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Second ESA EarthCARE Validation Workshop
25-May - 28-May 2021
Virtual
The second ESA EarthCARE Validation workshop was held online from 25-28 May 2021. This workshop was dedicated to the introduction of EarthCARE validation proposals that were accepted following the first ESA EarthCARE Validation workshop (June 2018), and to the discussion of validation methods and validation protocols in domains addressed by the EarthCARE mission.
To foster intense interactivity during the working sessions, particularly the splinter sessions, the online workshop was not a public event. As a higher level of interactivity was required to meet the workshop objectives, participation was reserved to the Principal Investigators (PIs) of the ESA EarthCARE Announcement of Opportunity and their Co-Investigators (Co-Is), the EarthCARE Data Product Algorithm Developers, the EarthCARE instrument experts, and the members of the EarthCARE Mission Advisory Group. ESA delegates and the EarthCARE PIs of the JAXA Research Announcement were welcome to attend, as well as invited scientists from other missions.
More information is available on the EarthCARE Validation Team (ECVT) Portal, which is available to ECVT PIs and Co-Is.
Download the 2nd ESA EarthCARE Validation Workshop summary report.
Presentations
| Scientific Organising Committee | Local Organising Committee (ESA) |
| Anthony Illingworth - U.Reading | Rob Koopman |
| Alessandro Battaglia - U.Leicester | Tobias Wehr |
| Helene Chepfer - LMD | Michael Eisinger |
| Jason Cole - ECCC | Dirk Schuettemeyer |
| Julien Delanoe - LATMOS | Jonas von Bismarck |
| David Donovan - KNMI | Georgios Tzeremes |
| Jurgen Fischer - FU.Berlin | |
| Luca Baldini - ISAC | |
| Nicolas Clerbaux - RMIB | |
| Pavlos Kollias - Stony Brook U. | |
| Shannon Mason - ECMWF | |
| Silke Gross -DLR | |
| Ulla Wandinger - TROPOS | |
| Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff - KNMI | |
| Holger Baars - TROPOS | |
| Eleni Marinou - NOA | |
| Almudena Velazquez - RMIB |
Presentations
| 25 May 2021 | |||
| Programme Sessions | Presentation and Discussion Sessions | Speakers | |
| Chairs: Anthony Illingworth, Ulla Wandinger, Nicolas Clerbaux | Introduction | Welcome | Rob Koopman - ESA |
| Validation Workshop Opening | Dominique Gillieron - ESA (Earth Exlorer Programme Manager) | ||
| Mission & System | EarthCARE Status | Dirk Bernaerts - ESA (EarthCARE Project Manager) | |
| In Orbit Characterisation, Calibration, and Verification (IOV) approach for ATLID, BBR, MSI | Kostka Wallace - ESA Georgios Tzeremes -ESA | ||
| Algorithms | EarthCARE Level 1 Validation needs for the ATLID Level 1 product | David Donovan - KNMI | |
| EarthCARE Level 1 Validation needs for the MSI Level 1 product | Rene Preusker - FU Berlin | ||
| There were no presentations for BBR and CPR validation, as BBR Level 1 feedback was obtained via the Level 2 product and CPR Level 1 Validation is under JAXA's responsibility. | |||
| Chairs: Pavlos Kollias, Luca Baldini | Algorithms | EarthCARE L2 Validation Needs of the ESA Products and Algorithms | Shannon Mason - ECMWF |
| Tools | ESA Atmospheric Validation Data Centre | Ann Mari Fjæraa - NILU | |
| Atmospheric Virtual Lab | Sander Niemeijer - S&T | ||
| E3SIM - EarthCARE Simulator | David Donovan - KNMI | ||
| ICAROHS - Inter-Comparison of Aerosol Retrievals and Observational Requirements for Multi- Wavelength HSRL Systems | Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff - KNMI | ||
| Chairs: Jurgen Fischer, Alessandro Battaglia | QA/QC | Quality Assurance for Earth Observation (QA4EO) concept and example | Jean-Christopher Lambert - BIRA/IASB |
| The power of monitoring EarthCARE observations at ECMWF and preparing towards their assimilation. | Mark Fielding - ECMWF | ||
| Fiducial Reference Measurement concept and FRM4Radar Cloud Profiling for Satellite Validation | Jonas Von Bismarck - ESA Lukas Pfitzenmaier - IGMK (Univ-Cologne) | ||
| Validation Organisation | Validation preparations timeline | Rob Koopman - ESA | |
| New Principal Investigators (that joined after 1st ESA EarthCARE validation workshop) | EVID33 / AOID 51515 Validation of Atlid lidar data with ground-based lidars in Northern Sweden | Peter Völger - IRF | |
