1. SCIAMACHY Validation Support
Ankie Piters, KNMI
SCIAMACHY Validation Workshop, 6-8 December 2004, Bremen

2. SCIAVALIG
SCIAMACHY Validation and Interpretation Group: subgroup of SCIAMACHY Science Advisory Group (SSAG: advising national agencies and ESA).
Chairs: Hennie Kelder, Ulrich Platt, Paul Simon
Overall coordination: Ankie Piters
National coordination:
Klaus Bramstedt + Berit Kirchhoff (D)
Ankie Piters (NL)
Jean-Christopher Lambert (B)
No formal connection to ESA-ACVT, but adapting the activities to be complementary
SCIAMACHY Validation Workshop, 6-8 December 2004, Bremen

3. Who to contact SCIAVALIG has: Support office: website and questions
URL:
National coordinators:
For general issues on SCIAMACHY validation
SCIAMACHY validation product coordinators:
For specific product issues. Report your validation results to them. They report to SCIAVALIG and SSAG
ESA has:
Helpdesk all questions on operational products and reporting of problems
ACVT: more general issues: contact Paul Snoeij
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4. Finding SCIAMACHY products
All scientific products listed on validation website:
Information on algorithms, available data, and data access
Available operational products:
E.g. Use SCIAMACHY metadata files in Netherlands SCIAMACHY Data Centre:
ASCII files with for each state: time+coordinates+ software version (level 0,1,2)
Decontamination, SCIA off:, Envisat off:
SOST website
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5. Reading/analysing BEAT software: open source
Tools on validation website:
Colocation tools
Reading tools
Trajectory tools
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6. Feedback Improve products:
Feedback to/from product developers (scientific products) and eohelp (operational products)
Compare results:
Feedback to/from product coordinators
Share results:
Posting and discussion on validation website
Joint publications
Individual support:
to national coordinators, or
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7. Please let us know what you miss (now or later)!
Website
Should guide you to all information relevant for validation of SCIA products.
Please let us know what you miss (now or later)!
SCIAMACHY Validation Workshop, 6-8 December 2004, Bremen