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ADM-Aeolus CAL/VAL Rehearsal Workshop 2017
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28-Mar - 30-Mar 2017

Toulouse, France

Programme

The official language of this conference is English. The conference will be organised around: Oral and poster presentations selected by the Organising Committee Plenary discussions and round tables ADM-Aeolus Cal/Val rehearsal evaluation

Programme (28-30 March )
Day 1: Tuesday, 28 March 2017
8:30-10:00	Registration and coffe
	Opening session (Chairs: A. Stoffelen and A. G. Straume)
10:00	H. Laur	ESA-ESRIN		Welcome + ESA's Earth Explorer missions and their CAL/VAL
10:15	M. Pontaud	MétéoFrance		Welcome and MétéoFrance EO activities
10:30	P. Tabary	CNES		CNES EO activities
10:45	E. Källén	ECMWF		Scientific motivation for ADM-Aeolus
11:05	A. Elfving	ESA-ESTEC		Aeolus Mission Overview and Status
11:25	J. Lochard	ADS		The ALADIN instrument and its on-ground performance testing
11:45	J. Brewster	ADS		The Aeolus mission in orbit commissioning and validation
12:05	F. de Bruin	ESA-ESTEC		Overall Aeolus Commissioning Phase Planning
12:20	O. Reitebuch and A. Dabas	DLR / MeteoFrance		Aeolus L1 data processing and instrument calibration
12:40	M. Rennie , J. de Kloe and G.J. Marseille	ECMWF/ KNMI/KNMI		Aeolus L2B/C wind product processing, quality control and NWP monitoring at ECMWF
13:00	Lunch
13:45	Lake and Coastal Session (1/2) - Chair: P. Kowalczuk
14:00	P. Martinet and A. Benedetti		MeteoFrance/ECMWF	Aeolus L2A optical properties product and assimilation in air quality models
	ESA Data distribution, Data quality, Tools and CAL/VAL Rehearsal (Chairs: A. Benedetti and T. Kanitz)
14:20	F. Buscaglione		ESA-ESRIN	Aeolus On-Ground Data Processing Facility and Data Distribution
14:40	J. von Bismarck		ESA-ESRIN	Organisation of ESA's In-orbit Data Quality Activities for ADM-Aeolus
15:00	S. Niemeijer		S&T	Aeolus data reading and plotting tools CODA and BEAT
15:15	G. Costa		ESA-ESRIN	Aeolus VirEs data browsing and plotting tool
15:30	A.M. Fjaeraa		NILU	ESA's atmospheric Validation Data Centre (EVDC)
15:45	D. Schuettemeyer		ESA-ESTEC	Aeolus Campaigns Planning
15:00-16:30	Coffee Break and Poster session
16:30 - 16:40	M. Pinol Sole		ESA-ESTEC	Calculation of Zone Overpass Tables - Desktop Applications & Tools
16:40-18:00	Chairs: F. Buscaglione and I. Di Lodovico			Assessment of Aeolus CAL/VAL Rehearsal - Testing downloading and reading Aeolus test datasets
18:00-20:00	Ice Breaker and Poster Session

