Program

(updated 23 August 2022) (PDF)

Workshop on the Validation of Satellite-derived Optical and Water Quality Parameters for Coastal and Inland Waters

7-9 June 2022

Tuesday 7 June
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:15 Welcome – Brad Pierce, Director, Space Science and Engineering Center
Logistics – Steve Greb
09:15-09:30

Defining Scope of Validation Activities and Workshop, Leads – Steve Greb and Colleen Mouw
09:30-10:15

Review and Assessment of Current Validation Efforts, Lead – Steve Greb
10:15-10:45 Coffee and Tea Break
10:45-12:00

Future Validation Needs of User Groups / Target Levels for Uncertainties, Lead – Wilson Salls

Presentations, followed by Panel Discussion:

  • Emily Smail, NOAA / U Maryland / GEO AquaWatch
    • Agency and Public Needs / Confidence Level in Applications
  • Dulcinea Avouris, UC Merced
    • Research and Science Needs
  • Jeremy Werdell, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    • New Mission Needs
  • Philipp Saile, Federal Inst. of Hydrology, Germany
12:00-13:00 Lunch
Guest speaker: Richard Lathrop, Center for Limnology, UW-Madison, History of Madison Lakes
13:00-14:00

Field Measurements, Lead – Giuseppe Zibordi

  • Priority optical, biogeochemical & ancillary quantities
  • Instrumentation
  • Radiometry protocols
  • Calibration (implying traceability) & characterization
  • Quality assurance & quality control
  • Uncertainties
14:00-15:00

Breakout Session I

A Step Toward Standardization of Measurements. Finalization of recommendations for minimum/compulsory:

  • Field measurements;
  • Instruments specifications and requirements;
  • Instruments calibration and characterization;
  • Measurement protocols and data processing;
  • Quality assurance of measurements and quality control of products;
  • Uncertainty estimate;
  • Inter-calibrations and inter-comparisons.

And time permitting on:

  • Generic field measurement requirements;
  • Requirements for matchups construction;
  • Revision/update and translation of current protocols.
15:00-15:30 Coffee and Tea Break
15:30-16:30 Report-outs, Discussions, and Recommendations
16:30-17:30 Possible Instrument Demo, Pontoon Boats
18:00-20:00 Outdoor Picnic Mixer
Wednesday 8 June
08:30-09:00 Coffee and Tea Break, Daily Check-in, Agenda Repair
09:00- 10:00

Laboratory Measurements, Lead – Bridget Seegers

Topics:

  • Instrumentation
  • Calibration
  • Standardization of methods
  • Quality assurance, quality control and processing
  • Priority variables, minimum/desired essential optical and biogeochemical parameters
  • Uncertainty

Speakers:
10:00-10:30 Coffee and Tea Break
10:30-11:30

Breakout II

  • Priority variables
  • How to ensure lab protocol standardization
  • Quality control/assurance: How? Who?
  • Uncertainty considerations
11:30-12:00 Report-out, Discussion, Recommendations
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00 Walking tour of nearby native American effigy mounds
14:00-15:00

Global Databases, Lead – Nima Pahlevan

  • Current archives
  • Data quality assessment
  • Accessibility
  • Product specification / uncertainties
  • Data formats
  • Metadata

Speakers:

  • Philipp Saile, UN/Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany, GEMStat
  • Adam Varley, University of Stirling, LIMNADES
  • Violeta S. Calzado, NASA GSFC Ocean Ecology Lab/UMBC, NOMAD/SeaBASS
  • Daniel Gurlin, GEO AquaWatch, GLORIA
15:00-15:30 Ice Cream Social
15:30- 16:30 Breakout III
16:30-17:30 Report-out, Discussion, Recommendations
17:30 Dinner on your own
Thursday 9 June
08:30-09:30

Working Towards a Global Validation Network, Lead – Colleen Mouw

  • Scope
  • Political and institutional barriers
  • Network coordination
  • Support and funding
09:30-10:00 Coffee and Tea Break
10:00-11:00 Breakout Session IV
11:00-12:00 Report-out, Discussion, Recommendations
12:00-12:30 Wrap-up and Meeting Adjournment
12:30-13:30 Lunch
6:00 BBQ dinner (offered at Greb house for those not traveling until Friday/Saturday)