SARAL/AltiKa workshop Event's program Steigenberger Inselhotel, Lake Constance, Germany

SARAL/AltiKa workshop
Steigenberger Inselhotel, Lake Constance, Germany
Monday, October 27 2014
Event's program
NEW'FRONTIERS'OF'ALTIMETRY'P'OVERVIEW
8:00$AM
Sunday'26th'October
Monday'27th'October
Tuesday'28th'October
Wednesday'29th'October
Thursday'30th'October
Friday'31st'October
Registration%and%Presentation%upload
Registration%and%Presentation%upload
Registration%and%Presentation%upload
Registration%and%Presentation%upload
Registration%and%Presentation%upload
9:00$AM
Project'overview
IDS'processing'for'
ITRF2013
10:00$AM
OSTST'Opening'Plenary'Session
Global'and'local'calval
11:00$AM
Coffee%break%(10:30/11:00)
Global'and'local'calval'
(cont')
IDS'processing'for'
ITRF2013
(cont')
Instrument'processing
Coffee%break%(10:30/11:00)
OSTST'Opening'Plenary'Session'(cont')
Near'Real'Time'
Products'and'
Quantifying'Errors'and' The'Geoid,'Mean'Sea'
Precision'Orbit'
Applications'and'MultiP
Uncertainties'in'
Surfaces'and'Mean'
Determination'(part'I)
Mission,'MultiPSensor'
Altimetry'data
Dynamic'Topography
Observations
Coffee%break%(10:30/11:00)
Precision'Orbit'
Determination'(part'II)
Tides,'internal'tides'
and'highPfrequency'
processes
OSTST'Closing'Plenary'Session
Coffee%break%(10:30/11:00)
Coffee%break%(10:30/11:00)
Poster'session
OSTST'Closing'Plenary'Session'(cont')
Lunch
Lunch
12.30$am
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
2:00$PM
Oceanography
3:00$PM
Land/sea'ice
4:00$PM
5:00$PM
6:00$PM Welcome%cocktail%and%
Registration
7:00$PM
Poster'session'and'
coffee'break
Land/sea'ice
Inland'waters'and'Ka'
band
Network'and'
Constellation:'Status'
and'Evolution
Regional'and'Global'
Precise'orbit'modeling'
Science'I:'Inland'waters'
Science'II:'Finer'scale'
Instrument'Processing'
CAL/VAL'for'
and'Precise'Orbit'
(multiPmission'and'longP
ocean'processes'
(part'I):'Corrections''''''''''''
Assembling'a'Climate'
Determination
term'monitoring)
(mesoscale'and'coastal)
Data'Record'(part'I)
Round'Tables
Events
Coffee%break
(15:45/16:15)
New'DORIS'Missions'
Applications,''and'
Products
Coffee%break%(15:45/16:15)
Governing'Board'
Meeting
Coffee%break%(15:45/16:15)
Regional'&'Global'
Science'III:'Regional'
Instrument'Processing'
Outreach,'Education'&'
CAL/VAL'for'
and'basinPscale'
(part'II):'Measurement,'
Altimetric'Data'Serv. Assembling'a'Climate' processes'and'sea'level'
retracking'(SAR/LRM)
Data'Record'(part'II)
rise
Coffee%break%(15:45/16:15)
SARAL/AltiKa'workshop
IDS'workshop
Poster'session'(cont')
OSTST
Rooms
Ice%breaker%cocktail
Ballroom
Red'salon
Blue'salon
8:00$PM
Gala%Dinner%(Boat%Cruise%on%Bodensee)
9:00$PM
Foyer'ballroom
(posters'and'coffee'breaks)
White'salon
(secretariat)
Zeppelin'salon'
(speaker'ready/cyber'room)
List of event's sessions
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
Project overview
(Monday, October 27 2014, 09:00 - 10:00)
Calval over ocean / In situ Calval
(Monday, October 27 2014, 10:00 - 11:15)
Instrument processing
(Monday, October 27 2014, 11:15 - 12:30)
