Conference Materials

Plenary Session

• 08:30 – 08:45 Welcoming address (Stewart Bernard/Cara Wilson – IOCCG, Alain Ratier – EUMETSAT, Craig Donlon on behalf of Josef Aschbacher – ESA)
• 08:45 – 09:30 Keynote 1: Imaging Earth’s ocean gardens (Paula Bontempi, NASA)

Copernicus Session

• 09:30 – 09:45 Introduction to Copernicus Programme (Richard Gilmore, EC)
• 09:45 – 10:00 OCR using Copernicus Sentinel-2 and status of Sentinel-3B (Craig Donlon, ESA)
• 10:00 – 10:15 OCR using Copernicus Sentinel-3 (Ewa Kwiatkowska/EUMETSAT)
• 10:45 – 11:15 OC climate and carbon in CCI and Copernicus Programmes (Shubha Sathyendranth, PML)
• 11:15 – 11:30 Sentinel applications: fisheries and aquaculture (Vanda Brotas, Univ. Lisboa)
• 11:30 – 11:45 Sentinel applications: monitoring harmful algal blooms (Blake Schaeffer, EPA)
• 11:45 – 12:00 Sentinel applications: monitoring water quality in Africa (Mark Matthews, Cyanolakes)
• 12:00 – 12:15 Sentinel OCR data access and dissemination (S. Mecklenburg/ESA)
• 12:15 – 12:30 Activities/plans for cal/val of the Sentinels for OCR (Ewa Kwiatkowska, EUMETSAT)

Breakout Workshop 1
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

(Ryan Vandermeulen, Kevin Turpie)

• 14:15 – 14:23 Introduction (S. Craig)
• 14:25 – 14:33 Phytoplankton diversity (Astrid Bracher)
• 14:35 – 14:43 Hyperspectral applications (Heidi Dierssen)
• 14:45 – 15:10 Discussion
• 15:10 – 15:18 Atmospheric correction (Francois Steinmetz)
• 15:20 – 15:28 Atmospheric correction of HICO data (Amir Ibrahim)
• 15:30 – 15:55 Discussion
• 15:55 – 16:13 Feasibility study for hyperspectral sensor (Arnold Dekker)
• 16:15 – 16:40 Open discussion
• 16:40 – 17:00 Final discussion

Breakout Workshop 2
Trichodesmium Detection from Space

(Cecile Dupouy, Ajit Subramaniam, Lachlan McKinna)

• 14:15 – 14:25 Introduction
• 14:25 – 14:45 BGC modelling (Stephanie Dutkiewicz)
• 14:45 – 14:55 Trichodesmium abundance (Sara Rivero-Calle)
• 14:55 – 15:25 Discussion
• 15:45 – 15:55 IOP/AOP overview (Cecile Dupouy, Lachlan McKinna)
• 15:55 – 16:05 Passive RS (L. McKinna)
• 16:05 – 16:15 Freshwater blooms (Ronghua Ma)
• 16:15 – 16:25 Hyperspectral atmospheric correction (Amir Ibrahim)
• 16:25 – 17:00 Discussion

Breakout Workshop 3
Vicarious Calibration

(Constant Mazeran, Christophe Lerebourg, Sean Bailey)

• 14:15 – 14:25 On-going SVC activities (C. Mazeran, C. Lerebourg, S. Bailey)
• 14:25 – 14:35 HYPERNAV concept (Andrew Barnard)
• 14:35 – 14:45 HARPOONS concept (Sean Bailey)
• 14:45 – 14:55 MOBY-NET concept (Kenneth Voss)
• 14:55 – 15:05 BOUSSOLE concept (David Antoine)
• 15:05 – 16:00 High level requirements
• 16:00 – 16:30 Operational requirements
• 16:30 – 17:00 Recommendations

Plenary Session

• 08:30 – 09:15 Keynote 2: Dawn of satellite Lidar in oceanography (Mike Behrenfeld)

Space Agency Presentations

• 09:15 – 09:30 CNES support to ocean colour science (Anne Lifermann)
• 09:30 – 09:45 CSA update (Martin Bergeron)
• 09:45 – 10:00 Update on JAXA GCOM-C (Hiroshi Murakami)

