1st ESA-JAXA EarthCARE In-Orbit Validation Workshop
14  17 January 2025 | VIRTUAL EVENT

 PROGRAMME

Day 1: Tue., 14 January 2025 - Opening plenary, BBR, ATLID part 1
CETJSTESTMinTitleSpeaker
Opening plenary
13:0021:007:005Opening
Stephanie Rusli
13:0521:057:0510Welcome Address ESA Earth Explorer Programme Manager
Dirk Bernaerts
13:1521:157:1510Welcome Address JAXA Senior Chief Officer of Earth Observation Missions 
Hironori Maejima
13:2521:257:2510EarthCARE commissioning overview: platform, ATLID, MSI, BBR
Kotska Wallace
13:3521:357:355EarthCARE commissioning overview: CPR
Eiichi Tomita
13:4021:407:405Transition from commissioning to exploitation phase (ESA)
Björn Frommknecht
13:4521:457:455Transition from commissioning to exploitation phase (JAXA)
Tomomi Nio
13:50
21:507:505ESA EarthCARE products
Jonas von Bismarck 
13:5521:557:555JAXA EarthCARE products
Takuji Kubota
14:0022:008:0010EarthCARE validation and workshops
Rob Koopman and Toshiyuki Tanaka
14:1022:108:105BREAK 1
BBR session (Co-chairs: Jason Cole,  Nicolas Clerbaux, Kentaroh Suzuki)
14:1522:158:1510BBR Integrated Commissioning Team presentation
Emilio Alvarez
14:2522:258:2515BBR Level 1 product verification
Nicolas Clerbaux
14:4022:408:4010BBR GeolocationEdward Baudrez
14:5022:508:5010EarthCARE BBR Level 1 Products Assessment within BRAVO project
Christine Aebi
15:0023:009:00
10BBR Level 2 verification results
Almudena Velazquez 
15:1023:109:1015Early validation of JAXA four-sensor radiation product
Takashi M. Nagao
15:2523:259:2510CERES and EarthCARE Intercomparison Opportunities
Alexander Jarnot
15:3523:359:3515Discussion(Co-chairs)
15:5023:509:5010BREAK 2
ATLID session - part 1  (Co-chairs: David Donovan, Holger Baars, Tomoaki Nishizawa)
16:0000:0010:0010ATLID Integrated Commissioning Team presentation
Georgios Tzeremes
16:1000:1010:1015ATLID Level 1 product verification and validation needs
David Donovan
16:2500:2510:2515NRT quality monitoring using NWP (ECMWF)
Mark Fielding
16:4000:4010:4010Statistically based calibration/validation control of ATLID Level 1 products
Artem Feofilov
16:5000:5010:5035Results from NASA airborne campaigns (ARCSIX, PACE-PAX, WHyMSIE)
Johnathan Hair, Amin Nehrir 
17:2501:2511:2520First results from the HALO PERCUSION campaign
Silke Gross
17:4501:4511:4515Discussion(Co-chairs)
18:0002:0012:000END

Day 2: Wed., 15 January 2025 - CPR

CETJSTESTMinTitleSpeaker
CPR session (Co-chairs: Hajime Okamoto, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Alessandro Battaglia)
08:0016:0002:005Welcome and session opening
Toshiyuki Tanaka
08:0516:0502:0510CPR Integrated Commissioning Team presentation Hirotaka Nakatsuka, Nobuhiro Tomiyama, Matthias Gollor
08:1516:1502:1510CPR calibrationHiroaki Horie
08:2516:2502:2510CPR Level 1 product evaluation
Kaya Kanemaru 
08:3516:3502:3510ATLID and CPR geolocation and co-registration
Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff
08:4516:4502:4515CPR mirror image analysis
Shunsuke Aoki 
09:0017:0003:0015Comparison between CPR observation modes
Yuki Imura
09:1517:1503:1515Findings on Level 1 product from ESA Level 2A algorithm verification
Pavlos Kollias
09:3017:3003:3010NRT quality monitoring using NWP (ECMWF)
Mark Fielding
09:4017:4003:4010BREAK
09:5017:5003:5015Doppler validation with WINDAS
Yuichi Ohno
10:0518:0504:0515EarthCARE CPR validation using ACTRIS' ground-based radar network 
Lukas Pfitzenmaier
10:2018:2004:2020First results from the HALO PERCUSION campaign
Florian Ewald
10:4018:4004:4010First comparisons between CPR and ATR42 during MAESTRO campaign (including early Level 2 products if available)
Julien Delanoe
10:5018:5004:5015First intercomparison between CPR and NAW cloud radar during ECALOT campaign
Paloma Borque
11:0519:0505:0515CPR early Level 2 product validation results
Pavlos Kollias
11:2019:2006:2010Discussion(Co-chairs)
11:3019:3006:300END