Oceanography
(Monday, October 27 2014, 14:00 - 15:00)
Land ice and Sea ice
(Monday, October 27 2014, 15:00 - 17:15)
Inland Waters (contributions involving specifically SARAL/AltiKa)
(Monday, October 27 2014, 17:15 - 18:00)
Synthetic oral presentation of posters
(Monday, October 27 2014, 15:15 - 15:45)
Poster session
(Monday, October 27 2014, 15:45 - 16:45)
1
Monday, October 27, Morning
Ballroom
08:00 - 09:00
Registration and presentation upload
09:00 - 09:15
Introduction for the SARAL/AltiKa workshop, IDS workshop and OSTST meeting
Jean-Yves Le Gall (CNES President)
09:15 - 10:30
Sessions chairs: N. Picot & J. Verron
Project overview
09:15 - 09:30
Program managers overview
CNES, ISRO, EUMETSAT
09:30 - 09:45
SARAL/AltiKa workshop welcome address
Jacques Verron (MEOM/LGGE), RM Gairola (SAC/ISRO)
09:45 - 10:00
SARAL/AltiKa Project Overview
Pierre Sengenes (CNES), Juliette Lambin (CNES), J. Noubel (CNES), Amandine Guillot (CNES),
Nicolas Picot (CNES), Nathalie Steunou (CNES), Sophie Coutin-Faye (CNES), Jacques Verron
(MEOM/LGGE)
Calval over ocean / In situ Calval
10:00 - 10:15
Global Ocean Data Quality Assessment of SARAL/AltiKa GDR products
Pierre Prandi (CLS), Sabine Philipps (CLS), Vincent Pignot (CLS), Nicolas Picot (CNES),
Jean-Damien Desjonquères (CNES)
10:15 - 10:30
Absolute Calibration of the SARAL/AltiKa Measurement System at Corsica and Harvest
Bruce Haines (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), Pascal Bonnefond
(OCA/GEOAZUR), Stelios Mertikas (Technical University Crete), K N Babu (Space Applications
Center ISRO)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30
Sessions chairs: P. Bonnefond & J. Lillibridge
11:00 - 11:15
Cyclone Xaver seen by SARAL/AltiKa
Remko Scharroo (EUMETSAT), Luciana Fenoglio (Technische Universität Darmstadt), Alessandro
Annunziato (Joint Research Centre)
Instrument processing
11:15 - 11:30
Altika Cloud liquid water/rain flag validation
Jean Tournadre (IFREMER), Jean-Christophe Poisson (CLS), Nathalie Steunou (CNES)
11:30 - 11:45
Considering SARAL/AltiKa to improve Ka-band altimeter measurements for coastal zones,
hydrology and ice: the PEACHI prototype
Guillaume VALLADEAU (CLS),
11:45 - 12:00
SARAL/ALTIKA wet tropospheric correction: retrieval stategies and performances
Bruno Picard (CLS), Marie-Laure Fréry (CLS), Estelle Obligis (CLS), Laurence Eymard (IPSL),
Nathalie Steunou (CNES), Nicolas Picot (CNES)
12:00 - 12:15
Waveform characteristics of the AltiKa altimeter
Graham Quartly (Plymouth Marine Laboratory),
12:15 - 12:30
Relation of AltiKa Sigma0, Wave Height, and Rain Flag to ECMWF Wind Speed
Alex Wineteer (NASA/JPL-Caltech), Philip Callahan (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
2
Monday, October 27, Afternoon
Ballroom
14:00 - 15:15
Sessions chairs: D. Griffin & A. Pascual
Oceanography
14:00 - 14:15
The Use of OGDR SARAL/AltiKa Wind and Wave Data at ECMWF
Saleh Abdalla (ECMWF)
14:15 - 14:30
Sea surface height variability observed by Ku and Ka-band altimeter data in the NW
Mediterranean Sea.
