AC-VC-21 / ACSG Joint Meeting 2025
Takamatsu, Japan
Agenda (23 May 2025): PDF
Joint meeting with the 21st International Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space (IWGGMS-21)
Presentations
1.01 Status of NIES GOSAT and GOSAT-2 Projects Tsuneo Matsunaga (NIES)
1.02 Long-term Global Greenhouse Gas Observation by GOSAT and GOSAT-2 and Local Emissions/Removals Observation by GOBLEU Hiroshi Suto (JAXA)
1.03 The OCO-2 and OCO-3 Missions: Status, Results and Plans Vivienne Payne (JPL/Caltech)
1.04 The New Progress of DQ-1 and the Pre-research of DQ-2 Lu Zhang (CMA)
1.05 GHGSat in 2024: Performance, Global Emissions Insights, and Constellation Expansion Dylan Jervis (GHGSat)
1.06 The MethaneSAT mission: current status and future direction Jonathan Franklin (Harvard University)
1.07 Carbon Mapper updates and preliminary Tanager-1 greenhouse gas measurement performance Daniel Cusworth (Carbon Mapper)
1.08 NASA’s GHG Observation Plans Over the Next 4 Years Ken Jucks (NASA Headquarters)
1.09 The greenhouse gas observation mission with Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle (GOSAT-GW): Updates Hiroshi Tanimoto (NIES)
1.10 Interface with users of GOSAT-GW TANSO-3 observation: observation requests, product downloads, and acquisition of information Hisashi Yashiro (NIES)
1.11 The Chinese GHG Status and Plan Lin Chen (CMA)
1.12 Carbon-I, a NASA Earth System Explorer Mission Concept for Global Carbon Cycle Science Christian Frankenberg (Caltech)
1.13 The Twin Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Observers Mission Jochen Landgraf (SRON)
1.14 The MicroCarb CO2 mission: imminent launch! Denis Jouglet (CNES)
1.15 The Copernicus anthropogenic CO2 Monitoring (CO2M) mission – status and results from product development Ruediger Lang (EUMETSAT)
1.16 Greenhouse gas observations from the proposed Arctic Observing Mission (AOM) Ray Nassar (ECCC)
1.17 Sub-Kilometer Hyperspectral Carbon Monitoring: Joint Radiance-Wavelength Calibration and Bayesian Spatiotemporal Collaborative Retrieval Shichao Wu (Hefei Institutes of Physical Sciences, CAS)
1.18 Towards a remote sensing solution to quantify N2O emissions by integrating shortwave and longwave infrared bands Ayesha Riaz (State University of New York at Buffalo)
