GSICS Meetings and Conferences

This is a central place for information on our meetings and conferences. Each event must be in a separate topic with a link provided here. Any meeting material (minutes, presentations, etc.) must be uploaded on that event's topic.

Web Meetings, Joint Working Group Meeting & Users' Workshops

Planned Meetings

Date	Group	Topics
20??	GDWG	Progress Meeting
20??	GVNIR - S.Wagner	PICS data extraction and sharing
20??	GVNIR - B.Fougnie	Rayleigh scattering calibration
20??	GUV - R.Munro	Ultraviolet Sub-Group web meeting
20??	GRWG - R.Roebeling/T.Hewison	Reprocessing/recalibration Workshop planning
20??	GRWG - X. Wu	MTF Characterization on the moon

Upcoming/Recent Meetings

Date	Group	Topic
2009-01-28/30	GRWG/GDWG	Annual GRWG+GDWG Meeting at JMA, Tokyo
2025-01-09	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2024-12-19	GIR - Chengli Qi	IR lunar calibration
2024-11-14	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2024-11-13	SWx Sub-Group Webmeeting - Tsutomu Nagatsuma	Monthly Group Meeting
2024-10-24	GIR - Chengli Qi	FCI and SSU
2024-09-23	GDWG Meeting	Group Meeting
2024-09-12	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2024-09-11	SWx Sub-Group Webmeeting - Tsutomu Nagatsuma	Monthly Group Meeting
2024-08-28	Microwave Sub-Group	Microwave Sub-Group Quarterly General Meeting
2024-07-18	IR Sub-Group - Chengli Qi	Inter-calibration of CMA IR instruments
2024-07-03	SWx Sub-Group Webmeeting - Tsutomu Nagatsuma	Discussion of PRBEM data analysis procedure at COSPAR 2024
2024-05-30	UVNS-Larry Flynn	UVNS Subgroup Meeting
2024-05-22	SWx Sub-Group Webmeeting - Tsutomu Nagatsuma	Special Issue on SWx and Discussion of PRBEM data analysis procedure at COSPAR 2024
2024-05-22	GRWG Microwave Sub-Group	Quarterly Plenary Meeting of Microwave Sub-Group
2024-05-09	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2024-03-11/15	GRWG/GDWG	Annual Meeting 2024, EUMETSAT, Germany
2024-02-14	SWx Sub-Group Webmeeting - Tsutomu Nagatsuma	Annual Meeting Agenda Discussion
2024-02-08	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	VIS/NIR and Lunar Annual Meeting Agenda Discussion
2024-01-09	Preparatory-II GRWG/GDWG 2024	Planning Annual Meeting 2024
2024-01-18	SWx Sub-Group Webmeeting - Tsutomu Nagatsuma	Discussing Stadard-intercalibration method
2023-12-18	GRWG Microwave Subgroup	Microwave Sub-Group Objectives and Plans
2023-12-07	SWx Sub-Group Webmeeting - Tsutomu Nagatsuma	Proposal of Standard intercalibration method
2023-12-04/08	Joint GSICS/CEOS	4th Joint GSICS/CEOS Lunar Calibration Workshop
2023-11-27	Preparatory GRWG/GDWG 2024	Planning Annual Meeting 2024
2023-11-20	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Contingency Planning Lunar Calibration Workshop
2023-11-09	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Planning Lunar Calibration Workshop
2023-11-08	SWx Sub-Group Webmeeting - Tsutomu Nagatsuma	Confirming action items
2023-11-02	IR Sub-Group - Likun Wang	Spectral Band Adjustment and Lunar Calibration
2023-10-12	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2023-09-07	IR Sub-Group - Likun Wang	IR Algorithms Discussion and SSU/AIRS Merge