Plenary Breakout Workshop Reports, Keynote 3

• 10:30 – 10:45 Breakout workshop report: “Hyperspectral Remote Sensing“
• 10:45 – 11:00 Breakout workshop report: “Trichodesmium Detection from Space“
• 11:00 – 11:15 Breakout workshop report: “Vicarious Calibration“
• 11:10 – 12:00 Keynote 3: High resolution (1-30m) optical remote sensing of processes in coastal and inland waters – new opportunities (Kevin Ruddick)

Calibration Task Force Workshop (12:00 – 14:00)

• IOCCG Task Force Workshop on Ocean Color Satellite Sensor Calibration – Introduction (Gerhard Meister)
• OLCI Calibration Status: Performances and recent progress (Ludovic Bourg)
• Solar diffuser on-orbit assessment with yaw maneuvers for Sentinel-3A OLCI radiometric calibration (Ewa Kwiatkowska)
• SNPP VIIRS Calibration RSB: improvements, updates and SDR reprocessing (Junqiang Sun)
• MODIS Aqua optical throughput degradation impact on relative spectral response and calibration on ocean color products (Shihyan Lee)

Breakout Workshop 4
Remote Sensing of Inland and Coastal Waters
(Wes Moses, Quinten Vanhellemont)

• 14:00 – 14:05 Introduction (P. DiGiacomo)
• 14:05 – 14:25 Atmos. correction (N. Pahlevan)
• 14:25 – 14:45 Discussion
• 14:45 – 15:00 Water types (Tim Moore)
• 15:00 – 15:15 Selection of Algorithms (Evangelos Spyrakos)
• 15:15 – 15:35 Discussion
• 15:35 – 15:45 Sensors (Wes Moses)
• 15:45 – 16:00 Discussion
• 16:05 – 16:15 EU Water Service (Carsten Brockmann)
• 16:15 – 16:30 AquaWatch (Steve Greb)
• 16:30 – 16:45 Discussion

Breakout Workshop 5
Ocean Colour Algorithms for Southern Ocean
(Maria Vernet, Mati Kahru, David Antoine)

• 14:00 – 14:05 Welcome (Maria Vernet)
• 14:05 – 14:20 Southern Ocean chl algorithm (Mati Kahru, B. Greg Mitchell)
• 14:20 – 14:35 Southern ocean algorithms using Bio-Argo (Emmanuel Boss)
• 14:35 – 14:50 Backscatter: bubbles, coccolithophores etc. (Heidi Dierssen)
• 14:50 – 15:05 Panel discussion
• 15:05 – 15:35 Speed talks (David Antoine, Maria Vernet, Sandy Thomalla, Astrid Bracher, Barney Balch, Toru Hirawake, Mike Behrenfeld)
• 15:35 – 16:45 General discussion

Breakout Workshop 6
Active Remote Sensing for Ocean Colour
(C. Jamet, J. Churnside, C. Hostetler)

• 14:00 – 14:20 Introduction (Cedric Jamet)
• 14:20 – 14:40 Airborne ocean profiling lidar (James Churnside)
• 14:40 – 15:00 Space-borne ocean lidar (Chris Hostetler)
• 15:00 – 16:00 Discussion
• 16:00 – 16:45 Recommendations

NOAA OC Session: Science, Research & Applications from VIIRS
(Chair: Paul DiGiacomo)

• 16:45 – 17:00 Ocean colour at NOAA overview; MSL12, VIIRS, other sensors (Menghua Wang)
• 17:00 – 17:10 OCView – monitoring tool demonstration (Karlis Mikelsons)
• 17:10 – 17:20 Distribution – NOAA CoastWatch/OceanWatch (Veronica Lance)
• 17:20 – 17:30 Example users, applications (NOAA and external) (Cara Wilson)
• 17:30 – 17:45 User engagement discussion (Paul DiGiacomo, Cara Wilson)

Plenary Session

• 08:30 – 09:15 Keynote 4: Resetting the baseline for phytoplankton in situ measurements (Heidi Sosik)

Space Agency Presentations
(Chair: Laura Lorenzoni)

• 09:15 – 09:30 Korean geostationary ocean colour missions, GOCI and GOCI-II (Seongick Cho)
• 09:30 – 09:45 CONAE: Missions and initiatives for coasts and oceans (Sandra Torrusio)
• 09:45 – 10:00 ISRO: Ocean colour activities in India (Prakash Chauhan)
• 10:00 – 10:15 Update on Chinese ocean colour satellite missions (Zhihua Mao)

