Special Issue of the IEEE TGRS on “Inter-Calibration of Satellite Instruments”: 14 September 2018 Outline Agenda 2018 GSICS Annual Meeting Shanghai, China 19-23 March 2018 21 November 2017

Agenda of web meeting Planning Agenda for meeting Outline agenda Topics for Plenary Discussions Parallel sessions Mini Conference (# of presentations) Poster session?? – Will we plan poster session?? Chairing : Session chairs Minute Taking Agree minute takers Decide minute taking technology Logistics Lunches Group Dinner Registration Recommended Hotel Transport options Remote access

Outline of Agenda Monday (day-1) : Start time 09:00? Tuesday (day-2) : AM: “Mini Conference” (interesting items that are not yet directly linked to GSICS Products) PM: Plenary Session – Agency Reports Tuesday (day-2) : AM: Plenary Session – Subgroup Reports PM: Plenary Session - continued with GRWG and GDWG Wednesday (day-3): UV, MW, IR-subgroup, GDWG AM: parallel session (UV-Subgroup vs. MW-subgroup) AM+PM: IR-subgroup session Thursday (day-4) : VIS/NIR-subgroup(need all day?), GDWG AM: VIS/NIR-subgroup session PM: VIS/NIR-subgroup session Friday (day-5) : End time 16:00 ? AM: Cross-cutting issues, GRWG & GDWG wrap-up PM: Reporting Outcomes & Planning Future Meetings

Outlook of Agenda AM PM GDWG Monday (19 March) Tuesday (20 March) Wednesday (21 March) Thursday (22 March) Friday (23 March) AM “Mini Conference” Plenary: Subgroup Reports Parallel Session (UVSG vs. MWSG) VIS/NIR-subgroup session Cross-cutting issues, GRWG & GDWG wrap-up PM Plenary: Agency Reports Plenary: (GRWG + GDWG) IR-subgroup session (request all day meeting) (need all day?) Reporting Outcomes & Planning Future Meetings Poster Session?? (Ice-break)?? Working Groups’ Reception GDWG (breakout session) (breakout session)

Mini-conference CMA (host) (number of presenters?) MON (day-1) AM –Chair : CMA (host) (number of presenters?) China’s SI traceable ref satellite ??? Each subgroup candidates? Volunteers and/or invitations?

Plenary Session Agency Reports (20 min each agency) MON(day-1) PM ~ TUE(day-2) AM : Reports and Briefs Agency Reports (20 min each agency) 10 Agencies (including ? remote presenter) GCC, GDWG reports (40 min) GRWG Subgroup Reports (80 min) UV subgroup (Rose) VIS/NIR subgroup (Dave) IR subgroup (Tim) MW subgroup (Ralph)

Topics for Plenary in 2018 Topics for plenary in 2017 Defining GSICS Products, Deliverables, Maturity Naming convention of GSICS products GSICS Procedure for Product Acceptance GSICS Websites' Requirements Topics for GRWG plenary in 2017 GEO-Ring Test Dataset -- IRSG Discussion: GEO-Ring dataset preparation Discussion: GEO-Ring dataset analysis SBAF Tool - including hyperspectral deserts Selecting GSICS References: IR, VIS and MW Primary GSICS or Key Comparison References? Do we need to generate Prime GSICS NRTCs? Plans for AVHRR inter-calibration

Plenary (GRWG+GDWG) TUE (day-2) PM Advanced next generation GEO imagers/sounder FY-4A, GOES-16 Strategy for combining corrections for VIS/NIR+IR channels Further evolution of the Prime GSICS Correction concept  Update on FIDUCEO to address inter-calibration requirements & formats GEO-GEO approach (JMA, CMA …) – IRSG? Gap filling method (AIRS and AHI) Discussion of Actions from CGMS-45 and GSICS-EP-18 Anything for the CGMS report, etc

Topics for GRWG (UVSG) WED(day-3) AM – parallel session with MWSG (Rose) Reference Solar Spectrum Match-ups and Target Sites Cross-calibration below 300nm White Paper on Ground-based Characterisation of UV/Vis/NIR/SWIR spectrometers

Topics for GRWG (MWSG) WED(day-3) AM – parallel session with UVSG (Ralph) Level 1 adjustments and corrections (Result in Classical products) –   Methods (e.g., SNO or double difference) –   Need to address     •   References, transfers, stability     •   Spectral region idiosyncrasies  Satellite and Instrument Data Bases OSCAR (SRF -> product, etc.) Provide Geolocation and FOVs Identify and catalog anomalies and periods of coverage Potential Focus in the Shanghai meeting Visibility to Chinese/Asian(JAXA+India) MW Program (SI Traceability China )+Gather User Needs Can we collaborate on make the Window FCDR that can act as reference MW Lunar Calibration J1- ATMS and SNPP ATMS SDR Re-Processing GPM-X Satellite reference and calibration GSICS MW Products GSICS-GNSS-GPSRO