Day 3: Thu., 16 January 2025 - MSI, ATLID part 2

CETJSTESTMinTitleSpeaker
MSI session (Co-chairs: Rene Preusker, Sebastian Bley, Minrui Wang)
13:00
21:0007:005Welcome and session openingRob Koopman
13:0521:0507:0510MSI Integrated Commissioning Team presentationOlivier Defauchy
13:1521:1507:1515MSI Level 1 product verification René Preusker
13:3021:3007:3010MSI Geolocation and Co-registration Edward Baudrez
13:4021:4007:4015MSI Level 1 product validation using data from MSG SEVIRI and from Cloudnet stationsSebastian Bley
13:5521:5507:5515First comparison of MSI and specMACS observations during PERCUSIONBernhard Mayer
14:1022:1008:1010MSI early Level 2 product validation results Anja Hünerbein
14:2022:2008:2025Discussion(Co-chairs)
14:4522:4508:455BREAK 1
ATLID session - part 2  (Co-chairs: David Donovan, Ulla Wandinger, Tomoaki Nishizawa)
14:5022:5008:5010Evaluation of ATLID aerosol products with AD-Net
Yoshitaka Jin/Tomoaki Nishizawa
15:0023:0009:0020First validation results from AECARE including the ATMO ACCESS pilot activity
Holger Baars
15:2023:2009:2010EarthCARE ATLID Level 1 intercomparison with ACROSS lidars (PI Marinou)
Eleni Marinou
15:3023:3009:3010First intercomparison between CARO Lidar and ATLID Level 1 over Cyprus, Limassol.
Rodanthi Mamouri, Hossein Panahifar
15:4023:4009:4010EMORAL lidar ATLID Level 1 data validation effort for various conditions and locations.
Iwona Stachlewska, Afwan Hafiz
15:5023:5009:5010LITES lidar in UK:  intercomparisons with ATLID Level 1 and Level 2 products 
Avinash Yadav
16:0000:0010:0020Discussion(Co-chairs)
16:2000:2010:2010BREAK 2
16:3000:3010:3010First results from the ECALOT campaign
Keyvan Ranjbar
16:4000:4010:4015First comparisons between ATLID and ATR42 during MAESTRO campaign (including early Level 2 if available)
Emmeline Francois/Julien Delanoe
16:5500:5510:5520ATLID early Level 2 validation results 
Ping Wang, Moritz Haarig
17:1501:1511:1510ATLID  Level 2 aerosol product monitoring with CAMS (ECMWF)
Will McLean
17:2501:2511:2510Early Level 2 product validations in central mediterranean
Giandomenico Pace
17:3501:3511:3525Discussion(Co-chairs)
18:0002:0012:000END

Day 4: Fri., 17 January 2025 - BBR, MSI, ATL summary

CETJSTESTMinTitleSpeaker
08:00
16:0002:005Welcome Rob Koopman
08:0516:0502:0525BBR summary and discussion
Jason Cole, Nicolas Clerbaux, Kentaroh Suzuki
08:3016:3002:3030MSI summary and discussionRene Preusker, Sebastian Bley, Minrui Wang
09:0017:0003:0060ATLID summary and discussion
David Donovan, Ulla Wandinger (Holger Baars), Tomoaki Nishizawa
10:0018:0004:000END

Day 4: Fri., 17 January 2025 - CPR summary

CETJSTESTMinTitleSpeaker
15:00
23:0009:005Welcome Toshiyuki Tanaka
15:0523:0509:0550CPR summary and discussion
Hajime Okamoto, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Alessandro Battaglia
15:5523:5509:555Closing statements ESA and JAXATimon Hummel, Takuji Kubota
16:0000:0010:000END