GSICS Annual Meeting 2021

Welcome to the GSICS Annual Meeting 2021 !!!!

This year the GSICS Annual meeting is a virtual meeting. The meeting would be 29 March - 2 April 2021. The most updated agenda is below.

The meeting has the following sessions

• Plenary -I (29 March 2021 )
• Plenary-II (30 March 2021 )
• Breakout Sessions ( 31 March - 1 April 2021). GUV, GVISNIR, GIR, GMW, GDWG
• Plenary Cross Cutting ( 2 April 2021 )

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Meeting Agenda

Plenary: Agency Reports 29 March 2021 1200-1500 GMT
Chair: Scott (Xiuqing) Hu, Minutes: Fangfang Yu
Time	Agency	Title	Presenter
12:00	All	Introduction, Agendas & Minute Taking	Scott Hu/Fangfang Yu
12:20	KMA	1a. KMA Agency Report	Jiyoung Kim
12:35	CEOS	1.b. WGCV CEOSReport	Akihiko Kuze
12:50	CMA	1c. GRWG Report	Scott Hu
13:05	IMD	1d. IMD Agency Report	Ashim Kumar Mitra
13:20	IMD	1e. GDWG Report	Kamaljit Ray / Manik Bali
13:35		Break
13:45	CMA	1f CMA Agency Report	Scott Hu
14:00	ESA	1g ESA Agency Report	Philippe Goryl
14:15	CNES	1h. CNES Agency Report	Clémence Pierangelo
14:30	NOAA	1.i. ISCCP Update	Andy Heidinger
14:45	All	Annual Reports to EP and CGMS	Mitch Goldberg

Plenary: Agency Reports 30 March 2021 1200-1500 GMT
Chair: Fangfang Yu, Minutes: Manik Bali
Time	Agency	Title	Presenter
12:00	JAXA	2.a. JAXA Agency Report	Kachi Misako
12:20	JMA	2.b. JMA Agency Report	Okuyama Arata
12:35	ISRO	2.c. ISRO Agency Report	Pradeep Thapliyal
12:50	EUMETSAT	2.d. EUMETSAT Agency Report	TIm Hewison
13:05	EUMETSAT	2.e. Cooperation between GSICS and NWP	Tim Hewison
13:20	EUMETSAT	2.f. FCDR generation	Viju John
13:35		Break
13:45	ROSHYDRO	2.g. ROSHYDRO Agency Report	Alexey Rublev
14:00	NIST	2.h. NIST Agency Report	Stephen Maxwell
14:15	NASA	2.i. NASA Agency Report	Jack Xiong
14:30	NOAA	2.j. NOAA Agency Report	Fred Wu

GSICS MW Breakout Session

GMW- Breakout Session Planned Agenda 31 March 2021 11:00 GMT- 15:00 GMT
Co-chairs: Qifeng LU and Quanhua "Mark" Liu
All		Round Table Introductions + Logistics Info
Time (UTC)	Agency	Title	Presenter(s)
1100	Co-Chairs	7.a. MW Subgroup Way-Forward	Qifeng LU
1110	JAXA	7.b. Development of the 3rd Generation of AMSR series (AMSR3)	Misako KACHI (JAXA)
1140	ECMWF	7.c. Summary of outcomes from the ECMWF/NWP-SAF workshop on the treatment of random and systematic errors in satellite data assimilation	Niels Bormann (ECMWF)
1155	EUMETSAT, CMA, and NOAA	7.d. FCDR Progress Summaries ( (.1) Viju John - EUMETSAT (AMSU-B/MHS/MWHS); (.2) Paul Poli - EUMETSAT (SSMT2); (.3) Shengli - CMA (FY-3/MWRI), (.4) Dawei – CMA (TBD); (.5) Cheng-Zhi Zou – NOAA (MSU/AMSU-A/ATMS) )	Viju John and Paul Poli (EUMETSAT); Shengli Wu and Dawei (CMA (FY-3/MWRI), Dawei An (CMA); Cheng-Zhi Zou (NOAA)
1220	China National Institute of Metrology	7.e. SI Traceability References Summaries	Xiaohai Cui and Donglin Meng
1240	BREAK
1245	NOAA	7.f. Microwave Sounder Product Quality Monitoring Update Summaries - (.1) Part I and (.2) Part 2	Tiger Yangand Robbie Iacovazzi
1305	ESA	7.g. SMOS-SMAP Inter-comparison activities over Antarctica and wind measurement	Raffaele Crapolicchio
1335	All	Microwave Subgroup Actions Discussion	All

GDWG- Breakout Session Planned Agenda 31 March 2021 12:00-15:00 GMT
Chair: Kamaljit Ray
All
Time	Agency	Title
12:00	IMD	GDWG Introduction	Kamal jit Ray
12:15	CMA	CMA GDWG Annual report 2020	Zhe Xu
12:30	ISRO	ISRO GDWG Annual report	Nitant Dube
12:45	NOAA	NOAA Annual Report	Manik Bali
13:00	ESA	Cal/Val Data web portals	Paolo Castracane
13:25	JMA	JMA Annual Report	Arata Okuyama
13:40	KMA	KMA Annual Report

