The abstract book for the EarthCARE Science Workshop can be downloaded here
MONDAY Start Title Speaker 08:30 Registration 09:30 WELCOME chair: Albrecht von Bargen 09:30 Welcome by DLR Hans-Peter Lüttenberg 09:40 Opening Remarks Maurice Borgeaud 09:50 Opening Remarks Teruyuki Nakajima 10:00 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW co-chairs: Tobias Wehr, Riko Oki 10:00 Satellite, Project overview and Programmatics Alain Lefebvre 10:45 CPR status Eiichi Tomita 11:00 Break 11:20 EarthCARE Science Status (part 1) Anthony J. Illingworth 11:40 EarthCARE Science Status (part 2) Hajime Okamoto 12:00 Data Products developed in Europe and Canada David Donovan 12:30 Data Products developed in Japan Riko Oki 13:00 LUNCH 14:00 14:00 PROCESS STUDIES co-chairs: Robin Hogan, Takashi Nakajima 14:00 Key Note: Observing the cloud evolution process by using passive and active spaceborne sensors such as EarthCARE, A-Train, and Himawari-8 Takashi Nakajima 14:30 Interpretation of passive geostationary microphysical properties of ice clouds using synergistic lidar-radar observations Luca Bugliaro 14:50 The diagnosis of mixed phase cloud and estimates of aggregation and riming rates from Doppler radar Shannon Mason 15:10 Parametrization of falling snow microphysical and scattering properties for W-band radar retrievals Dmitri Moisseev 15:30 NASA 2017 Decadal Survey recommendations on aerosols, cloud, convection, and precipitation observables Felix Seidel 15:40 Introduction to Demonstration EarthCARE Simulator (E3SIM) Dulce Lajas 15:50 POSTER VIEWING WITH REFRESHMENTS With EarthCARE Simulator demonstration 17:00 Combined lidar and radar observations of the relationship between cloud-top temperature, in-cloud dynamics and rain rate Johannes Bühl 17:20 How do temperature inversions control aerosol vertical distribution in the Arctic during polar winter? Abhay Devasthale 17:40 Discussion 18:00 End of first day 18:15 ICE BREAKER at Universitäts Club Bonn TUESDAY Start Title Speaker 09:00 CNES support to French research community activities in relation with EarthCARE Science Thierry Tremas 09:05 OBSERVATIONAL TECHNIQUES co-chairs: Tomoaki Nishizawa, Ulla Wandinger 09:10 Key Note: Lidar Observations as Climate Data Records David Winker 09:40 From collocated spaceborne lidar-imager observations to the geostationary remote sensing of thin cirrus clouds and the anvil cirrus life cycle Johan Strandgren 09:55 Comparison of airborne configurations in a radar-lidar retrieval technique as a preparation for EarthCARE Quitterie Cazenave 10:10 How Solar Reflectance can be used to improve a Variational Radar-Lidar Retrieval for Ice Clouds Florian Ewald 10:25 POSTER VIEWING WITH REFRESHMENTS with EarthCARE Simulator demonstration 11:35 A synergistic "best estimate" retrieval of clouds, precipitation and Alessio Bozzo 11:50 Observations of cloud- and precipitation-microphysics and vertical motion Hajime Okamoto 12:05 The EarthCARE CPR Doppler measurements in Deep Convection: Challenges, Post-Processing and Science Applications Pavlos Kollias 12:20 Radar Sub-Millimeter Synergy Dave Duncan 12:35 EarthCARE’s Broadband Radiometer: Unforeseen Sampling Uncertainties Associated with Cloudy Atmospheres Florian Tornow 12:50 LUNCH 13:50 Key Note: The potential of a multi-decades space-borne lidar record to constrain cloud feedbacks Hélène Chepfer 14:20 EarthCARE-like measurements on the research aircraft HALO for preparation and validation studies Silke Groß 14:35 Global 3D distributions of aerosol components retrieved by synergy of CALIOP and MODIS Rei Kudo 14:50 Discussion 15:20 POSTER VIEWING WITH REFRESHMENTS with EarthCARE Simulator demonstration 16:10 16:10 MODELLING co-chairs: Jason Cole, Kentaroh Suzuki 16:15 Space Lidar observations constrain longwave cloud feedback Hélène Chepfer 16:30 Evaluation of microphysics in mixed-phase clouds over the Southern Ocean in NICAM using Joint simulator Woosub Roh 16:45 Exploring a dichotomy between process-based constraint and energy-balance requirement on aerosol-cloud interaction in climate modeling Kentaroh Suzuki 17:00 The ECMWF observation operator for direct 4D-Var assimilation of cloud radar reflectivity and lidar backscatter: developments and