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.

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.