NOAA / NESDIS / STAR
Center for Satellite Applications and Research
External Science Review
March 9-11, 2010
The Marriott Inn and Conference Center
at University of Maryland University College
Hyattsville, Maryland
Presentations Final: 3-8-2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Evening (optional): Review Panel Organizational Meeting with Panel Chair
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Time |
Presentations / Topics |
Speaker |
0700 – 0745: |
Private Breakfast for Review Panel (Room 0101) |
0800 – 1000: |
Introduction / Welcome |
0800: |
STAR Director's Comments |
Al Powell |
0805: |
NESDIS Welcome |
Mary Kicza |
0815: |
Reviewer Introductions |
Ghassam Asrar |
0825: |
Logistics |
Eric Bayler |
0830: |
STAR Welcome / Introduction, (PPT, 10.02 MB) |
Al Powell |
1000 – 1015: |
Break |
1015 – 1230: |
Ecosystems |
1015: |
Ecosystems Theme Introduction and Overview, (PPT, 298 KB) |
Kent Hughes |
1030: |
Ocean Color Remote Sensing for Coastal Regions, (PPT, 1.45 MB) |
Menghua Wang |
1045: |
In-situ Ocean Color Measurements in Chesapeake Bay for Satellite Cal/Val and Regional Algorithm Development, (PPT, 7.71 MB) |
Mike Ondrusek |
1100: |
Coral Reef Products in Support of Worldwide Management of Marine Resources, (PPT, 12.22 MB) |
Mark Eakin |
1115: |
The Marine Optical BuoY (MOBY) – Support for Ocean Color Vicarious Calibration, (PPT, 13.18 MB) |
Menghua Wang |
1130: |
Developing a Harmful Algal Bloom Prediction System for Chesapeake Bay, (PPT, 6.56 MB) |
Chris Brown |
1145: |
Plankton Phenology, (PPT, 734 KB) |
Marco Vargas |
1200: |
Ecosystems: STAR Synthesis and Future Directions, (PPT, 281 KB) |
Kent Hughes |
1215: |
Ecosystems General Discussion |
1230 – 1330: |
Review Panel Working Lunch with Invited Observers and Partners |
1330 – 1630: |
Climate |
1330: |
Climate Theme Introduction and Overview, (PPT, 9.97 MB) |
Mitch Goldberg |
1345: |
Closing the Global Sea Level Rise Budget with GRACE, Argo, and Altimetry Observations, (PPT, 1.8 MB) |
Eric Leuliette |
1400: |
Arctic Sea Ice Freeboard Measurements from Satellite Altimetry, (PPT, 4.75 MB) |
Dave McAdoo |
1415: |
Climatology of Hurricane Force Extratropical Cyclones, (PPT, 5.63 MB) |
Paul Chang |
1430: |
Long-Term Upper-Air Temperature Dataset from Satellite Microwave Sounders, (PPT, 551 KB) |
Cheng-Zhi Zou |
1445: |
Ozone Climate Data Records from Satellite Measurements, (PPT, 2.14 MB) |
Lawrence E. Flynn |
1500 – 1515: |
Break |
1515: |
Long-Term Aerosol Data Records, (PPT, 1.81 MB) |
Istvan Laszlo |
1530: |
The Influences of Changes in Sea Ice Concentration and Cloud Cover on Arctic Surface Temperature Trends, (PPT, 1.48 MB) |
Jeff Key |
1545: |
Reconstructing Global Precipitation Patterns for the 20th Century, (PPT, 494 KB) |
Thomas M. Smith |
1600: |
Climate Synthesis and Future Directions, (PPT, 2.88 MB) |
Mitch Goldberg |
1615: |
Climate General Discussion |
1630 – 1730: |
Ecosystems and Climate Poster Session
Ecosystem Posters
- Satellite Observations of the Seasonal Sediment Plume in Central East China Sea, (PPT, 866 KB):
Wei Shi
- STAR/NCBO Collaboration on Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System, (PPT, 3.47 MB):
Eric Stengel
- Satellite Observation and Model Simulation of Water Turbidity in the Chesapeake Bay, (PPT, 3.99 MB):
Xiaoming Liu
- Satellite-measured Interannual Variability of the Diffuse Attenuation Coefficients in the Chesapeake Bay, (PPT, 7.26 MB):
SeungHyun Son
- Hydrologic and Water Quality Modeling of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, (PPT, 3.25 MB):
Huan Meng
