1. Special Issue of the IEEE TGRS on “Inter-Calibration of Satellite Instruments”:
19 April 2019
Outline Agenda (ver.1.1) 2019 GSICS Annual Meeting Frascati, Italy 4-8 March 2019
13 November 2018
Updated 14 November 2018

2. Today’s Agenda Planning Annual Meeting Agenda – GRWG/GDWG Chairs + GCC
Outline of Agenda
Mini Conference
Topics for Plenary/GRWG/GDWG Sessions
Online Meeting Agenda / Minutes
AOB
Annual GSICS Calibration Report for {Agency} – Masaya Takahashi (JMA) => Canceled due to time constraints. To be discussed via gsics-dev
Logistics – Phillipe Goryl (ESA)
Venue
Lunches, Group Dinner
Registration
Recommended Hotel
Transport Options
Remote Access

3. Outlook of 2019 Annual Meeting Agenda
Names in Red: Session Chairs
Monday
(4 Mar)
Tuesday
(5 Mar)
Wednesday
(6 Mar)
Thursday
(7 Mar)
Friday
(8 Mar) AM
“Mini Conference”
Philippe Goryl
Plenary: WG +
Subgroup Reports
Fangfang Yu
VIS/NIR
(Lunar)
Tom Stone
GDWG
Masaya Takahashi IR
Likun Wang/ Tim Hewison
Cross-cutting & Wrap-up
GCC MW
Ralph Ferrero UV
Rose Munro PM
Plenary: Agency Reports
Scott Hu
Plenary: Cross-cutting Topics
Dave Doelling
IR?
Likun Wang / Tim Hewison
Reporting Outcomes & Planning Future Meetings
UV?
ETC
Ice Breaker
Working Groups’ Dinner
Lunch time (30 min):
Visit to the PHI-Experience
(EO promotion/images tour)
Start time 08:30
End time 14:00

4. Mini-Conference MON (day-1) AM – Chair: Philippe Goryl
Meeting participants/observers present their recent calibration activities
Which may not be covered in the agenda of the main meeting
But are nevertheless of interest to development of future inter-calibration products
Good opportunity for local host to invite cal/val specialists who are not GSICS members
E.g., ESA's project on building a lunar irradiance model using aerosol photometer data (Marc Bouvet, Stefan Adriaensen, ...)

5. Mini Conference Agenda proposed by ESA – starting point for discussion!
Volunteers and/or invitations inside/outside ESA?
Need full day? => The groups agreed half-day Mini Conference
4 March 2019
Presenter
08:30 – 08:35
Welcome ESA
ESA
08:35 – 08:45
Welcome and Introduction
GRWG Chair
08:45 – 09:00
Logistics
09:00 – 10:00
ESA EO Programme
10:00 – 11:00
ESA Mission status (e.g. Sentinel-3A/-B)
ESA, EUM, …
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30
ESA Activities Linked to GSICS – FCDR/Fiducial Reference Measurement
(e.g. Lunar Calibration)
ESA, …
12:30 – 13:00
Quality Assurance for EO (linked to CEOS/WGCV-IVOS)
Nigel Fox

6. Plenary Session (Agency/Chair Report)
MON (day-1) PM ~ TUE (day-2) AM – Scott Hu / Fangfang Yu
Agency Reports (20 min each agency)
10 to 15 Agencies (12 in 2018 meeting)
Focusing on action status/progress
Highlights on satellite/instruments updates and reports on calibration activities are also included.
Proposal for 2019 Meeting: preparing Annual GSICS report on radiometric calibration performance for GEO imagers validated by GSICS inter-calibration approach
(to be discussed via gsics-dev)
GCC, GDWG, GRWG reports (60 min)
GRWG Subgroup Reports
UV, VIS/NIR, IR, MW (20 min each)

7. Plenary Session (GRWG+GDWG)
TUE (day-2) PM – GCC (Larry Flynn/Manik Bali)?
WG Cross-cutting topics to be discussed
E.g., Defining GSICS Deliverables/Maturity, GSICS Procedure for Product Acceptance, Requirements for GSICS Websites, GEO-Ring, SBAF Tool, Selecting GISCS References.
There is also a room for the same discussion on Day-5 AM
Topics for Day-2: issues to be discussed before WGs breakout sessions
Results are back to Plenary on Day-5
Inputs from EUMETSAT (Tim Hewison)
Special session of UV/VIS Sub-Groups to outline the issue of hyperspectral SWIR inter-calibration
Inter-calibration for polarimeters
in preparation to support operational missions such as EPS-SG/3MI

