1. Tim Hewison1 (1) EUMETSAT
Outcome of 2012 Annual Meeting of GSICS Research Working Group, Beijing, China
Tim Hewison1
(1) EUMETSAT

2. GSICS Meetings Annual Meeting of Research and Data Working Groups
Monthly Web Meetings
Using Centra -> Webex
Executive Panel Meetings
CGMS (0.5d)
Dedicated (2.5d)
Annual Users Workshop
Number
Text
JOINT07_01R
GDWG is encouraged finding a common web meeting tool

3. GSICS Web Meetings 2011/12 Date Group Topics 2012-05-23
GSICS - F. Weng
Absolute calibration for Microwave channels
GSICS - F. Yu
Updates on the GSICS Procedure for Product Acceptance
/09
GRWG/GDWG
Annual GRWG+GDWG Meeting (in Beijing, China)
GRWG+GDWG
Preparation for annual GRWG+GDWG meeting
GRWG - T.Hewison
DCCs for Geostationary Lightning Mapper and Meteosat-HIRS inter-calibration strategy
GRWG - D.Kim
Lunar Calibration – including COMS commissioning data
Kalpana Calibration
GRWG - D.Doelling
Deep Convective Cloud Method
Users
2011 Users' Workshop
Form of GSICS Correction - diurnal cycles, offset terms and other sensitivities
GRWG - L.Sun
FY-2 IR Results - and midnight problem
GSICS - B.Iacovazzi
Instrument Event Logs
GDWG - A.Jelenak
Bias Monitoring web pages
Combining Multiple References

4. Actions and Recommendations of the Joint Session
Agenda & presentations available on GSICS Wiki: (ignore dire warnings!)

5. GSICS Standards

6. Top Level Aims – for GRWG #1
Web Meetings, Joint Working Group Meeting & Users' Workshops
Top Level Aims – for GRWG #1
Reflected-Solar Band:
Review of ATBDs
Roadmap to prototype GSICS Products – when/who…?
Reference – MODIS traceability & migration to VIIRS?
Strategy for LEO-LEO GSICS products
Statement on USGS setting up ROLO facility for GSICS
Re-Analysis Products:
Review of issues
General strategy – e.g. Reprocessing, versions

7. Top Level Aims – for GRWG #2
Web Meetings, Joint Working Group Meeting & Users' Workshops
Top Level Aims – for GRWG #2
Infrared:
Strategy for LEO-LEO GSICS Products
Delta Corrections for Multiple references:
Metop-A/IASI to Metop-B/IASI migration
Handling midnight calibration issue with AIRS+IASI
Using NWP as inter-calibration tool
Review of issues

9. Day 1: Monday 5 March 2012 9:00 Registration and coffee 0:30 10:00
Tim/Aleksandar
Introduction & Welcome to new members
0:10
10:10
Naimeng Lu
Welcome from the leader of NSMC
0:05
10:15
Peng Zhang
The status and future plan of Yengyun(FY) meteorological Satelltes
0:15
10:30
CMA
Practicalities
10:40
Tim+Aleksandar
Agree Agenda & minute-taking
10:50
Jerome
Report of Exec Panel and WMO guidance
11:20
Tim
Report of GRWG: Review of Actions & Web meetings
11:50
Aleksandar
GDWG Report: Review of Actions and Achievements
12:05
Peter Miu
Status of the GSICS Data Servers
12:20
Fangfang
Report of GCC: Review of Actions & GCC website structure/content
12:35
Rob
Instrument Events logs
12:50
User interaction: Feedback from ISCPP & Users' Workshop
13:05
Lunch
1:00
14:05
CMA GPRC Report: GSICS activities and strategy plan in CMA
14:20
NOAA
NOAA GPRC Report
14:35
JMA
JMA GPRC Report
14:50
EUMETSAT
EUMETSAT GPRC Report
15:05
KMA
KMA GPRC Report
15:20
CNES
CNES GPRC Report + SADE online demo
15:35
TBD
NASA/IMD/ISRO/Roshydromet/ESA/JAXA/USGS/NIST Reports
16:35
Coffee break
0:20
16:55
GSICS Products: Catalogues, Inter-operability, Reprocessing, Versions
17:15
Scott
Product Acceptance Procedure: The Way Forward
17:35
Unified website for GSICS Bias Monitoring + Additional metadata requirements
0:40
18:15
Chairs
Brief for Working Groups
18:35
End
18:30
Departure for Ice-breaker and Welcome Reception
2:30
Briefs, GPRC Reports, Introductions

