Draft Agenda for EOS/NPP International Direct Readout Meeting 2008

Sunday, March 30

3:00

Registration

6:00

Cocktail Hour at Pathumwan Princess Hotel

Monday, March 31

8:00 – 9:00

Registration

9:00 - 9:25

Welcome
Agenda and Logistics

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
Patrick Coronado (NASA/DRL)

9:25 - 9:50

GISTDA Welcome and Presentation

Dr. Thongchai Charupat (GISTDA)

9:50 - 10:30

Keynote Presentation

Rainer Ressl (CONABIO)

10:30 - 10:45

Break

10:45 - 11:10

NASA Direct Readout and LCLU Program

Garik Gutman (NASA)

11:10 - 11:35

EOS Mission Update

Angie Kelly (NASA)

11:35 - 12:35

Catered Lunch

12:35 - 1:00

NPP Mission Update

Tim Trinkle (NASA/NPP)

1:00 - 1:25

NASA Direct Readout Laboratory NISGS Update

Patrick Coronado (NASA/DRL)

1:25 - 1:50

NPOESS Mission Update

Benjie Spencer (NPOESS/IPO)

1:50 - 2:15

Global Change Observation Missions

Haruhisa Shimoda (Tokai U.)

2:15 - 2:30

Break

2:30 - 2:55

FY-3 Ground Application System and its DB Plan

Gang Ma (NSMC/CMA)

2:55 - 3:20

Role of DB Versus Global Earth Observations in Applied Sciences Research

Shahid Habib (NASA)

3:20 - 3:45

Water Budget in the Upper Chao Praya River Basin, Thailand

Preeyaphorn Kosa (GISTDA)

3:45 - 4:10

Applications of MODIS in Thailand

Chaowalit Silapathong (GISTDA)

4:10 - 4:35

NASA's NPP SDS Land PEATE Science Support Effort

Alice Isaacman (NASA/SAIC)

6:00

Reception Dinner Sponsored by GISTDA

Tuesday, April 1

9:00 - 9:15

Summary Report on the Direct Readout Land and Vegetation Meeting in Mexico City

Brian Schwind (USFS/RSAC)

9:15 - 9:30

Direct Readout Land Steering Committee Recommendations

Brian Schwind (USFS/RSAC)

9:30 - 10:00

Transitioning from MODIS to VIIRS:  Understanding the Relationship Between MODIS and VIIRS Data Products

Bonnie Reed (NPOESS/IPO)

10:00 - 10:25

International Polar Orbiter Processing Package (IPOPP)

John Overton (NPOESS/IPO), Bill Thomas (MITRE/IPO), Patrick Coronado (NASA/DRL), Kelvin Brentzel (NASA/DRL), Liam Gumley (SSEC/UW), Allen Huang (SSEC/UW)

10:25 - 10:40

Break

10:40 - 11:05

IPOPP Data Products

Bill Thomas (MITRE/IPO)

11:05 - 11:20

AIRS Direct Broadcast Status 2008

Liam Gumley (SSEC/UW) on behalf of
Evan Manning (NASA/JPL) and Steven
Friedman (NASA/JPL)

11:20 - 11:35

Improving the Accuracy of Short-term Weather Forecasts Using AIRS Direct Broadcast

Liam Gumley (SSEC/UW) on behalf of
Brad Zavodsky (UAH)

11:35 - 12:00

The DB Version of CIMSS Regional Assimilation System for Global Users

Robert Anune (SSEC/UW), Kathy Strabala (SSEC/UW), Scott Lindstrom (SSEC/UW), Allen Huang (SSEC/UW)

12:00 - 1:00

Catered Lunch

1:00 - 1:45

NASA Direct Readout Fire and Burn Scar Algorithm and Mapping

Louis Giglio (NASA/SSAI)

1:45 - 2:10

Near Real-time Daily Automatic MODIS Fire Information System for Forest Fire Monitoring in Southeast Asia

Vivarad Phonekeo (AIT), Lal Samarakoon (AIT)

2:10 - 2:35

A Potential MODIS Real-time Product:  The Vegetation Canopy Water Content

David Riano (UCDavis)

2:35 - 2:50

Break

2:50 - 3:15

NASA's Land Surface Temperature Algorithm and Product

Louis Giglio (NASA/SSAI) on behalf of
Ana Pinhiero (NOAA) and Jeff Schmaltz

3:15 - 3:40

Remote Sensing Measurements of Aerosol Optical Thickness and Correlation w/In-situ Air Quality Parameters During a Biomass Burning Episode in SE Asia

Chew Boon Ning (CRISP), Aik Song Chia (CRISP), Chew Wai Chang (CRISP), Santo Valentin Salinas (CRISP), Soo Chin Liew (CRISP)

3:40 - 4:05

Development of a Fire Information System:  Monitoring Fires Underneath Transmission Lines

Philip Frost (CSIR)

4:05 - 4:30

Application of MODIS Direct Broadcast System:  Fire Detection, Burn Scars, Fire Emissions, Air Quality Forecasting

Wei Min Hao (USFS/RSAC)

4:45 - 5:45

Direct Readout Land and Vegetation Breakout Session

Brian Schwind (USFS/RSAC)

Wednesday, April 2

9:00 - 9:30

Mongolian Direct Readout System for Natural Disaster Monitoring and Natural Resources Management

Erdenetuya Magsar (NGIC)

9:30 - 10:00

EOS Data Reception, Processing, and Dissemination in Tokai University Space Information Center

Haruhisa Shimoda (Tokai University)

