Special Issue of Journal Theme & Topics Journal & Editors Timeline

Slide: 2 10 October 2014 Special Issue Tentative Title: – Inter-calibration of Satellite Instruments Proposed Guest Editors: – Gyanesh Chander (USGS) & Tim Hewison (EUMETSAT)

Slide: 3 10 October 2014 Choice of Journal 1.IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing – Highly rated journal – Focuses on instrument design and calibration – Page charges could be problematic (for >6 pages) – Ed: Chris Ruf (GSICS Rep in GPM X-Cal) 2.Remote Sensing of the Environment – Rated 1 st in Remote Sensing – Ed: Marvin Bauer (UM), and Assoc Ed: P.J. Minnett (GRRHST) 3.Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing – Guest Ed: G. Chander (GSICS & IVOS member) – Page charges could be problematic

Slide: 4 10 October 2014 Tentative Timeline Proposed Schedule (Tentative Dates) #TopicDate 1Proposal submission to Editor-in-ChiefJune 1, Deadline for submission of manuscriptsDecember 18, Peer review complete (by GSICS + IVOS + IEEE)March 17, Author revisions completeMay 16, More review and revision if necessaryJune 15, Final manuscript submission to the pressJune 30, Page proofs to authorsSeptember 28, Page proofs returnedOctober 13, PublicationNovember 27, 2012

Slide: 5 10 October 2014 Partial List of Invited Papers Partial List of Invited Papers (Provisional Topics) #Working TitleCandidate Authors 1Overview/Introductory paper Hewison (EUMETSAT), Chander (SGT/USGS) 2 Deep Convective CloudsDoelling (LRC) et al. 3Liquid Water Cloud MethodSohn (SNU) et al. 4Desert and Bright Land SurfacesHenry (CNES) et al. 5Rayleigh Scattering MethodHenry (CNES) et al. 6Sun Glint MethodHeidinger (NOAA) et al. 7Moon MethodStone (USGS) et al. 8Star MethodWu (NOAA) et al. 9Ray-Matching MethodDoelling (NASA) et al. 10Pseudo-Invariant Sites (CNES SADE Database)Henry (CNES) et al. 11COVE ToolKillough (NASA) et al. 12 CEOS Comparison of Land Surface Reflectance (Tuz Golu Campaign Aug 18-24, 2009) (Tubitak/NPL) + Participants 13CEOS Land Surface Imaging (LSI) Dome C Campaign (Dec 08 – Feb 09) Cao (NOAA/NESDIS) + Participants 14Aqua MODIS sensor as a reference for inter-calibrationXiong (NASA/GSFC) et al. 15Landsat Inter-calibration Lessons LearnedHelder (SDSU) et al. 16 Landsat 7 ETM+ & Terra MODIS CEOS Reference Sites Spectral Band Adjustment Factor (SBAF) Corrections using EO-1 Hyperion and ENVISAT SCIAMACHY Chander (SGT/USGS) et al. 17GOES and AVHRR Inter-calibration Lessons LearnedWu (NOAA) et al. 18ATSR & AATSR Inter-calibrationSmith (RAL) et al. 19MERIS Inter-calibrationBouvet (ESA/ESTEC) et al.