10. Day 2: Tuesday 6 March 2012 - am GDWG Breakout GRWG Session 8:30
0:10
Tim intro
Data and Products Servers - Requirements for archiving
8:40
0:30
Unified Bias Monitoring - Additional metadata requirements
9:10
Aleksandar
Opening Remarks
Tim Hewison + Bertrand Fougnie
Using Multiple References: Documenting differences between Metop-A/IASI and Metop-B/IASI
0:20
9:20
Review of the GCC and GPRC Web Sites
0:55
9:30
Fangfang
Using Multiple References: Diurnal Cycle using AIRS+IASI
10:15
9:50
All
Towards Operational GEO-LEO IR Products
Coffee break
10:20
10:35
Peter
GSICS Product Plotting Software
0:50
10:40
Jack Xiong
MODIS level 1B calibration updates and data product collections
11:25
GSICS Data and Product server directory structure and THREDDS configuration
11:00
Lessons from MODIS calibration and characterization + Traceability Statement for MODIS
12:15
Na Xu, Min Min, Yuan Li
GSICS Data Management and Sharing
11:20
Inter-calibration of IR sounders
11:30
Discussion
0:40
12:45
Lunch
1:15
IR: consolidation, progress towards pre-op, LEO-LEO

11. Day 2: Tuesday 6 March 2012 - pm GDWG Breakout GRWG Session 12:45
IR: consolidation, progress towards pre-op, LEO-LEO
Day 2: Tuesday 6 March pm
GDWG Breakout
GRWG Session
12:45
Lunch
1:15
14:00
Peter
GSICS Documentation Storage
0:30
Tiejun Chang
Bias analysis and correction of MetOp/AVHRR IR channel using AVHRR-IASI inter-comparison
0:20
14:30
Aleksandar
Additions and Modifications to the netCDF and File Naming Conventions
14:20
Yong zhang
vicarious calibration of IR bands in CMA
15:00
Guidelines for Creating GSICS netCDF Files
14:40
Bertrand Fougnie
IASI cross-cal with AIRS, IASI-B, and CRIS
15:30
All
GSICS Strategy for IR LEO/LEO
Coffee break
15:50
Automated Distribution of GSICS Products to Users
Fangfang/Fred
NOAA's implementation of DCC
16:10
Sebastien Wagner
EUMETSAT DCC implementation
16:30
All (with GRWG)
DCC method implementation in FY-3/MERSI
Lin Chen
16:50
Arata Okuyama
JMA's solar calibration approach
17:10
Rayleigh scattering improvements
0:10
17:20
Roadmap for GSICS Products for GEO-LEO Solar Channels
0:40
Dave Doelling
18:00
End
Solar: Results of DCC/Rayleigh baseline algorithms

12. Day 3: Wed 7 March 2012 am GDWG Breakout GRWG Session 8:30
Combined with the GRWG session
Requirements for Recording Instrument Anomalies/Events to Support GSICS Product Validation
0:40
Rob
Instrument Event Logs Requirements
9:20
Jerome
Making GSICS products more visible: A GSICS Product Access Guide
1:00
9:10
Jack Xiong
Using the Moon for sensor calibration inter-comparisons
0:20
9:30
Qiang Guo
A New Cross-calibration Approach for Different Thermal Emissive Bands in FY-2 Satellite with On-orbit Lunar Observations
9:50
Arata Okuyama
Brief report of GMS-5 lunar calibration by ROLO model
0:10
10:00
Tim/Seb
Application of ROLO model to Meteosat/SEVIRI
10:10
Bertrand Fougnie
Characterization of calibration sites using Pleiades Images, with a specific focus on Moon
10:20
All
Statement of Requirements for Lunar Model Interface Functionality
10:30
Coffee break
10:50
Registering GSICS products in the WMO Information system (WIS)
Ling sun, Jingjing Liu, Yuan Li
CRCS sites and Global sites calibration
Peter
Using ISO Metadata Standard to Interface With External Data Discovery Systems
11:10
Inter-comparison methodologies and applications to AVHRR, ETM+, MODIS, and VIIRS
0:30
11:30
Aleksandar
More Functional Alternative to GSICS Wiki?
11:40
Rob Roebeling
SCIAMACHY/GOME2 as inter-calibration reference
12:00
11:50
Dave Doelling
SCIAMACHY-Aqua/MODIS+GEOs
12:10
Strategy for LEO-LEO solar-band inter-calibration
0:35
12:45
Lunch
1:30
1:15
Solar: Results of Lunar, Development plans, Migration of Reference instrument

