2017 GLM Annual Science Team Meeting:
GLM Post Launch Test Results and the Path to Provisional Validation Maturity
Agenda (all times are CDT)
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Tuesday, September 12
1:00 Goodman, Reynolds, Schultz - Welcome, Introductions, logistics, Opening Remarks
Sesson 1: Program Updates
1:15 Steve Goodman (NESDIS GPO) – GOES-R Program Status
1:30 Wayne MacKenzie (GPO PRO) – GLM Ground System update and PS-PVR Discussion
1:45 Hugh Christian (UAH) - GLM Design and Performance Assessment
2:05 Sam Edgington/Clem Tiller (Lockheed) – GLM Post Launch Test & Performance Review
2:35 Discussion
3:00 – 3:30 BREAK
Road to Provisional Validation:
3:30 William Koshak (NASA/MSFC) – Overview
3:50 Pete Armstrong (MITLL) Deep Dive on Selected Challenges to Provisional, Part L1b
4:00 Doug Mach (USRA) Deep Dive on Selected Challenges to Provisional, Part L2+
4:15 Monte Bateman (USRA) - Cross-sensor detection efficiency comparisons for GLM and ground-based-networks
4:30 Dennis Buechler (UAH) – Laser Beacon Activities
4:45 Discussion
5:30 ADJOURN
Wednesday, September 13
Session 2: GLM Cross Validation Studies
8:00 William Koshak (NASA/MSFC) – TRMM/LIS and GLM Lightning Optical Energies
8:20 Ken Cummins (U of AZ) - GLM validation using local, regional, and wide-area datasets
8:50 Katrina Virts (NASA) - Cross-comparing GLM with LF and VLF detection networks
9:10 Robert Holzworth (UW) – Post Launch Comparison of GLM with WWLLN
9:30 David Sills (ECCC) – GLM Validation over Southern Canada using CLDN and SOLMA
9:50 – 10:20 BREAK
10:20 Heikki Pohjola (EUMETSAT) – LINET comparisons during GLM
10:40 Rachel Albrecht (USP) – GLM validation during SOS-CHUVA field experiment
10:55 Carlos Morales (USP) – Results of GV measurements of STARNET and LINET in Brazil
11:10 Discussion
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch
12:30 – 5:00 OPEN AND SIDE MEETINGS
Wednesday, September 13 (continued)
5 – 8 pm Evening Event with the National Weather Service (Bill Ward)
Bill Ward & Steve Goodman – Introduction
Phillip Ware/Kaitlin Rutt (NWS) – GOES-R Perspective
Kristin Calhoun (OU/CUIMMS) – Feedback from Hazardous Wx Testbed Proving Ground
Geoffrey Stano (NASA SPoRT) – Forecaster training and AWIPS
Scott Rudlosky (NESDIS/STAR) – Use of GLM data by NWS and AWIPS new plug-in tool
Kris White (NWS) – Use cases and Forecaster Feedback – NWS Demo
Thursday, September 14
Session 3 – PLT Field Campaign and Cal/Val Super Sites
8:00 Marc Rafal (NASA) – GOES-R Flight and GLM Status
8:15 Mason Quick (NASA) – FEGS Validations Analysis
8:45 Paul Krehbiel (NM Tech) – LMA Cal/Val Results (2)
9:05 Mark Stanley (NM Tech) – GLM Discharge Process Classification by Broadband Interferometry
9:25 Jeff Lapierre (ENI) – GLM Interferometer and ENTLN comparisons
9:45 – 10:15 BREAK
10:15 Phillip Bitzer (UAH) – HAMMA Results
10:35 Steven Rutledge (CSU) – Comparison of GLM and LMA in the context of radar
10:55 Kyle Hilburn (CSU) – GLM Assessment During ER-2 Campaign over Colorado
11:15 Discussion
11:30 – 1:00 Lunch
Session 4 – Update on Data Access and PLPT Tools
1:00 Eric Bruning (T Tech) – GLM and WTLMA flash rate and energy analyses
1:20 Helen Conover (UAH) – Data Availability through the GLM data portal
1:50 William Koshak (NASA) – GLM Lightning Optical Energy Trending Tool
2:00 Phillip Bitzer (UAH) – PLPT Tools
2:20 Eric Bruning (T Tech) – A Python GLM Reader supporting flash gridding using lmatools
2:35 Discussion
3:00 – 3:30 BREAK
Session 5 – Future Campaigns
3:30 Steve Goodman (NESDIS GPO) – Lake Victoria Project Update
3:45 Timothy Lang (NASA) – Preparations for the RELAMPAGO field campaign in late 2018
3:55 Discussion
Session 6 – Summary of Meeting/Action Items & Group Discussions
4:30 ADJOURN