2023-09-06	SWx Sub-Group Webmeeting - Tsutomu Nagatsuma	Scope and Workplan for Space Weather Subgroup
2023-09-05	GDWG Webmeeting - Manik Bali	WIS and Beyond
2023-07-13	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2023-07-06	IR Sub-Group - Likun Wang	Hot Land Issue, VIIRS-CrIS and Terrain Corrected Geolocation
2023-06-15	SWx Sub-Group Webmeeting - Tsutomu Nagatsuma	GSICS Space Weather Sub-Group Scope and Plan
2023-06-08	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2023-05-11	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2023-05-04	GIR - Likun Wang	Inter-calibration imager and Sounder and Angle Effects
2023-02-27/03-03	GRWG/GDWG	Hybrid Annual GRWG+GDWG 2023 Meeting, College Park, USA
2023-01-24/-25	GRWG MW Subgroup - Q. Lu/Q. Liu	Microwave subgroup meeting
2023-01-12	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2023-01-05	Planning GSICS 2023 Annual meeting - #2	Webmeeting
2023-12-08	GIR - Likun Wang	Lunar Calibration and Annual Meeting
2022-12-01	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2022-11-17	Planning GRWG GDWG Annual Meeting 2023	Webmeeting
2022-10-27	GSICS Data Working Group	Webmeeting High Level Workplan
2022-10-13	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling (Fred Wu)	Monthly Group Meeting
2022-10-06	GIR - Likun Wang	GSICS Corrections and algorithm, and GOES ABI
2022-07-14	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2022-05-12	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2022-07-21	GIR - Likun Wang	INSAT-3DR Intercalibration and Bias bias monitoring at ECMWF
2022-05-05	GIR - Likun Wang	GSICS Algorithm and MERSI Status
2022-04-14	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2022-03-14/03-18	GRWG/GDWG	Virtual Annual GRWG+GDWG 2022 Meeting
2022-02-28/03-02	GRWG MW Subgroup - Q. Lu/Q. Liu	Technical Workshop
2022-03-16	GIR - Likun Wang	In lieu of 2022 Annual Meeting
2022-02-17	GRWG/GDWG Planning	Planning GRWG+GDWG 2022 Meeeting 2
2022-02-10	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2022-01-06	GRWG-GDWG	Planning 2022 GRWG/GDWG annual meeting
2021-12-17	GRWG MW Subgroup - Q. Lu/Q. Liu	Microwave subgroup meeting
2021-12-09	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2021-12-02	GIR - Likun Wang	Lake Qinghai campaign and GSICS Correction
2021-10-28	GRWG MW Subgroup - Q. Lu/Q. Liu	Microwave subgroup meeting
2021-10-14	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2021-10-07	GIR - Likun Wang	SNPP/N20 CrIS Transition
2021-09-09	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2021-08-12	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2021-07-15	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2021-07-13	GRWG MW Subgroup - Q. Lu/Q. Liu	Microwave subgroup web meeting
2021-07-08	GIR - Likun Wang	FY4 Inter-calibration and CrIS/SNPP Status
2021-06-10	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2021-05-13	GVIS/NIR - Dave Doelling	Monthly Group Meeting
2021-05-06	GIR - Likun Wang	Discussion of Algorithms Improvements and Newsletter
2021-04-08	GIR - Likun Wang	In lieu of Annual Meeting (II) - GEO-LEO Inter-calibration
