AC-VC-13
The 13th Meeting of the Atmospheric Composition Virtual Constellation
Location: National Center for Space Studies (CNES) Headquarters | Paris, France
Hosted by: CNES
Many thanks to Carole Deniel of CNES for kindly volunteering to be our local host!
Overview:
- 28 June: Greenhouse gas constellation (full day)
 - 29 June: Air quality constellation (full day including new aerosol AQ theme)
 - 30 June: Ozone trends (half day) and any other business
 
Final Agenda | Executive Summary | Attendees
Agenda
June 28th, 2017 — Day 1
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 Presentation  | 
 Speaker/Chair  | 
 Time (start)  | 
 Duration [min]  | 
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 Welcome & Logistics  | 
 Deniel, Clerbeaux, Veihelmann, Al-Saadi  | 
 9h  | 
 15  | 
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 AC-VC-13 Greenhouse Gas Session  | 
 Dave Crisp, NASA  | 
 9h 15  | 
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 GHG Session 1: Mission status updates  | 
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 Dave Crisp, NASA, for A. Kuze  | 
 15  | 
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| Dave Crisp, NASA | 15 | ||
| Claus Zehner, ESA, for Yi Liu | 15 | ||
| Claus Zehner, ESA | 15 | ||
| François-Marie Breon, IPSL/LSCE | 15 | ||
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 Coffee break  | 
 10h30  | 
 30  | 
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 Carole Deniel, CNES  | 
 11h 00  | 
 15  | 
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 Dave Crisp, NASA, for Berrien Moore  | 
 15  | 
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| Yasjka Mejier, RHEA, for ESA | 15 | ||
| HEO Options | Ray Nassar, ECCC | 15 | |
| Yao Té, CNRS/UPMC | 15 | ||
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 Lunch  | 
 12h30  | 
 60  | 
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 GHG Session 2: GHG Constellation White Paper  | 
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 Introduction  | 
 Dave Crisp, NASA  | 
 13h30  | 
 5  | 
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 Yoshiaki Kinoshita, JAXA  | 
 10  | 
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 Dave Crisp, NASA  | 
 15  | 
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 Dave Crisp, NASA/All  | 
 15  | 
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 Measurement Goals & Requirements – By Scale  | 
 All  | 
 30  | 
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 Summary of Space-Based Capabilities & Near-Term Plans  | 
 All  | 
 15  | 
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 Gap Analysis – Role of Future Constellations  | 
 All  | 
 15  | 
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 Coffee break  | 
 15h  | 
 30  | 
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 Infrastructure Needs (Cal/Val/Models)  | 
 All  | 
 15h30  | 
 30  | 
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 The Transition to Operations  | 
All | 15h30 | 30 | 
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 Actions & Assignments  | 
 All  | 
 30  | 
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 GHG Round-Up Discussion  | 
 All  | 
17h00 | 
 30  | 
June 29th, 2017 — Day 2
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 Presentation  | 
 Speaker  | 
 Time (start)  | 
 Duration [min]  | 
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 AC-VC-13 AQ Session: Intro  | 
 Ben & Jay  | 
 9h  | 
 5  | 
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 AQ Session 1: Mission Status Updates & Product Validation Plans  | 
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 Jongmin Yoon, NIER / Ara Cho, NIER / Jhoon Kim, Yonsei Univ  | 
 9h05  | 
 15  | 
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 Ben Veihelmann, ESA  | 
 15  | 
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 Kelly Chance, SAO  | 
 15  | 
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 Pepijn Veefkind, KNMI  | 
 15  | 
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 Cathy Clerbaux, LATMOS/IPSL  | 
 15  | 
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 Cyril Crevoisier, CNRS-LMD  | 
 15  | 
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 Coffee break  | 
 10h35  | 
 25  | 
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 AQ Session 2: Initial Constellation Validation Activities  | 
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 Status & Future Plans of the Fiducial Reference Measurements Project (Incl Pandonia, CINDI-2)  | 
 Michel Van Roozendael, BIRA  | 
 11h  | 
 20  | 
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 Luke Valin, EPA / Barry Lefer, NASA  | 
 20  | 
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 Sang-Woo Kim, SNU  | 
 20  | 
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 Ara Cho, NIER  | 
 20  | 
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 All, Discussion Led by Ben  | 
 30  | 
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 Trace Gas Round-up Discussion  | 
 All  | 
 12h50  | 
 10  | 
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 Lunch  | 
 13h  | 
 90  | 
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 AQ Session 3: Satellite aerosol for AQ  | 
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 Ben Veihelmann, ESA  | 
 14h30  | 
 10  | 
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 GEO-Based Aerosol Sensing and the Potential of Combining TEMPO & ABI  | 
 Omar Torres, NASA  | 
 20  | 
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 Joint Retrieval of Aerosol & Surface Reflectance from SEVIRI  | 
 Yves Govaerts, Rayference  | 
 20  | 
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 Jhoon Kim, Yonsei Univ  | 
 20  | 
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 Dave Diner, NASA JPL  | 
 20  | 
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 Coffee break  | 
 1600  | 
 30  | 
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 Oleg Dubovik, LOA  | 
 1630  | 
 20  | 
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 Ruediger Lang, EUMETSAT  | 
 20  | 
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 Infusing Aerosol Information From Satellite Observations into Air Quality Applications  | 
 Amy Huff, Penn State University  | 
 20  | 
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 Assimilation of Satellite Data for Air Quality Monitoring & Forecasting  | 
 Angela Benedetti, ECMWF  | 
 20  | 
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 Aerosol Round-up Discussion  | 
 All  | 
 17h50  | 
 10  | 
June 30th, 2017 — Day 3
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 Presentation  | 
 Speaker  | 
 Time (start)  | 
 Duration [min]  | 
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 Ozone Trends Session  | 
 Gordon  | 
 9h  | 
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 Total Ozone  | 
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 An Update on CEOS Goals, New Versions of TOMS & OMI Data, ISS SAGE III Update  | 
 Gordon Labow, NASA  | 
 9h  | 
 20  | 
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 Ozone Profiles  | 
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 Sophie Godin-Beekman, LATMOS  | 
 9h20  | 
 20  | 
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 Long-Term Ozone Trends in the Stratosphere as Observed by Limb & Occultation Instruments  | 
 Viktoria Sofieva, FMI  | 
 20  | 
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 Tropospheric Ozone  | 
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 Brice Barrett, CNRS  | 
 10h  | 
 20  | 
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 Cathy Clerbaux, LATMOS/IPSL  | 
 20  | 
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 Richard Siddans, RAL  | 
 20  | 
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 Coffee break  | 
 11h  | 
 30  | 
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 Contributed Talks and Other Business  | 
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 Kevin Bowman, NASA JPL  | 
 11h30  | 
 15  | 
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 Update on GEOSS-NR Chem & Radiance Simulations for the GEO Constellation  | 
 Arlindo DaSilva, NASA  | 
 15  | 
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 Yasko Kasai, NICT  | 
 15  | 
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 17 years of MOPITT Carbon Monoxide Data: Results & Prospects for Future Satellite CO Observations  | 
 Helen Worden, NCAR  | 
 15  | 
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 AC-VC-13 Any Other Business, Wrap-Up, & Closing  | 
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 Plans for Next Meeting  | 
 12h30  | 
 15  | 
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 Any Other Business & Wrap-Up  | 
 15  | 
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 Adjourn  | 
 13h  | 
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