Topics for GRWG (IRSG) WED (day-3) AM+PM (Tim) GEO-ring (actually cross-cutting): Data, Analysis, User Engagement (composite RGBs) GEO-LEO IR: Product progress, Handling diurnal variations Application to GEO sounders LEO-LEO IR: algorithm development Reference instrument migration: GEO-LEO double differences with IASI-A/B/CrIS/AIRS/… Reference Instrument Traceability and Uncertainty Report Inter-comparisons of Hyperspectral instruments SRF retrievals

Topics for GRWG (VIS/NIR) THU(day-4) -- all day (Chairs : Dave and Seb) Lunar Inter-Calibration Summary and outcome of the 2nd Joint GSICS/IVOS Lunar Calibration Workshop (1 talk)   Traceability of the GIRO to the ROLO using the GIRO benchmark (report on the progress) (probably 1 talk only) Update on the inter-calibration using the Moon Using the Moon for inter-band calibration Progress from the various agencies (developments / data preparation / new datasets). Alternative use of lunar images (post-launch characterisation of the MTFs) Discussion items (evolution of the GLOD, how to coordinate activities with IVOS (MTF for instance))

Topics for GRWG (VIS/NIR) THU(day-4) -- all day (Chairs : Dave and Seb) Migrate to NPP-VIIRS as the calibration reference. Use NASA-LandPEATE V2, with VCST updates (Xiong) Update on the JPSS-1 VIIRS instrument performance (launched Nov 18, 2017). DCC SWIR BRDFs for stability analysis of both VIIRS and GEOs. GEO domain DCC invariant target uncertainty to transfer the VIIRS absolute calibration for VIS/NIR and SWIR bands. SBAF tool progress on GOME-2, Hyperion, AIRS and discussion for new requirements. Agency updates on DCC calibration and newly launched GEO visible imager performance. Discussion of GSICS recommended observations or requirements for the CLARREO Pathfinder Mission in 2022. Pathfinder not required to perform benchmark sampling, but devoted to inter-calibration as its prime mission. Discussion with UV group: Solar spectra, would like to create a link on the GSICS page with the recommended solar spectra. Discussion of visible plotting tool, path to operational DCC products, and writing of DCC paper, and other topics such as new visible methods and combining lunar and DCC.

Topics for GDWG Agenda GDWG breakout session WED(day-3) ~ THU(day-4) GDWG baseline reviews - website, products metadata and structures GDWG chairing – selection and terms GSICS Collaboration Servers - synchronization of the servers, THREDDS configuration updates Use of GitHub for GDWG activities – e.g. updating GSICS Plotting Tool Instrument event logging GSCIS action tracking tool New GSICS product convention

Topics for Plenary Fri(day-5) – Cross-cutting issues Drafting a template for each agency's GSICS Annual Report GRWG/GDWG joint action assigned at GSICS-EP-18 Use of GitHub GDWG would introduce GRWG a showcase Requirements for updating GSICS Plotting Tool to support VNIR products Technical details will be discussed at the GDWG session Updates of action tracking tool GCC+NOAA-GDWG to implement GRWG/GDWG requirements

Guideline for presentation 14/09/2018 Guideline for presentation Now down to the Work part of the Working Group meeting! Focus on the development of GSICS Products Mostly items assigned 20 minute slots But this includes discussion time! So please keep presentations brief and to the point Presentations will be uploaded to the GSICS Wiki Unless you tell me not to Can include more background information Please follow file naming convention: 1a_Hewison_Introduction.pptx/pdf/ppt

Agenda The Detailed Agenda was prepared using ZoHo Doc 14/09/2018 Agenda The Detailed Agenda was prepared using ZoHo Doc With hyperlinks added to presentations uploaded on Wiki Exported as HTML Embedded into GSICS Wiki: http://gsics.atmos.umd.edu/bin/view/Development/20180319

Minute Taking Need volunteers to take minutes For each session 14/09/2018 Minute Taking Need volunteers to take minutes For each session Must be there for full session Should not be talking too much!

Minute Taking ZoHo Doc – Agenda pasted into GSICS Wiki 14/09/2018 Minute Taking ZoHo Doc – Agenda pasted into GSICS Wiki Anyone with link can add short summary of their presentation Minute Taker should write Actions in Bold, precede with word ACTION: Will number later Will review new actions on Friday morning GCC to enter into action tracking tool (GSICS Operations Plan?) Google Doc or other in China?

Minute Takers Session Chair Minute Taker 1: Plenary – Mini Conference 14/09/2018 Minute Takers Session Chair Minute Taker 1: Plenary – Mini Conference Day-1-AM 2: Plenary – Agencies Reports Day-1-PM 2: Plenary – Chairs Reports Day-2-AM 3: GRWG+GDWG plenary Day-2-PM Dohy 4: GRWG – UV subgroup Day-3-AM Rose Munro 5: GRWG – Microwave Sub-Group Ralph Ferraro 6: GRWG – IR Sub-Group Day-3-PM Tim Hewison 7: GRWG – VIS/NIR (1) Day-4-AM Seb 7: GRWG – VIS/NIR (2) Day-4-PM Dave Doelling 8: GDWG Day-3 Day-4 Masaya Peter 9: Plenary – Cross cutting issue Day-5-AM Larry 9: Plenary – Wrap-up Day-5-PM Tim

14/09/2018 Any Other Business?