Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System Users' Workshop 2016

This year the GSICS Users’ Workshop will be organized as part of the JPSS Annual Science Team Meeting 8-12 August 2016. The venue is NOAA,NCWCP in College Park MD USA and the workshop will take place on Thursday 11 August 2016. We are inviting GSICS researchers, developers and product users to submit one-page abstracts for presentations in areas of interest to GSICS participants including the following topics:

1. Applications of current GSICS products,

2. GPRC resources (e.g., Calibration/Validation Systems, Long Term Monitoring, Instrument Landing Pages, and Monitoring notices, alerts and summaries),

3. Interactions between data assimilation groups and measurement calibration, characterization and monitoring teams,

4. Introduction to the NESDIS Integrated Calibration Validation System (ICVS) design and content www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/icvs/

5. Introduction to upcoming GSICS products and research areas (e.g., GEO Ring, GOES-R on-orbit calibration), and

6. Practical experience in the use of JPSS Mission and other instruments as references for Monitoring GEO/LEO instrument measurements in Near Real Time and Climate Data Record applications,

7. Calibration advances (e.g., Lunar, Deep Convective Cloud, Reference Migration, Best Practices).

For Item 3, we are encouraging data assimilation groups to present information on their capabilities to identify measurement biases and/or to make use of GSICS inter-calibration bias estimates.

Abstracts may be submitted by email to Manik Bali, GCC Deputy Directory, at Manik.Bali@noaa.gov.

Registration for the meeting is free and is now open at

http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/meeting_2016JPSSAnnual_registration.php

Lawrence Flynn, GCC Director, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

GSICS Users Workshop 2016

Workshop Chairs: Larry Flynn and Manik Bali

0830 - 1715	--	Session 12: GSICS Users Workshop ESSIC Room 4201
0830 - 0835	1	Workshop Introduction	Chair - L. Flynn	NESDIS/STAR
0835 - 0845	2	Introduction to GSICS Workshop	Mitch Goldberg	NOAA
0845 - 0900	3	GSICS Past Present and Future	Ken Holmlund	EUMETSAT
0900 - 0915	4	GSICS Research Working Group	Fred Wu on behalf of D. Kim/T. Hewison	KMA/EUM
0915 - 0930	5	GSICS Data Working Group	Masaya Takahashi	JMA
0930 - 0945	6	GCC GSICS Products and Deliverables	Larry Flynn	NESDIS/STAR
0945 - 1000	7	GSICS User Survey	Manik Bali	NESDIS/STAR
1000 - 1015	--	Break
1015 - 1115	--	ICVS Session	Chair - M. Goldberg	NESDIS/STAR
1015 - 1030	8	Well Calibrated JPSS Instruments as GSICS References	Fuzhong Weng	NESDIS/STAR
1030 - 1045	9	ICVS Design, content and structure	Lori Brown	StormCenter
10:45-11:00	10	ICVS Calibration and science	Taeyoung Choi
1100 - 1115	11	ICVS Alerts, events and monitoring	Ninghai Sun	NESDIS/STAR
1115 - 1120	12	MW Session Introduction	Chair - R. Ferraro	NESDIS/STAR
1120 - 1140	13	Investigating Shortcomings of Radiative Transfer Models at Microwave Frequencies	Wesley Berg	CSU
1140 - 1200	14	Stability and Interconsistency of Passive Microwave Water Vapor Products for Weather and Climate	John Forsythe	CSU
1200 - 1220	15	What Happens to Radiances after They Leave Home: Precipitation	George Huffman	NASA
1220 - 1240	16	Toward a Long-Term Climate Change Monitoring in the JPSS Era	Cheng-Zhi Zou	NESDIS/STAR
1240 - 1245	17	Closing	Ralph Ferraro	NESDIS/STAR
1245 - 1330	--	Lunch
1330 - 1445	--	IR Session	Chair - Fred Wu	NESDIS/STAR
1330 - 1345	18	Inter-Calibration with Hyperspectral Sounders	Fred Wu	NESDIS/STAR
1345 - 1350	19	Inter-Calibration of HIRS using IASI as Reference	Fred Wu on behalf of Tim Hewison	EUMETSAT
1350 - 1410	20	Inter-Calibration of Himawari-8 AHI Using CrIS as Reference	Masaya Takahashi
1410 - 1425	21	ISRO GSICS Activities for Inter-Calibration of INSAT3D Radiances	Pradeep Thapliyal
1425 - 1445	22	Calibration Requirements for SST	Andy Harris and Eileen Maturi	NESDIS/STAR
1445 - 1530	--	VIS Session	Chair - Dave Doelling	NASA
1445 - 1500	23	GSICS visible sub-group calibration activities	Dave Doelling	NASA
1500 - 1515	24	MODIS and VIIRS Reflective Solar Calibration Update	Jack Xiong	NASA
1515 - 1530	25	PATMOS-x Reflective Solar Calibration Status	Andy Heidinger	NOAA
1530 - 1545	--	Poster Session 3 - NCWCP Atrium
1545 - 1600	26	Preliminary SCIAMACHY Lunar observations as intercalibration source	Matthijs Krijger and Ralph Snel	SRON/ESS
1600 - 1615	27	The Moon and Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (MERBE)	Grant Matthews	Zedika Solutions LLC
1615 - 1630	28	Instrument landing pages, OSCAR	L. Flynn, M. Bali	NESDIS/STAR
1630 - 1645	29	UV Projects	L. Flynn	NESDIS/STAR
1645 - 1700	--	Discussions and Conclusions