1. 10.j. Next GSICS Users Workshop & other Outreach
13 May 2019
10.j. Next GSICS Users Workshop & other Outreach
Larry Flynn, NOAA
2019 Annual Meeting
Frascati Italy
8 March 2019

2. Disclaimer
"The contents of this presentation are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect any position of the US Government or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."

3. Proposed Workshop for 2019
Venue: International TOVS Study Conference (ITSC-22) Quebec,
31 Oct to 6 Nov 2019
Format: Evening Workshop with approximately five talks and ample time for questions, discussions and feedback
Support: GCC (Overview & Access), GRWG (Methods & Products), GDWG (Formats & Tools)
Outcome: Disseminate information, increase participation in GRWG and GDWG, increase product use, receive user requirements, and receive feedback on product content.

4. Backup

5. Proposal from EP Chair
Hi Liam and Vincent, I was telling Larry that all the smart people interested in intercalibration and how it can be applied to various applications, including NWP, etc. are at ITWG. I was really impressed by the evening workshop we had on "GAIA-CLIM workshop on satellite validation with NWP" at the Darmstadt ITWG meeting. The interaction and feedback were outstanding. So can we do the same type of evening venue for GSICS? Best, Mitch

6. Larry Flynn, GCC Director
13 May 2019
Dear Dr. Gumley and Dr,. Guidard, I am writing in my capacity as Director of the Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS) Coordination Center (GCC).    
The GCC organizes annual workshops as outreach to potential users of the GSICS calibration products.    
The products for visible and infrared sensors have progressed to point that we now have an intercalibrated, global GEO-Ring of sensors.
The Chair of the GSICS Execute Panel, Mitch Goldberg of NOAA, has directed the GCC to investigate organizing this year's Users Workshop as a component of the ITSC in Quebec as he recognizes that it is an excellent opportunity to reach many of our target users.
An example agenda with links to the talks from a past workshop is provided below. We would expect to have a smaller, more focused session for the ITSC but it shows the breadth of possible coverage.
Please let me know if you think a GSICS UW would be a good addition to this year's ITSC and, if so, how we should proceed to organize it.
Larry Flynn, GCC Director
I was telling Larry that all the smart people interested in intercalibration and how it can be applied to various applications, including NWP, etc are at ITWG    I was really impressed by the evening workshop we had on:  "GAIA-CLIM workshop on satellite validation with NWP"  at the  Darnstadt ITWG meeting.  The interaction and feedback were outstanding.
So can we do the same type of evening venue for GSICS?

7. Deliverables

8. Sorry, I forgot to let you know the 3 existing deliverables
Sorry, I forgot to let you know the 3 existing deliverables. I will  introduce them at my talk on Day-2 (agenda item#3s). A) LEO L1 netCDF (Source dataset) 1.Objective of the Deliverable ( e.g why the Group/Subgroup/Community  needs it etc) Some GSICS agencies need to use reference LEO L1 subset for their GEO-LEO  collocation to generate GSICS inter-calibration products. 2.How it was created Data provider (e.g. IASI L1C by EUMETSAT) creates and makes it available  on the GSICS Collaboration Server based on user's requests. 3. How to use it To use the file as an input of inter-calibration of ATBD. 4. References: Publications, websites etc. EUMETSAT GSICS Collaboration Server:  B) GEO-LEO-IR Collocation netCDF (Intermediate data) 1.Objective of the Deliverable ( e.g why the Group/Subgroup/Community  needs it etc) Input for deriving inter-calibration coefficients, which is mainly used by  producers of GSICS products, but may be useful for other users 2.How it was created Created by producers of GSICS Products (e.g. JMA) 3. How to use it The data are used by the producers to generate GSICS Correction. Other  users may want to replicate the process, or use them for their research  purpose. 4. References: Publications, websites etc. Convention (template):  Data (example of JMA's data):  transfer was  stopped in 2018 due to slow FTP connection: root causes are under  investigation) C) SRF netCDF 1.Objective of the Deliverable ( e.g why the Group/Subgroup/Community  needs it etc) To support GSICS activities such as Lunar Calibration using GIRO (GSICS  Implementation of the ROLO model) 2.How it was created GDWG Chair basically has created based on users' requests, but some users  also generate the files by themselves by referring the following  Convention or document. 3. How to use it To use as an input file to execute GIRO and other applications for GSICS  research. 4. References:  Convention (document is attached on the page):  Document for GIRO: 

9. From Toshi,
In my presentation scheduled on Friday morning, I'm expecting the presentation from GRWG on the review of CIMO Guide Part III: Chapter 6: Calibration and validation. Could you kindly invite someone from GRWG to give a talk?.
9:10 Toshi Kurino / GRWG
WMO CIMO Guide Updating; PART III: Space-based observation 10c
By the way, WMO CIMO Guide is not a "static" document, but a "dynamic" "Rolling Review" Updating is expected.
It is not only an issue for reviewing the CIMO Guide Part III, but also all the following GSICS documents to be reviewed on regular basis.
o RD001: Introduction to GSICS
o RD002: Vision of GSICS
o RD003: Guide to GSICS Products and Services
o RD004: Terns of Reference of GCC, EP, GDWG and GRWG
o RD005: GSICS Service Specification
o RD006: GIRO and GLOD Dataset Usage Policy
I'd like to propose to implement such a function as an "editorial board" in GSICS for taking care of the related documents as "up-to-date".
(Chapters 1-7)
From Masaya,
Reviewing/updating the CIMO guide is an action assigned to GRWG Chair at GSICS-EP last year (A.GRWG ). The first review by a few GSICS members (Dohyoeng, Tim, Fred and I) was reported (by Dohyeong?) at WMO ET-SAT-12 last December. The reason why Dohyeong asked Tim/Fred/I only was we did not have time.
So discussing this topic with GSICS members would be a very good idea. I think using the latest version of the document would be good for Day-5
discussion, but I am not sure whether the document you referred (
is the latest one or not. I guess Toshi or Dohyeong knows about that.
From Ralph,
Some general comments from a MW perspective:
Section    Advanced research sensors such as GMI and AMSR (E and 2) have multiple calibration measurements internally so they can do non-linear calibrations.  Seems like a statement could be included on this.
Section For SNO, the criteria for matchups is also a function of the wavelengths and their weighting functions.  For example, the oxygen bands (less affected by the surface and atmosphere) can have looser matchup criteria than say surface influenced/window channels.  So their could be a (d) that includes impacts of surface state.

10. Discussions and EP guidance
Format GSICS Product Catalog
New format of Product Catalog is available at
GPPA- Demo Phase
New exceptions a) RAC files –single/multiple, applied to DCC product. b)
N20-CrIS and IASI-B need not yet GSICS references.
GSICS Cloud, Internet and Wiki presence
NOAA-GCC-GDWG <-> WMO need collaboration/cross visits to harmonize cloud meet future demands of data warehousing and publishing.
GSICS 3-G and WIGOS
There has been increased collaboration between GNSS – GRUAN – GSICS. Within the WIGOS system this has made a highly positive impact contributing to vital validation activities of L1B Climate records and direct instrument monitoring particularly in the Microwave and IR wavelengths.
We now have GSICS POC in GRUAN and GRUAN POC in GSICS
Should regular updates be provided to EP on 3G and WIGOS ?
Should we have a GSICS POC in WIGOS ?