‐GCOM‐W Session Agenda‐
Date

01/18

Chair

PI Report: Ocean
Chair:Ebuchi, Naoto

Chair: Oki, Taikan

PI Report: Atmosphere, etc.

Chair:
Aonashi, Kazumasa

01/19

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4

Speaker
Kachi, Misako
Kasahara, Marehito
Maeda, Takashi
Miura, Satoko
Lobl, Elena
Lunch
Shibata, Akira
Sakaida, Futoki
Liu, Timothy
BreakEbuchi, Naoto

14:50 15:10

5Kouzai, Katsutoshi

15:10 15:30
15:30 15:50
15:50 16:00
16:00 17:00

67

Tomita, Hiroyuki
Kako, Shin‐ichiroBreak

9:20

9:40

89:40 10:00
10:00 10:20
10:20 10:30
10:30 10:50
10:50 11:10
11:10 11:30
11:30 13:00
13:00 13:20
13:20 13:40
13:40 14:00
14:00 14:10
14:10 14:30
14:30 14:50
14:50 15:10

910

10:00 10:15
Research Project Status 10:15 10:30
Chair:
10:30 10:45
10:45 11:00
Oki, Taikan
11:00 11:20
11:20 13:20
PI Report: Ocean
13:20 13:40
Chair:
13:40 14:00
14:00 14:20
Shibata, Akira
14:20 14:30
14:30 14:50

PI Report: Cryosphere
Chair:
Cho, Kohei

15:10 15:30

No1
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3

11
12
13
14
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20

01/20

PI Report: Land
Chair:
Oki, Taikan

Evaluation of marine surface wind observed by AMSR2 on GCOM‐W1 (2)Investigation on offshore wind energy resources by using AMSR2 andmesoscale meteorological model
Validation of AMSR2 SSW and SST
Validation of satellite‐derived SST dataset using a regional climate model

Discussion of the AMSR2 follow‐on mission
Development of algorithm for thin ice thickness and detection of fast ice andOhshima, Kay I.
its application to estimation of sea ice production
Kutsuwada, Kunio Validation study of surface wind and wave over open ocean for development of wave prediciton model
Kazumori, Masahiro Development of TPW and CLW Retrieval Algorithms for AMSR2

BreakAonashi, Kazumasa
Brewer, MartyMitnik, Leonid
LunchComiso, Josefino
Cho, Kohei
Meier, Walter
BreakHeygster, Georg
Ukita, Jinro
Iida, Takahiro
Iida, Takahiro

Next‐generation MWI precipitation retrieval algorithm
Geophysical Retrievals from GCOM‐W AMSR2Imrovement of retrieval algorithms for wind speed and integrated atmospheric parameter
Refinements for the Bootstrap AMSR2 sea ice concentration algorithm
Development of SIC Retrieval Algorithm for AMSR2Adjustment and enhancement of NASA Team2 sea ice concentreation retrievals for AMSR2High resolving sea ice concentration;Integrated Retrieval of surface and atmospheric parameters over sea iceRetrieval of total sea ice concentration from AMSR‐E and AMSR2 data using pptimal estimation techniques
Spatial and temporal variations of high turbidity surface water off the Thule region, northwest GreenlandIce‐associated and eddy‐induced chlorophyll‐a in the southern Australia‐Antarctic Basin(for Mizohata, Kohei) derived from satellite multi‐sensor remote sensing

Asanuma, Jun

15:40 16:00

2116:00 16:20

22

16:20 16:40

23

16:40 17:00

24

17:00 17:20
9:20 9:40
9:40 10:00

25
26

10:00 10:20

27

10:20 10:30
10:30 10:50
10:50 11:10

28
29

BreakKoike, Toshio
Suzuki, Kazuyoshi

11:10 11:30

30

Iwahana, Go

11:30 11:50
11:50 13:00

Development of SST and SSW Retrieval Algorithms for AMSR2
Daily‐minimum sea surface temperature estimation based on microwave and visible/infrared measurements
Global water and energy cycles

Break

15:30 15:40

PI Report: Land
Chair:
Asanuma, JunTitle
Opening Remarks and Status of Research Project // Status of AMSR2 Standard Products
Status of AMSR2 Instrument and Calibration
Status of AMSR2 Research Products
Status of AMSR‐E
Status of US AMSR‐E Science Team

Toward upscaling ground‐based measurements for validating the AMSR2 soil moisture products

Validation of global water and energy balance monitoringin the Australian Murray‐Darling Basin using GCOM‐W1 data
Research development and maintenance of the GCOM‐W snow depth and snow water equivalent product
Kelly, Richard
Validation of AMSR2 soil moisture and snow data products
Kim, Edward
using co‐located GPS and in situ observations
Discussion of the dayLakshmi, Venkat Extended validation of downscaled AMSR2 Soil MoistureJackson, Thomas Single Channel Soil Moisture Algorithm and Validation in the U.S.
Algorithms for global monitoring the Earth's surface parameters of the hydrological cycle
Paloscia, Simonetta
REAL GLIMPSE: REmote sensing ALgorithms for GLobal IMaging the Parameters of the SurfacEWalker, Jeffrey

Lunch

Development of Soil Moisture and Snow Algorithms for AMSR2 and AMSR‐E based LDAS products
Ensemble data assimilation of multi‐sensors' radiance at the northeast Eurasian continent
Soil moisture dynamics after surface disturbance in tundra permafrost regions: as anindicator of permafrost degradation
Discussion of the day

Room