13. Day 3: Wed 7 March 2012 pm GDWG Breakout GRWG Session 12:45 Lunch 1:30
Strategy for re-calibrating archive data
Day 3: Wed 7 March 2012 pm
GDWG Breakout
GRWG Session
12:45
Lunch
1:30
1:15
14:15
14:00
Rob Roebeling
EUMETSAT Re-calibration of Meteosat archive using HIRS
0:30
14:30
Arata Okuyama
for infrared calibration approach of historical data by using HIRS
0:15
14:45
All
Strategy for Re-Analysis products
0:50
15:45
Departure to Beijing Ground Receiving Station
17:15
Visit to Beijing Ground Receiving Station
2:00
19:15
Travel back to hotel
20:45
End

14. Visit to Beijing Ground Station

15. Day 4: Thurs 8 March 2012 GDWG Breakout GRWG Session 8:30 0:30
NWP Double Difference
Day 4: Thurs 8 March 2012
GDWG Breakout
GRWG Session
8:30
0:30
XingMing Liang
Using Double Differences in MICROS for Cross-sensor Consistency Check
9:00
Tim
Radiance-dependence in NWP results
0:40
0:10
9:40
0:00
9:10
Extending MICROS methodology into reflectance bands
9:20
All
GSICS Strategy for NWP Bias Monitoring as inter-calibration tool
0:20
9:50
Songyan Gu
Calibration summary for FY-3 Microwave sensors
10:10
Coffee break
10:30
Jerome+Dave
CLARREO
11:10
GSICS Calibration Support Segments - Interaction with other groups: GRUAN, ROLO, IVOS, XCAL
11:50
Rob/anyone
Instrument Event Logs
12:20
Tim/anyone
Update on Microwave Products
12:50
Lunch
1:00
13:50
Tim Hewison
2012 GSICS Users' Workshop
14:20
Aleksandar Jelenak
Review outcomes of GDWG
14:50
Marianne Koenig
Review outcomes of GRWG & Agree Principles
15:20
15:40
Topics and Chairing of next web meetings
16:10
Agree actions
16:40
Date and Place of Next meeting
17:00
End
General Interest Items
Wrap-up

16. Actions and Recommendations of the GRWG Session

17. User Feedback Number Title Actionee Due Date Action JOINT07_02
Propose a functionality for a central GSICS product catalogue
GDWG
Action JOINT07_03
Decide on the actual contents of the catalogue and provide a respective Users’ Guide
Number
Title
Actionee
Due Date
Action JOINT07_04
Review the GPPA, suggest some streamlining in order to accelerate the acceptance process and make a recommendation to EP
F. Yu (GCC), GRWG through a web meeting

18. CLARREO Number Text JOINT07_02R
All GPRCs to seek support for the WMO preliminary proposal on a CLARREO type instrument on the ISS in time for the related workshop in June 2012
Number
Title
Actionee
Due Date
Action JOINT07_06
Make the WMO preliminary proposal on a CLARREO type instrument on the ISS available to all GPRCs
Jérôme Lafeuille
31 March 2012

19. Users - GRHSST Number Text JOINT07_02R
GRHSST is invited to review one or more of the current GSICS geo IR products and to provide feedback to GRWG, POC is XingMing Liang
Number
Title
Actionee
Due Date
Action JOINT07_07
Invite GRHSST to a web meeting, where Tiejun Chang will present his inter-calibration work on AVHRR and where GRWG can seek feedback from GRHSST
Tim Hewison and Teijun Chang
Number
Text
GRWG07_03R
GRHSST is invited to review one or more of the current GSICS geo IR products and to provide feedback to GRWG, POC is XingMing Liang

20. Instrument Event Logs Number Title Actionee Due Date Action JOINT07_05
Report on what instrument events can be made available from a legal point of view
All GPRCs, activity lead by R. Roebeling
Number
Title
Actionee
Due Date
Action JOINT07_08
Check and provide comments to provided shortlist of instrument events to be logged
All GPRCs
2013 GRWG
Action JOINT07_09
Propose an event logging procedure including standards
R. Roebeling and P. Miu
Action JOINT07_10
Propose a web based interface for event logging for GSICS

