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ASCENDS Science Working Group Meeting
27–29 February 2012
Goddard Space Flight Center – Building 34, Room W120A&B

Monday, 27 February 2012
08:00 – 08:30  Entry – pick up badges for non-NASA attendees – Goddard Main Gate
Coffee, Registration, Payment for Lunches – Building 34, Room W120
 
08:30 – 08:50 Welcome and Logistics
Comments on April 2011 Workshop
Goals of this Workshop – A Plan to Establish Level One Requirements
Ken Jucks and Berrien Moore
08:50 – 09:05 ASCENDS Mission:  Top-Level Status and Schedule Ken Jucks
presentation (ppt)
09:05 – 10:00  Level One Mission Requirements:  A Real-Life Example and Discussion Eric Ianson
presentation (pptx)
10:00 – 10:20 Experiences in Setting Measurement Requirements for the ASCOPE and MERLIN Missions

Gerhard Ehret
presentation (ppt)

10:20 – 10:30 Break  
10:30 – 12:05 Initial Mission Simulations – Inputs and Considerations:  
Overview – Strategy, Generic Errors, Random Errors vs. Bias Errors, Dry Air Issues Berrien Moore
Global Aerosol/Cloud Characteristics, and Surface Reflectance Randy Kawa
Sensitivity Analysis, Measurement Precision, Weighting Functions Randy Kawa
presentation (pptx)
Systematic Errors David Baker
presentation (pptx)
Meteorology Issues and Status Scott Zaccheo
presentation (pptx)
12:05 – 13:00 Lunch  
13:00 – 13:45 Ocean-Atmosphere Carbon Flux:  What to Consider Scott Doney
presentation (pptx)
13.45 – 14:30 Baker Global OSSE Study:  Status and Results David Baker
presentation (pptx)
14:30 – 15:00 What Does This Tell Us about Level-1 Requirements? Discussion
15:00 – 15:15 Break  
15:15 – 16:30 What Does The Rayner Global OSSE Study Tell Us about Level-1 Requirements? Discussion
16:30 – 17:15 Denning Global OSSE Study:  Status and Results Scott Denning
presentation (pptx)
17:15 – 17:45 What Does This Tell Us about Level-1 Requirements? Discussion
17:45– 18:00 Recap of the Day and Preview of Tomorrow Ken Jucks, Berrien Moore
18:15 – 19:30   Social  
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
08:00 – 08:30 Entry at Goddard Main Gate, Coffee in Building 34, Room W120  
08:30 – 09:30 AER CONUS OSSE Study:  Status, Results, and Discussion Janusz Eluszkiewicz
presentation (pdf)
09:30 – 10:30 Michalek CONUS OSSE Study:  Status, Results, and Discussion Dorit Hammerling
presentation (pptx)
10:30 – 10:45 Break  
10:45 – 11:30 First Panel on Global and CONUS Simulations and General Discussion:  Where Are We on Setting Level-1 Requirements?  Next Steps? Berrien Moore (Moderator),
David Baker, Peter Rayner, and Janusz Eluszkiewicz
11:30 – 12:15 Second Panel on Global and CONUS Simulations and General Discussion:  Where Are We on Setting Level-1 Requirements?  Next Steps? Ken Jucks (Moderator),
Dorit Hammerling, Randy Kawa, and Scott Denning
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch  
13:15 – 13:45 Discussion:  Preparing for Breakout Sessions  
13:45 – 17:00 Session to Draft Workshop Findings and Recommendations, Considering: Where Do We Need to Go?  Required Schedule?  Where Are We Now? What Else Is Needed?  How Do We Get There? Chairs:  Ken Jucks and Berrien Moore
Draft White Paper Outline (doc)
Draft Level-1 Requirements (doc)
17:00 – 17:30 Initial Breakout Reports and Discussion Ken Jucks and Berrien Moore
17:30 – 17:45 Day Two Summary Ken Jucks
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
08:00 – 08:30 Entry at Goddard Main Gate, Coffee in Building 34, Room W120  
08:30 – 10:00 Short Plenary and Reconvene Breakout Sessions: Finalizing Reports  
10:00 – 10:30 Break  
10:30 – 12:00

Breakout Reports: 
Mission Studies Breakout Group Summary (doc)
Modeling Breakout Group Summary (pdf)
Measurement Breakout Group Summary 1 (xls)
Measurement Breakout Group Summary 2 (xls)


Ken Jucks and Berrien Moore
12:00 Adjourn  

 


 
 
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