2013 GSICS Users' Workshop

The 5th GSICS Users' Workshop, and the first in North America, took place at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction (NCWCP) building, in College Park, Maryland on April 8, 2013.

High-level Workshop Aims:

* Update on GSICS Product development
* Users' feedback and requests on GSICS products
* GSICS data management and availability to users
* Future satellite inter-calibrations
* Interaction with SCOPE-CM projects
* Interaction with GHRSST
* Debates on SSU measurements
* Proba-V project
* Users' feedback on GSICS vision

Minutes of the 2013 Users' Workshop

Agenda with Presentations

Time	Speaker	Subject	Chair
12:00		Hot Summary	Tim Hewison/Fangfang Yu
08:30	Al Powell(Director, NOAA/STAR)/Mike Kalb	Welcome
		Introduction & Update on GSICS
08:35	Mitch Goldberg	Overview of GSICS
08:50	Tim Hewison	GSICS product development
09:05	Aleksandar Jelenak	Data Management (live demonstration)
09:20	Fangfang Yu	GCC Report
09:30	Mat Gunshor	Retro-Processing Status
		Future Satellite Inter-Calibration	Mitch Goldberg
09:35	Bob Iacovazzi	GOEs-R ABI Cal/Val
09:45	Jack Xiong	VIIRS and MODIS Inter-Comparison
10:00	Likun Wang	NPP CrIS Inter-comparisons
		Users' Feedback and Request	Aleksandar Jelenak
10:15	Sindy Stercks	Proba-V
10:30	Cheng-zhi Zou	Debates on SSU measurements
10:45	Xingming Liang	Updates on MICROS
11:00	Manik Bali	IASI and AATSR I/C
11:15	Andy Heidinger	Updates on PATMOS-X
		Questions and Discussions of Future Potential Products	Tim Hewison
11:20	Tim Schmit	Potential GEO Products/Uses
11:35		Discussions