8. Proposed Topics - Inputs from CMA
Plenary
CMA GPRC 2019 report (Xiuqing Hu/Na Xu)
FY-3D/HIRAS commissioning test (Chengli Qi): IR session?
FY-3D/MERSI-II Evaluation using CMA GSICS platform (Na Xu)
Mutual Evaluation between the imager and hyperspectral sounder at the same platform FY-3D AND FY-4 (Hanlie Xu): IR session?
Instrument degradation monitoring based on AI method (Xiuqing Hu)
Recalibration initiation for historical FY instrument data (Xiuqing Hu/Ling Sun)
VIS/NIR
DCC target characterization using MODIS,VIIRS and MERSI (Lin Chen)
Data quality analysis of FY-3/MERSI RSBs based on simulation over ocean (Ling Sun)
Lunar calibration for FY-3D/MERSI-II (Ronghua Wu) IR
IR inter-calibration overview in CMA including GEO-LEO and LEO-LEO (Na Xu)
GDWG
CMA GPRC data group report (Zhe Xu)
PICS and SNO subsets extraction protocol for GSICS usage (Lin Chen) => could be discussed in Plenary
FY historical Big Data Reprocessing system establishment and sharing (Di Xian)

9. Potential Topics for 2019 Plenary Session
WG cross-cutting topics
Cal/Val status/results on the latest instruments
Instrument performance monitoring: requirements from GSICS
GSICS Plotting Tool: updates at EUMETSAT
Action Tracking Tool: updates
Interaction with Space Weather community: GDWG Chair to discuss with Co-chair of CGMS Coordination Group for Space Weather
New GSICS Products/Deliverables: Product outreach/promotion (GCC)
GSICS Product Catalog: updates – dissemination/visualization (GCC)
Special session on re-calibration/re-processing incl. data dissemination on Tue PM. Chair: Tim Hewison
GEO-Ring: SCOPE-CM/IOGEO
FIDUCEO: updates
CLARREO Pathfinder
Inter-calibration for climate monitoring system (collaboration w/ ISCCP (, CGMS ISWGs, CM-SAF) )
New WMO GSICS Portal website
WMO CIMO Guide Updating; PART III: Space-based observation
Preparation for forthcoming meetings: could also fit on Day-5 or GRWG sessions
(?) Pre-launch Characterization (GSICS-WGCV)
2019 Q4 SI-traceable Reference Instrument (GSICS-WGCV)
2020? Lunar Calibration (GSICS-WGCV) …

10. GRWG (VIS/NIR) WED (day-3) – Dave Doelling / Tom Stone
Proposed topics at 2019 Annual Meeting
Lunar Calibration (AM or PM)
Update on GIRO validation against ROLO (Tom)
Calibration against lunar radiance (NOAA)
Lunar MTF (Fangfang, others?)
Lunar irradiance model using aerosol photometer data (ESA) => Mini Conference
Inter-band calibration?
Straylight characterization?
Other VIS/NIR Calibration (AM or PM)
NPP VIIRS as the VIS/NIR reference instrument: NOAA v2 processing (invite Changyong Cao from NOAA?) => could be discussed in Plenary
Calibration against Rayleigh scattering (Bertrand)
Calibration against DCC, incl. paper submission (Dave)

11. GRWG (MW) WED (day-3) – Ralph Ferraro / Qifeng Lu (1/2)
Topics at 2019 Annual Meeting – Tentative thoughts
We could potentially go ALL DAY
We have the action from CGMS and we propose a special session….
“GSICS is requested to organise an expert meeting on the intercalibration of operational PMW sensors to meet the WIGOS 2040 targets for a coordinated effort to share information on current and future PMW instruments and report to CGMS-47.”
Depending on virtual attendance (can ESA support this?), we may have to span the session across morning and afternoon
Invite list would include anyone who attends the meeting, who our group proposes. A tentative additional list includes:
Qifeng Lu (CMA) – leads this activity
Rachael Kroodsma (NASA) – XCAL contact + GMI experience
Misako Kachi (JAXA) – AMSR experience
Jun Park (KMA) – AMSR inter-calibration experience
Tim Hewison (EUMETSAT) – Experience with NRT GSICS products
Others?? – Ralph, Cheng-Zhi, Wes Berg, Viju? ESA person? Paul Chang (WindSat, AMSR), ??