2021-03-31	GRWG MW Subgroup - Q. Lu/Q. Liu	In lieu of Annual Meeting
2021-03-dd	VISNIR/Annual	In lieu of Annual Meeting
2021-04-01	GIR/Annual - Likun Wang	In lieu of Annual Meeting (I) - General Topics
2021-03-dd	Plenary	In liu of Annual Meeting
2021-03-29/04-02	GRWG/GDWG	Virtual Annual GRWG+GDWG Meeting
2021-03-18	GRWG MW Subgroup - Q. Lu/Q. Liu	Microwave subgroup web meeting
2021-02-18	GRWG	Planning 2021 GRWG/GDWG annual meeting
2021-02-16	GRWG MW Subgroup - Q. Lu/Q. Liu	Microwave subgroup web meeting
2021-01-21	GRWG MW Subgroup - Q. Lu/Q. Liu	Microwave subgroup web meeting
2021-01-13	GIR - Likun Wang	Investigation 3.9 µm bias
2020-11-16/19	Joint GSICS/CEOS	3rd Joint GSICS/CEOS Lunar Calibration Workshop
2020-10	GDWG	GDWG Kick off 2020
2020-08-12	GRWG+GDWG - T.Hewison/A.Heidinger	Scoping ISCCP-NG - GSICS interactions
2020-06-24	GIR - Likun Wang	Refining Inter-Calibration algorithm and other Topics
2020-06-18	GRWG	ECMWF Workshop on Error treatment
2020-05-08	EP- Chair Mitch Goldberg	EP Preparatory Meeting
2020-04-23	GVNIR-D. Doelling	VISNIR Meeting Part-2
2020-04-16	GRWG-F. Yu	Annual Calibration Report
2020-03-19	GIR - Likun Wang	GEO-LEO inter-calibeation status and other topics
2020-03-18	GRWG MW Subgroup - Q. Lu/Q. Liu	In lieu of annual meeting
2020-03-18	GVNIR -Dave Doelling	In lieu of annual meeting
2020-03-17	Plenary meeting - Larry Flynn	In lieu of annual meeting
2020-02-11	GRWG/GDWG	Postponing 2020 GRWG/GDWG annual meeting
2020-01-22	GRWG/GDWG	Planning 2020 GRWG/GDWG annual meeting (Second)
2019-12-10	GVNIR - T.Stone/S.Wagner	3rd Lunar Calibration Workshop Planning
2019-11-22	GRWG/GDWG - X.Hu	Planning 2020 GRWG/GDWG annual meeting
2019-11-19	GRWG MW Subgroup - Q. Lu/Q. Liu	Microwave subgroup web meeting
2019-11-01	Users	2019 GSICS Users Workshop
2019-10-17	GRWG - F.Yu	GEO-GEO inter-comparison algorithms
2019-09-09/11	GSICS/CEOS	SI-Traceable Space-based Climate Observing System Workshop
2019-08-22	GIR - Likun Wang	Hyperspectral Sounder Inter-Comparison
2019-08-08	GCC- L. Flynn/M.Bali	Planning GSICS Users Workshop 2019
2019-07-23	GRWG MW Subgroup - Q. Lu/Q. Liu	Microwave subgroup web meeting
2019-05-07	GRWG MW Subgroup - R. Ferraro	Microwave subgroup web meeting
2019-03-04/08	GRWG/GDWG	Annual GRWG+GDWG Meeting - Frascati, Italy
2019-01-23	GDWG - M.Takahashi	Progress meeting on GDWG activities
2019-01-17	GRWG MW Subgroup - R. Ferraro	Microwave subgroup web meeting
2018-11-14	GIR - T.Hewison	IR Reference Uncertrainty and Traceability Report (IRRefUTable)
2018-11-13	GRWG + GDWG	Planning 2019 Annual Meeting
2018-10-24	GRWG MW Subgroup - R. Ferraro	Microwave subgroup web meeting
2018-09-13	GRWG - T.Hewison	Planning a GSICS/CEOS-WGCV Workshop on SI-traceable reference instruments
2018-09	GCC - M.Bali	Requirements for sharing SNO predictions and/or tools
2018-07-18	GRWG MW Subgroup - R. Ferraro	Microwave subgroup web meeting
2018-07-17	GRWG + GDWG	Exec Panel Debrief
2018-07-05	GVNIR - D.Doelling	Select reference bands and calibration processing version for S-NPP/VIIRS reference dataset
2018-06-05	GIR - L.Wang	Comparisons of gap-filling methods
2018-05-22	GRWG MW Subgroup	Microwave Sub-Group Web Meeting
