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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

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)

Breakout Workshop 3
Vicarious Calibration

(Constant Mazeran, Christophe Lerebourg, Sean Bailey)

Tuesday, 16 May

Plenary Session

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

Space Agency Presentations

Plenary Breakout Workshop Reports, Keynote 3

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)

Breakout Workshop 5
Ocean Colour Algorithms for Southern Ocean

(Maria Vernet, Mati Kahru, David Antoine)

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)

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)

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 )

Friday, 19 May