GSICS-EP-12

GLOBAL SPACE-BASED INTER-CALIBRATION SYSTEM
EXECUTIVE PANEL, 12th SESSION
Date: Wednesday 30 May 2012  (9h00)  to Friday 1 June (13h00)
Venue: Conference Room 4102, ESSIC, 5825 University Research Court, College Park, MD, USA
Local transportation (Shuttle) and Hotel information (Hotel A, Hotel B )
Final Report: Published here : Reports and Publications (as soon as available)

Agenda Item Related Working Documents and Background Information

1

 

OPENING OF THE SESSION
Introduction and welcome
Adoption of the agenda and meeting schedule  (See revised agenda with tentative schedule)
Inf.1 List of participants

2

REPORTS FROM GPRCs
2.1 NOAA (including report on Suomi-NPP Cal-Val)
2.2 CMA
2.3 CNES
2.4 EUMETSAT
2.5
IMD
2.6 ISRO
2.7 JAXA
2.8 JMA
2.9 KMA
2.10 NASA
2.11 NIST
2.12 Roshydromet
2.13 USGS
2.14 ESA

3

REPORT FROM NOAA/GCC
3.1 GCC Update (F. Weng, F. Yu)

4

GRWG Report
4.1 GRWG report (T. Hewison)
Final Report of the GRWG-GDWG Joint Meeting, Beijing, China, 5-9 March 2012

5

GDWG report
5.1 GDWG Report (A. Jelenak)
Final Report of the GRWG-GDWG Joint Meeting, Beijing, China, 5-9 March 2012

6

Review of outstanding actions from previous EP meetings
Status of actions as of 25 May (Updated !)

Draft GSICS Documentation Plan

7

GSICS principles and long-term strategy
7.01 Review of draft "GSICS principles" (T. Hewison)
7.02 Validation   (T. Hewison)
- Five to ten years perspective for GSICS  (J. Schmetz)

8

Accessibility of GSICS information
    8.1 Operational access to GSICS corrections  ( including GSICS product catalogue)
8.2 Event monitoring web site  (T. Hewison)
    8.3 Instrument performance monitoring web sites

9

GSICS outreach
9.1- Preparation for 4th GSICS Users Workshop  
9.2- Special issue of IEE journal
9.3- GSICS factsheet
- Scope of GSICS
9.4: GSICS in future WMO documentation (J. Lafeuille)

10

GSICS high-level plan and operations plan for 2012-2013

Link to the Operations Plan on the Wiki  (Fangfang Yu)

11

Administrative matters
- GSCS members representation in GRWG and GDWG
- Nomination for Chairs and Vice-chairs
- Future GSICS teleconferences

12

Any other business
QA4EO and WGCV activities (G. Stensaas, WGCV Chair)
PCW role for intercalibration of GEO or LEO satellites (A. Trishchenko)
ESA Cal/Val Interest Working Group (CVI) (Bojan Bojkov)
- UN-HSTI and potential ISS flight opportunity for CLARREO

13 Summary of decisions and actions
14

DATE AND PLACE OF NEXT MEETINGS


General Background Documents/ Information
  Final Report of the 11th GSICS Executive Panel
  DRAFT Final Report of the GRWG-GDWG Joint Meeting, Beijing, China, 5-9 March 2012
  Members of the GSICS Executive Panel and Working Groups
  Terms of Reference of the Executive Panel
  Terms of Reference of the GDWG
  Terms of Reference of the GRWG