- Preparing Coral Reef Managers for Climate Change, (PPT, 6.02 MB):
Mark Eakin
Climate Posters
- Study of Extratropical Cyclone Wind Fields by Combining Model and QuikSCAT Satellite Data, (PPT, 12.56 MB):
Khalil Ahmad
- Characterization of Global Ocean Turbidity from MODIS Aqua Ocean Color Observations, (PPT, 1.39 MB):
Wei Shi
- A Rare Case of One Single Sine Wave Dominating the Westward Propagation of Altimetric Sea Level Over and Extended Region and Prolonged Period, (PPT, 594 KB):
C.-K. Tai
- Deriving Greenhouse Gases from Operational Satellite Sounders, (PPT, 10.38 MB):
Christopher Barnet
- The SST Quality Monitor (SQUAM), (PPT, 3.16 MB):
Alexander Ignatov
- Monitoring of IR Clear-sky Radiances over Oceans for SST (MICROS), (PPT, 2.39 MB):
Alexander Ignatov
- Techniques for Calibration, Characterization, and Validation of Ozone Instruments Measuring Back-scattered Radiances, (PPT, 1.69 MB):
Larry Flynn
- Vegetation Health System and Droughts from Space, (PPT, 1.43 MB):
Felix Kogan
- DMSP SSMI/S and Future Microwave Imager Climate Data Records, (PPT, 10.97 MB):
Fuzhong Weng
- Climate Quality Calibration for Generating Long-term Fundamental Climate Data Records from Optical Instruments (AVHRR/HIRS/IASI/GOES-R/CLARREO), (PPT, 2.78 MB):
Changyong Cao
- Long-Term Solar Irradiance at the Surface Derived from Satellite Data, (PPT, 1.99 MB):
Istvan Laszlo
- Correction of Vegetation Time Series for Long-Term Monitoring, (PPT, 4.78 MB):
Marco Vargas
- Gazing at Clouds for 30 Years Through a Split Window, (PPT, 5.84 MB):
Andrew Heidinger
- Airborne and in situ Validation Of Satellite Altimetry Measurements Over Sea Ice, (PPT, 8.72 MB):
Laurence Connor
- Applications of AMSU-Based Hydrological Products for Climate Studies, (PPT, 1.28 MB):
Ralph Ferraro
|
Evening: |
Working Session for Review Panel (closed door) |
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Time |
Presentations / Topics |
Speaker |
0800 – 1200: |
Weather & Water |
0800: |
Schedule Insertion: Response from Director to Review Panel Comments on the 1st Day, (PPT, 7.08 MB) |
Al Powell |
0800: |
Weather and Water Theme Introduction and Overview, (PPT, 522 KB) |
Mike Kalb |
0815: |
POES Microwave Products, (PPT, 2.09 MB) |
Fuzhong Weng |
0830: |
Infrared Temperature and Water Vapor Sounding, (PPT, 932 KB) |
Chris Barnet |
0845: |
Nearcasting Severe Convection Using the GOES Sounder, (PPT, 6.8 MB) |
Bob Aune |
0900: |
Innovations for the Retrieval of Satellite Wind Products, (PPT, 14.25 MB) |
Jaime Daniels |
0915: |
Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Oceans (ACSPO): Next-Generation Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Product, (PPT, 1.02 MB) |
John Sapper |
0930: |
POES-GOES Blended SST Analysis, (PPT, 7.6 MB) |
Eileen Maturi |
0945: |
NOAA/NESDIS Operational Satellite Ocean Surface Vector Wind (OSVW) Products, (PPT, 16 MB) |
Paul Chang |
1000 – 1015: |
Break |
1015: |
Precipitation and Flash Flood Monitoring, (PPT, 1.88 MB) |
Bob Kuligowski |
1030: |
Improving Hurricane Intensity Forecasting Using Satellite Data, (PPT, 3.15 MB) |
Mark DeMaria |
1045: |
Soil Moisture, (PPT, 1.1 MB) |
Xiwu Zhan |
1100: |
Air Quality Products from NOAA Operational Satellites, (PPT, 5.8 MB) |
Shobha Kondragunta |
1115: |
Water Quality and Optical Property Characterizations for China's Lake Taihu, (PPT, 10.37 MB) |
Menghua Wang |
1130: |
Weather & Water Synthesis and Future Directions, (PPT, 489 KB) |
Mike Kalb |
1145: |
Weather & Water General Discussion |
1200 – 1345: |
Review Panel Working Lunch with STAR Scientists (closed door) |
1345 – 1615: |
