October 2011 CLARREO Science Team Meeting
12-14 October
The Pyle Center at the University of Wisconsin—Madison

Agenda (pdf)

We request that key individuals present focused oral talks in support of this meeting. Please provide input to Dave Young or Rosemary Baize regarding what topics you believe should be covered and what questions you would like to see your fellow presenters address. We will try our best to incorporate all of the comments.

Wednesday, Oct. 12th 
Start End Duration Topic Speaker
Introduction
8:00 AM 8:20 AM 0:20 Welcome/Introduction/Meeting Goals D. Young
8:20 AM 8:30 AM 0:10 NASA Headquarters Perspective  K. Jucks
IR Presentations
8:30 AM 9:00 AM 0:30 SI traceability: relevant definitions and current implementations in the infrared J. Dykema
9:00 AM 9:30 AM 0:30 CLARREO IR Spectra: Achieving 0.1 K 3-sigma (SI-traceable uncertainty analyses and Post-launch Validation) H. Revercomb
9:30 AM 10:00 AM 0:30 CLARREO and IR Intercal D. Tobin
10:00 AM 10:30 AM 0:30 Break
10:30 AM 11:00 AM 0:30 CLARREO - State Parameter Climate Retrieval B. Smith
11:00 AM 11:30 AM 0:30 CLARREO IR Radiance Benchmark Product Analyses R. Knuteson
11:30 AM 1:00 PM 1:30 Lunch
1:00 PM 1:30 PM 0:30 8-Year Radiance trends from AIRS and Comparison to ERA-Interim Reanalysis L. Strow
1:30 PM 2:00 PM 0:30 A robust OSSE study with a 25-year simulation of global OLR spectra from 3-hourly GCM outputs Y. Huang
2:00 PM 2:30 PM 0:30 A look at 9 years of AIRS radiance X. Huang
2:30 PM 3:00 PM 0:30 Break
3:00 PM 3:30 PM 0:30 Assessing the Effects of Instrument Systematic Uncertainty in the IR Measurements on Derivation of Spectral Fingerprints Temperatures Nipa P.
3:30 PM 4:00 PM 0:30 Understanding atmospheric and cloud property variabilities toward TOA spectral radiance closure S. Kato
4:00 PM 6:00 PM 2:00 Tour
6:30 PM 8:30 PM 2:00 Dinner at Great Dane Pub & Brewing Company
Thursday, Oct. 13th 
Start End Duration Topic Speaker
IR Presentations continued.
8:30 AM 9:00 AM 0:30 Radiative transfer model and retrieval algorithms for CLARREO hyperspectral sensor X. Liu
9:00 AM 9:30 AM 0:30 Far-IR spectral greenhouse effects D. Kratz
9:30 AM 10:00 AM 0:30 Seasonal and interannual variability diagnosed from IASI spectra and comparison to simulations H. Brindley
10:00 AM 10:30 AM 0:30 Break
RS Presentations
10:30 AM 11:00 AM 0:30 Simulated Shortwave and Longwave Spectra from Models with Different Cloud Feedback Strengths. D. Feldman/B. Collins
11:00 AM 11:30 AM 0:30 Monitoring carbon dioxide trends from spectral radiance measurements B. Soden
11:30 AM 1:00 PM 1:30 Lunch
1:00 PM 1:30 PM 0:30 Comparing the Variability in Simulated Hyperspectral Solar Radiance with Observations P. Pilewskie/Y. Roberts
1:30 PM 2:00 PM 0:30 Study of correlations between SCIAMACHY, MODIS and CERES measurements for CLARREO Z. Jin
2:00 PM 2:30 PM 0:30 Update on CLARREO RS Inter-calibration Activities C. Lukashin
2:30 PM 3:00 PM 0:30 Sensitivity of radiation polarization to microphysical properties of thin ice clouds W. Sun
3:00 PM 3:30 PM 0:30 Break
3:30 PM 4:00 PM 0:30 Science Definition Support for the CLARREO RS Instrument and Measurements: Proposed Activities and Progress J. Xiong
RO Presentations 
4:00 PM 4:30 PM 0:30 Sampling Error and Resolution of COSMIC and CHAMP RO Data S. Leroy
4:30 PM 5:00 PM 0:30 Systematic error analysis for GNSS RO refractivity in the lower troposphere C. Ao
Friday, Oct. 14th 
Start End Duration Topic Speaker
Special Topics
8:30 AM 9:00 AM 0:30 Sampling studies based on the ISS D. Doelling
9:00 AM 9:30 AM 0:30 Overview of CLARREO IR Calibration Demonstration System D. Johnson 
9:30 AM 10:00 AM 0:30 Overview of CLARREO RS Calibration Demonstration System K. Thome
10:00 AM 10:30 AM 0:30 Break
10:30 AM 11:00 AM 0:30 Engineering Overview J. Corliss/P. Speth
11:00 AM 11:20 AM 0:20 Path Forward D. Young
11:20 AM 11:20 AM 0:00 Adjourn

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