| EVID34 / AOID 51949 WEGN4CARE - Validation of EarthCARE cloud and precipitation products by the WegenerNet 3D Weather Research Facility in Southeastern Austria | Gottfried Kirchengast and Jürgen Fuchsberger - Wegcenter | ||
| EVID35/AOID 60799 Validate Cloud Profiling Radar on EarthCARE against Aircraft Observations of Cirriform Cloud | Vaughan Philips - INES | ||
| 26 May 2021 | |||
| Programme Sessions | Presentation and Discussion Sessions | Speakers | |
| Chairs: Dave Donovan, Ulla Wandinger, Holger Baars, Hélène Chepfer, Jürgen Fischer, Michael Eisinger, Georgios Tzeremes | Aerosol L2 and ATLID L1 Validation | Lessons learned from Aeolus Cal/Val and the DISC | Oliver Reitebuch - DLR |
| Lessons learned from CALIPSO | Dave Winker - NASA | ||
| The ACCP orbital component | Dave Winker - NASA | ||
| Discussion on ATLID Level 1 validation approaches | Moderated by co-chairs | ||
| ACCP suborbital component - Aerosol | Jens Redemann - Univ. of Oklahoma | ||
| Overview of PI responses and Discussion Aerosol (ATLID + MSI) Level 2 validation approaches | Moderated by co-chairs | ||
| Chairs: Ulla Wandinger, Luca Baldini, Jonas von Bismarck | Networks | Lessons learned from the validation of Aeolus L2A product with EARLINET | Nikos Siomos - NOA |
| Perspectives on Ground Validation from the NASA/JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement Mission | S. Joseph Munchak - NASA | ||
| ACTRIS Aerosol Remote Sensing in support of EarthCARE Cal/Val | Doina Nicolae - INOE | ||
| ACTRIS Cloud Remote Sensing in support of EarthCARE Cal/Val | Martial Haeffelin - IPSL | ||
| MPLNET Observations in Support of EarthCARE Cal/Val | Judd Welton - NASA | ||
| Approaches to intercalibration/QA/QC and other network aspects of AD-Net and SKYNET systems | Tomoaki Nishizawa - NIES | ||
| LALINET network approaches for QA/QC, validation and data handling | Eduardo Landulfo - IPEN | ||
| Chairs: Shannon Mason, Pavlos Kollias, Alessandro Battaglia, Eleni Marinou, Tobias Wehr | Clouds & Precipitation (& CPR L2a) Validation | CloudSat Cal/Val lessons learned & summary of AtmOS(ACCP) Suborbital Discussions with emphasis on Cloud and Precipitation Cal/Val | Jay Mace - UoU |
| Summary of inputs from Principal Investigators | Eleni Marinou - NOA | ||
| Summary of the algorithm needs with respect to clouds and CPR for Level 2 | Shannon Mason - ECMWF | ||
| Discussion on Cloud and Precipitation cal/val | Moderated by co-chairs | ||
| 27 May 2021 | |||
| Programme Sessions | Presentation and Discussion Sessions | Speakers | |
| Chairs: Silke Groß, Julien Delanoë, Dirk Schüttemeyer | Campaigns | Introduction to ESA campaigns and pre Pre-launch lessons learned | Silke Groß - DLR Julien Delanoë - LATMOS |
| CCREST, an example for a science/validation campaign on validation of several missions combined with general science | Stuart Fox - UKMO | ||
| Latest status and future plans for in-situ | Wolde Mengistu - NRC | ||
| Opportunities for dedicated or piggy back campaigns | Silke Groß - DLR Dirk Shuettemeyer - ESA | ||
| Chairs: Nicolas Clerbaux, Jurgen Fischer, Almudena Velazquez, Tobias Wehr, Michael Eisinger | Radiation | Introduction | Nicolas Clerbaux - RMIB |
| Overview of MSI Level 1 validation by ECVT (AO PIs) | Jurgen Fischer- FU Berlin | ||
| Lessons learned/Monitoring MSI L1 performance | Noëlle Scott - LMD/IPSL | ||
| Lessons learned from CERES | Kory Priestley - NASA Langley | ||
| Lessons learned from GERB | Jacqueline Russell - Imperial College | ||
| Chairs: Jason Cole, Tobias Wehr | Models | Vertical velocity in storms | Vaughan Phillips - INES |
| Using EarthCARE for improving desert dust transport modeling | Vassilis Amiridis - NOA | ||
| Instrument simulators and applications to models | Katia Lamer - BNL | ||
| NWP model evaluation using ACTRIS cloud profiling | Ewan O' Connor - FMI | ||
| Summary/General discussion/Way forward | ATLID level 1 session conclusions, Aerosol session conclusions, Network session conclusions, Cloud & Precipitation session conclusions, Campaign session conclusions, Radiation and MSI & BBR Level1 session conclusions Modelling session conclusions | ||
| Closing | Acknowledgements Closing Remarks | Rob Koopman - ESA Anthony Illingworth - U Reading | |