Sensor Intercomparison and Merger for Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies

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Monday, 9/13/99

7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast

• 8:30 Welcome and meeting goals: C. McClain
• 8:45 SIMBIOS Project overview and status: C. McClain
• 9:15 SIMBIOS contract status: G. Fargion
• 9:30 NASA HQ overview: J. Campbell / J. Marra
• 9:45 IOCCG overview: V. Stuart

10:00 BREAK

International Ocean Color Missions (10 minutes each)

• 10: 15 SeaWiFS - mission overview: C. McClain
• 10:25 GLI - mission overview: H. Fukushima
• 10:35 MODIS - mission overview: W. Esaias
• 10:45 MOS - mission overview: G. Zimmerman / A. Neumann
• 10:55 OCI - mission overview: H. Li
• 11:05 POLDER - mission overview: P. Deschamps
• 11:15 European initiative for global information on marine resources: N. Hoepffner

SIMBIOS Project Status Reports

• 11:25 Satellite data processing (10 minutes each)
  • Data sets and systems: G. Feldman
  • MSL12: B. Franz
  • 11:45 SeaBASS (data submission): J. Werdell
  • 11:55 Support services: S. Bailey
  • 12:05 Sun photometers: deployments and calibrations (CIMELS/Microtops/PREDE): C. Pietras

12:30 LUNCH (*served at the hotel)

SIMBIOS Science Team Status Reports

The Science Team can be grouped under three working areas: 1) Data Merger Studies, 2) Ocean Bio-optical and Sensor Characterization Studies, and 3) Atmospheric Correction Studies. All talks are 10 minutes.

• 1:00 Data Merger
  • "Merging ocean color data from multiple missions": W. Gregg
  • "Spectral data assimilation for merging satellite ocean color imagery": S. Maritorena

• 1:20 Bio-optics
  • "Validation of Surface Bio-Optical Properties in the Gulf of Maine as a Means for Improving Satellite Primary Production Estimates": B. Balch
  • "OCTS & SeaWIFS Bio-Optical Algorithm & Product Validation & Intercomparison in U.S. Coastal Waters": J. Brock / C. Brown
  • "Validation of Ocean Color Satellite Data Products in Under-Sampled Marine Areas": D. Capone / A. Subramaniam
  • " Stray Light and Atmospheric Adjacency Effects for Large-Fov, Ocean Viewing Space Sensors":K. Carder
  • "Bio-Optical Measurements at Ocean Boundaries in Support of SIMBIOS": F. Chavez
  • "Remote Sensing of Ocean Color in the Arctic: Algorithm Development & Comparative Validation": G. Cota
  • "High Frequency, Long Time Series Measurements from the Bermuda Testbed Mooring in Support of SIMBIOS": T. Dickey
  • "Satellite Ocean Color Validation Using Merchant Ships": R. Frouin
  • "High Attitude Measurements of Radiance at High Spectral & Spatial Resolution for SIMBIOS Sensor Calibration,Validation, and Intercomparisons": R. Green
  • "Validation and Merging of Ocean Color Multisensor Data in the Eastern China": M. He
  • "Validation of the Water Leaving Radiance Data Product": O. Kopelevich
  • "Long-Term Observations of Important Bio-Optical and Aerosol Parameters at Black Sea for Satellite Products Validation": G. Korotaev

3:30 BREAK

• Bio-optics continued
  • "OCI Data Product Validation on the Adjacent Waters to Taiwan": H. Li
  • "Validation of Bio-Optical Properties in Coastal Waters: A Joint NASA - Navy Project": R. Miller
  • "Bio-Optical Measurement and Modeling of the California Current and Polar Oceans": G. Mitchell
  • "SIMBIOS Normalized Water Leaving Radiance Calibration and Validation: Sensor Response, Atmospheric Corrections, Stray Light and Sun Glint": J. Mueller
  • "Validation of Carbon Flux & Related Products for SIMBIOS at the CARIACO Continental Margin Time Series": F. Muller-Karger
  • "The Bermuda Bio-Optics Program (BBOP)": D. Siegel
  • "SIMBIOS Data Product and Algorithm Validation with Emphasis on the Biogeochemical and Inherent Optical Properties": R. Zaneveld
  • "Validation of Ocean Color Satellite Data Products and Bio-Optical Measurements in the sub-Arctic and equatorial North Pacific": S. Saitoh, I. Asanuma

