PI Workshop Summary of January 30 (AMSR)

Time Title
Presenters
Status & Precipitation (Chair S.Saitoh)
10:00 - 10:10
 - Akira Shibata
AMSR/AMSR-E Science Update
10:10 - 10:25
 - Masato Yamanashi
Project Update
Processing Status
10:25 - 10:45
 - Elena Lobl
US AMSR-E Project Status
10:45 - 11:05
 - Keiji Imaoka
GCOM-W & AMSR2
11:05-11:20 Break
Status & Precipitation (Chair S.Saitoh)
11:20 - 11:40
 - Guosheng Liu
Understanding Ice Scattering for Improving Microwave Precipitation Retrievals
11:40 - 12:00
  - K.Aonashi
Development of Passive Microwave Precipitation Retrieval Algorithms Towards the GPM Era
12:00-13:35 Lunch
Wind, SST& Model (Chair K.Imaoka)
13:35 - 13:55
 - Masahisa Kubota
Estimation of Latent Heat Flux Over the Ocean Using AMSR Data
13:55 - 14:15
 - Kunio Kutsuwada
Construction and Validation of Gridded Surface Wind Products using AMSR and Qscat/SeaWinds Data
14:15 - 14:35
 - Akira Shibata
SST&SSW Algorithm Improvement
14:35 - 14:55
 - Masanori Konda
Correction of the Relative Wind Direction Effect on the AMSR Wind Speed and Its Impact on Estimating the Turbulent Heat Flux
14:55 - 15:15
 - Yoshiaki Sato
Operational Use of AMSR-E Data in the JMA/NWP
15:15-15:35 Break
Soil Moisture & Snow (Chair M.Yamanashi)
15:35 - 15:55
 - Tom Jackson
Validation of Soil Moisture Algorithms Using Watershed Networks
15:55 - 16:15
 - Simonetta Paloscia
Recent Advances in the Algorithm for Estimating Soil Moisture and Vegetation Biomass
16:15 - 16:35
 - Ichirow Kaihotsu
Current Status of Ground-Based Observation for the AMSR-E Validation in the Mongolian Plateau
16:35 - 16:55
 - Venkat Lakshmi
Validation of AMSR Soil Moisture Using Two Field Experiments:SMEX02 and SMEX03
16:55 - 17:15
 - Toshio Koike
The Status of Snow and Soil Moisture Algorithms Including Data Assimilation
17:15 - 17:35
 - Richard Kelly
AMSR-E Snow Product Status
17:35 - 17:50 Discussion
(As of Jan. 16) 

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