1. Important points for Calibration and Current MOBY status
NASA Cal / Val document needs community review
MOBY redesign/team structure
Upcoming short term schedule
Satellite calibration capabilities
Kenneth Voss, COAST meeting, 6/30/06, Monterrey, Ca.

2. NASA Cal / Val planning document
For those that weren’t at NASA’s OCRT meeting:
They have an Advance OBB Plan (Future of Ocean Color)
And more recently a Cal/Val Plan for OBB Research
Important to review these documents…especially (in my mind) the second. Could have very important implications on what resources are available from at least NASA for Cal/Val for NPP, NPOES, and GOES-R. Paula B. has an account is set up for comments Specify in the subject line whether you are commenting on the Advance Plan or Cal/Val Plan. DUE BY 15 July..

3. MOBY redesign/team structure
Dennis Clark (NOAA/NESDIS) retired
MOBY up until now predominantly funded by NASA, with some NOAA contributions.
As of this time the continued team is made up of three components:
NIST, Carol Johnson and Steve Brown
NOAA, Menghua Wang others at NESDIS, and MLML group (under NOAA grant)
UM, small component, myself
Free Agent, Dennis Clark
NEXT 2 YEARS ARE CRITICAL FOR MOBY CONTINUITY

4. MOBY upcoming schedule
Current funding has MOBY ending 3/07.
Submitting NASA/ROSES proposal 7/18 (or so). Future of MOBY will depend on some sort of NASA/NOAA partnership. NASA Cal /Val plan barely mentions MOBY.
MOBY review (led by Curt Davis) on 7/ Not completely sure of the mandate of this review (how RNO money has been spent? What the overall plan is? How MOBY fits into GOES-R?).

5. Satellite calibration Capabilities
We haven’t dealt with vicarious calibration of a Geostationary instrument…many unique challenges..final instrument design will determine many parts of strategy.
Must make sure that the instrument has the calibration capabilities on-board to get very close, and maintain stability…so vicarious cal is the “final touch”…..