:05 p.m. Far IR: FIRST
Marty Mlynczak, NASA Langley
4:05 p.m. Active instruments: Altimeter
Laury Miller, NOAA
4:30 p.m. Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SIM)
Jerry Harder, University of Colorado (LASP)
4:30 p.m. Active instruments: Precipitation Radar
Toshio Iguchi, NICT
4:55 p.m. Total Solar Irradiance (TSI)
Greg Kopp, University of Colorado (LASP)
4:55 p.m. Active instruments: Space Based/Lidar
Dave Winker, NASA Langley
5:20 p.m. Earth Radiation Budget (ERB): CERES
Kory Priestley, NASA Langley
   
5:45 p.m. Sessions Conclude for the day
6:00 p.m. Participant Social

Wednesday May 17

7:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Remarks & Review of Day's Agenda
8:10 a.m. Session 4. Concepts and Methodologies for Achieving Calibration of Global Climate Change Measurements (Part I)
8:10 a.m. Simultaneous NADIR Overpasses (SNOs)
Changyong Cao, NOAA
8:35 a.m. Intersatellite Calibration using Overlapping Records
Steve Taylor or Representative, GSFC (SSAI)
9:00 a.m. Vicarious Calibration using Earth Targets
Fred Wu, NOAA
9:25 a.m. Use of the Moon as an On-orbit Calibration Source
Tom Stone, USGS
9:50 a.m. Refinement of Moon as Transfer Standard for Climate Change
Steven Lorentz, L-1 Standards and Technology, Inc.
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Session 4. Concepts and Methodologies for Achieving Calibration of Global Climate Change Measurements (Part II)
10:30 a.m. System Level Approach to Satellite Instrument Calibration
Joe Tansock, Space Dynamics Laboratory/USU
10:55 a.m. Proposed Climate Calibration Observatory
Bruce Wielicki, NASA
11:20 a.m. Dedicated Climate Mission
Jim Anderson, Harvard University
11:45 a.m. TRUTHS (Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio- Studies)
Nigel Fox, NPL
12:10 p.m. Status of GCOS Upper-Air Reference Network Planning
Dian Seidel, NOAA
12:35 p.m. Lunch
1:35 p.m. Overview of Breakout Group - Assignments and Actions
1:45 p.m. Breakout Groups
4:35 p.m. Breakout Groups - Report to Plenary
4:35 p.m. 1. IR
4:45 p.m. 2. UV, VIS, NIR
4:55 p.m. 3. Microwave
5:05 p.m. 4. Active
5:15 p.m. 5. Broadband
5:25 p.m. 6. Intercalibration of Instruments
5:35 p.m. 7. National Roadmap: Coordination Mechanisms, Agency Roles, Implementation Solutions
5:45 p.m. Conclude for the day

Thursday, May 18

7:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Remarks & Review of Day's Agenda
8:10 a.m. Breakout Groups
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Breakout Groups - Report to Plenary
10:30 a.m. 1. IR
10:40 a.m. 2. UV, VIS, NIR
10:50 a.m. 3. Microwave
11:00 a.m. 4. Active
11:10 a.m. 5. Broadband
11:20 a.m. 6. Intercalibration of Instruments
11:30 a.m. 7. National Roadmap: Coordination Mechanisms, Agency Roles, Implementation Solutions
11:40 a.m. Breakout Groups
12:40 p.m. Lunch
1:40 p.m. Breakout Groups
2:40 p.m. Breakout Groups - Concluding Report
2:40 p.m. 1. IR
2:55 p.m. 2. UV, VIS, NIR
3:10 p.m. 3. Microwave
3:25 p.m. 4. Active
3:40 p.m. 5. Broadband
3:55 p.m. 6. Intercalibration of Instruments
4:10 p.m. 7. National Roadmap: Coordination Mechanisms, Agency Roles, Implementation Solutions
4:25 p.m. Workshop Wrap-up
4:35 p.m. Workshop Adjourns
4:35 p.m. Break
4:50 p.m. Writing Committee: George Ohring, Chairs and Scribes of Breakout Groups
6:00 p.m. Conclusion