Workshop on the Applications of GPS Radio Occultation to Climate
NCAR Foothills Laboratory, Building #1
Atrium Conference Room
3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80301
March 17-18, 2008
Program Schedule |
Monday, March 17, 2008 |
08:00-08:30 a.m. |
Registration |
08:30-08:45 |
Welcome and Introduction - (Jay Fein, Rick Rosen, Rick Anthes) |
08:45-12:15 |
Opening Session - (Moderator: Bill Kuo, UCAR) |
08:45-9:15 |
Climate Data Records - A maturity model and research - operations transitions - John Bates, NOAA |
9:15-9:45 |
Overview of GPS RO technique and errors that may affect the RO climate record - Chris Rocken, UCAR |
9:45-10:15 |
Effects and magnitudes of some specific errors of GPS RO data and assumptions used in their processing - Sergey Sokolovskiy, UCAR |
10:15-10:45 |
Coffee Break |
10:45-11:15 |
The SI traceability of GPS RO data - Stephen Leroy, Harvard U.
Related Publications:
Leroy, S.S., J.A. Dykema, and J.G. Anderson, 2006: Climate benchmarking using GPS occultation.
Leroy, S.S., J.A. Dykema, P.J. Gero, and J.G. Anderson, 2007: Testing climate models using GNSS occultation and infrared spectra.
Leroy, S.S., J.G. Anderson, and J.A. Dykema, 2006: Testing climate models using GPS radio occultation: A sensitivity analysis.
Leroy, S.S., J.G. Anderson, and G. Ohring, 2008: Climate signal detection times and climate benchmark accuracy requirements.
Leroy, S.S., J.A. Dykema, and J.G. Anderson, 2008: Scalar prediction in climate using data and model. |
11:15-11:45 |
ECMWF reanalysis using GPS RO data - Sean Healey, ECMWF |
11:45-12:15 |
Comparability and reproducibility of RO data - Ben Ho, UCAR |
12:15-13:15 |
Lunch Break |
13:15-14:45 Section 1 |
Precision, Accuracy and Long-term stability of RO Data
Issue 1: Comparability of data from different COSMIC satellites Issue 2 - Comparability of CHAMP and COSMIC and other GPS satellite systems (Co-chairs: Tony Mannucci, JPL and Tom Peterson, NOAA) |
14:45-15:15 |
Coffee Break |
15:15-16:45 Section |
Data Processing and Assumptions
Issue 3: Reproducibility of refractivity results Issue 4: Reproducibility of temperature results
Issue 5: Impact of assumptions on both refractivity and retrieved profiles (Co-chairs Kursinski, U. of Arizona, Tony Reale, NOAA) |
16:45-17:30 Section 3 |
Use of RO derived parameters for climate applications
Issue 6: Observed refractivity vs. retrieved meteorological profiles (Co-chairs: Stephen Leroy, Harvard U., Howard Diamond, NOAA) |
17:30-18:00 |
Discussions and Conclusions |
18:00-20:00 |
Reception at the Foothills Lab #2, Atrium Cafeteria |
Program Schedule - DRAFT |
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 |
8:30-10:30 Section 4 |
Challenges - Lower troposphere + upper Stratosphere
Issue 7: Profiling of the lower troposphere Issue 8: Impact of observations scattered across space and time Issue 9: Potential aliasing by water vapor changes in GPS-RO temperature time series Issue 10: Water vapor retrievals (Co-chairs: Gottfried Kirchengast +Seth Gutman, NOAA) |
10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
11:00-12:30 |
Wrap-up Discussions and Action items (co-chairs Bill Kuo and John Bates) |
12:30 |
End of Workshop |
Agenda in .doc format
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