Presentations (Updated 25 July 2006)
DAY 1
8:30 Introduction (Bryan Baum, Claudia Stubenrauch)
Longterm Cloud Data Sets
Chair: Paul Menzel
8:45 Scientific Maturity of Cloud Products: Bruce Barkstrom, John Bates
9:05 Assessment of cloud properties from satellite data: ISCCP, TOVS Path-B and UW-HIRS: Claudia Stubenrauch
9:30 Assessment of the Usefulness of Atmospheric Satellite Sounder-Based Cloud Retrievals for Climate Studies (TOVS Path A, ISCCP, AIRS): Gyula Molnar, Joel Susskind
9:50 PATMOS-x Status and Comparison to Other Climatologies: Andrew Heidinger
10:15 The effects of diurnal cycles and sensor scan angles on cloud statistics (UW-HIRS): Don Wylie
10:35 Coffee break
Chair: Ralf Bennartz
11:05 Checking Other Causes of Cloud Changes: William B. Rossow
11:30 Comparing ISCCP and GEWEX products: Stefan Kinne
11:50 Global Trends of Liquid Water Clouds from Eighteen Years of Microwave Satellite Data: Initial Results: Chris O'Dell
12:10 TBD
12:30 Lunch break
Chair: Steve Ackerman
14:00 Techniques for identifying likely artifacts in cloud data (ISCCP, surface): Joel Norris
CloudAssessment2006A.ppt
CloudAssessment2006B.ppt
14:20 Trends and regional correlations of cloud types from surface observations: Stephen Warren, Ryan Eastman
14:45 Discussion session: how to summarize our findings (quantitatively)?
15:30 Coffee break
16:30 First conclusions
Chair: Eugene Clothiaux
16:50 Long-term analyses of surface shortwave irradiance, clouds, and aerosols over China (pyranometer 1960-2000): Tadahiro Hayasaka
17:10 Important data of cloud properties for assessing the response of GCM clouds in climate change simulations: Yoko Tsushima
17:30 End of session
DAY 2
Cloud Data Sets from Second Generation Instruments
Chair: Karl-Göran Karlsson
8:15 Cloud Trends and Anomalies Observed by MISR: Roger Davies
8:45 The climatology of small tropical oceanic cumuli: from new findings to old problems
(ASTER, MODIS, MISR): Larry Di Girolamo
9:15 Exploring similarities and differences between MODIS, PATMOS and ISCCP: Amato Evan
9:40 Comparison of cloud amounts from MODIS, TRMM, ISCCP and SAGE: Patrick Minnis
10:00 Analysis of Three Years of Ice Cloud Properties Over the Tropics from MODIS: Ping Yang
10:20 Coffee break
10:50 Discussion session: what is still to do to finalize the cloud assessment?
Chair: Shaima Nasiri
12:10 Assessment of the Accuracy of METEOSAT-8 Cloud Property Retrievals using CLOUDNET Observations, (1 year): Rob Roebeling
12:30 CloudSat Data Processing and Products: Donald Reinke
12:45 Lunch break
Longterm Polar Cloud Data Sets
Chair: Takashi Nakajima
14:00 Intercomparison of Polar Cloud Climatologies: Xuanji Wang, Jeff Key, Rich Frey
14:40 Seasonal and Interannual Variations of Cloud Cover over Polar Regions (CERES, TOVS, ISCCP): Seiji Kato
15:00 The Latest on Surface Observations of Arctic Clouds: Taneil Uttal
15:20 Coffee +Discussion session: how to summarize polar cloud assessment and what is still to do?
17:00 Adjourn