Programme (29 March)
Day 2: Wednesday 29 March
	Aeolus Operational Phase and CAL/VAL AO Proposal overview (Chairs: S. Melo and J. von Bismarck)
08:30	W. Lengert	ESA-ESRIN	The Aeolus Operational Phase
09:00	A. Dabas	MeteoFrance	Contribution of French research teams to ADM Cal/Val: ground-based and airborne comparative experiments for optical and wind products
09:10	J. Pelon	IPSL	LNG HRS airborne lidar contribution to Cal/Val for ADM-Aeolus
09:20	A. Apituley	KNMI	Aeolus L2A aerosol and cloud product validation using the European Aerosol Research Lidar Network EARLINET
09:30	M. Hardesty	UoC / NOAA	A US Effort for ADM/Aeolus Calibration and Validation
09:40	A. Apituley	KNMI	Aeolus L2A/L2B aerosol, cloud and wind product validation using the Cabauw Experimental Site for Atmospheric Research CESAR
09:50	A. Stoffelen	KNMI	VAAC - Validation of Aeolus by Atmospheric model Comparison
10:00	H. Schyberg	met.no	High Resolution, High Latitude Regional Model Cal-Val of ADM-AEOLUS
10:10	M. Gausa	Andoyaspace	Airborne and Lidar Validation of ADM Aeolus at ALOMAR (ALIVO ALOMAR)
10:20	O. Reitebuch	DLR	Experimental Validation of ADM-Aeolus with the Aladin Airborne Demonstrator (EVA4D)
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break and poster session
	Aeolus Operational Phase and CAL/VAL AO Proposal overview (cont.) (Chairs: M. Hardesty and D. Schuettemeyer)
11:00	A. Cress	DWD	Validation and impact assessment for ADMAeolus observations in the DWD Modelling system
11:10	U. Wandinger	Tropos	Validation of ADM-Aeolus L2 aerosol and cloud product employing advanced ground-based lidar Measurements (VADAM)
11:20	S. Wu, X. Song	Ocean University of China	Validation and Calibration of ADM-Aeolus using ground-based lidars
11:30	G.J. Fochesatto	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Analysis of High Latitude PBL and Surface Winds in preparation for ADM-Aeolus Mission
11:40	M. Forsythe	MetOffice	Validation of ADM-Aeolus Level 2 products by comparison with global NWP and in-situ flight data
11:50	S. Ishii	NICT	Validation of wind data for the Atmospheric Dynamic Mission-Aeolus in Japan
12:00	S. Melo	Environment Canada	National Participation of Environment Canada in CAL/VAL ADM-Aeolus
12:10	P. Kushner	UoT	Validation of ADM/Aeolus winds by examination of their statistical characteristics, for hemispheric scales and for the Arctic region
12:20	H. R. Mohammadi Khalesi Fard	IASBS	IASBS Remote Sensing Station and its Participation in ADM-Aeolus Cal/Val
12:30	A.G. Straume	ESA-ESTEC	Aeolus CAL/VAL Implementation Plan
13:00-14:00	Lunch
	Splinter working groups
14:00-15:30 (continuing Thursday morning)	Chair, secretary: A. O. Reitebuch, A. Straume B. A. Dabas, D. Schuettemeyer C. U. Wandinger, T. Kanitz D. H. Körnich, J. von Bismarck		A. Aeolus CAL/VAL Requirements review and CAL/VAL activity gap analysis B. Wind products: Protocols for the comparison of space-borne products with airborne and ground-based observations and models C. Aerosol/cloud products: Protocols for the comparison of space-borne products with airborne and ground-based observations and models D. Grouping of CAL/VAL activities according to scientific or technical themes
15:30-15:55	A. Hertzog	LMD	Stratéole-2
16:00-18:30	Visit to CNES Balloon site
20:00	Joint dinner at restaurant in Toulouse city centre (dinner tickets can be purchased during workshop registration)

Programme (30 March)
Day 3: Thursday 30 March
08:30-10:30	Chair, secretary: see Wednesday PM	Summaries of Wednesday discussions will be distributed Splinter working groups A) – D) continued
10:30-11:30	Coffee, posters and discussions workshop participants
10:30-11:30	Session and Panel chairs (closed meeting)	Panel chairs and secretaries summarizing their WG discussions Session chairs summarizing Q&A and discussions from Mo and Tue sessions
11:00-11:30	Panel A) – D) chairs Session chairs	Summary of Panel discussions Summary of sessions Panel A Panel B Panel C Panel D
12:30– 13:00	E. Källén, P. Tabary, and P. Ingmann	Historical ovetview Workshop Wrap-up
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:30	Aeolus Mission Advisory Group meeting (closed meeting)