2018-05-08	GRWG - D.Kim	GEO-GEO comparison and contribution to IOGEO
2018-03-19/23	GRWG/GDWG	Annual GRWG+GDWG Meeting - Shanghai, China
2018-01-30	GRWG + GDWG	Planning 2018 Annual Meeting(2nd meeting)
2018-01-12	GRWG MW Subgroup	Microwave Subgroup web meeting
2017-12-14	GRWG IR Subgroup	Migration of IR Reference from IASI-A to -B + Alternative Regression (Tim Trent)
2017-11-21	GRWG + GDWG	Planning 2018 Annual Meeting + SI-traceable Reference Workshop
2017-11-13/16	Joint GSICS/IVOS	Second Joint GSICS-IVOS Lunar Calibration Workshop - Xi'an, China
2017-11-08	GDWG	Progress meeting on GDWG activities
2017-10-12	GRWG MW Subgroup	Microwave sub-Group web meeting
2017-07-25	GRWG MW Subgroup	Discussion on GSICS MW Products -
2017-07-11	GRWG/GDWG	Exec Panel de-briefing
2017-06-27	GRWG IR Subgroup	IR Reference Traceability Report - Review progress - including draft error budgets
2017-06-22	GRWG MW Subgroup	Microwave Sub-Group Web Meeting
2017-04-26	Joint GSICS/IVOS - S. Wagner	Organisation of the Second Lunar Calibration Workshop - China 2017
2017-03-20/24	GRWG/GDWG	Annual GRWG+GDWG Meeting - Madison, WI, USA
2017-02-14	GRWG	Reference solar spectrum
2017-01-19	GRWG/GDWG	Planning Agenda for 2017 GRWG/GDWG annual meeting
2017-01-11	GRWG MW Subroup	Microwave Sub-Group web meeting
2016-12-06	GRWG VNIR Subgroup - S.Wagner	Planning 2017 Lunar Calibration Workshop
2016-12-01	GRWG VIS/NIR+UV - D.Doelling	Reference solar spectrum to convert from radiance to reflectance + SBAF tool
2016-10-25	GRWG MW Subgroup	Microwave Sub-Group web meeting
2016-09-08	GRWG IR Subgroup	IR Reference Traceability Report - Define channel binning and spectral conversion methods
2016-08-30	GRWG VNIR Subgroup	Lunar Calibration
2016-08-11	Users	2016 GSICS Users Workshop
2016-07-26	GRWG MW Subgroup	Microwave Sub-Group web meeting
2016-07-05/06	GRWG MW - Cheng-Zhi Zou	CEOS-GSICS Microwave Coordination Meeting
2016-06-21	GRWG IR Subgroup	IR Reference Traceability Report - Agree structure, authors and templates
2016-04-21	GRWG MW Subgroup	Microwave Sub-Group web meeting
2016-02-29/03-04	GRWG/GDWG	Annual GRWG+GDWG Meeting at Tsukuba, Japan
2016-02-04	GRWG - VIS/NIR - D.Doelling	DCCs, Combining VIS methods, Agenda for Annual Meeting
2016-01-06	GRWG - MW Subgroup	Update on MW calibrations and standards, preparation for GRWG+GDWG Annual Meeting
2015-12-03	GRWG+GDWG - R.Roebeling	Instrument Information Landing Pages for OSCAR
2015-11-03	GRWG VIS/NIR	DCC - Plotting Tool Requirements, GPPA Review, Latest Ray-matching results
2015-10-08/09	GRWG UVSG	Joint Meeting of GRWG UV and WGCV Atmospheric Composition Sub-Groups
2015-09-22	Users	2015 GSICS Users Workshop
2015-09-16	GRWG - MW Subgroup	Update on micorwave sensor calibrations and plans for 2015 GSICS Users Workshop
2015-09-08	GRWG - T.Hewison	Best Practice for Process of defining SBAF and uncertainties
2015-07-09	GRWG - IR Sub-Group	Formation of Infrared Sub-Group of GRWG - and Reference Instruments' Requirements
2015-06-23	GCC - M.Bali	Planning 2015 GSICS Users Workshop
2015-05-13	GRWG-MWSG	Microwave Sub-Group Web Meeting
2015-04-23	GRWG/GDWG	Review of Actions from 2015 Annual GRWG+GDWG Meeting