GSICS VIS/NIR Breakout Session

GVIS/NIR- Breakout Session Planned Agenda - 31 March 2021
Chair: Dave Doelling/NASA
				31-Mar-21
Time	Agency	Title	Presenter
VIS/NIR session				1200-1300 GMT
	NASA SSAI	Vis.a. DCC invariant target calibration into the SWIR bands (GSICS methodology)	Raj Bhatt	0:15
	ACRI	Vis.b. OLCI in tandem calibration transfer (An example of a multi-sensor mission designed to mitigate RSB inter-calibration uncertainty)	Nicolas Lamquin	0:20
	NOAA	Vis.c. Analyzing N20 VIIRS Calibration Difference between NASA and NOAA by Trending Sensor Gain, Radiance Product Ratio and DCC (GSICS VIS/NIR reference calibration recommendation)	Sirish Uprety	0:15
	NASA	Vis.d. Discussion of future monthly web GSICS VIS/NIR meetings	Dave Doelling	0:10
VIS/NIR and UV Cross Cutting Session				1300-1400 GMT
	EUMETSAT	Vis.e. EPS/GOME2 blue band polarization mitigation to improve aerosol retrievals (future GSICS methodology),	Betrand Fougnie	0:20
	ESA	Vis.f. Truths mission	Philippe Goryl	0:20
	LASP	Vis.g. TSIS-1 HSRS reference solar spectra (GSICS solar spectra recommendation)	Odele Coddington	0:20
Lunar Session				1400-1500 GMT
	EUMETSAT	Vis.h. Lunar calibration workshop report,	Sebastien Wagner	0:20
	USGS	Vis.i. Summary of lunar modeling and lunar reference redevelopment effort,	Tom Stone	0:20
	NIST	Vis.j. New measurement to use as a basis for lunar modeling,	Steve Maxwell	0:20

 

GSICS IR Breakout Session

GIR- Breakout Session One, 1 April 2021, 12:00-15:00 GMT
Chair: Likun Wang /Tim Hewison
	Title	Affiliation	Presenter
12:00	Review and Plan of IR Group Activities	NOAA Affiliate	Likun Wang
12:10	Inter-calibration of AIRS/IASI/CrIS	UW	David Tobin
12:30	AIRS Project Status	NASA/JPL	Thomas Pagano
12:50	Mercurial Calibration for IR Sensors	Univ. of Hamburg	Martin Burgdorf
13:10	CHIRP, A New Homogeneous Hyperspectral Radiances Product at the NASA GESDIS Combining AIRS and CrIS	UMBC	Larrabee Strow
13:30	Status of the Sentinel-3 SLSTR performance and calibration	UK-STFC	David Smith
13:50	SLSTR-IASI inter-calibration – application to oblique views and 3.7µm	EUMETSAT	Alessandro Burini/Tim Hewison
14:10	Introducing the Hot Land Bias issue	EUMETSAT	Tim Hewison
14:20	FY-3E/HIRAS-II pre-launch calibration and instrument performance	CMA	Chengli Qi

GIR- Breakout Session Two, 8 April 2021, 12:00-15:00 GMT
Chair: Likun Wang /Tim Hewison
Likun Wang	NOAA Affiliate	Introduction	12:00	0:10
Arata Okuyama	JMA	Updates on inter-calibration results at 3.9 µm band	12:10	0:20
Minjun Gu	KMA	IR inter-calibration results and issues of AMI	12:30	0:20
Dorothee Coppens	EUMETSAT	Another look at the SEVIRI/IASI comparison in the 3.9 µm band	12:50	0:20
Likun Wang, Ninghai Sun, Banghua Yan	NOAA Affiliate	Updates on NOAA ICVS GSICS Portal for GSICS Inter-Calibration	13:10	0:20
Fangfang Yu	NOAA Affiliate	A review of GSICS GEO-LEO IR Inter-Calibration Algorithm	13:30	0:20

GUV- Breakout Session Planned Agenda, 1 April 2021, 12:00-15:00 GMT
Chair: Larry Flynn / Rose Munro
12:00		Introductions + Logistics	Larry Flynn
Time	Agency	Short Title	Presenter
12:05	NIER	UVNS.a. GEMS Level 1 Status	Kyungjung Moon
12:25	CMA	UVNS.b. FY3 OMS Calibration	Yuan Li
12:40	CMA	UVNS.c. GF-5/EMI and S5p/TROPOMI	Qian Wang
12:55	EUMETSAT	UVNS.d. GOME-2 Level 1	Alessandra Cacciari
13:10	KNMI	UVNS.e. TropoMI Level 1 Status	Antje Ludewig
13:25		Break
13:30	ESA	UVNS.f. FDR4ATMOS status	Günter Lichtenberg (DLR)
13:45	NASA	UVNS.g. SBUV CDR	Natalya Kramarova
14:00	NASA	UVNS.h. OMPS and OMI Level 1	Glen Jaross
14:15	NOAA	UVNS.i. OMPS Level 1	Chunhui Pan (UMD)
14:30	JPL	UVNS.j. OCO-2 and OCO-3 Level 1	Rob Rosenberg
14:50	NOAA	UVNS.h. Update on four projects	Larry Flynn

Plenary Cross Cutting

Closing Plenary: Group Reports 2 April 2021 1130-1500 GMT
Chair: Lawrence E Flynn, Minutes: Manik Bali
Time	Agency	Title	Presenter
11:30	CMA	5.a. GRWG MW Report Out	Qifeng Lu
11:50	NOAA	5.b. GRWG IR Report Out	Likun Wang (UMD)
12:10	NASA	5.c. GRWG Vis/NIR Report Out	Dave Doelling
12:30	NOAA	5.d. GRWG UVNS Report Out	Larry Flynn
12:50	NOAA	5.e. EP / State of the Observing System	Mitch Goldberg
13:10	CMA / NOAA	5.f. Future Meeting and Chairs	Scott Hu / Fangfang Yu
13:30		Break
13:45	IMD	5.g. GDWG Report Out	Kamaljit Ray/Manik Bali
14:00	NOAA	5.h. GCC Report and Users Workshop	Larry Flynn
14:15	All	Actions	All
14:30	Cross Cutting	Discussion	Larry Flynn

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