its use for monitoring Mark Fielding 17:15 Experimental 4D-Var assimilation of space-borne cloud radar and lidar observations in advance of EarthCARE Marta Janiskova 17:30 Discussion 18:00 End of second day 19:00 CONFERENCE DINNER WEDNESDAY start title speaker 09:00 RADIATION co-chairs: Kentaroh Suzuki, Nicolas Clerbaux 09:05 Key Note: Radiative heating rate computed with clouds derived from satellite based active and passive sensors and their effects on generation of eddy available potential energy Seiji Kato 09:35 The radiative impact of double layered cloud systems in the tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere Abhay Devasthale 09:50 Radiative effects of clouds from the synergy of active and passive satellite instruments: missing elements of puzzle Artem Feofilov 10:05 The McRALI Monte Carlo simulator to evaluate (HSR) lidar and (Doppler) radar observables in 3D cloudy atmospheres: Application to EarthCARE mission Frédéric Szczap 10:20 Spatiotemporal variability of solar irradiance at the surface: Implications for radiative closure at the surface Hartwig Deneke 10:35 Solar and thermal radiative flux estimation for the EarthCARE BBR instrument: Analysis of results Carlos Domenech 10:50 Discussion 11:00 POSTER VIEWING WITH REFRESHMENTS with EarthCARE Simulator demonstration 11:40 PANEL DISCUSSION co-chairs: A.J. Illingworth, H. Okamoto 12:25 END OF SCIENCE WORKSHOP 12:25 LUNCH 13:25 13:25 START OF VALIDATION WORKSHOP
aerosol for EarthCARE, and its planned use in evaluating the ECMWF
forecast model
First ESA EarthCARE Cal/Val Workshop
The abstract book for the EarthCARE Validation Workshop can be downloaded here
WEDNESDAY |
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Title |
Speaker |
13:30 |
ESA introduction |
Chairs: A.Lefebvre and D.Maeusli |
13:35 |
Workshop intro, cal-val organisation, communications, schedule, and overview of coverage of AO proposals |
R.Koopman |
14:15 |
Cal/Val Campaigns Coordination |
D.Schüttemeyer |
14:25 |
ESA Atmospheric Validation Data Centre |
A -M. Fjæra |
14:40 |
Observation Planning Support |
M. Pinol Sole |
14:50 |
CODA, HARP and VISAN: ESA tool suite for product analysis and intercomparison (demo introduction) |
S.Niemeijer |
14:55 |
Status and future plan of the JAXA Validation activity |
T. Kubota |
15:05 |
General Approaches and multi task country contributions |
chairs: J.Cole and D.Dovan |
15:10 |
German Initiative for the Validation of EarthCARE (GIVE) |
U. Wandinger, S.Groß, A.Hünerbein |
15:35 |
Swedish contribution to ESA s EarthCARE Cal Val activities (SweVal) |
A. Devasthale |
15:45 |
Break |
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16:15 |
Validation of EarthCARE Product in China |
X. Hu |
16:25 |
Validation of EarthCARE products towards their homogenization with CALIPSO for consolidating the 3D long-term ESA-LIVAS climatology of aerosols, clouds and radiation (ACROSS) |
V.Amiridis |
16:45 |
NASA Assests (ground, sub-orbital and orbital) and field campaigns relevant for EarthCARE |
F. Seidel |
16:55 |
CNES support to French research community activities in relation with EarthCARE Validation |
T. Tremas |
17:00 |
DISCUSSION (theme 1: including 39211 ) |
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17:30 |
Poster viewing + demos |
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18:30 |
Adjourn |
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THURSDAY |
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Start |
Title |
Speaker |
09:00 |
Specific instrument, product and algorithm validation |
chairs: L.Baldini and A.Battaglia |
09:05 |
EarthCARE BBR L1 and L2 Products Assessment |
N. Clerbaux |
09:15 |
SPACECARE (Study of Precipitation in the AntarctiC with EarthCARE) |
C. Genthon |
09:25 |
Evaluation of EarthCARE Radiances and Fluxes with CERES Data Products |
N. Loeb |
09:35 |
Validation of EarthCARE Aerosol products over key REgions with a focus on high latitudes (VECARE) |
G. Ancellet |
09:45 |
Innovative retrieval methods of aerosol and cirrus cloud optical depth above water clouds and ocean surface, and its application in ATLID cal/val studies. |
D. Josset |
09:55 |
