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

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.

Session on Cloud Climatologies (GEWEX-CAW, generation of Level-3 datasets)
Session on Inter-comparison and validation (Results of the Golden Days comparison study)
Workshop
Break-up sessions to discuss the findings of the Golden Days comparison study
Dinner

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