Commerce & Transportation |
1345: |
Commerce and Transportation (C&T) Introduction and Overview, (PPT, 489 KB) |
Pablo Clemente-Colón |
1400: |
Satellite Altimetry and the NOAA / Navy / NGA / GEBCO Global Bathymetry Project, (PPT, 12.4 MB) |
Walter H. F. Smith |
1415: |
Sea Ice Charting for Safe Navigation at the National Ice Center, (PPT, 18.19 MB) |
Pablo Clemente-Colón |
1430: |
The Role of Satellite OSVW Information in Mitigating Risk to Maritime Transportation, (PPT, 2.1 MB) |
Paul Chang |
1445: |
Downburst Potential Monitoring, (PPT, 730 KB) |
Ken Pryor |
1500: |
A Cloud Object Based Volcanic Ash Detection Technique, (PPT, 2.73 MB) |
Mike Pavolonis |
1515: |
Hurricane Hazard Response with Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery, (PPT, 25.38 MB) |
William Pichel |
1530: |
Wind and Solar Energy Estimation and Forecasting, (PPT, 3.73 MB) |
Fuzhong Weng |
1545: |
Commerce and Transportation (C & T) Synthesis and Future Directions, (PPT, 540 KB) |
Pablo Clemente-Colón |
1600: |
Commerce and Transportation General Discussion |
1615 – 1630: |
Break |
1630 – 1730: |
Weather & Water and Commerce & Transportation Poster Session
Weather & Water Posters
- Impact of Satellite OSWV data on NWS Operations, (PPT, 9.55 MB):
Khalil Ahmad
- Improved High Wind Retrievals from ASCAT Wind Vector Measurements, (PPT, 805 KB):
Seubson Soisuvarn
- In situ SST for satellite Cal/Val and Quality Control, (PPT, 2.41 MB):
Alexander Ignatov
- Cloud Mask and Quality Control for SST within the Advanced Clear Sky Processor for Oceans (ACSPO), (PPT, 778 KB):
Alexander Ignatov
- Physical SST Retrieval Algorithms, (PPT, 844 KB):
Andy Harris
- A New Approach To The Calibration Of The Broadband Infrared Sensors Onboard NOAA Satellites, (PPT, 572 KB):
Jonathan Mittaz
- Marine Environmental Responses to the Saemangeum Reclamation Project in South Korea, (PPT, 2 MB):
SeungHyun Son
- NOAA PROducts Validation System (NPROVS), (PPT, 1.95 MB):
Anthony Reale
- Developing GOES and POES Land Surface Temperature Products, (PPT, 5.83 MB):
Yunyue Yu
- Fire monitoring, (PPT, 4.49 MB):
Ivan Csiszar
- Multi-platform Satellite Surface Wind Analysis for Tropical Cyclones, (PPT, 891 KB):
John Knaff
- Impacts of background ozone production on Houston and Dallas, TX Air Quality during the TexAQS field mission, (PPT, 1.87 MB):
Bradley Pierce
- Combining GOES Observations with Other Data to Improve Severe Weather Forecasts, (PPT, 1.49 MB):
Dan Lindsey
- Retrieval of Real-Time Vertical Temperature and Moisture Profiles from Current GOES Sounders, (PPT, 2.64 MB):
Gary Wade
- Automated System for Global Mapping of Snow and Ice, (PPT, 2.54 MB):
Peter Romanov
- Near-Real-Time Tropospheric NO2 Retrievals for Air Quality Applications, (PPT, 1.92 MB):
Trevor Beck
Commerce & Transportation Posters
- GhostNet - At Sea Marine Debris Detection and Tracking, (PPT, 4.97 MB):
William Pichel
- National Ice Center, (PDF, 8.19 MB):
Pablo Clemente-Colon
- Real-Time Monitoring of Volcanic Ash from Mt Redoubt (using Principal Component Imagery), (PPT, 1.11 MB):
Don Hillger
- Development of a visibility retrieval for the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager, (PPT, 1.06 MB):
Bradley Pierce
- Error Analysis of the Altimetric Bathymetry Model used by GEBCO and Google Earth, (PPT, 4.03 MB):
Karen Marks
- GOES Solar Radiation Products in Support of Renewable Energy, (PPT, 3.39 MB):
Istvan Laszlo
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Evening: |
Working Session for Review Panel (closed door) |
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Time |