• Atmospheric Corrections:
  • "Atmospheric Correction Algorithms for Ocean Remote Sensing": P. Flatau
  • "Validation of the SeaWiFS Atmospheric Correction Scheme Using Measurements of Aerosol Optical Properties": M. Miller
  • "Measurements of Aerosol, Ocean & Sky Properties at the HOTS Site in the Central Pacific": J. Porter
  • "Assessment Of the Contribution of the Atmosphere to Uncertainties in Normalized Water-Leaving Radiance: A Combined Modeling & Data Analysis Approach": K. Stamnes / B. Chen 
    

7: 00-9:00 POSTERS (board measurements are 48" wide by 36" high).

• Space available at the hotel. Set-up throughout the day

Tuesday, 9/14/99

SIMBIOS Project: Calibration and Validation Activities

7:30 Breakfast

• 8:30 SeaWiFS calibration strategies: C. McClain
• 8:50 SeaWiFS solar & lunar data analysis: R. Barnes
• 9:00 MOBY Vicarious calibration
  • SeaWiFS: C. McClain (10 min.)
  • MOS , OCTS and POLDER: B. Franz (20 min)
• 9:30 Atmospheric match-up comparisons: M. Wang

10:00 BREAK

• 10:15 Bio-optical match-up comparisons (15 minutes each):
  • SeaWiFS: S. Bailey
  • OCTS: A. Isaacman
• 10:45 POLDER evaluation status: A. Isaacman
• 11:00 International Ocean Color Missions: Calibration and Validation Activities (15 minutes each):
  • IOCCG working groups: V. Stuart
  • GLI - Calibration and Validation Plans: H. Fukushima / I. Asanuma
  • POLDER � Calibration and Validation Plans: J. Nicolas / P. Deschamps
  • Open � OCI: H. Li
  • Open � MERIS: TBD

12:15 LUNCH (*served at the hotel)

Focus Sessions

1:00-2:30 Data merging and validation: W. Gregg

• Satellite data set access (MOS, MODIS, POLDER, OCTS, SeaWiFS)
• Future ocean color sensors
• SIMBIOS International collaboration
• IOCCG and SIMBIOS future activities

2:30-4:00 Bio-optics: J. Mueller

• Correction of perturbation effects in-water optical profiles from CoAST data sets:G. Zibordi, J. Dole and J. Berthon
• SIMBIOS Protocols: recommended correction, standardization and protocols update
• AC9 protocol/ data issues: Zaneveld, Mitchell and R. Miller
• Mooring data consistency tests: J. O'Reilly
• SIMBIOS HPLC/FL pigment round robins- fall 99/spring 2000: P. Glibert and L. Van Heukelem

4:00 Break

4:15-5:30 Bio-optics continued: J. Mueller

• SeaBASS data/metadata issues (format units, software version, instrument model, etc.)
• Bio-Optical Algorithms: J. O'Reilly
• Revised K(490) algorithm: J. Mueller
• SeaWiFS Chl-a retrievals in Chesapeake.Bay: L. Harding
• Others: TBD

7: 00-8:00 POSTERS (board measurements are 48" wide by 36" high).

• Space available at the hotel. Set-up throughout the day

Wednesday, 9/15/99

7:30 Breakfast

Focus Sessions

8:30-10:30 Atmospheric corrections: J. Porter

• Algorithms
• Absorbing aerosol detection: C. Hsu
• Low La corrections: M. Wang
• Sun glint corrections: M. Wang
• NIR reflectance corrections: D. Siegel / S. Maritorena
• NIR reflectance corrections: R. Stumpf
• Protocols/data processing for sun photometers (CIMEL, SIMBAD, Microtops, PREDE): C. Pietras, M. Miller and R. Frouin

10:30-10:50 CZCS reprocessing: D. Antoine

10:50-12:00 SeaWiFS reprocessing: C. McClain

12:00 LUNCH

1:30 Focus session reports & discussion (Key issues, recommendations by Chairs)

3:00 Break

3:15 SIMBIOS Team activities in FY 2000: G. Fargion

3:30 Closing plenary

4:00 Adjourn

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