‐GCOM‐W1 Session Agenda‐
Date

Chair
JAXA Satellite Projects
Chair: TBD

01/18

GCOM‐W1 ResearchProject
Chair: TBD

PI Report: Land

PI Report: Atmosphere
Chair:
Kazumori, Masahiro

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13:00
13:10
13:25
13:40
13:55
14:10
14:30
14:50
15:10
15:30
15:50
16:10
9:30
9:45

13:10
13:25
13:40
13:55
14:10
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14:50
15:10
15:30
15:50
16:10
17:30
9:45
10:00

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5
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10:15 10:30
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10:45 11:00

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5

11:00 11:15

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11:15 11:30

7

11:30 11:45

8

11:45
12:00
12:15
12:30
01/19

PI Report: Ocean
Chair:
Shibata, Akira
Ebuchi, Naoto

12:00 912:15 10
12:30 1114:00

14:00 14:15 12
14:15 14:30 13
14:30 14:45 14
14:45 15:00 15
15:00 15:15 16
15:15 15:30 17

PI Report: Sea Ice
Chair:
Cho, Kohei

15:30
15:45
16:00
16:15
16:30

15:45
16:00
16:15
16:30
16:45

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16:45 17:00 22
17:00 17:15 23
17:15 17:30 24

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9:30

9:45

9:45

10:00 26

10:00 10:15 27

PI Report: Land
Chair:
Koike, Toshio

10:15 10:30 28

Discussion
Chair: Oki, Taikan
Closing Plenary Session
Chair: TBD

Title
Room
Welcome and Overview
GCOM
GPM
EarthCARE
GOSAT
Break
GCOM‐W1 research project updates
EORC
GCOM‐W1 status
GCOM
GCOM and EORC Data distribution and information services
AMSR‐E status and plans
MOSS
Status of US AMSR‐E team
US AMSR‐E
Status of algorithm implementation and cal/val preparation
EORC and PI
Jackson, Thomas Soil moisture validation in the U.S. and a land surface temperature productAonashi, Kazumasa Improvement of passive microwave precipitation retrieval algorithm for AMSR2Development of retrieval algorithm of total water vapor content and total liquid
Kazumori, Masahiro
water content for GCOM‐W1 AMSR2
Takamura, Tamio Ground‐based validation of cloud parameters for GCOM‐W
Detecting and retrieving solid precipitation using AMSR2Liu, Guosheng
BreakWater vapor, cloud liquid water and wind speed retrieval algorithms
Mitnik, Leonid
for GCOM‐W1 AMSR2Gentemann, Chelle Geophysical retrievals from GCOM‐W AMSR2Development of the method to estimate maximum wind speed of tropical
Hoshino, Shunsuke
cyclones using GCOM/AMSR2 data
Radiative forcing versus feedback over the oceans using AMSR2Spencer, Roy
Algorithm developments of SST and SSW for AMSR‐E and AMSR‐2Shibata, Akira
Evaluation of marine surface wind observed by AMSR2 on GCOM‐W1Ebuchi, NaotoLunch
Comprehensive multi‐sensor database for validation and algorithm development
Chang, Paulof AMSR‐2 ocean products in extreme environmental conditions
Kubota, Masahisa Evaluation and utilization of GCOM‐W1 standard products
Validation of the modulation of the ocean wind derived by AMSR2 caused byKonda, Masanori
swell waves
5DTomita, Hiroyuki Validation of GCOM‐W product using in‐situ observation data over the ocean
Ocean's role in global water and energy cycles
Liu, Timothy
Investigation on evaluation method for offshore wind energy resources usingKouzai, Katsutoshi
AMSR2‐derived wind speed and SST products
BreakComiso, Josefino Refinements for the Bootstrap AMSR2 sea ice concentration algorithm
Improving sea ice concentration algorithm for AMSR‐2Cho, Kohei

Markus, Thorsten Refinement and adjustment of NASA Team 2 sea ice concentration retrievals for AMSR2Heygster, Georg High resolving sea ice concentration, geolocation and thickness of thin sea ice
Development of algorithm for thin ice thickness and detection of fast ice basedon direct sea ice observations
Continuity and enhancement of NSIDC cryospheric products
Meier, Walterusing GCOM‐W AMSR2 data
Polar ice sheets monitoring related global environmental change using GCOM‐W
Enomoto, Hiroyuki
AMSR2Development of Soil Moisture and Snow Algorithms for AMSR2 and AMSR‐E
Koike, Toshio
based LDAS products
Research development and maintenance of the GCOM‐W snow depth and snow
Kelly, Richardwater equivalent productTowards global water and energy balance monitoring using GCOM‐W1 in theWalker, Jeffrey
Australian Murray‐Darling basin
Validation of AMSR2 soil moisture and snow data products using co‐located GPSKim, Edward
and in situ observations

Ohshima, Kay I.

Break

10:30 10:45
10:45 11:00 29 Paloscia, Simonetta
11:00 11:15 30

01/20

Speaker
EORC
Project Team
Project Team
Project Team
Project Team

Lakshmi, Venkat

11:15 11:30 31

Matsushima, Dai

11:30 11:45 32
11:45 12:00 33
12:00 13:00

Suzuki, Kazuyoshi
Kaihotsu, Ichirow

13:00 15:00
15:00 16:00
16:00 17:30
17:30 17:30

1Algorithms for global monitoring the Earth's surface parameters of thehydrological cycle
Improvement of spatial resolution and validation of GCOM‐W soil moisture
A development of soil moisture products of AMSR2 with higher spatial resolution
using combined satellite data and a surface heat budget modelA study on ensemble snow data assimilation in north‐east Eurasian region
Asia AMSR‐E/AMSR2 validation experiment

LunchDiscussion(e.g. Research products, science team activities, A‐Train science, validation)

BreakSummary report from each research project
Adjourn