18th CERES-II Science Team Meeting – October 2012

Meeting Agenda

Monday, Oct 22Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), Princeton, NJ
9:00 am	Welcome, Meeting Logistics	Leo Donner (GFDL)
	CERES Technical Session
9:10 am	State of CERES	Norm Loeb (NASA LaRC)
9:50 am	CERES FM1-FM6 instrument update (part 1) CERES FM1-FM6 instrument update (part 2)	Kory Priestley (NASA LaRC) Susan Thomas (SSAI)
10:50 am	Break
11:20 am	CERES Edition 4 Clouds Update	Patrick Minnis (NASA LaRC)
11:50 am	Update on the Next Generation CERES ADMs	Wenying Su (NASA LaRC)
12:20 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	Status of the Ed4 Surface-Only Flux Algorithm	David Kratz (NASA LaRC)
2:20 pm	Surface Atmospheric Radiation Budget (SARB)	Seiji Kato (NASA LaRC)
2:50 pm	Time-Space Averaging Update	David Doelling (NASA LaRC)
3:20 pm	Break
3:50 pm	CERES Data Management Team Status	Jonathan Gleason (NASA LaRC)
4:20 pm	Atmospheric Sciences Data Center (ASDC) Update	Lindsay Parker (SSAI)
4:40 pm	S’COOL Update	Sarah Crecelius (SSAI)
5:00 pm	Adjourn

Tuesday, Oct 23 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), Princeton, NJ
ScaRaB Technical Session
9:00 am	Overview of Megha-Tropiques Mission	Remy Roca (LEGOS)
9:30 am	The ScaRaB-3 Instrument & Performance	Nadia Karouche (CNES)
10:00 am	Break
10:30 am	Scarab, First Calibration Results	Alain Rozach (CNES)
11:00 am	The Orbit of MT and Consequences for the Sampling	Michel Capderou (LMD)
11:30 am	Coincidence Campaign Between CERES and SCARAB: First Results	Olivier Chomette (LMD)
12:00 pm	Lunch
GERB Technical Session
1:30 pm	GERB Project Status: An Overview	Jacqui Russell (Imperial)
1:45 pm	Calibration Report, Data Status and Future Planning	Jacqui Russell (Imperial)
2:10 pm	Commissioning and Operations Status Report	James Rufus (Imperial)
2:40 pm	GERB X-CAL Plans	Richard Bantges (Imperial)
3:00 pm	GGSPS Report: Evolution of the GERB Ground Segment Processing System	Peter Allan (RAL)
3:20 pm	Break
3:50 pm	ROLLS Report: Status of GERB Level 2 Instantaneous Fluxes and CM SAF Level 3 Monthly Mean	Nicolas Clerbaux (RMIB)
4:10 pm	Sunglint Filling: Status	Edward Baudrez (RMIB)
4:40 pm	Composite TOA Clear-Sky Solar Fluxes for the GERB Processing	Alessandro Ipe (RMIB)
5:00 pm	Cloud Detection Using SEVIRI IR Channels for the GERB Processing	Alessandro Ipe (RMIB)
5:20 pm	Wrap Up and Actions	Jacqui Russell (Imperial)
5:30 pm	Adjourn

Wednesday, Oct 24 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), Princeton, NJ
Invited Science Presentations
9:00 am	Recent Advances in Modeling Physical Processes in Climate Models: Implications for Global Space-Based Measurements	Leo Donner (GFDL)
9:45 am	Global energy constraints and local variability – Insights from natural variability	Stephan Fueglistaler (Princeton University)
10:30 am	Break
10:00 am	Some Issues Related to Feedback Analyses of Climate Sensitivity	Isaac Held
11:45 am	Lunch
Contributed Science Presentations
1:30 pm	An Update on the Spectral Flux Estimation from the Collocated AIRS and CERES Measurements	Xianglei Huang (U. Michigan)
1:50 pm	Variability of the TOA Flux Diurnal Cycle at Monthly Timescales	Patrick Taylor (NASA LaRC)
2:10 pm	Tropical clear-sky OLR variability studies from a simple model	Rodrigo Guzman (LMD)
2:30 pm	CERES Suomi NPP ERBE-like Monthly Mean Fluxes	Takmeng Wong (NASA LaRC)
2:50 pm	Computing Energy Transport from Radiation Budget (withdrawn)	Lou Smith (SSAI)
3:10 pm	Break
3:40 pm	Climate Monitoring with Earth Radiation Budget Measurements	Steven Dewitte (RMIB)
4:00 pm	Cloud radiation anomalies observed by CERES	Bing Lin (NASA LaRC)
4:20 pm	Cloud Radiative Forcing in the Indian Monsoon Region	Bijoy Thampi (LEGOS)
4:40 pm	Cloud-Radiation Response to Large-Scale Circulation Variability	Norm Loeb (NASA LaRC)
5:00 pm	Adjourn

   

Thursday, Oct 25 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), Princeton, NJ
Contributed Science Presentations
9:00 am	Direct Aerosol Radiative Effect from C3M	Dave Winker (NASA LaRC)
9:20 am	Radiative Closure of CERES TOA SSF Fluxes Over Volcanic Ash Plumes Using MODIS, CCCM and MATCH	David Fillmore (Tech-X Corp.)
9:40 am	Retrieved Vertical Distribution of Saharan Dust and Comparison to Models Over the Northern Tropical Atlantic	Weijie Wang (U. Virginia/SSAI)
10:00 am	Aerosol Optical Depth and Direct Aerosol Forcing Using SEVIRI/GERB	Stijn Nevens (RMIB)
10:20 am	Break
10:50 am	Observations of the Net Direct Radiative Effect of Saharan Mineral Dust From SEVIRI and GERB	Catherine Ansell (Imperial)
11:10 am	CERES Observations and MODIS Aerosol Retrieval in Broken Cloud Fields (withdrawn)	Guoyong Wen (NASA GSFC)
11:30 am	Progress in CERES Clear-sky Aerosol Optical Thickness Dependent Shortwave ADM over Ocean	Lusheng Liang (SSAI)
11:50 am	Status of the BBR LW Radiance to Flux Baseline Conversion Algorithms	A. Velazquez (RMIB)
12:10 pm	Break
1:30 pm	CERES Ordering Tool – Highlights of Its Capabilities	Cristian Mitrescu (SSAI)
1:50 pm	Aging Model for Meteosat First Generation VIS Band	Ilse Decoster (RMIB)
2:10 pm	Comparisons of CERES FLASHFlux and EBAF TOA Fluxes	Shashi Gupta (SSAI)
2:30 pm	TISA LW Narrowband to Broadband Radiance Algorithm and CERES Simulator	Moguo Sun (SSAI)
2:50 pm	Break
3:20 pm	EBAF Surface Product Updates	Fred Rose (SSAI)
3:40 pm	Overview of CERES Ed4 Multilayer Cloud Properties	Fu-Lung Chang (SSAI)
4:00 pm	CERES Clouds Edition4 Validation with C3M	Sunny Sun-Mack (SSAI)
4:20 pm	Macro- and Microphysical Properties of Low-Level Marine Stratus Retrieved by Ground-Based and Satellite Measurements at Azores	Baike Xi (U. North Dakota)
4:40 pm	SIMBA the Nanosatellite	Steve Dewitte (RMIB)
5:00 pm	Adjourn