OSTST 2010 Presentations

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Monday 18 October 2010

 Program status

• NASA Programme PDF  
  E. LINDSTROM 
• CNES Programme PDF
  E. THOUVENOT
• EUMETSAT Programme PDF
  F. PARISOT
• NOAA Programme PDF
  S. WILSON
• ESA Programme PDF
  J. BENVENISTE

Jason1/2 project status

• Jason-2 mission overview
  T. GUINLE (CNES)
• Jason-1 mission overview
  G. SHIRTLIFFE (JPL)
• Keynote Talk: JPL & satellite oceanography
  C. ELACHI (JPL)
• Keynote Talk: SARAL/AltiKa – Ka-band altimetry over oceans, coastal and hydrology surfaces
  J. VERRON (LEGI)
• Keynote Talk: Indian ocean sea level change in a warming climate
  W. HAN (University of Colorado)
• Keynote Talk: Coastal altimetry meeting report
  J. FERNANDES (Universidade do Porto)
• OSTST Discussion points & Introduction to the Splinter Sessions
  R. MORROW (LEGOS)
• SEALEVEL_CCI project
  G. LARNICOL
• Keynote Talk: Upcoming altimeter measurements : explaining Ka-band, SAR mode, interferometric SAR
  J.C.SOUYRIS (CNES)

Local calibration/validation: focusing on bias

• Absolute calibration of TOPEX/POSEIDON,Jason-1 and Jason-2 altimeters in Corsica
  P. BONNEFOND (GeoAzur)
• Use of the Corsica site to compute altimeter biases for ENVISAT, Jason-1 and Jason-2/OSTM: absolute and regional CalVal methods
  J. CHIMOT (NOVELTIS)
• The Harvest Experiment: Current results from the 18-year altimeter calibration record
  B. HAINES (JPL)
• Determination of the absolute bias for the Jason satellite missions using the Gavdos facility
  S. MERTIKAS (Technical University of Crete)
• The eastern Mediterranean altimeter calibration network – eMACnet: anticipating Jason-3 and SWOT
  C. PAVLIS (Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County)
• Updated results from the in-situ calibration site in Bass Strait, Australia
  C. WATSON (University of Tasmania)
• Data quality assessment of in-situ and altimeter measurements through SSH comparisons
  M. ABLAIN (CLS)

Instrument processing I: re-tracking,radiometer retrieval, SSB,…

• Poster Introduction
• Overview and update of the Sea State Bias corrections for the Jason-2, Jason-1 and TOPEX missions
  N. TRAN (CLS)
• Progress towards a wave model enhanced SSB correction for multiple satellite altimeter missions
  D. VANDEMARK (Univ. of New Hampshire)
• Design of a wide swath interferometric altimeter simulator for sea state bias estimation
  P. DUBOIS (CLS)
• KaRIn/SWOT performance analysis tool - application to near nadir swath extension
  A. MALLET (CNES)
• High resolution imaging of the ocean surface backscatter by inversion of altimeter waveforms
  J. TOURNADRE (IFREMER)
• Bayesian estimation of altimeter echo parameters
  P. THIBAUT (CLS)
• Jason-2 GDR-C standards
  P. THIBAUT (CLS)

Tuesday 19 October 2010

• Keynote talk: Operational prediction of the Mid Atlantic Bight ocean circulation
  J. ZAVALA-GARAY (IMCS, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey)

Geoid and mean sea surface products & impact on altimetry SLA analyses

• The DTU10 mean sea surface and mean dynamic topography – Improvements in the Arctic and coastal zone
  O. ANDERSEN (DTU Space)
• Dynamic ocean topography – first estimates with GOCE gravity fields
  W. BOSCH (DGFI)
• Oceanographic validation of the preliminary GOCE geoid model
  M.H. RIO (CLS)
• Potential for improving global marine gravity from CRYOSAT and JASON-1
  D. SANDWELL (Scripps Instit. of Oceanography)
• The new CNES/CLS 2010 mean sea surface
  P. SCHAEFFER (CLS)

