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6th Plenary Meeting (#17) RA-2/MWR Cross-Cal & Val Team, ESRIN 25-27/03/03
Sixth Plenary
ENVISAT RADAR ALTIMETRY
CROSS-CALIBRATION and VALIDATION TEAM
Meeting (#17)
Jérôme Benveniste
ENVISAT RA-2/MWR Cross-Calibration andValidation Team Coordinator
European Space Agency,
Earth Observation Applications Department
ESRIN, Via Galileo Galilei, I-00044, Frascati (RM), Italy,
(e-mail: [email protected] )
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Before recalling the objectives of the meeting, a few important matters that need immediate dealing with….
Welcome to ESRIN !
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Participants to tonight’s dinner please sign up!
How many of us have a car?
Do you want to go to the same one than last time?
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You are invited to a welcome cocktail
at 17h30 in the Canteen
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Meeting Logistics
• Coffee breaks at 10:30 and 15:30 • Lunch break at 13:00 • On the floor below:
– Self service canteen– Travel office
» Taxi reservation forms to fill out (leave 2 hours before take-off)
– Bank, ATM• A complimentary shuttle leaves the Frascati Piazza Roma
(newspaper stand) at 8:05 and 8:20 and back at 17:15 and 18:15
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Objectives of the Meeting
• Present results obtained on nearly three cycles of GDRs and two cycles of SGDRs
• Discuss cross-calibration results and validation status
• Make recommendations for future evolutions
• Prepare for publication at EGS-AGU-EUG & IGARSS
• Prepare for Final Report
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• L=1 March 2002, SO=12 March 2002• (L+1m) First data report (on S-O day 12/03)• (L+2m) Preliminary report from Esrin in house verif (10 may)• (L+2m) CCVT splinter meeting on products and algorithm verification• (L+3m) Data release to CCVTeam (15 June)• (L+4m) Interim Report (prod val, l2 verif, prel x-cal)• (L+6m) End comm ph Cross-cal and Val full report• (L+6m) RA-2/MWR CCVT plenary meeting (9-10 Sept)• (L+6m) Calibration review (10-13 Sept)• (L+9m) Validation Workshop (report+ presentation) (10-13/ Dec)• (L+10m) Final RA-2/MWR CCVT meeting (9-10/12 or 14-15/01/03)• (L+12m) Final report on Cross-cal• (L+12m) end of RA-2/MWR CCVT project
Original Schedule
15 August for FDMAR9 November for GDR etc.
Preliminary product validation
skipped
Extended schedule…
Jan-Feb-Mar/03 Processing of 3 cycles
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• (L+9m) Validation Workshop (report+ presentation) (10-13/ Dec)
• (L+10m) Acquisition and processing of three cycles until 17 Jan 03
• (L+13m) Sixth RA-2/MWR CCVT meeting (25-27 March 03)
• (L+14m) EGS/AGU/EUG Special session Geodesy-13 “Impact of new and planned mission” , Nice (F) (7-11 April 03)
• (L+15 m) Final report on Cross-calibration and Validation (May 03)
• (L+15m) end of RA-2/MWR CCVT project (end May 03)
• IGARSS Special Session, Toulouse (F) (July 03)
Extended Schedule
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Agenda
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ENVISAT MISSION STATUS
By Henri Laur, ENVISAT Mission Manager
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Data Availability
• Presented by Nicolas Picot, CNES (F-PAC)
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Agenda