Plenary Breakout Workshop Reports, Keynote 5
(Chair: David Antoine)

• 10:45 – 11:00 Breakout workshop report: “RS of Inland and Coastal Waters“
• 11:00 – 11:15 Breakout workshop report: “Ocean Colour Algorithms for the Southern Ocean“
• 11:15 – 11:30 Breakout workshop report: “Active Remote Sensing for Ocean Colour“
• 11:30 – 12:15 Keynote 5: Research and applications of ocean colour radiometry in the very turbid waters of the Río de la Plata river (Argentina) (Ana Dogliotti)

Breakout Workshop 7
Multiwater Algorithms and Performance
(Ewa Kwiatkowska, Bridget Seegers)

• 14:00 – 14:05 Introduction (Ewa Kwiatkowska)
• 14:05 – 14:15 User requirements (Stewart Bernard)
• 14:17 – 14:27 Atmospheric correction methods (Menghua Wang)
• 14:29 – 14:39 Bio-optical algorithms (Daniel Odermatt)
• 14:41 – 14:51 Algorithm performance (Thomas Jackson)
• 14:53 – 15:03 Algorithm assessment (Rick Stumpf)
• 15:05 – 15:20 Break
• 15:20 – 16:30 Open discussion
• 16:30 – 16:45 Recommendations

Breakout Workshop 8
Protocols for Water-Leaving Radiance and Other Parameters
(K. Voss, G. Zibordi, K. Ruddick, Z.Lee)

• 14:00 – 14:20 Review of above-water protocols (Ken Voss)
• 14:20 – 15:15 Open discussion
• 15:15 – 15:30 Break
• 15:30 – 15:50 Review of in-water protocols (Emmanuel Boss)
• 15:50 – 16:45 Open discussion

Breakout Workshop 9
Carbon in Ocean Colour
(Shubha Sathyendranath, François Montagner)

• 14:00 – 14:10 Introduction (François Montagner)
• 14:10 – 14:25 POC and phytoplankton carbon (Hayley Evers-King)
• 14:25 – 14:40 Dissolved carbon in the ocean (Jamie Shutler)
• 14:40 – 14:55 A modeller’s perspective (Cecile Rousseaux)
• 14:55 – 15:10 Carbon in coastal waters (Hubert Loisel)
• 15:10 – 16:45 Discussion

Plenary Session

• 08:30 – 09:15 Keynote 6: Lake Colour/Environment Remote Sensing in China (Ronghua Ma)

NASA OCRT Session
(Chairs: Paula Bontempi, Laura Lorenzoni)

• 09:15 – 09:45 Program update, export processes, community Q&A (Paula Bontempi)
• 09:45 – 10:00 Ocean biology and biogeochemistry advanced planning (Heidi Dierssen)
• 10:15 – 10:45 NASA OBPG/satellite ocean colour update (Bryan Franz)
• 10:45 – 11:00 SeaBASS updates (Chris Proctor)
• 11:00 – 11:15 PACE mission (Antonio Mannino)
• 11:15 – 11:30 PACE science team (Emmanuel Boss)
• 11:30 – 11:45 North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems (NAAMES) (Mike Behrenfeld)
• 11:45 – 12:00 Ship-Aircraft Bio-Optical Research (SABOR) results (Alex Gilerson)
• 12:00 – 12:15 Quality assuring remote sensing reflectance spectrally (Zhongping Lee)
• 12:15 – 12:20 Wrap-Up (Paula Bontempi)

Plenary Breakout Workshop Reports, Keynote 5
(Chair: Cara Wilson )

• 14:00 – 14:15 Breakout workshop report: “Multiwater Algorithms and Performance”
• 14:15 – 14:30 Breakout workshop report: “Protocols for Water-Leaving Radiance”
• 14:30 – 14:45 Breakout workshop report: “Carbon in Ocean Colour”
• 14:45 – 15:30 Keynote 7: Continuity of Ocean Color Radiometry Data: Operations = Research + Applications + Services + Users (Paul DiGiacomo)
• 16:00 – 17:30 Q & A Session, OC Community and Space Agencies (Stewart Bernard)

• SeaDAS Training