2015-03-16/20	GRWG/GDWG	Annual GRWG+GDWG Meeting at IMD, New Delhi, India
2015-02-03	GRWG+GDWG	Preparing for 2015 Meeting + DCC Seasonality
2015-01-20	GDWG - P. Miu	Automation of GPPA & timeliness
2015-01-13	GRWG MicrowaveSubGroup	Microwave Sub-Group Web Meeting - Product Development Updates
2014-12-16	GRWG UVSubGroup	Hyperspectral Vis inter-calibration
2014-12-01/04	GRWG/GDWG	Lunar Calibration Workshop at EUMETSAT
2014-11-13	GRWG VIS/NIR - S. Wagner	Lunar Calibration Workshop last-minute Preparation
2014-11-21	Users	Special GSICS Session at AOMSUC-5
2014-10-22	GRWG VIS/NIR - D. Doelling	Review VIS/NIR priorities & Combining Methods: Bertrand + Fangfang’s iterative calibration integration methods
2014-09-16	GRWG VIS/NIR - S. Wagner	Lunar Calibration Workshop Preparation
2014-08-26	GRWG MicrowaveSubGroup	Inter-calibration of Microwave Imagers & Selection of new Chair
2014-07-23	GRWG+GDWG - T. Hewison	Inter-Calibration Products to Primary GSICS References
2014-06-24	GRWG VIS/NIR - S. Wagner	Lunar Calibration Workshop Preparation
2014-06-05	GRWG VIS/NIR - D. Doelling	DCC: File formats + Plotting
2014-05-27	GRWG - T. Hewison	Delta Corrections - Reference Migration, Archive Re-Calibration & Diurnal Cycles
2014-03-24/28	GRWG/GDWG	Annual GRWG+GDWG Meeting at EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
2014-02-06	GRWG - UVSubGroup	Selection of UV Sub-Group Chair
2014-01-08	GRWG - D. Doelling	DCC Algorithm Application - Part III
2013-12-03	GRWG - MicrowaveSubGroup	Microwave Sub-Group Meeting - Review of NOAA MSU/AMSU FCDRs
2013-11-13	GRWG - UVSubGroup	UV Sub-Group Formation
2013-10-15	GRWG - T. Hewison	Propose scoring scheme to select reference instrument
2013-09-24	GRWG - R.Roebeling	GSICS Requirements from SCOPE-CM Phase 2 Proposals
2013-08-14	GRWG - D. Doelling	DCC Algorithm Application - Part II
2013-08-06	GRWG - MicrowaveSubGroup	Microwave Sub-Group Reformation
2013-07-03	GRWG - D. Doelling	Rayleigh scattering ATBD
2013-06-11	GRWG - T. Hewison	Calibration Change Alerts - including GEO-GEO NRT
2013-05-29	GRWG - D. Doelling	DCC Algorithm Application - Part I (+SCIAMACHY data availability)
2013-04-17	Study Report invitation	Final Report of a study on inter-calibration of AATSR-IASI by University of Leicester for EUMETSAT
2013-04-08	Users	2013 GSICS Users Workshop
2013-03-04/08	GRWG/GDWG	Annual GRWG+GDWG Meeting in Williamsburg, USA
2013-02-26	GRWG+GDWG - F. Yu	Preparation for 2013 Users’ Workshop and NPP instrument inter-calibrations
2013-01-29	GRWG/GDWG - T.Hewison/ A.Jelenak	Preparation for 2013 GDWG & GRWG Meeting
2012-12-19	GRWG - T. Hewison	The Moon and More Desert Targets
2012-11-28	GRWG	Desert Targets - Outcome of Libya 4 workshop
2012-10-31	GRWG/GDWG - D. Doelling	Follow-up on DCC method, including new MODIS data availability
2012-10-23	GRWG/GDWG - R. Roebeling/A. Jelenak	Update on the Instrument Event Log
2012-09 - postponed	GRWG - T. Hewison	Resolving the differences between NWP and GSICS bias monitoring
2012-09-04	Users	2012 Users' Workshop
2012-08-08	GRWG/GDWG - T. Hewison	Preparation for 2012 Users’ Workshop