Presentations / Topics |
Speaker |
0800 – 1245: |
STAR Enterprise |
0800: |
STAR Enterprise Introduction and Overview, (PPT, 437 KB) |
Al Powell |
0815: |
Mission and Science Support, (PPT, 7 MB) |
Tim Schmit |
0825: |
STAR and GOES-R, (PPT, 7.66 MB) |
Tim Schmit |
0835: |
STAR and NPOESS, (PPT, 5.67 MB) |
Andrew Heidinger |
0845: |
Jason-2 and Jason-3 Altimetry Missions, (PPT, 9 MB) |
John Lillibridge |
0855: |
Calibration / Validation, (PPT, 7.82 MB) |
Changyong Cao |
0905: |
Satellite Data Assimilation, (PPT, 2.29 MB) |
Sid-Ahmed Boukabara |
0915: |
Mission and Science Support Question & Answer |
0930: |
Operations and User Support, (PPT, 12.13 MB) |
Jaime Daniels |
1000: |
CoastWatch / OceanWatch, (PPTX, 936 KB) |
Mark Eakin |
1015 – 1030: |
Break |
1030: |
External Engagement, (PPT, 12.43 MB) |
Ingrid Guch |
1100 – 1200: |
STAR Enterprise Poster Session
Enterprise Posters
- NOAA CoastWatch/OceanWatch Ocean Color Activities:
Contributions to Ocean Color Radiometry - Virtual Constellation, (PPT, 6.38 MB):
Sathyadev Ramachandran
- NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for the Atmospheric Profile Data Products, (PPT, 1.52 MB):
Christopher Barnet
- NOAA Marine Applications of SAR, (PPT, 40.43 MB):
Xaiofeng Li
- Calibration and Validation Plans and Methods for the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS), (PPT, 4.51 MB):
Larry Flynn
- The GOES-14 Science Test, (PPT, 4.24 MB):
Timothy Schmit
- Science Support for VISIT and ShyMet Training, (PPT, 1.84 MB):
Mark DeMaria
- Science Support for Proving Ground Efforts, (PPT, 1.47 MB):
Debra Molenar
- Toward a Satellite Algorithm Test Bed, (PPT, 741 KB):
Ingrid Guch
- Proxy Datasets in Support of GOES-R Algorithm Development, (PPT, 1.23 MB):
Don Hillger
- Using CALIPSO to Explore the Sensitivity to Cirrus Height in the Infrared Observations from NPOESS/VIIRS and GOES-R/ABI, (PPT, 818 KB):
Andrew Heidinger
- Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) for Satellite Radiance Data Applications, (PPT, 749 KB):
Yong Han
- Science Support for NASA-NOAA Research to Operations (R2O) and GPM, (PPT, 1.01 MB):
Ralph Ferraro
- NESDIS Process to Transition Satellite Products from Research to Operations, (PPT, 991 KB):
Eileen Maturi
- NOAA Operational Geostationary Sea-Surface Temperature Products from NOAA and non-NOAA satellites, (PPT, 2.23 MB):
Eileen Maturi
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR): From R&D to Operations, (PPT, 11.13 MB):
William Pichel
- Towards Establishing a Sustained NOAA Operational Ocean Surface Vector Wind Capability -
International Collaborations, (PPT, 9.05 MB):
Paul Chang
- GOES-R AWG Product Processing System Framework: Implementing Algorithms, (PPT, 706 KB):
Walter Wolf
- Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS), (PPT, 11.97 MB):
Fred Wu
|
1200 – 1230: |
STAR Enterprise Concluded |
1200: |
STAR Enterprise Synthesis and Future Directions, (PPT, 3.17 MB) |
Al Powell |
1215: |
STAR Enterprise General Discussion |
1230 – 1245: |
STAR Overall Summary, (PPT, 57.06 MB) |
Al Powell |
1245 – 1345: |
Review Panel Working Lunch with STAR management (closed door) |
1345 – 1400: |
Feedback Session with STAR Management for
NOAA Line Office and Mission Goal Representatives (closed door) |
1345 – 1700: |
Review Panel Report Development (closed door) |
Friday, March 12, 2010
Time |
Presentations / Topics |
Speaker |
0800 – 0845: |
Review Panel travels to SSMC1 |
0900 – 1100: |
Review Summary Brief to NESDIS Assistant Administrator |
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