Florence Birol (CTOH/LEGOS), Fernando Niño (CTOH/LEGOS), Sara Fleury
(CTOH/LEGOS), Denis Blumstein (CTOH/LEGOS)
14:30 - 14:45
Impact of AltiKa SSH on operational models
James Richman (Naval Research Laboratory), Gregg Jacobs (Naval Research Laboratory)
14:45 - 15:00
Impact of Altimeter Data Assimilation with SSHA in improving the monsoon forecast
Pavan Kumar Nadiminti (Indian Institute of Tropical Metereology, Pune,India), Sreenivas
Pentakota (Indian Institute of Tropical Metereology, Pune), Rashmi Kakatkar (Indian Institute of
Tropical Metereology, Pune), Gnanaseelan Chellappan (Indian Institute of Tropical
Metereology, Pune)
Land ice and Sea ice
15:00 - 15:15
Arctic and Antarctic sea ice freeboard and thickness from SARAL/AltiKa
Tom Armitage (Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling)
15:15 - 15:45
Synthetic oral presentation of posters given by chairs
15:45 - 16:45
Poster session & Coffee Break
16:45 - 18:00
Sessions chairs: S. Calmant & F. Rémy
16:45 - 17:00
Testing a performance of SARAL/AltiKa for leads and polynyas detection in Arctic sea ice
Elena ZAKHAROVA (LEGOS), Sara Fleury (LEGOS), Kevin Guerreiro (LEGOS), Sascha Willmes
(Trier University), Frederique Remy (LEGOS), Alexei Kouraev (LEGOS)
17:00 - 17:15
Ku/Ka band observations over polar ice sheets
Pierre Thibaut (CLS), Yannick Lasne (CLS), Amandine Guillot (CNES), Nicolas Picot (CNES),
Frédérique Remy (LEGOS)
Inland Waters (contributions involving specifically SARAL/AltiKa)
17:15 - 17:30
Evaluating SARAL/AltiKa against Cryosat-2 and ENVISAT over inland water bodies
Ole Baltazar Andersen (Dr), Heidi Villadsen (Ph.d.), Karina Nielsen (Dr), Per Knudsen (Prof)
17:30 - 17:45
Investigating SARAL/AltiKA instrument performance with relevance to research/operational
programs focussed on continental waters
Charon Birkett (University of Maryland), Beckley Brian (SGT at NASA/GSFC), Yang Xu (Hunter)
(SGT at NASA/GSFC)
17:45 - 18:00
Measuring the lake evolution in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau with radar altimeters
Albert Garcia-Mondejar (isardSAT), Bernat Martínez Val (isardSAT), Mª José Escorihuela
(isardSAT), Pablo Nilo García (isardSAT), Cristina Martin-Puig (isardSAT), Jungang Yang (First
Institute of Oceanography), Jingjuan Liao (Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth)
3
Posters
Ballroom
Mon, Oct 27 2014, 15:45 - 16:45
Calval over ocean / In situ Calval
1
Assessment of SARAL sea surface height accuracy for global mean sea level estimates
Brian Beckley (SGT Inc./NASA GSFC), Xu Yang (SGT Inc.), Nikita Zelensky (SGT Inc.), Frank Lemoine
(NASA GSFC), Doug Vandemark (University of New Hampshire), Hui Feng (University of New Hampshire),
Ngan Tran (CLS), Martina Ricko (SGT Inc.), Gary Mitchum (University of South Florida), Thomas Feroli
(SGT Inc.), Charon Birkett (University of Maryland)
2
Precise Orbit Determination for SARAL/AltiKa: Validation and Future Improvements
Alexandre Couhert (CNES), Flavien Mercier (CNES), Sabine Houry (CNES), John Moyard (CNES), Eva
Jalabert (CNES), Silvia Rios-Bergantinos (CS SI)
3
Global calibration of SARAL/AltiKa using multi-mission sea surface height crossovers
Denise Dettmering (Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut (DGFI)), Christian Schwatke (DGFI),
Wolfgang Bosch (DGFI)
4
A comparison of SARAL/Altika coastal altimetry and in situ observations across Australasia
Angela Maharaj (Climate Change Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System
Science), Nurul Hazrina Idris (Department of Geoinformation, Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ), Xiaoli Deng (School of Engineering, University of Newcastle)
5
Absolute calibration of the SARAL/AltiKa satellite altimeter using the permanent facility on Gavdos,
Greece
Stelios Mertikas (Technical University of Crete), Antonis Daskalakis (Space Geomatica Ltd.), Ilias Tziavos
(Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), George Vergos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Vasilis
Zervakis (University of the Aegean)
6
Sea level variations measured by the new altimetry mission SARAL-AltiKa and its validation based on
spatial patterns and temporal curves using JASON-2, steric sea level, ocean mass and tide gauge data.