2.02 The Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report (TOAR), Phase II Helen Worden (UCAR)
2.03 TOAR II Advancing understanding of tropospheric ozone Kazuyuki Miyazaki (JPL)
2.04 TOAR II Chemical Reanalysis Working Group Takashi Sekiya (JAMSTEC)
2.05 TOAR II Assessment of satellite ozone Kazuyuki Miyazaki (JPL), Hubert & Keppens (BIRA-IASB)
2.06 Highlights of tropospheric ozone data harmonization Arno Keppens (BIRA-IASB)
2.07 Ozone profile observations with OMPS Limb Profilers Natalya Kramarova (NASA)
2.08 General Cal/Val Introduction / goals Jean-Christopher Lambert (BIRA-IASB)
2.09 CEOS Working Group on Calibration and Validation Medhavy Thankappan (GA), Cody Anderson (USGS)
2.10 Atmospheric Composition Cal/Val updates Jean-Christopher Lambert (BIRA-IASB)
2.11 SI-Traceable Satellite (SITSat) Task Group update Nigel Fox (UKSA/NPL)
2.12 CEOS-FRM Maturity Assessment Framework v2 Paolo Castracane (Starion for ESA)
2.13 CEOS Guidelines on Aerosol, Cloud, and Precipitation Profiles Validation (ACPPV) Rob Koopman (ESA)
2.14 Copernicus Cal/Val Solution (CCVS) Gap Analysis Tijl Verhoelst (BIRA-IASB)
2.15 General discussion WGCV and AC-VC collaboration All
2.16 Validation challenges for upcoming limb missions Kaley Walker (U.Toronto)
2.17 ESA Atmospheric Validation Data Centre (EVDC) Ann Mari Fjaeraa (NILU)
2.18 Atmospheric Toolbox (CODA, HARP, VISAN, AVL) Sander Niemeijer (s[&]t)
2.19 AERIS Atmosphere Data and Services Centre Sébastien Payan (IPSL) / Patrice Henry (CNES)
2.21 EPA operational validation plans Jim Szykman, Luke Valin, Barron Henderson (EPA)
2.22 ESA/Copernicus ATM-MPC routine validation service Arno Keppens, J.-C. Lambert (BIRA-IASB)
2.23 EUMETSAT operational validation plans Frank Ruethrich, Rasmus Lindstrot(EUMETSAT)
2.24 General discussion on operational validation capacity – Tracking needs and gaps All
2.25 ALTIUS mission Emmanuel Dekemper (BIRA-IASB)
2.26 GEMS ozone products Jae Hwan Kim (Pusan Uni.)
2.27 TEMPO ozone products Xiong Liu & Joonsung Park (SAO)
2.28 Sentinel-4 total ozone Klaus-Peter Heue (DLR)
2.29 Sentinel-4 tropospheric ozone Richard Siddans (RAL)
2.30 GIIRS ozone Zhao-Cheng Zeng (PKU)
2.31 IRS ozone Dorothee Coppens (EUMETSAT)
3.01 AQ Trace Gases Introduction / goals Ben Veihelmann (ESA), Bar ry Lefer (NASA), Hiroshi Tanimoto (NIES)
3.02 S5P/TROPOMI status Pepijn Veefkind (KNMI)
3.03 GEMS status a) and b) Jhoon Kim (Yonsei Uni), Jeong-Ah Yu (NIER)
3.04 TEMPO Xiong Liu (Harvard, CFA)
3.05 IASI&CRIS Cathy Clerbaux (LATMOS/CNRS), Helen Worden (UCAR)
3.06 Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder (GIIRS): CO, NH3, and VOCs Zhao-Cheng Zeng (PKU)
3.07 High resolution NO2 ML/AI product from the OCI sensor on PACE Joiner Joanna (NASA/GSFC), Zachary Fasnacht (NASA/GSFC)
3.08 Hyper Local Monitoring of NO2 from TEMPO Shobha Kondragunta (NOAA)
3.09 Sentinel-4 & Sentinel-5 Ben Veihelmann (ESA), Rasmus Lindstrot, Frank Rüthrich (EUMETSAT)
3.10 IASI-NG Cyril Crevoisier (LMD)
3.11 IRS Cathy Clerbaux (LATMOS/CNRS)
3.13 Geo AC Constellation: towards global coverage Goals, whitepaper status, way forward Helen Worden (UCAR), Ali Omar (NASA)
3.14 Observational Needs for South America Arlindo da Sila (NASA/GSFC), Paulo Artaxo
3.15 Observational Needs for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA Region) Omar Emam (Intospass)
3.16 Observational Needs for Sub-Saharan Africa Helen Worden and Pieternel Levelt (UCAR)
3.17 S5P/TROPOMI validation update Jean-Christopher Lambert (BIRA-IASB)
3.18 TEMPO validation highlights Laura Judd (NASA), Barron Henderson (EPA)
3.19 EPA validation activities Barron Henderson, Luke Valin, Jim Szykman (EPA)
3.20 GEMS validation campaign results and Asia Air Pollutants Network (AAPN) Limseok Chang (NIER)
3.21 PEGASOS & Geo-Ring: Consistency TEMPO-GEMS-S5P Ronny Lutz (DLR), Arno Keppens (BIRA-IASB) and PEGASOS team
