As physical events are not permitted in May 2021, the format of an online workshop has been selected. This workshop is dedicated to the introduction of EarthCARE validation proposals that have been accepted in the period after the previous workshop, and to the discussion of validation methods and validation protocols in the domains addressed by the EarthCARE mission. To foster intense interactivity during the working sessions and in particular the splinter sessions, this online workshop will not be a an online public event as this format would be limited to presentations with questions and answers. Because a higher level of interactivity is required to meet the workshop objectives, participation is reserved to the Principal Investigators (PI) of the EarthCARE ESA AO, their Co-Investigators (Co-I), and the EarthCARE Data Product Algorithm Developers and EarthCARE instrument experts, and the members of the EarthCARE Mission Advisory Group. ESA delegates and the EarthCARE Principal Investigators of the JAXA Research Announcement are welcome to attend, and scientists from other missions will also be invited.
More information is available in the section of the portal that is reserved to the EarthCARE Validation Team Members (PIs and Co-Is)
Date, Time | Programme Sessions | |
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25-MAY-2021 13:00 CEST until 18:30 Followed by Ice-Breaker | ||
Opening | ||
Validation Workshop Introduction | ||
EarthCARE Status | ||
EarthCARE L1 Products and Algorithms → Validation needs | ||
Break (30 min) | ||
EarthCARE L2 Products and Algorithms → Validation needs | ||
New PIs introduction, and important updates of PIs that have already presented at the 1st Workshop | ||
Validation Planning: | ||
Validation Methods and Protocols - introduction, including QA4EO framework and Fiducial Reference Measurements concept | ||
Validation Support Tools: Validation Data Centre, Overpass planning, Data Analysis, EarthCARE Simulator | ||
Ice-breaker | ||
26-MAY-2021 13:00 CEST until 18:30 | Validation protocols and methods | |
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Aerosol (& ATLID L1) Validation (BLOCK 1) Plenary Session | ||
Networks (parallel splinter session) (BLOCK 2) | Models (parallel splinter session) (BLOCK 3) | |
27-MAY-2021 13:00 CEST until 18:30 | Summary of Aerosol session, and Networks and Models splinters | |
Clouds & Precipitation Validation (& CPR L1) Plenary Session (BLOCK 4) | ||
Clouds & Precipitation Validation (& CPR L1) Plenary Session (BLOCK 4) | ||
Campaigns (parallel splinter session) (BLOCK 5) | ||
28-MAY-2021 13:00 CEST until 17:30 | Overview of the Clouds & Precipitation, Campaigns and Satellite | |
Radiation (and BBR L1, MSI) (BLOCK 6) Plenary Session | ||
Other Synergistic products (BLOCK 7) Plenary Session | ||
Road map towards validation common practices and protocols | ||
Closing |