Presentations

Morning Plenary

• 09:00 Welcome and Introduction – Alain Ratier (EUMETSAT Director General)
• 09:20 Welcome by Paula Bontempi, Program Manager for NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemical Research Program
• 09:25 Meeting rationale, overview, update on IOCCG activities – David Antoine, IOCCG Chair
• 09:40 IOCS Organisation – Venetia Stuart, IOCCG Project Coordinator

Plenary Reports

• 09:45 NASA: Future Directions for NASA Ocean Colour Remote Sensing – Paula Bontempi
• 10:05 EUMETSAT: Update on EUMETSAT Ocean Colour Services – Ewa Kwiatkowska
• 10:20 ESA: From MERIS to OLCI – Ocean Colour at ESA – Henri Laur
• 10:40 NOAA: Update on NOAA Ocean Colour Activities: VIIRS et al. – Cara Wilson

Keynote Address 1

• 11:30 In Situ Observations Supporting Future Ocean Colour Research – Steven Ackleson

Splinter 1: NASA Ocean Colour Research Team (OCRT) meeting

• 13:30 Welcome / Program Update for NASA Ocean Biology & Biogeochemistry / Community Q&A – Paula Bontempi
• 14:00 NASA Satellite Ocean Color Time Series – Bryan Franz
• 14:20 NASA Science Team Assessment of S-NPP VIIRS Ocean Color Products – Kevin R. Turpie
• 14:40 The Pre-Aerosol Clouds and Ocean Ecosystem Mission (PACE) – Carlos E. Del Castillo
• 15:00 Controls on Open Ocean Productivity and Export Experiment (COOPEX) – Dave Siegel

Splinter 2: Advances in Atmospheric Correction of Satellite Ocean-Color Imagery

• 13:30 Atmospheric Correction Over Turbid Waters – Cédric Jamet
• 14:00 Aerosol determination with Emphasis on Aerosol Absorption – Sean Bailey
• 14:30 Advances in Atmospheric Correction of Satellite Ocean-Color Imagery: Sun Glint, Thin Clouds, and Adjacent Effects – Robert Frouin

Splinter 3: Geostationary Ocean Colour Radiometry

• 13:30 Application of Geostationary Satellite Images to the Monitoring of Dynamic Variations – Jong-Kuk Choi
• 13:37 New Applications with Geostationary Ocean Colour Radiometry – David Doxaran
• 13:44 Estimating Photosynthetically Available Radiation at the Ocean Surface from GOCI Data – Robert Frouin
• 14:20 Ocean Diurnal Variations Measured by the Korean Geostationary Ocean Color Imager – Seunghyun Son
• 14:30 Some Specificities on GEO OCR Processing – Constant Mazeran
• 14:50 GEO New Mission and Synergy – Joo-Hyung Ryu
• 14:55 GEO-CAPE Mission Status – Antonio Mannino
• 15:00 European Prospects for a Geostationary Ocean Colour Mission – David Antoine
• 15:05 MODIS-SERVI Synergy – Quinten Vanhellemont
• 15:10 Geostationary Ocean Colour Radiometry Discussions

Splinter 4: Multi-Agency Data Sharing

• 13:35 MERIS, OLCI and Related in-situ Data Policies – Henri Laur
• 13:55 Multi-Agency Data Sharing: NASA Support for Ocean Colour Research – Jeremy Werdell
• 14:15 SGLI & GLI Data Policy – Hiroshi Murakami
• 14:35 Distribution of NPP/VIIRS Ocean Colour Data – Wei Shi
• 14:55 Michael Schick – Inter Agency Data Sharing & Exchange Principles

Reports from Splinter Sessions

• 18:15 Splinter Session 2: Advances in Atmospheric Correction of Satellite Ocean-Color Imagery – Robert Frouin
• 18:30 Splinter Session 3: Geostationary Ocean Colour Radiometry – Antonio Mannino
• 18:45 Splinter Session 4: Multi-Agency Data Sharing – Henri Laur

Keynote Address 2

• 08:30 Challenges and Opportunities for the Operational Uses of Ocean Colour for Fisheries – Shailesh Nayak

Splinter 5: Operational Ocean Colour Data in Support of Research, Applications and Services

• 09:45 Operational Ocean Colour Data in Support of Research, Applications and Services – Ewa J. Kwiatkowska
• 09:55 Redefining “Operational” for Satellite Ocean Color Data – Cara Wilson
• 10:10 Operational Ocean Colour Data in the Framework of the Marine Service – Rosalia Santoleri
• 10:20 Diverse Applications and Their Needs – Stewart Bernard
• 11:00 Emerging Applications, Modelling / Data Assimilation – Rosa Barciela
• 11:10 Data Access and Tools – Steve Groom
• 11:50 International Ocean Colour Community View and OCR-VC – Mark Dowell

Splinter 6: In Situ Measurement Protocol Revision for Cal/Val

• 09:45 AOP protocols for field measurement – Giuseppe Zibordi
• 10:05 IOP Instrumentation in the Lab – Rüdiger Röttgers
• 10:25 IOP Measurements in the Field – Jean‐Francois Berthon
• 10:45 Biogeochemistry ‐ Lab / Field Instruments for Carbon Stocks and Rates – Heidi Sosik
• 11:05 Biogeochemistry ‐ Lab / Field Instruments for Size of Particles – Michael Twardowski