21. GSICS Products for Solar band
Number
Title
Actionee
Due Date
Action GRWG07_01
Circulate to GSICS the traceability document on the MODIS solar calibration presented at the CALCON conference with the addition of the estimated uncertainty between pre-flight and flight operation
J. Xiong
Number
Title
Actionee
Due Date
Action GRWG07_02
Provide an (outline) ATBD on the Rayleigh scattering method
CNES

22. Deep Convective Clouds
Number
Title
Actionee
Due Date
Action GRWG07_03
Extract the tropical DCCs from the MODIS archive and make that data available to all GPRCs, data issues to be discussed with the Data Working Group
Dave Doelling and GDWG
30 June 2012

23. Potential Lunar Irradiance Service
Number
Text
GRWG07_01R
GRWG recognise the unique benefit of lunar observations.
GRWG recognise the key role of ROLO in lunar calibration.
GRWG greatly appreciate the support provided by T. Stone (USGS)
For lunar calibration to become sustainable, it is necessary to routinely compute lunar irradiances from ROLO results for each instrument relevant to GSICS, accounting for spectral response, geometry, etc., and compare these with that instrument’s integrated observations of the moon.
GRWG enthusiastically welcomed the proposal from USGS to develop an internet-based technology to provide a service to perform this function.
The Executive Panel are invited to take note of the great potential of such a contribution from USGS.

24. NIST Lunar Calibration Workshop
Goal: establish the Moon as an absolute calibration standard , SI traceable for satellite sensor calibration target through the inter-agency efforts with the cut-edge technologies.
Where: NIST, Gaithersburg, MD Time: May 14-15, 2012
Summary from Tom Stone:
Multiple agencies are interested in using lunar calibration
so multiple agencies should pool resources to fund its improvement and access
this all would be coordinated by NIST.
The official workshop report will contain a number of recommendations.
Currently lunar calibration cannot be considered operational
in the sense of providing near-real-time, on-demand results.
This is a pressing need, and should be reported to the GSICS Exec Panel.

25. Discussions, Suggestions & Conclusions from Fangfang Yu
ROLO model should be maintained and improved
Turn ROLO model into institutional standard
Gate-keepers for the future lunar model, ITAR issue, version control, written documentations
Extend irradiance model to radiance model at certain level of accuracy
Extend the spectra to UV and Thermal IR range
NOAA as the operational agency will use whatever the existing resource while the institutional agencies will explore the new technology for the goals.
NIST should lead the inter-agency effort to improve the lunar model to meet the SI traceable absolute calibration accuracy goal.
The workshop report will be available in 3 months

26. Hyperspectral Solar-band Obs
Number
Title
Actionee
Due Date
Action GRWG07_04
Clarify the availability of SCIAMACHY data with ESA and KNMI and report back to GRWG
Rob Roebeling and Jérôme Lafeuille
30 April 2012
Action GRWG07_05
Enquire about lunar observations obtained with SCIAMACHY
Rob Roebeling
Action GRWG07_06
Extract ray-matched SCIAMACHY data (for geostationary satellites) from archive and make the dataset available to GRWG, liaise with GDWG on format issues
Dave Doelling and GDWG
31 December 2012

27. Number
Title
Actionee
Due Date
Action GRWG07_07
Investigate use of IASI observations for creating spectral band conversions between broad-band instruments and consider respective requirements; report back to GRWG
Tim Hewison
30 September 2012
Action GRWG07_08
Present the NWP bias monitoring for ATSR and MODIS in the next GRWG meeting in 2013
XingMing Liang
2013 GRWG meeting
Action GRWG07_09
Invite A. Heidinger to give a presentation on the possibility to use the AVHRR Patmos-X dataset to support archive recalibration

28. GSICS Products for Microwave
Number
Title
Actionee
Due Date
Action GRWG07_10
Report back to GRWG on the possibility to inter-calibrate the microwave imager MWRI with one other instrument of the international constellation and to consider submitting this to GSICS product acceptance
Songyan Gu
2013 GRWG meeting
Action GRWG07_11
Follow up NOAA work regarding the microwave sounders and on the plans to submit this work to GSICS product acceptance, including review by GSICS microwave sub-group
Fangfang Yu

29. Not all work!

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