Calibration and Validation for EarthCARE Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) using Ground Based and Satellite Weather Radar Observations |
V. Chandrasekar |
10:05 |
Break with poster viewing + demos |
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11:35 |
Statistically based calibration/validation control of ATLID L1 data |
H. Chepfer |
11:45 |
Cabauw Lidar Observations for ATLID L1 and L2a product evaluation |
D. Donovan |
11:55 |
Calibration and Validation of EarthCARE s Cloud Profiling Radar Data Products |
O. Sy (PI: S. Tanelli) |
12:05 |
Cross-scale evaluation of ground precipitation derived from the ACM-CAP data product over Europe |
Y. Markonis |
12:15 |
MMP : Monitoring MSI/EarthCARE L1 performances using concomitant intercalibration and stand-alone approaches |
N. Scott |
12:25 |
DISCUSSION (theme 2, including also 38188 ) |
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12:55 |
Lunch |
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14:25 |
Dedicated campaigns and regional efforts |
chairs: J.Delanoe and S.Gross |
14:30 |
Validation of EarthCARE products by comparison with airborne measurements and global NWP predictions |
F. Marenco |
14:45 |
Balloon Aerosols Instruments for the Validation of EarthCare (BAIVEC) |
J-B. Renard |
15:00 |
MORECALVAL : MObile Radar-Lidar-Radiometer EarthCare CAL/VAL project |
J. Delanoe |
15:15 |
Airborne and Lidar Validation of EarthCARE (ALIVO EarthCARE) |
M. Gausa |
15:30 |
Break |
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16:00 |
An assessment of EarthCARE s Cloud Property Retrieval Algorithmsfor Persistent Ice-phase Clouds in the Canadian Arctic during Polar Night |
H. Barker |
16:15 |
EarthCARE Calibration and Validation Using an Airborne HSRL |
D. Winker |
16:30 |
DISCUSSION (theme 3 including also 38188, 38816, 39205, 38811, 38935, 39211) |
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17:15 |
Global coverage and long-term global mission support by observational networks and stations |
chairs: D.Donovan amd U.Wandinger |
17:20 |
ACTRIS for EarthCare L2 product evaluation (AECARE) |
A. Apituley |
17:40 |
LALINET EARTHCARE CAL/VAL |
E. Landulfo |
17:50 |
Validation of EarthCARE level2 radar products in high-latitude and Arctic climates |
D. Moisseev |
18:00 |
An Italian coordinated contribution to the Validation of EarthCare products from three atmospheric observatories in the Central Mediterranean Sea. |
G L . Liberti |
18:10 |
adjourn |
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FRIDAY |
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Start |
Title |
Speaker |
09:00 |
Global coverage and long-term global mission support by observational networks and stations (continued) |
chairs: D.Donovan amd U.Wand inger |
09:05 |
British and Korean lidars for ATLID validation (BAKLAVA) |
M. Tesche |
09:15 |
CESAR for EarthCARE evaluation (CECARE) |
A. Apituley |
09:25 |
ACTRIS-FR proposal for EarthCARE Cal/Val |
B. Torres (PI: Ph. Goloub) |
09:35 |
EarthCARE Cal/Val Using the NASA Micro Pulse Lidar Network (MPLNET) |
E. Welton |
09:45 |
Validation of the EarthCARE ATLID and MSI products using ground-based lidar and sunphotometry measurements in East Asia. |
T. Nishizawa |
09:55 |
DISCUSSION (theme 4 including also 38188, 38839, 39067, 39183, 38810, 38816,38909, 39147, 39186, 39211, 39214 ) |
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10:25 |
Break (including poster viewing) |
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11:05 |
Validation against other satellites |
chairs: N. Clerbaux and P. Kollias |
11:10 |
Plan for EarthCARE/ATLID Calibration and Science Product Validation Using CALIPSO |
D. Winker |
11:40 |
DISCUSSION (theme 6 including also 37730, 38188, 38709,38816, 38839, 39067, 39147, 39183, 39205, 39217, 39266, 39821) |
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12:10 |
DISCUSSION (theme 5 Validation using models) including 38018, 38188, 38935, 39217) |
chair: A.Illingworth and J.Cole |
12:30 |
Analysis of coverage with respect to requirements (Gap analysis DISCUSSION) |
chairs: A. Illingworth (EMAG and theme 5) |
13:20 |
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Secretaries: T.Wehr (validation requirements and theme 5) |
13:20 |
Roadmap |
R.Koopman |
13:30 |
Closing |
A. Lefebvre |