2011 GOES-R

Algorithm Working Group

Review
14-16 June 2011
Hilton Hotel
425 West Prospect Road
Fort Collins, Colorado
Conference Goal: Present the accomplishments of the AWG over the past year
Conference Objectives:
1. Review the progress of the Algorithm Working Group (AWG) over the past year and review
objectives of the coming year;
2. Present results/issues/science from the product application teams including: product
algorithm development and validation, proxy dataset generation, validation tool
development, and other validation related activities;
3. Provide feedback on Algorithm Development Executive Boards (ADEB) independent peer
review report;
4. Hold individual meetings with the product application teams and the Algorithm Integration
Team (AIT) to review algorithm code development and other activities;
5. Inform the GOES-R Program Office and the AWG Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) on
the status of the AWG.

Monday, 13 June:
Travel Day
6:00-7:30pm

Registration (in front of main meeting room)

Poster setup

Tuesday, 14 June:
Day 1: Welcome and Introductions, AWG Presentations,
AIT Team Meetings and Poster Sessions
Chairs: Jaime Daniels and Mark DeMaria
7:30 8:30 am

Registration

(in front of main meeting room)

8:30 am

Welcome Remarks/Logistics

Chris Kummerow
Mark DeMaria

8:40 am

Meeting Objectives and Agenda

Jaime Daniels

8:50 am

GPO Status Report

Greg Mandt

9:20 am

AWG Status and Progress

Jaime Daniels

9:35 am

AIT Activities

Walter Wolf

9:50 pm

Calibration Working Group

Changyong Cao

10:10 am

Break

10:30 am

Proxy Team Status and Activities

11:00 pm

GOES-R Ground System and Algorithm

Implementation Design

11:30 am

Fuzhong Weng
Tom Greenwald
Renate Brummer
Alex Werbos

Lunch (on your own)

[All times are Mountain.]

1:00 pm

Application Team presentations begin (Option 2 Products)

1:10 5:00 pm AIT will hold meetings with individual Application Teams
1:10 - 1:45 pm Hydrology Team
1:45 - 2:30 pm Radiation Budget Team
Break
3:00 - 3:30 pm AAA Team
3:30 - 4:00 pm Cloud Team
4:00 - 5:00 pm Land Team
1:00 pm
1:20 pm
1:40 pm
2:00 pm
2:20 pm

Low Cloud and Fog

SO2 Detection
Convective Initiation
Aircraft Icing Threat
SST Product Validation Overview

2:35 pm

Break Poster Session

3:05 pm
3:25 pm
3:45 pm
4:05 pm
4:25 pm
4:45 pm
5:05 pm

Overshooting Top/Enhanced V
Turbulence
Visibility
Ocean currents
Absorbed Shortwave Radiation (SFC)
Rainfall Potential
Rainfall Probability

5:30 pm

Poster Reception (Cash bar)

5:45 pm

TAC Meets

Walter Wolf

Mike Pavolonis
Mike Pavolonis
John Walker
Bill Smith, Jr (Calling in)
Sasha Ignatov

Kris Bedka
Tony Wimmers
Brad Pierce
Eileen Maturi
Istvan Lazslo
Bob Kuligowski
Bob Kuligowski

End Day 1 Dinner on your own

Wednesday, 15 June:
Day 2: AWG Presentations, AIT Team Meetings and Poster Session
Co-Chairs: Tim Schmit and Steve Goodman
1
8:30 5:45 pm AIT will hold meetings with individual Application Teams
8:30 - 9:15am
9:15 - 9:45am
9:45 - 10:15am
Break
10:45 - 11:30am
11:30 - 11:59am
Lunch
2:10 - 2:40 pm
2:45 - 3:40pm
Break

Walter Wolf

Sounding Team
Imagery Team
Lightning Team
Ocean Dynamics Team
SST Team
Winds Team
Cryosphere Team

4:10 - 4:45pm
4:45 - 5:15pm
5:15 - 5:45pm

Aviation Team
Physical Collocation Cross Sub-Team
Proxy Team

8:30 am

Application Team presentations continue (Option 2 Products)

8:30 am
8:50 am
9:10 am
9:30 am
9:50 am

Snow Depth
Ice Cover and Ice Concentration
Ice Age
Ice Motion
Green Vegetation Fraction

10:10 am

Break Poster Session

10:45 am
11:05 am
11:25 am
11:45 am

Vegetation Index
Flood/Standing Water
Surface Emissivity
Surface Albedo

12:05pm

Lunch (on your own)

Peter Romanov
Yinghui Liu
Xuanji Wang
Jeff Key
Peter Romanov

Peter Romanov
Donglian Sun
Zhenglong Li
Tao He

1:25 pm

Meeting Resumes

1:25 pm
1:45 pm
2:00 pm
2:15 pm

Aerosols/Air Quality/Atmos. Chemistry Team

GOES-R Risk Reduction Program Status
GOES-R Proving Ground
NWS' Vision for Data Fusion/Integration

2:35 pm

Application Team presentations (Overview of Validation Activities for Baseline

Products)

2:35 pm
2:50 pm
3:05 pm
3:25 pm

Imagery Team
Cloud Team
Land Team
Aviation Team

3:40 pm

Break Poster Session

4:10 pm
4:25 pm
4:40 pm
4:55 pm
5:10 pm
5:25 pm

Lightning Team
Radiation Budget Team
Soundings Team
Winds Team
Cryosphere Team
Hydrology Team

5:40 pm

End Dinner on your own

5:40 pm

TAC meet (Room Location TBD)

Shobha Kondragunta
Ingrid Guch
Jim Gurka
Mike Johnson

Tim Schmit
Andrew Heidinger
Bob Yu, Chris Schmidt (Dialing in)
Mike Pavolonis

Steve Goodman
Istvan Lazslo
Tim Schmit
Jaime Daniels
Jeff Key
Bob Kuligowski

Thursday, 16 June:
Day 3: AWG Presentations and AIT Team Meetings
Chair: Jaime Daniels
8:30 10:00 am

AIT will hold meetings with individual

Application Teams (if necessary)
8:30 am
9:15 am

Walter Wolf

Team
Team

8:30 am

McIDAS-V Status

Tom Rink

9:00 am

GRAFIIR Tools and Practical Uses

Mat Gunshor

9:30 am

Response to the 2010 TAC comments and discussion

Jaime Daniels

10:15 am

Break

10:45 am

TAC Comments/Directions/Discussion

12:00 pm

AWG meeting concludes

12:00 pm

Lunch on-your-own

TAC Chair

Agenda version date: 10 June 2011