GHRSST-PP 6th Science Team Meeting

Met Office, Exeter, UK, England, 14-20th May 2005

Agenda and Power point Presentations


This page contains the Agenda followed at the 6th GHRSST-PP Science Team meeting together with clickable links to the powerpoint presentations made at the meeting.  Please follow professional protocol if you choose to use any slides in your own  presentations by asking permission from each author.

Saturday, 14th May 2005
Location: Met Office HQ, Board Room
Time Agenda item Session leaders Ref
10:00-12:30 GHRSST-PP Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 roadmap meeting
Presentation of Pierre LeBorgne 		G. Wick RD-1, RD-7
12:30 Lunch at the Barn Owl pub, walking distance to the Met Office
14:00-
17:00 		GHRSST-PP Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 roadmap meeting G. Wick RD-1, RD-7
Sunday, 15th May 2005
Location: Met Office HQ, Board Room
Time Agenda item Session leaders Ref
15:00 Introduction to the GHRSST-PP Diurnal Variability Working group meeting, C Merchant
Agenda
 C Merchant  
  Fundamentals of Diurnal Variability
  Parameterising Diurnal Adjustments
  Research Opportunities
1.     Pierre Le Borgne: Hourly products from MSG
Discussion
18:30 GHRSST-PP Management team meeting: Location Exeter Thistle Hotel. C Donlon RD-5
20:00 Informal dinner in Exeter – all welcome (meet at Thistle Hotel).


Monday, 16th May 2005
Location: Met Office: Conference 3&4
Time Agenda item Session leaders Ref
08:30 Registration
08:50 Welcome and logistics C. Donlon RD-7, RD-8, RD-9
09:00 Welcome address from the Head of the United Kingdom National Centre for Ocean Forecasting M. Bell  
09:20 European Space Agency Support to the GHRSST-PP O. Arino RD-8
09:40 Report from the GHRSST-PP International project Office:
 Overview of the GHRSST-PP project status, priorities and aims of the Meeting. 		 Donlon RD-7, RD-2, RD-3
10:10 Coffee
Session 1. Reports to the GHRSST-PP Science Team Chair: B Emery
Rapporteur: C Donlon 		  RD-8 
10:30 USA: MISST project, Chelle Gentemann
10:50 Europe: Medspiration Jean-Francois Piollé
11:10 Australia: BlueLINK> project, Helen Beggs
11:30 Japan: Tsurane Kuragano/Hiroshi Kawamura (presented by C Donlon)
11:50 USA GDAC status and prospects: A Bingham
12:10 Report from the GHRSST-PP Reanalysis Technical Advisory Group (RAN-TAG), K Casey
12:30 Report from the DV-WG,  C Merchant RD-8, RD-7
13:00 Lunch: Met Office Canteen
14:00 Report from the GHRSST-PP Data Processing Specification Technical Advisory Group (GDS-TAG), G. Wick Chair: B Emery
Rapporteur: C Donlon 		RD-8
14:20 Report from the Data Management Technical Advisory Group (DM-TAG): J. Vasquez
14:40 Report of the GHRSST-PP XML working group, Ed Armstrong
15:00 Report from the AOPC and OOPC, D. Reynolds
15:10 Tea
15:30 Validation and metrics for the GHRSST-PP: Towards operational sustainability, I Barton Chair: B Emery
Rapporteur: C Donlon 		RD-8  
16:00 Plenary discussion:Identification of priority issues for the 6th Meeting Identification of splinter groups if required
17:00 Close
19:00-21:30 Reception hosted by the Met Office and GHRSST-PP International Project Office.  Location: The Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM), Queen Street, Exeter, EX4 3RX. Tel: 01392 665858,  seehttp://www.exeter.gov.uk/visiting/attractions/museums/ramm/index.xml).
The current RAAM exhibition is: ‘Surf’s Up! A celebration of the life of surfing in the UK’
 19:10: Welcome note from Dr David Rogers, Met Office Chief Executive
19:30: Official welcome to the City of Exeter by the Deputy Lord Mayor of Exeter.

Tuesday, 17th May 2005
Location: Met Office: Conference 3&4
Time Agenda item Session
leaders 		Ref
Session 2. Initial GHRSST-PP User Reports Chair: C Donlon
Rapporteur: C Gentemann 		  RD-8
09:00 Overview: User requirements for international GHRSST-PP, C. Donlon:
09:20 Application of GHRSST-PP products in operational ocean forecast models, Adrian Hines
09:40 The Operational SST and Sea Ice Analysis (OSTIA) at the Met Office, John Stark
10:00 Application of GHRSST-PP data products at the Danish Meteorological Office, Søren Andersen
10:20 Validation of operational ocean models using GHRSST-PP products, Pat Hyder
10:30 Coffee
10:50 Application of GHRSST-PP data products at the University of Leicester, Simon Good Chair: C Donlon
Rapporteur: C Gentemann 		RD-8    
11:10 Towards a European GDAC:  MERSEA SST activities and links to the GHRSST-PP, Pierre-Yves Le Traon
  11:30
  SST Auxiliary Data Requirements for Sea Surface Salinity        Measurements from Space-Case of SMOS Mission, Nicolas  Reul, presented by Jean Tournadre
11:50 Plenary discussion
Input from other user groups
Format of URD
Links to GDAC Application User Services
13:00 Lunch
Session 3. Data management within the GHRSST-PP: MMR/OCEANIDS/RDAC/GDAC/user interactions Chair: J. Vasquez
Rapporteur: A. Bingham 		RD-8
14:00 GDAC feedback report, Jorge Vasquez
14:20 Plenary discussion
15:00 Tea
15:20 Plenary discussion (Cont.)
Funding issues
RDAC inputs
Issues for L2P data and metadata
RDAC User Template
DM-TAG Terms of Reference
MMR and MDB status
Status of GHRSST-PP Web portal
 Chair: J. Vasquez
Rapporteur: A. Bingham 		RD-1
17:30 Close