10:00 - 10:30

MODIS True Color Images in Real Time over the US via the Web and Google Earth

Liam Gumley (SSEC/UW), Amato Evan (SSEC/UW), Bill Bellon (SSEC/UW)

10:30 - 12:00

Poster Presentations

12:00 - 1:00

Catered Lunch

1:30 - 5:00

Half-day Cultural Excursion

Thursday, April 3

9:00 - 9:30

Direct Broadcast Products Utilization in Operations of Central Weather Bureau

Peter Kung-Hwa Wang (CWB/MSC)

9:30 - 10:00

Research and Development at ScanEx

Alex Kucheiko (ScanEx)

10:00 - 10:30

A Rapid Product Generation System from SeaSpace for EOS DB Sensors and Beyond

Kota Prasad (SeaSpace)

10:30 - 10:45

Break

10:45 - 11:15

Orbital Systems, Ltd. 2/4M X-L band EOS Antennas Around the World

Carl Schoeneberger (Orbital Systems)

11:15 - 11:45

Automated Reception, High-level Processing and Dissemination Field Terminals

Michael Guberek (Global Imaging)

11:45 - 12:45

Catered Lunch

12:45 - 1:15

Life after MODIS

Jasmine Nahorniak (OSU)

1:15 - 1:45

Leveraging a Direct Readout Network to Provide Comprehensive Near Real-time Data Products for Fire and Environmental Monitoring

Brad Quayle (USFS/RSAC)

1:45 - 2:15

EOS Direct Broadcast Products Used in Operations

Kathy Strabala (SSEC/UW), Jordan Gerth (SSEC/UW), Scott Bachmeier (SSEC/UW), Liam Gumley (SSEC/UW), Allen Huang (SSEC/UW)

2:15 - 2:30

Break

2:30 - 3:00

Ecosystem Monitoring:  The MODIS and AVHRR Direct Broadcast Station in Mexico

Gerardo Lopez (CONABIO), Isabel Cruz (CONABIO), Rainer Ressl (CONABIO)

3:00 - 3:30

EOS Data Processing System

Marcelo Colazo (CONAE)

3:30 - 4:00

SSEC/CIMSS Training Workshops for International DB Users

Allen Huang (SSEC/UW), Liam Gumley (SSEC/UW), Kathy Strabala (SSEC/UW), Tom Rink (SSEC/UW), Paolo Antonelli (SSEC/UW)

4:00 - 4:30

Current Status of the Development of Satellite-based Fish Forecasting System for Sri Lanka

Jagath Rajapaksha (NARA)

4:30 - 5:30

Meeting Summary and Recommendations

John Overton (NPOESS/IPO)/ Patrick Coronado (NASA/DRL)/Lal Samarakoon (AIT)

Friday, April 4

8:00 - 5:30

Cultural Excursion to Ayutthaya

Posters (Wednesday, April 2, 10:30)

Title

Author(s)

Remote Sensing of Radiative Heating Rates

Oliver Sievers (DWD)

EOS DB Applications at Sodankyla, Finland

Osmo Aulamo (FMI), Anna Kontu (FMI), Hanne Suokanerva (FMI), Seppo Hassinen (FMI)

A Ubiquitous Information Service for the Offshore Fisheries Activities Around Japan

Fumihiro Takahashi (Hokkaido U.), Sei-Ichi Saitoh (Hokkaido U.), Yoshitake Yamaguchi (MBCO), Hiroaki Sugiyama (MBCO)

CSIR South Africa MODIS DB Operations

Willem Marais (CSIR)

Real-time Application of Satellite Data for Disaster Monitoring and Mitigation

Dr. Devendra Singh (DST), Sanjiv Nair (DST)

Australian Environmental Monitoring with DR Data

Ian Grant (CSIRO)

Fishery and Oceanographic Monitoring System

Gustavo Cabrera (INVAP S.E.)

Activities of the International (A)TOVS Working Group (ITWG)

Allen Huang (SSEC/UW), Steve English (SSEC/UW)

Remote Sensing Activities at MENRIS/ICIMOD

Salman Asif Siddiqui (ICIMOD)

Validation of Cloud Parameters Derived from the Nowcasting SAF Polar Platform System Software Package Using CLOUDSTAT and CALIPSO, and Future Plans

Adam Dybbroe (SMHI)

Philippines Bureau of Soils and Water Management Agency's Current Work

Juliet Manguerra (BSWM)

NASA Collection 5 Algorithms

Alice Isaacman (NASA/SAIC)

International MODIS/AIRS Processing Package (IMAPP)

CIMSS UW-Madison

Local Processing of METOP IASI Direct Readout Data with OPS-LRS Software

Philippe Marguinaud (Meteo-France)

Contribution of Changjiang River to the Ecosystem in the East China Sea Observed by SeaWiFS and MODIS

Ichio Asanuma (TUIS), Jinshan Zhu (TUIS),
Chaofang Zhao (Ocean U. of China), Bangqin
Huang (Xiamen U.)

Evaluation of White Index to Extract a Ratio of Cloud and Snow Using Mixture Model

JongGoel Park (TUIS), Yoshizumi Yasuda (TUIS),
Takashi Ohki (MRI), Hozuma Sekine (MRI)

Orbital Systems EOS-FES and Commander

Judd Taylor (Orbital Systems)

Land Use/Cover Mapping in a Highly Biodiverse Region with MODIS

Tzitziki Garcias (UNAM)

A Space-based Application for Forestry Management

Alfredo Romo (Deimos Imaging),
Alfonso Barreiro (Deimos Imaging)

Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics

Michael Brady (GOFC-GOLD)