Hindumathi Palanisamy (CNES-LEGOS), Anny Cazenave (CNES-LEGOS), Olivier Henry (CNRSLEGOS), Pierre Prandi (CLS), Benoit Meyssignac (CNES-LEGOS)
7
Global calibration/validation of SARAL/AltiKa 20 months after launch
Remko Scharroo (EUMETSAT/TSS Remote Sensing and Products Division), John Lillibridge
(NOAA/NESDIS Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry), Eric Leuliette (NOAA/NESDIS Laboratory for
Satellite Altimetry)
Instrument processing
8
Retrieving Sea Surface Height from 40-Hz SARAL/AltiKa waveforms for the Gujarat Coast
Rashmi Sharma (ISRO), Aditya Chaudhary (ISRO), Seemanth M (ISRO), Sujit Basu (ISRO), Raj Kumar
(ISRO)
9
First year of the microwave radiometer aboard SARAL : In flight calibration, processing and validation
Marie-Laure Frery (CLS), Bruno Picard (CLS), Estelle Obligis (CLS), Nathalie Steunou (CNES), Nicolas
Picot (CNES)
10
Microwave radiometer aboard SARAL/ALtiKa : Correction of 37GHz channel
Marie-Laure Frery (CLS), Bruno Picard (CLS), Estelle Obligis (CLS), Nathalie Steunou (CNES),
Christophe Goldstein (CNES), Nicolas Picot (CNES)
11
Contributions to the improvement of the wet tropospheric correction for SARAL/AltiKa
Clara Lazaro (Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências; CIIMAR), M. Joana Fernandes
(Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências; CIIMAR), Alexandra L. Nunes (Instituto Politécnico do
Porto - ISEP; CIIMAR), Pires Nelson (Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências; CIIMAR)
12
Updated wind speed and sea state bias models for Ka-band altimetry
Ngan TRAN (CLS), Doug Vandemark (UNH), Hui Feng (UNH), Nicolas Picot (CNES)
13
A rain rate product for AltiKa
Bruno PICARD (CLS), Marie-Laure Fréry (CLS), Mathilde Siméon (CLS), Estelle Obligis (CLS), Nathalie
4
Steunou (CNES), Nicolas Picot (CNES)
Oceanography
14
On the use of Saral/Altika wave data in the upgraded wave model MFWAM : global and regional
scale
Lotfi Aouf (Division Marine et Océanographie Météo-France)
15
Wind wave steepness estimates from satellite altimetry data
Sergei Badulin (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology), Victoria Grigorieva (P.P. Shirshov Institute of
Oceanology), Alexander Gavrikov (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology), Lotfi Aouf (Division Marine
et Océanographie Météo-France - DPREVI/MAR)
16
Toward variational assimilation of SARAL/Altika altimeter data in a North Atlantic circulation model at
eddy-permitting resolution: assessment of a NEMO-based 4D-VAR system
Pierre-Antoine Bouttier (OSUG/LGGE, CNRS), Jean-Michel Brankart (LGGE/CNRS), Guillem Candille
(LGGE/CNRS), Arthur Vidard (LJK/INRIA), Eric Blayo (LJK/Université de Grenoble-Alpes), Jacques
Verron (LGGE/CNRS), Pierre Brasseur (LGGE/CNRS)
17
Ensemble assimilation of JASON/ENVISAT and JASON/AltiKA altimetric observations with stochastic
parameterization of the model dynamical uncertainties.
Guillem Candille (LGGE/CNRS), Pierre-Antoine Bouttier (OSUG - LGGE/CNRS), Jean-Michel
Brankart (LGGE/CNRS), Pierre Brasseur (LGGE/CNRS)
18
Exploring the observability of high-resolution satellite altimetry with a regional model of the Solomon
Sea
Bughsin Djath (LGGE, CNRS, Grenoble/LEGOS, IRD, Toulouse), Jacques VERRON (LGGE,
CNRS, Grenoble), Alexandre GANACHAUD (LEGOS, IRD, Toulouse), Lionel GOURDEAU
(LEGOS, IRD, Toulouse), Bernard BARNIER (LGGE, CNRS, Grenoble), Jean-Marc MOLINES
(LGGE, CNRS, Grenoble)
19
Assessing SARAL/AltiKa near-real time data in the coastal zone: comparisons with HF radar
Ananda Pascual (IMEDEA(CSIC-UIB)), Arancha Lana (IMEDEA(CSIC-UIB)), Charles Troupin (SOCIB),
Simón Ruiz (IMEDEA(CSIC-UIB)), Yannice Faugère (CLS), Joaquín Tintoré (IMEDEA(CSIC-UIB) and
SOCIB)
20
The AltiGlidEx project: monitoring the ocean circulation around New Caledonia from a
combination of SARAL/AltiKa measurements and dedicated in situ observing systems
Fabien Durand (LEGOS, Toulouse, France), Frederic Marin (LEGOS, IRD, Noumea), Jean-Luc Fuda
(DT-INSU, La Seyne/mer, France)
21
An assessment of wind and wave characteristics in Bay of Bengal using SARAL/Altika along with
observational data
V.S.R Prasad Koneru (Andhra University), S N Acharyulu P (Andhra University)
22
ALES for AltiKa: application of a subwaveform retracker to high frequency sea level estimation
Marcello Passaro (NOC Southampton - ESA ESRIN), Graham Quartly (Plymouth Marine Laboratory),
Jérôme Benveniste (European Space Agency - ESRIN)
Land ice and Sea ice
23
Altimetry waveforms inversion over Antarctica
Denis BLUMSTEIN (CNES), Fernando Nino (LEGOS), Frederique Remy (LEGOS), Etienne Berthier
(LEGOS), Nathalie Steunou (CNES), Nicolas Picot (CNES)
24
Waveform characteristics comparison over Greenland Ice sheets between SARAL & Envisat Radar
Altimeter
Shard Chander (SAC, ISRO), Chauhan Prakash (SAC, ISRO)
25
Ice cover of Lake Baikal from satellite and in situ observations
Alexei KOURAEV (University of Toulouse, LEGOS, Toulouse, France/State Oceanography Institute, St.