Near real-time product validation and application

• Real-time use of altimeter data in the Mercator ocean forecasting and reanalysis systems
  E. DOMBROWSKY (Mercator Océan)
• Improved real-time DORIS/DIODE orbits for JASON-2 OGDR
  C. JAYLES (CNES)
• High accuracy, short latency sea surface height from the combined Jason-1 and Jason-2 missions
  S. DESAI (JPL)
• Calibration and validation of wave models using Hs, sigma0 and iceberg data from altimeters
  J. TOURNADRE (IFREMER LOS)
• Expanding the use of NRT altimeter data at NOAA/NCEP
  D. VANDEMARK (Univ. of New Hampshire)

Precision orbit determination

• Status of JASON-1 and JASON-2 GDR orbits
  A. COUHERT (CNES)
• Calibration and Validation of the precise orbits for the OSTM and extending the TOPEX, Jason-1 and Jason-2 Climate Data Record
  N. ZELENSKY (GSFC/SGT)
• Precision orbit determination with GPS for JASON-1 and JASON-2/OSTM
  W. BERTIGER (JPL)
• European Space Operations Center precise and homogeneous orbits for JASON-1 and JASON-2
  M. OTTEN (ESA/ESOC)
• Report from GRGS ILRS AC on the ITRF2008 evaluation
  F. .DELEFLIE (IMCCE/Observatoire de Paris)
• Geographically correlated errors for latest Jason-1/2 and TOPEX orbits
  D. DETTMERING (DGFI)
• DORIS/JASON-2 : less than 5 cm on-board orbits in realtime
  C. JAYLES (CNES)

Instrument processing II: re-tracking, radiometer retrieval, SSB, …

• Monitoring Jason 2/AMR stability using SNO observations with MetOp/AMSU
  C. CAO (NOAA/NESDIS)
• Trend and variability of the atmospheric water vapour: a mean sea level issue
  E.A. OBLIGIS (CLS)
• Error structures in altimetry data from the wet tropospheric correction
  S. BROWN (JPL)
• An improved wet tropospheric correction for the Cryosat mission over the ocean
  J. STUM (CLS)
• POSEIDON3 DIODE/DEM tracking mode performances
  J.D. DESJONQUERES (CNES)

Global & basin-scale science results and requirements

• Estimates of the Ocean Heat Budget in the North Atlantic: the role of ocean heat transport convergence
  L. THOMPSON (Univ. of Washington)
• North tropical Atlantic Ocean circulation from altimetry and ARAMIS data
  S. ARNAULT (LOCEAN/IRD)
• Subtropical-subpolar exchange in the N Atlantic: atmospheric forcing, SSH structure, carbon, AMOC, AMV
  P. RHINES (Univ. of Washington)
• Impact of assimilating SSH on the dynamics of the Gulf Stream
  J. RICHMAN (Naval Research Laboratory)
• Satellite-observed changes in the upper ocean heat Budget of the Northeast Pacific during 1993-2004
  S. SPRINGER (Earth and Space Research)
• Intrinsic interannual variability in the ocean : global simulations and altimeter observations (107)
  T. PENDUFF (LEGI-CNRS and FSU)

School presentations on altimetry applications

• Paul Esquinance Middle School- La Réole
• Lycée monteil - Rodez

Global calibration/validation: focusing on corrections quality assessment and error budget assessment 

• Jason-2 data quality assessment and crosscalibration with Jason-1
  S. PHILIPPS (CLS)
• JASON-2 / ENVISAT cross-calibration
  Y. FAUGERE (CLS)
• Global evaluation of the JASON data products
  R. DECARVALHO (JPL)
• Systematic differences in the center-of-origin
  realizations of Jason-1 and Envisat
  D. DETTMERING (DGFI)
• Validation status of a global altimeter wind & wave data base
  P. QUEFFEULOU (IFREMER LOS)
• Analyse of the wind speed evolution over ocean derived from altimeter missions and models
  M. ABLAIN (CLS)