12. GRWG (MW) WED (day-3) – Ralph Ferraro / Qifeng Lu (2/2)
Introduction and Action Item/Discussion, to include:
CEOS WGCV progress
SNO best practice as a GSICS deliverable
Science/topical updates
Host agency could have 2-3 topics => ESA to check potential topics
N20 ATMS update
Metop-C AMSU/MHS status and early results
Others

13. GRWG (IR) THU (day-4) – Likun Wang / Tim Hewison
Proposed Topics at 2019 Annual Meeting
Cal/Val status/results on the latest or future instruments:
Hyperspectral instruments
FY-4A/GIIRS and FY-3D/HIRAS (CMA)
MetOp-C/IASI (CNES and EUMETSAT)
IASI/NG (CNES) or MTG-S (ESA)
Narrow- or broad band instrument
Sentinel-3 (EUMETSAT), GOES-17/ABI (NOAA), …
Inter-calibration for hyperspectral IR instruments
Inter-calibration difference (web meeting planned)
IASI (3), CrIS (2), AIRS(1), GIIRS(GEO), HIRAS(1)
IRRefUTable Report (web meeting)
The way forward (reprocessing, FCDR ideas)
Inter-calibration for LEO and GEO broad- and narrow-band IR bands
Issues, products, new findings, and the way forward of LEO-GEO and GEO-GEO comparison
Updates on research topics
Collocation, Gap filling, SRF retrievals, and Budget and uncertainty analysis
Action review from last year’s meeting
New ideas and topics

14. GRWG (UV) THU (day-4) – Rosemary Munro / Larry Flynn
NOAA’s Suggestion for 2019 Annual Meeting
UV Project Reports
Solar / Reflectivity / Initial Residuals / Calibration Best Practices
Sentinel 5P TropOMI, NOAA-20 OMPS, Metop-C GOME-2, GF-5 EMI, FY-3F OMS-N & OMS-L
UV in GEO/L1 Orbits
Reference Solar Spectra

15. GDWG WED (day-3) ~ THU (day-4) – Masaya Takahashi
GDWG Baseline Reviews – actions, website, products metadata/structures
GSICS Collaboration Servers
Configuration, data access services, and mirroring (CMA, EUMETSAT, ISRO, NOAA)
PICS/SNO data extraction function
Data Dissemination
How EUMETSAT’s pathfinder activities would benefit GSICS (EUMETSAT)
Visualization of GSICS Products
Updating progress of GSICS Plotting Tool (EUMETSAT)
Implementation on GSICS Product Catalog (NOAA)
ESA’s activities relevant to GDWG activities => ESA to check
E.g., data center, websites, metadata conventions for ESA’s products
Use of GitHub for GSICS developments
Event logging
Action tracking (NOAA)
Access for GSICS on Clouds (NOAA)
GSICS websites (Wiki, WMO GSICS Portal)
Instrument Performance Monitoring system

16. Plenary Session FRI (day-5) – AM: GCC, PM: GRWG Chair/Vice-Chair
Cross-cutting issues
Reporting Outcomes & Planning Future Meetings
GRWG/GDWG/GCC
GSICS Quarterly – towards collaboration with contemporary journals
Membership
Upcoming Special Issues
Planning Web Meetings and Face-to-Face Meetings
Annual Meeting
Joint Meeting with observer/associate member (e.g. CEOS/WGCV)
Users Workshop
Joint EUMETSAT/AMS/NOAA Conference 2019
2017 Report on Vladivostok, Instrument and Level 1 Monitoring, OSCAR, Landing Pages, GPRCs, and ICVS

17. Online Meeting Agenda / Minutes
19/04/2019
Online Meeting Agenda / Minutes
Detailed agenda and meeting minutes will be prepared on ZoHo Sheet (similar to Google spreadsheet)
Exported as HTML and embedded into GSICS Wiki (with hyperlinks to presentations)
Anyone can access, but need invitations to edit – GDWG Chair to do this
Example for 2018 Meeting: Agenda / Minutes
Minutes will be updated during the meeting period of time
By volunteer minutes takers and all presenters
New actions will be reviewed on Day-5 morning, and uploaded on GCC Action Tracking Page

18. Any Other Business? 2nd preparatory meeting needed?
19/04/2019
Any Other Business?
2nd preparatory meeting needed?
The group agreed there is no special need for the 2nd meeting at present.
Session Chairs will coordinate the details of each session.