Second High-Resolution Marine Meteorology Workshop

AGENDA

(Final – 19 April 2006)

1st Joint GOSUD/SAMOS Workshop

2-4 May 2006

Tuesday 2 May 2006

0800Coffee

0830Introductory session (1 hr, 30 min)

Joint session – welcome (local hosts), logistics, intro talks, workshop outcomes

Keeley – GOSUD overview, status (20 mins) – KeeleyGOSUD.ppt

Smith – SAMOS overview, status (20 mins) – Smith_intro.ppt

Outcomes: outcomes.ppt

1000Break (20 min)

1020Begin GOSUD and SAMOS working group meetings (2 hr)

Parallel sessions – See agendas below

1220Lunch (1 hr, 10 min)

On own

1330Continue working group meetings (1hr, 45 min)

Parallel sessions – See agendas below

1515Break (15 min)

1530Continue working group meetings (1hr, 30 min)

Parallel sessions – See agendas below

1700End sessions

Wednesday 3 May 2006

0800Coffee, Poster set-up

0830Invited Speakers: Science and Application (1 hr, 45 min)

Moderator: Robert Keeley

Gary Wick (20 min) – gary.wick_sst.ppt

Application of in situ observations to current satellite derived sea surface temperature products

Jaqueline Boutin (20 min) – Presentation_boutin_short.pdf

SMOS mission: a new way for monitoring SSS?

John Gunn (20 min) – Gosud-Samos_jgunn_final.ppt

Aquarius sea surface salinity satellite mission validation using near-real time, in-situ oceanographic data

Benoit Tranchant (20 min)–GOSUD_Tranchant_bis.ppt

Interest of assimilating SSS data in an operational oceanographic context: The MERCATOR OCEAN experience

Panel discussion (25 min)

1015Break (15 min)

1030Invited Speakers: Science and Application (1 hr, 45 min)

Moderator: Mark Bourassa

Janet Sprintall (20 min) - gosud_sprintall.ppt

Southern ocean surface measurements and the upper ocean heat budget

Hiroyuki Tomita (20 min) – Tomita_SAMOS_ep.pdf

Estimation of satellite-derived turbulent heat flux and use of in-situ observation

Frank Bradley (20 min) – BradleyRainfallatsea.ppt

Rainfall measurements aboard ships

Val Swail (20 min) – Waves_Swail.ppt + ship_in_big_swell.mpg

Requirements for surface marine observations in support of wind and wave forecasting and hindcasting

Panel discussion (25 min)

1215Lunch (1 hr, 15 min)

on own

1330Invited Speakers: Science and Application (1 hr, 45 min)

Moderator: Chris Fairall

Ellsworth Dutton (20 min) – DuttonGOSUD-SAMOS.ppt

Progress in surface radiation measurements

Elizabeth Kent (20 min) – KentBias_SAMOS_v2.ppt

Bias correction of in situ observations

Ben Moat (20 min) – moat-SAMOS-final.ppt

Airflow modeling for research vessels

Mark Bourassa (20 min) – BourassaErrorAnalysis.ppt

Sensitivity of surface turbulent fluxes to observational errors

Panel discussion (25 min)

1515Break

1530Invited Speakers: Program Collaboration (1 hr, 30 min)

Moderator: Shawn Smith

Loic Petit De La Villeon (15 min) – coriolis_samos_petit_villeon.ppt

Potential collaboration between the Coriolis – a French project for operational oceanography – and the SAMOS Initiative

Phillip McGillivary (15 min) – McGillivarySAMOSPMCG06.ppt

TBA – U. S. Coast Guard

Douglas Perry (15 min) – Perry_SAMOS.ppt

NOAA shipboard data acquisition and data management

Elizabeth Kent [presenting for Graeme Ball] (15 min) – SAMOS-GOSUD-SOT-overview.ppt

The JCOMM Ship Observations Team

Panel discussion (30 min)

1700End session

1730Poster session (with catered reception)