Splinter 7: International Training and Outreach

• 09:45 POGO Capacity Building Activities – Shubha Sathyendranath
• 09:50 Nordic Network for Baltic Remote Sensing – Susanne Kratzer
• 09:55 IOCCG Training Initiatives – Venetia Stuart
• 10:15 EUMETSAT Training Summary – Mark Higgins

Splinter 8: System Vicarious Calibration

• 09:45 System Vicarious Calibration – The Session – Giuseppe Zibordi
• 09:55 NASA Vicarious Calibration of On-Orbit Ocean Color Satellite Instruments –  Jeremy Werdell
• 10:10 ESA/MERIS Vicarious Calibration – Constant Mazeran
• 10:25 Requirements for Vicarious Calibration Systems for Future Ocean Color Sensors – Carlos E. Castillo

Keynote Address 3

• 13:30 In search of Long‐Term Trends in the Ocean Colour Record – Fréderic Mélin

Splinter 9: Climate Variables and Long Term Trends

• 14:45 Relations Involving International Bodies like CEOS/SIT/GEO/GCOS, Space Agencies and Scientists Related to Climate Variables – Mark Dowell
• 15: 15 Activities of the IOCCG Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Task Team – James Yoder
• 16:40 Interactions Between the Ocean Colour and Biogeochemical Modeling Communities – Stephanie Dutkiewicz

Splinter 10: Phytoplankton Community Structure from Ocean Colour

• 14:45 Welcome, Program and Goal of the Session – Taka Hirata
• 14:50 Update of IOCCG PFT Working Group – Shubha Sathyendranath
• 15:00 Overview of PFT Satellite Products – Astrid Bracher and Nick Hardman-Mountford
• 15:20 In situ / Laboratory Classification of Phytoplankton Types – Data Base: Efforts / Goals – Lesley Clementson
• 15:40 Validation / Intercomparison of PFT Satellite Products – Taka Hirata
• 16:00 NASAGSFC: GSICS Application of PFT Satellite Products in Ecosystem Modeling – Cecile Rousseaux
• 16:15 Discussion

Splinter 11: Satellite Data File Formats and Tools for Easy Science Exploitation

• 14:44 Splinter 11 Introduction – Carsten Brockman
• 14:45 NASA’s Perspective on Ocean Colour Data Formats and Conventions – Sean Bailey
• 15:00 Sentinel-3 Product Format Overview – Philippe Goryl
• 15:20 Processing and Validation Environment MERMAID and ODESA – Constant Mazeran
• 15:35 SeaDAS and BEAM User Tools – Norman Fomferra and Sean Bailey
• 16:20 EUMETSAT’s Means and Plans for Distributing Ocean Colour Data – Thomas Heinemann

Splinter 12: Satellite Instrument Pre‐ and Post‐Launch Calibration

• 14:45 Introduction – Bertrand Fougnie
• 14:50 OCM‐2 Calibration and Characterization – Samir Pal
• 15:00 MERIS Calibration and Characterization – Steven Delwart
• 15:10 OLCI Calibration and Characterization – Ludovic Bourg
• 15:20 GOCI Radiometric Calibration – Seongick Cho
• 15:30 MODIS Calibration and Characterization – Gerhard Meister
• 15:40 SGLI Calibration and Characterization – Hiroshi Murakami
• 15:55 GSICS – Tim Hewison
• 16:05 IOCCG Calibration Task Force – Ewa Kwiatkowska

Keynote Address 4

• 08:30 Issues Related to Ocean Colour in Coastal Zones and Inland Waters – Stewart Bernard

Agency Reports

• 09:15 KIOST: GOCI Status and GOCI‐II Plan – Joo‐Hyung Ryu
• 09:35 JAXA: Update on GCOM‐C1 / SGLI – Hiroshi Murakami
• 09:55 CNES: Ocean Program Status: Perspectives for Ocean Colour – Bertrand Fougnie
• 10:15 China: Ocean Colour Remote Sensing and Application in China – PanDelu

Keynote Address 5

• 13:30 Past Observations and Future Challenges for Ocean Colour Remote Sensing – Charles R. McClain

Reports from Splinter Sessions

• 11:15 Splinter Session 5 Report – Operational Ocean Colour Data – Ewa Kwiatkowska
• 11:30 Splinter Session 6 Report – Operational Ocean Colour Data – Giulietta Fargion
• 11:45 Splinter Session 7 Report – International Training and Outreach – Mark Higgins
• 12:00 Splinter Session 8 Report – System Vicarious Calibration – Giuseppe Zibordi
• 14:15 Splinter Session 9 Report – Climate Variables and Long Term Trends – James Yoder
• 14:30 Splinter Session 10 Report – Phytoplankton Community Structure from Ocean Colour – Astrid Bracher
• 14:45 Splinter Session 11 Report – Satellite Data File Formats and Tools – Carsten Brockman
• 15:00 Splinter Session 12 Report – Satellite Instrument Pre‐ and Post‐Launch Calibration – Gerhard Meister

General Discusson

• 15:44 International Network for Sensor Intercomparison and Uncertainty Assessment for Ocean Colour Radiometry (INSITU-OCR) – Giuseppe Zibordi
• 15:45 2013 IOCS Meeting: Some Preliminary Conclusions – David Antoine