AEROSAT Meeting #6
NOAA
College Park, MD
18 – 19 October 2018
Held jointly with AeroCom-17
on 15 - 18 October 2018
Agenda and Presentations
Thursday 18 Oct 201
Session 9: Introduction
Introduction to AeroSat 2018 (Kahn/Popp)
Session 10: Data and modeling (chair: N. Schutgens; rapporteur: E. Nowottnick)
Introduction, questions (chair)
Reflections on modeling needs / integration model + satellite (P. Colarco)
AeroCom-AeroSat joint discussion
Session 11: Challenges in remote sensing (chair: L. Remer)
Consistent Algorithm Science Across Multiple Satellite Sensors for AOD Retrieval (keynote, H. Liu)
Session 12: working group on climate records (chair: O. Torres; rapporteur: M. Lufarelli)
Introduction, questions (chair)
Merging aerosol optical depth from multiple satellite missions (L. Sogacheva)
AOD above clouds: 12-year OMI record and others (H. Jethva)
GCOS aerosol requirements /statement of guidance (O. Kalashnikova)
Discussions
Session 13: working group on pixel uncertainties (chair: A. Povey; rapporteur: L. Mei)
Introduction, questions (chair)
Characterizing retrieval uncertainties – interim status (A. Sayer)
Update on MODIS-DT and other pixel level uncertainties (F. Patadia)
Discussions
Friday 19 Oct 2018
Session 14: New opportunities (chair F. Seidel)
NASA’s Atmospheric Tomography Mission (keynote, C. Williamsen)
Aerosol remote sensing with the upcoming NASA PACE mission (K. Knobelspiesse)
Session 15: Working group on inter-comparisons (chair: R. Levy; rapporteur: J. Limbacher)
Introduction, questions (chair)
GEWEX-GDAP inter-comparisons (S. Kinne)
Can we improve satellite retrievals of Angström exponent over land? (A. Lipponen)
Discussions
Session 16: Working group on aerosol typing (chair: G. Schuster; rapporteur: A. Lipponen)
Introduction, questions (chair)
Connecting model – satellite aerosol type (via remote connection, L. Mona)
Components derived from MAC v2 optics (S. Kinne)
Global aerosol types for assessment of direct radiative effects (N. Meskhidze)
Discussions
Session 17: focus: aerosol cloud interactions (chair: B. Lefer; rapporteur: Z. Zhang)
Introduction, questions (chair)
Satellite-based ACI estimates with refined CCN approximations (Y. Shinozuka)
Droplet number concentrations: GEOS-Chem/CAM vs MODIS retrievals (G. Luo)
Discussions
Session 18: AeroSAT tasks
AeroSat wrap-up and outlook (T. Popp & R. Kahn)
Acknowledgement
With thanks to local organisers: Mian Chin, Lorraine Remer, Shubbha Kondragunta and their NOAA colleagues.