Outreach, education, and altimetric data products and services

• «Image of the Month»: twelve years of altimetry stories on the web
  V. ROSMORDUC (CLS)
• ARGONAUTICA,an educational project using JASON data
  D. De STAERKE (CNES) (see: School presentations on altimetry applications)
• Training workshop on vulnerability assessment of the Indonesian archipelago to climate change
  R. LEBEN (CCAR/University of Colorado, Boulder)
• Coastal altimetry at the Centre de Topographie des Océans et de l’Hydrosphere (CTOH)
  F. BIROL (CTOH/LEGOS)
• Update: promoting OSTST science and societal benefits
  M. SRINIVASAN (JPL)
• JPL ocean surface topography program EPO partnerships: extending our reach
  A. RICHARDSON (NASA JPL)
• Showcase of altimeter outreach

Tides, internal tides, and high-frequency splinter

• Tsunami observations by satellite altimeters
  JF. LEGEAIS (CLS/Space Oceanography Division)
• Seasonal modulation of tides in shallow seas
  J. CHERNIAWSKY (Institute of Ocean Sciences)
• Regional tidal atlas for coastal and shelf seas: methodology and validation
  L. ROBLOU (CNRS/LEGOS)
• COMAPI: new regional tide solutions and high frequency dynamical atmospheric correction
  M. LUX (NOVELTIS)
• SLOOP: towards a new methology for handling S1 and S2 tidal waves in DAC for altimetry products
  J. LAMOUROUX (NOVELTIS)

Global & Regional Mean Sea Level studies

• Reconstructing global mean sea level from tide gauges using satellite altimetry
  B. HAMILTON (Univ. of Colorado)
• Comparison of altimeter-based global mean sea level time series
  R.S. NEREM (Univ. of Colorado)
• Reconstruction of the Mediterranean sea level variability over 1970-2006 derived from altimetry and 2 long OGCM runs
  B. MEYSSIGNAC (CNES)
• Evaluating and interpreting the global and regional sea level climate record
  E. LEULIETTE (NOAA)

Wednesday 20 October 2010

Future altimetry missions & orbit choices

• J1 end of Life orbit - presentation & discussion
  J. WILLIS (NASA), R. MORROW (LEGOS)
• Science requirements for JASON-CS orbit
  H. BONEKAMP (EUMETSAT), J. WILLIS (NASA), R. MORROW (LEGOS), J. LILLIBRIDGE (NOAA)

Recent altimetric science results

• Interannual-to-decadal variability in the bifurcation of the north equatorial current off the Philippines
  B. QIU (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
• The LLWBCs of the Solomon Sea depicted by altimetry
  L. GOURDEAU (IRD/LEGOS)
• Structure of the Antarctic Circumpolar current in Drake Passage observed from satellite altimetry
  N. BARRE (LOCEAN)
• Decadal changes in the East Australian current system determined from XBT transects, satellite altimetry and a high-resolution ocean model
  K. RIDGWAY (CSIRO)
• Colour of the sea level spectrum: when are observed trends statistically significant?
  C. HUGHES (National Oceanography Centre)
• Surface ocean mixing inferred from different multisatellite altimetry measurements
  F. BERON-VERA (RSMAS, University of Miami

 60-day variations in J1 & J2

• A brief review of TOPEX center of mass correction algorithm
  P. CALLAHAN (JPL)
• JA1 & JA2 altimeter calibration and monitoring
  J.D. DESJONQUERES (CNES)
• Analyse of the 58.74-day signal observed on the mean sea level derived from Jason-1&2 and TOPEX/POSEIDON data
  M. ABLAIN (CLS)
• The puzzling 59-day altimeter data signal and possible causes
  N. ZELENSKY (GSFC/SGT)
• An investigation into the source of the 59-day variations in Jason sea level
  E. LEULIETTE (NOAA)
• POD considerations concerning the 60-day signal between Jason and Topex MSL
  L. Cerri (CNES)

Summary and recommendation

Discussion on overall system drift requirement/goals & biases

Splinter meeting summaries & recommendations

• CalVal local & global
• Instrument processing
• POD
• Geoid/MSS
• 60-day variations
• Tides and HF variations
• Near real-time data products
• Outreach, education & altimetric data services

J1 & J2 GDR discussion & recommendations