Wednesday, 18th May 2005
Location: Met Office: Conference 3&4
Time Agenda item Session leaders Ref
Session 4. GHRSST-PP GDSv2.0 L2P and L4 products Chair: G. Wick
Rapporteur: C. Donlon 		RD-1, RD-6
09:00 Overview and main issues: Gary Wick
09:30 L2P products within Medspiration, Pierre LeBorgne
09:50 Use of AIRS within the GHRSST-PP, Peter Minnett
10:10 Sea ice concentration/edge mapping at the EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI-SAF): The main issues for GHRSST-PP, Søren Andersen
10:30 Coffee
10:50 Towards an operational SST Analysis from NOAA operational SST datasets, Jo Murray Chair: G. Wick
Rapporteur: C. Donlon 		RD-1, RD-6
11:10 L4 products within Medspiration, Gilles Larnicol
11:30 L4 products within Medspiration, Lia Santolieri
11:50 Plenary discussion
12:30 Lunch
Session 4. GHRSST-PP GDSv2.0, linking MMR, MDB HR-DDS and SSES Chair: G. Wick
Rapporteur: I. Robinson 		RD-1, RD-6, RD-10
13:20 Using the combined and nadir view for single sensor error statistic determination of SST retrievals from AATSR, G. K. Corlett
13:40 Plenary Discussion (cont.)
L4 inter-comparison methodology (Jim Cummings, RD-10)
L4 inter-comparison frameworks (MERSEA metrics?)
Diurnal variability
SSES derivation and quality
17:30 Close
19:30 Conference Dinner at Al Farid Middle Eastern restaurant, 3 Cathedral Yard, Exeter, Ex1 1HJ, (see menu example at http://www.havanagoodtime.co.uk/group/alFarid/alFaridM.html). This is something different and will be a night to remember! Tel: 01392 494444.  Cost will be £17.50 per person for a 4 course meal.
 


Thursday, 19th May 2005
Location: Met Office: Conference 3&4
Time Agenda item Session leaders Ref
Session 5. GHRSST-PP Reanalysis project: GHRSST-PP Climate Data Records Chair: K. Casey
Rapporteur: N. Rayner 		RD-12
09:00 Overview of GHRSST RAN Activities since GHRSST V and Long Term Stewardship and Reanalysis Facility (LTSRF) Status Report, Ken Casey
09:30 Generation of a long term climate SST archive from the ATSR series – relationship to GHRSST-PP, Chris Merchant
10:00 The AVHRR Pathfinder SST Program and its Connection to GHRSST-RAN, Ken Casey
10:30 Coffee
11:00 NOAA OI SST analysis changes and implications for the buoy network, Dick Reynolds Chair: K. Casey
Rapporteur: N. Rayner 		RD-12
11:00 Plenary discussion: open discussion and input from RDACs on updated data volumes, new/planned data streams, or any future activities that will impact the long term stewardship and reanalysis functions
13:00 Lunch
Session 6. GHRSST-PP Validation and the High resolution Diagnostic Data set (HR-DDS). Chair: I. Robinson
Rapporteur: D. Poulter 		 
14:00 Overview of validation issues, Ian Robinson RD-4
14:30 Progress with the GHRSST-PP HR-DDS, Dave Poulter
15:00 Tea
15:20 Validation of AATSR using autonomous in situ radiometers, Wenefrid Wimmer Chair: I. Robinson
Rapporteur: D. Poulter 		 
15:40 Validation of AATSR sea surface temperatures, Anne O’Carroll  
16:00 Modified ARGO floats, John Turton
16:20 Validation of MODIS SST, Peter Minnett and Bob Evans
16:40 Plenary discussion
  1. L2P and content
  2. Validation of L4 analyses
  3.  Linking the HR-DDS to the validation process
  4. MDB and SSES the way forward
18:00 Close
 
Friday, 20th May 2005
Location: Met Office: Conference 3&4
Time Agenda item Session leaders Ref
Session 7. Validation and metrics for the GHRSST-PP: Towards operational sustainability Chair: I. Barton
Rapporteur: A. Harris 		 
  09:00  Validation of Medspiration L4 Products, Jean Tournadre:
09:20 Plenary Discussion: Validation and metrics for the GHRSST-PP: measuring the route to sustainability, Ian Barton
10:30 Coffee
Session 7. Rapporteur reports    
11:30
Session 1: C. Donlon
Session 2: C. Gentemann
Session 3: A. Bingham
Session 4: C. Donlon/I. Robinson
Session 5: D. Poulter
Session 6: N. Rayner
Session 7: A. Harris
 Chair: C Donlon  
13:00 Lunch
Summary of Meeting and review of Action list arising from the Meeting    
14:00
1.      Review of developed action list
2.      Assignment of Writing tasks: Preparation of proceedings
3.      Science Team Membership issues
4.      Location and date of Next meeting
5.    AOB
6.    Thanks
Chair: C. Donlon  
15:00 Close
 

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