Presenting Author / Title
Frank Bahr / Surface meteorology from Volunteer Observing Ships
Mark Bourassa / Uncertainty in monthly surface wind fields from in situ observations - Bourassa_uncertainty_poster.ppt
Jaqueline Boutin
(for Nathalie LeFevre) / Measuring surface seawater fugacity of CO2 on board ships of opportunity and moorings
Thierry Delcroix / Monitoring sea surface salinity in the global ocean from ships of opportunity: the French observation service
Chris Fairall / Progress on the NOAA Portable Seagoing Air-Sea Flux Standard– fairall_et_al_samos_talk_05_06.ppt
Patrick D. French / Development of a low-cost autonomous micro-weather station module for use in open ocean and coastal marine environments
Gustavo Goni / Thermosalinograph (TSG) transects maintained by NOAA/AOML- Poster_Gustavo.pdf
Shinsuke Iwasaki / Comparison of two global sea surface temperature data sets–iwasakiposter.pdf
Elizabeth Kent / Exploiting the synergies of VOS and research vessel marine meteorology–KentVOS_samos_poster.pdf
Masahisa Kubota / Surface heat fluxes from the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis at the KEO buoy site–kubotaposter.pdf
Phillip McGillivary / Autonomous surface vessels for air-sea flux and satellite calibration/validation studies- McGillivaryposter.pdf
Geoffrey Morrison / Ferrybox sensor interface standard (FSIS)–Morrisonposter.pdf
Steven Rutz / Following the flow of two underway data streams within the U. S. National Oceanographic Date Center- poster_srutz.ppt
Shawn Smith / A comparison of SAMOS and bridge observations on research vessels–SmithRVicoads.pdf
Shawn Smith / Shipboard automated meteorological and oceanographic system initiative–Smithsamos_poster.pdf
Scott Woodruff / ICOADS and High-Resolution Marine Meteorology and Oceanography–Woodruff_icoads_poster.pdf

1930End poster session

Thursday 4 May 2006

0800Coffee

0830Joint round table discussions (1 hr, 45 min)

Engaging and building a user community

What products can GOSUD and SAMOS provide to address needs raised by Wednesday’s Speakers?

1015Break (15 min)

1030Continue round table discussions (1 hr, 45 min)

Identify areas open for collaboration (GOSUD and SAMOS)

Consider role of additional marine data collection initiatives (e.g., SeaKeepers, ADA Technologies, FleetLink, others)

Discuss collaborations to improve high-latitude data access (IAATO, Raytheon, etc.)

Define actions to address collaboration

Funding international activities and collaborations

1215Lunch (1 hr, 15 min)

on own

1330Continue round table discussions (1 hr, 45 min)

Discuss expanding activities to include observations not routinely observed (e.g. wind waves, swell)

Consider new directions for technology development (radiation standards, precipitation, currents, other subsurface measurements?)

1515Break

1530Continue round table discussions (1 hr, 30 min)

Setting priorities, new action items

Wrap-up, writing assignments, future workshops

1700End Workshop

Working Group Agendas – Tuesday 2 May 2006

SAMOS

1020Session 1 (2 hr)

Status Reports (10 min each)

Data stewardship/pilot project (Smith)

Portable standard (Fairall and Bahr) – fairall_et_al_samos_talk_05_06.ppt

Past action items (Smith)

Marine Handbook (Bradley – 1 hr) – Handbook_presentation.ppt

Collaboration with GOSUD (data exchange, etc.)

1220Lunch (1 hr, 10 min)

On own

1330Session 2 (1hr, 45 min)

Develop a plan for CFD modeling efforts (Smith, Moat)

What do we wish to learn from CFD

First steps, finding leader, developing proposal

Discuss radiation standards for ships (Fairall)

Minimum instrumentation, areas for future design

Completing accuracy requirements (Bourassa)

Scheduling on-board comparisons using ESRL/WHOI wireless portable standard

1515Break (15 min)

1530Session 3 (1hr, 30 min)

SAMOS initiative’s role in:

INMARTEC 2006 (October, Woods Hole)

International Polar Year (2007-2008)

Flux summer schools, tech training activities

Archival of instrument level (sub-1 minute samples) observations from RVs

Stewardship of automated “direct” flux measurements

Aiding RV operators in site design for optimal deployment of met sensors (consulting)

Other topics as time allows:

Recruitment of new vessels to SAMOS

Data distribution: real-time via GTS vs. data withheld for validation efforts

Should SAMOS Initiative have a steering committee?

1700End sessions

Working Group Agendas – Tuesday 2 May 2006

GOSUD

1020Session 1 (2 hr)

a)Review agenda

b)Review of Actions from Southampton

c)Status report – real-time and delayed mode processing – all

d)QC processing (France, Canada)

e)Duplicates control (France)

f)Archives (France, US, others)

1220Lunch (1 hr 10 min)

On own

1330Session 2 (1 hr 45 min)

a)Provision of data and information to others (all)

b)Review of Project plan and needed developments (all)

1515Break (15 min)

1530Session 3 (1 hr 30 min): Linkages

a)SMOS, Aquarius (Boutin, Gunn)

b)Ferry Box, SeaKeepers, etc. (UK, others)

c)OceanSITES

d)Training materials (if suitable) - Keeley

e)SAMOS

1. How to coordinate with GOSUD?
2. How to share data on reception?
3. National (US & SAMOS) and international (GOSUD) data reception
4. How to collaborate on QC?
5. How to deliver data to archives?
6. How to deliver a unified product to users?

f)Other business

1700End sessions