Program of CREW 3

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preliminary program of
EUMETSAT's third Cloud Retrieval Evaluation Workshop

15 - 17 November 2011 Madison, Wisconsin, USA
hosted by University of Wisconsin

Bryan Baum, Ulrich Hamann, and Rob Roebeling

Tuesday, 15. November 2011

• Welcome
  

• Session on Instrument calibration
  Calibration methods, generation of Fundamental Climate Data Records, and assessments of uncertainties in radiative transfer models.
  
  
• Session on Cloud property retrievals from active sensors
  Cloud properties retrieval algorithms; synthetic data studies; sensitivity studies; and Thematic Climate Data Records of instantaneous (level-2) products.
  
  
• Session on Cloud property retrievals from passive sensors
  Cloud detection and properties retrieval algorithms; synthetic data studies; sensitivity studies; and Thematic Climate Data Records of instantaneous (level-2) products.
  

Wednesday, 16. November 2011

• Session on Cloud Climatologies
  GEWEX-CAW, climate data records, generation of and uncertainties in Level-3 datasets
  
  
• Session on Inter-comparison and validation
  Results of the Golden Days comparison of cloud retrievals
  
  
• Workshop
  Break-up sessions to discuss the findings of the Golden Days comparison of cloud retrievals
  
  
• Dinner

Thursday, 17. November 2011

• Workshop (continued)
• Final discussion
  Results of the workshop, recommendations for next meeting, plans for publications.