Petersburg branch, Russia), Elena Zakharova (CNRS; LEGOS, Toulouse, France/State Oceanography
Institute, St. Petersburg branch, Russia), Frederique Remy (CNRS; LEGOS, Toulouse, France), Andrey
Suknev (Great Baikal Trail Buryatiya, Ulan-Ude, Russia)
26
Challenges raised from SARAL/AltiKa for Ice Sheet studies
5
Aurélie Michel (CNES/CLS/LEGOS), Frederique Remy (Legos)
27
Satellite altimetry backscattering coefficient differences between Ku and Ka bands over the Arctic
Ocean
Fanny Piras (CLS), Jean-Christophe Poisson (CLS), Pierre Prandi (CLS)
28
Processing Altika sea ice measurements using waveforms classification
Jean-Christophe Poisson (CLS), Pierre Thibaut (CLS), Duc Hoang (CLS), François Boy (CNES),
Amandine Guillot (CNES), Nicolas Picot (CNES)
29
ENVISAT and AltiKa/SARAL observations of the Antarctic ice sheet: a comparison between Ku- and
Ka-band.
Frédérique REMY (CNRS), Thomas FLAMENT (University of Leeds), Aurelie MICHEL (Legos/CLS),
denis BLUMSTEIN (Legos/cnes)
30
ODES (Online Data Extraction Service) for cryosphere studies
Vinca Rosmorduc (CLS), Florence Birol (Legos), Frederic Briol (CLS), Emilie Bronner (CNES), Gerald
Dibarboure (CLS), Thierry Guinle (CNES), Clara Nicolas (CNES), Fernando Nino (Legos), Guillaume
Valladeau (CLS)
31
Altika and Cryosat for iceberg studies
Jean Tournadre (IFREMER)
Inland Waters (contributions involving specifically SARAL/AltiKa)
32
Centimeter level accuracy over Inland Water body using SARAL/AltiKa altimeter
Shard Chander (SAC, ISRO), Ganguly D. (SAC, ISRO), Desai Shruti (SAC, ISRO), Chauhan Prakash
(SAC, ISRO)
33
Performance of Saral/AltiKa over inland water - effects of atmospheric water content
Eva Börgens (Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut (DGFI)), Christian Schwatke (DGFI), Denise
Dettmering (DGFI)
34
Study of lake ice phenology using SARAL AltiKA data
Sandip Oza (SPACE APPLICATIONS CENTRE (ISRO)), Megha Maheshwari (Space Applications Centre
(ISRO)), Raj Kumar Kamaljit Singh (Space Applications Centre (ISRO)), Dhani Ram Rajak (Space
Applications Centre (ISRO)), Jayaprasad P. (Space Applications Centre (ISRO)), Rashmi Sharma (Space
Applications Centre (ISRO))
35
Validation of SARAL/AltiKa data in the Amazon basin
Joécila SANTOS da SILVA (UEA), stéphane CALMANT (IRD), Daniel MOREIRA (CPRM), Marie-Claude
GENNERO (CNES), Marie-paule BONNET (IRD), Frédérique SEYLER (IRD), Frédéric FRAPPART
(LEGOS), Taina CONCHY (UEA), Robson OLIVEIRA (UEA), Lucien BACHARACH (LEGOS)
36
Pespectives of AltiKa/Envisat/ERS coupling in ungauged basins hydrology: Example of the Ogoué
River basin
Frederique Seyler (IRD ESPACE-DEV), Laurent Linguet (UAG ESPACE-DEV), Stephane Calmant (IRD
LEGOS)
6