2012-07-19	GRWG/GDWG - T. Hewison	Inter-Calibration of AVHRR and GHRSST-GSICS Interaction
2012-06-19	GDWG - A. Jelenak	Data Servers, Formats and Datacasting
2012-05-23	GRWG/GDWG - F. Weng	Absolute calibration for Microwave channels
2012-04-17	GRWG/GDWG - F. Yu	Updates on the GSICS Procedure for Product Acceptance
2012-03-05/09	GRWG/GDWG	Annual GRWG+GDWG Meeting in Beijing, China
2012-02-23	GRWG+GDWG	Preparation for annual GRWG+GDWG meeting
2012-01-17	GRWG - T.Hewison	DCCs for Geostationary Lightning Mapper and Meteosat-HIRS inter-calibration strategy
2011-12-13	GRWG - D.Kim	Lunar Calibration – including COMS commissioning data
2011-11-17	GRWG - T.Hewison	Kalpana Calibration
2011-10-26	GRWG - D.Doelling	Deep Convective Cloud Method
2011-10-02	GSICS Executive Panel Meeting — 11th Session, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
2011-09-06	Users	2011 Users' Workshop
2011-08-09	GRWG - T.Hewison	Form of GSICS Correction - diurnal cycles, offset terms and other sensitivities
2011-07-26	GRWG - L.Sun	FY-2 IR Results - and midnight problem
2011-06-22	GSICS - B.Iacovazzi	Instrument Event Logs
2011-05-26	GDWG - A.Jelenak	Bias Monitoring web pages
2011-04-27	GRWG - T.Hewison	Combining Multiple References
2011-03-22/25	GRWG/GDWG	Annual GRWG+GDWG Meeting at Daejeon, South Korea
2011-02-17	GRWG/GDWG	GSICS Bias Monitoring web pages and Preparation for Daejeon meeting
2011-01-18	GRWG/GDWG	Pre-Operational Readiness Review for GEO-LEO Hyperspectral IR products
2010-12-09	GRWG	Review GSICS product types and strategy for LEO-LEO products
2010-11-18	GRWG	Traceability to Common References
2010-10-12	GRWG MW Subgroup	Microwave Sub-Group Meeting
2010-09-21	Users	2010 Users' Workshop
2010-08-10	GRWG/GDWG	Preparation for Users' Workshop
2010-07-27	GRWG	Product Consistency
2010-06-22	GRWG	Reference Instruments and their Traceability
2010-06-09	GRWG	Report of Microwave meetings
2010-04-22	GRWG	Error Analysis and Assessment Criteria
2010-04-13	GDWG/GRWG	Work Flow for Migration to Operational Status
2010-02-09/11	GRWG/GDWG	Annual GRWG+GDWG Meeting at CNES, Toulouse
2010-01-26	GRWG/GDWG	Preparation for Toulouse Meeting
2009-12-08	GRWG	Strategy for Solar channels
2009-12-01	GRWG/GDWG	Updates on Users Workshop and Exec
2009-09-21	Users	2009 Users' Workshop
2009-07-14	GRWG	CNES Site Selection
2009-06-23	GRWG	GSICS GEO-LEO Correction
2009-06-02	GRWG/GDWG	Harmonising the Presentation of Results
2009-05-12	GRWG	GSICS Correction/ATBD
2009-03-24	GRWG	Defining the GSICS Correction

Planning Meetings

A procedure of planning GRWG/GDWG Annual Meeting is underway: HowToPlanAnnualMeetings

We have a guide for how to plan web meetings: HowToPlanWebMeetings

The following tools are helpful in organising web meetings:

• Centra
• WebEx
• agreeAdate makes finding acceptable meeting time easy by creating an on-line poll
• World Clock Meeting Planner
• World Time Server Meeting Planner
• Doodle makes finding acceptable meeting time easy by creating an on-line poll

Meeting Webpage Template

• Doelling_VIS_NIR_Meeting Webpage

Code Repository

• SLIM

Presentation Templates

• Template of Agency Report for GSICS Annual Meeting - as of February 2019