2017 Meeting Agenda

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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Action Items

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