Second International Workshop on Space-based Snowfall Measurement 31 March - 4 April 2008 Steamboat Ski Village, Colorado

Final Agenda (Posted March 27th, 2008; PDF)

Workshop format (PDF)

Session questions

AGENDA

Monday, 31 March 2008

16:00 – 19:00            Registration

19:00            Reception

Tuesday, 1 April 2008

08:00 – 08:30            Continental Breakfast

08:30 – 08:45            Welcome/Workshop Organization

08:45 - 10:15             Invited Presentations (Programmatic)

1. Storm Peak Lab – G. Hallar
2. UW Welcome – G. Tripoli
3. Snowfall in the Western US – N. Doeskin
4. GPM/ CEOS PC – A. Hou
5. CloudSat – G. Stephens
6. Japan – T. Iguchi         
7. CSA/ESA – P. Joe
8. IPWG and Charge for Workshop – R. Ferraro

10:15 – 10:45            Break

10:45 – 11:00            Working Group Meeting Organization

(how breakout groups are formed)

11:00 – 12:00            WG I:  Applications

1. Invited Scientific Presentations
1. D. Lettenmaier
2. M. Brodzik
3. N. Doeskin

12:00 – 13:30            Lunch

13:30 – 14:45             B)   Breakout  WG I (see Application Questions)

14:45 – 15:00            Break

15:00 – 16:00            WG II: Global and Regional Detection and Estimation

1. Invited Scientific Presentations
1. H. Meng (NOAA) – Operational Products (15 min)
2. Y-J Noa (CIRA) - Current Research (15 min)
3. C. Kummmerow (CSU) – Summary of Other Efforts (30 min)

16:00 – 17:15             B)   Breakout  WG II (see Global Estimation Questions)

Wednesday, 2 April 2008

08:00 – 08:30            Continental Breakfast

08:30 – 09:30            WG III: Modeling of Snow and its Radiative Properties

1. Invited Scientific Presentations
1. G. Petty (UW)
2. W-K Tao (NASA)
3. R. Bennartz (UW)

09:30 – 10:45             B)    Breakout  WG III (see Modeling Questions)

10:45 – 11:00            Break

11:00 – 11:30            Discussion on Measurement Demonstrations

1. Procedure for getting to Storm Peak Lab
2. Short presentation on instrumentation at Lab
3. J. Hallet to describe nearby instruments

11:30 – 13:00            Lunch, preparation for Storm Peak visit (ski rentals), etc

Afternoon                 Storm Peak Lab Visit

13:00 – 15:30            Skiers and snowboards can access the lab via lifts

16:00 – 18:30            Non-skiers will be taken up via Snowcat transport

Thursday, 3 April 2008

07:30 – 08:00            Continental Breakfast

08:00 – 09:00            WG IV: New Technologies

1. Invited Scientific Presentations
1. G. Stephens (CSU) – Integrated CloudSat/ATrain, etc) (20 min)
2. G. Skofronick-Jackson (NASA) – (Radiometers, TRMM/GPM etc) (20 min)
3. S. Durden (Radar, TRMM to EarthCare and ACE) (20 min)

09:00 – 10:15              B)   Breakout  WG IV (see New Technology Questions)

10:15 – 10:30            Break 

10:30 – 11:30            WG V: Validation

1. Invited Scientific Presentations
1. D. Hudak (CSA)  - Summary of GPM GV Workshop in Brazil ; GV in Canada (20 min)
2. S Knuth (UW) – GV in Antarctica (10 min)
3. E. Eloranta (UW) GV in Arctic (10 min)
4. J. Koistinen GV in Finland and Germany; Introduction of questions for discussion groups (20 min)

11:30 – 12:45               B)   Breakout  WG V (see Validation Questions)

12:45 – 14:30            Lunch

14:30 – 15:45            Summary: 15 min summaries from each WG

15:45 – 16:00            Break

16:00 – 17:00            Final Plenary Session

Friday, 3 April 2008

 Storm Peak Lab Day Instruments and Measurements

07:00 – 16:00            Non-skiers will be transported to the lab via Snowcat     

Updated 28 March 2008 by Maria Vasys