3.22 CINDI-3 intercomparison campaign Michel v. Roozendael (BIRA-IASB), Karin Kreher (BKS), Jean-Christopher (BIRA-IASB)
3.23 Pandora/PGN status Thomas Hanisco (NASA, GSFC), Alexander Cede (Luftblick)
3.24 India Pandora and FTIR Hiroshi Tanimoto (NIES), Isamu Morino (NIES), Mahesh Sha (BIRA-IASB)
3.25 Global Analysis of NO2 and HCHO Column Densities from the Pandora Global Network (PGN): Variability and Implications for Satellite Validation Sang-Woo Kim (SNU)
3.26 Progress with MAX-DOAS observations to validate TROPOMI Collection 03 and GEMSv3 NO2 Yugo Kanaya (JAMSTEC)
3.27 An update on JPL MOMO-Chem air quality research Kazuyuki Miyazaki (JPL)
3.28 CAMS Antje Inness (ECMWF/CAMS)
3.29 GEOS Constituent DA Brad Weir (Morgan State Uni; NASA GMAO) and Lesley Ott (NASA GMAO)
4.01 Welcome
4.02 Aerosol Layer Height panel discussion Panelists: Shobha Kondragunta (NOAA), Vijay Natraj (JPL), Jun Wang (U Iowa), Jim Szykman (EPA), Ruben Delgado (Hampton University), Mitch Goldberg (CCNY), Jhoon Kim (Yonsei University), Siyuan Huang (NOAA)
4.03 PM2.5 Roadmap Update Shobha Kondragunta (NOAA) and Ben Veihelmann (ESA)
4.05 Aerosol DA for PM2.5 (JCSDA) Jerome Barre (JCSDA)
4.06 Aerosol DA for PM2.5 (NASA) Pawan Gupta (NASA)
4.07 Aerosol DA for PM2.5 (NOAA NWS) Cory Martin (NOAA)
4.08 AirFuse Barron Henderson (EPA)
4.09 EUMETSAT PM2.5 work Julien Chimot (EUMETSAT)
4.10 Estimating PM2.5 with remote sensing aerosol observations and auxiliary variables with machine learning models at global scale:
promises, challenges, and pitfalls Tianle Yuan (NASA)
4.11 TEMPO dust and smoke case studies Amy Huff (NOAA)
4.12 TEMPO PM2.5 product development and validation Hai Zhang (NOAA)
4.14 JPSS and NEON Mission Update Satya Kalluri (NOAA)
4.15 Metop-SG Mission Update Julien Chimot (ESA)
4.16 TEMPO Aerosol Update Shobha Kondragunta (NOAA)
4.17 GEMS Aerosol Update Jhoon Kim (Yonsei University)
4.18 PACE Aerosol Update Meng Gao (NASA)
4.19 MAIA Aerosol Update Dave Diner (NASA)
4.20 NASA Aerosol Update Rob Levy (NASA)
4.21 Luce mission update Chip Trepte (NASA)
4.22 CO2M Aerosols Yasjka Meijer (ESA)
4.04 Aerosol DA for PM2.5 (CAMS) Johannes Flemming (ECMWF)
5.01 Tracking gaps and issues for validation systems and networks Jean-Christopher Lambert (BIRA-IASB)
5.02 WMO Expert Team on Network Design and Evolution (GAW report 307) Rich Eckman (NIES)
5.03 The role of SI- traceable satellites for enhancing radiometric inter-calibration consistency Thomas August (ESA)
6.01 Greenhouse Gases Introduction / Schedule John Worden (NASA)
6.02 CEOS GHG Road Map Updates Yasjka Meijer (ESA)
6.03 IWGGMS Mission Summary Ray Nassar (ECCC)
6.04 IWGGMS Cal-Val session summary Hirofumi Ohyama (NIES), Mahesh Sha (BIRA-IASB)
6.05 TCCON status and needs Debra Wunch (U. Toronto)
6.06 COCCON status and needs Mahesh Sha (BIRA-IASB)
6.07 NDACC Jim Hannigan (NCAR)
6.08 Vicarious Calibration Kei Shiomi (JAXA)
6.09 Validation Supersites Abhishek Chatterjee (JPL)
6.10 IWGGMS Algorithm session summary Yu Someya (NIES)
6.11 L2 Intercomparison Chris O’Dell (CSU)
6.12 Summary from IWGGMS Lesley Ott (NASA GSFC)
6.13 IMEO Itziar Irakulis-Loitxate (IMEO)
6.14 G3W and I3GIS Developments Jocelyn Turnbull (GNS)
6.15 Summary from IWGGMS Julia Marshall (DLR)
6.16 MEDUSA Overview Ilse Aben (SRON)
6.17 State of Practice and Future Needs Evan Sherwin (LBNL/ Stanford)
6.18 Community Accepted Practices CEOS + paper update Paul Green (NPL)
6.19 Summary from IWGGMS on Fluxes Sara Mikaloff-Fletcher (NIWA) and Kevin Bowman (JPL)
6.20 Area Flux Validation Approaches Junjie Liu (JPL)
6.21 Identification of measurement gaps Setting the stage Abhishek Chatterjee (JPL)
6.22 Measurement Gaps David Crisp (Crisp Spectra LLC)
6.23 Summary of Multi-Species Observations Jochen Landgraf (SRON), Helen Worden (NCAR)
6.24 Discussion / GHG Session Wrap up John Worden (NASA), Abhishek Chatterjee (JPL)