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Monday, 15 May
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
Tuesday, 16 May
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)
Wednesday, 17 May
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
Thursday, 18 May
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)
Friday, 19 May