2024 GLM Science Meeting Schedule/Agenda (All Times Eastern - UTC−04:00)
Tuesday, 24 September
10 am - 12 pm – Plenary Session - Program, Instrument, Science (Chair: Steve Goodman)
| Start | Presenter | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Scott Rudlosky, Chris Schultz, and Steve Goodman | Welcome and meeting Logistics | |
| 10:10 | Bartolomeo Viticchie, EUMETSAT | Status of the Commissioning of the MTG LI | |
| 10:20 | Dan Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS/GEO | GOES-R Program Update | |
| 10:30 | Heath/Lee/Sprunck, Lockheed | GOES-19 GLM Status | |
| 10:40 | Steve Goodman, GeoXO/TGA | WMO-GCOS Lightning Essential Climate Variable Project | |
| 10:50 | Timothy Lang, NASA MSFC | The ISS LIS and the global climatology of lightning 1995-present | |
| 11:30 | Moved | ||
| 11:10 | Eric Bruning, TTU | A Roadmap for a Lightning Modeling Grand Challenge | |
| 11:20 | Lindsey/Heidinger, NESDIS/GEO | GeoXO Status and Plans | |
| 11:30 | Withdrawn | ||
| 11:40 | Group Discussion | ||
| 12:00 | Lunch Break | ||
2 - 4 pm – Operational Uses of GLM Part 1 (Chair: Chris Schultz)
| Start | Presenter | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00 | Scott Rudlosky, NOAA/NESDIS | Radar Outage Costs and the Value of Alternate Datasets | |
| 2:10 | Caroline Poulsen, AU/BOM | Can satellite based lightning help predict fire ignition? | |
| 2:20 | Sarah Stough, OU/NSSL/CIWRO | Preparing GLM Data for New Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor System (MRMS) Combined Lightning Product | |
| 2:30 | Felix Erdmann, RMIB | Characterizing lightning jump and dive producing thunderstorms from geostationary observations | |
| 2:40 | Katrina Virts, UAH | A GLM thunder hour climatology | |
| 2:50 | Wenjuan Zhang, CAMS | Preliminary Observations from the China Fengyun-4A Lightning Mapping Imager | |
| 3:00 | Marcial Garbanzo Salas, University of Costa Rica | Withdrawn | |
| 3:10 | Aurelienne Jorge, UW/INPE | Fine-Tuning LightningCast for Brazilian Territory: Exploring Transfer Learning Techniques for Lightning Nowcasting | |
| 3:20 | Joseph Patton, UMD/CISESS | GLM Gridded Product Trends during Tornado and Hail Events | |
| 3:30 | Tomoo Ushio, Univ. of Osaka | On the use of lightning data in GSMaP | |
| 3:40 | Group Discussion | ||
Wednesday, 25 September
10 am - 12 pm – Operational Uses of GLM Part 2 (Chair: Joseph Patton)
| Start | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Jeffrey C. Smith, SETI Institute | Advances in Detecting Bolides, and Other Phenomena, in GLM |
| 10:10 | Eric D. McKinney, SDL | Advancing Near Real-Time Bolide Detection with GLM Data and Machine Learning |
| 10:20 | Rob Landis, NASA | Recent Bolide Events: Potential Collaboration & Coordination with ESA and NASA |
| 10:30 | Daile Zhang, Univ. North Dakota | Report on the International Lightning Safety Day |
| 10:40 | Mitsuteru SATO, Hokkaido Univ. | Identification of IC and CG Discharges Based on Optical Observations from the ISS |
| 10:50 | Kevin Thiel, CIWRO/SPC | GLM Validation of Thunderstorm First-Flashes |
| 11:00 | Stetson Reger, NM Tech /Langmuir | Sub-flash discharge processes detected by GLM |
| 11:10 | Carlos Augusto Morales, USP | Precipitation Features Observed on South American Thunderstorms |
| 11:20 | Chris Smith, CISESS/WPC/OPC | Lightning Applications at the NWS WPC/OPC |
| 11:30 | Doug Mach, NASA/USRA | GLM L2 Reprocessing Efforts |
| 11:40 | Group Discussion | |
2 - 4 pm – Validation Studies (Chair: William Koshak)
| Start | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2:00 | Sven-Erik Enno, EUMETSAT | Monitoring of LI Level-1b and Level-2 product performance during routine operations and commissioning |
| 2:20 | Joan Montanya, UPC | An analysis of the MTG Lightning Imager performance with the Ebro LMA and ASIM |
| 2:30 | Michael Peterson, Georgia Tech | GLM Lightning without (Clustering) Limits |
| 2:40 | Clem Tillier, Lockheed | LMLEO: a new lightning mapper in low earth orbit |
| 2:50 | Guangyang Fang, UMD/CISESS | Update on the Development and Performance of the Mid-Atlantic Lightning Mapping Array (MALMA) |
| 3:00 | Monte Bateman, UAH | GLM Cal Val Updates |
| 3:10 | Doug Mach, NASA/USRA | Reintroducing Single Group Flashes to Improve Geostationary Lightning Mapper Detection Efficiency |
| 3:20 | Michael Stock, CIWRO | Comparison of GLM and VIIRS/Modis |
| 3:30 | Phillip Bitzer, UAH | GLM Data Quality Product and Background Imagery |
| 3:40 | Group Discussion | |
Thursday, 26 September
10 am - 12 pm – Lightning Modeling (Chair: Eric Bruning)
| Start | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Blake Allen, CIWRO | GLM data assimilation updates from GSL and OU CAPS |
| 10:10 | Yousuke Sato, Hokkaido Univ. | Observing system simulation experiments for lightning data by a bulk lightning model developed in Japan |
| 10:20 | Kelcy Brunner, TTU | 3D Optical Modeling of light from lightning |
| 10:30 | William Koshak, NASA/MSFC | Boltzmann Radiative Transfer Modeling of Lightning Cloud-Top Optical Emissions |
| 10:40 | Adam Hammond-Clements, Sandia National Laboratories | Impact of Cloud Model on Simulated Photon Transport |
| 10:50 | Shea/Edwards, Sandia/USAFA | Comparison of Simultaneous Lightning Observation from Ground and Geostationary Orbit |
| 11:00 | Thom Edwards, Sandia | Observations from the Sandia 1600nm FEGS Radiometer |
| 11:10 | Erin Lay, LANL | Update on Radio Frequency Sensor: RF lightning detection from GEO orbit |
| 11:20 | Nikhil Pailoor, LANL | Investigating in-cloud mechanisms of Trans-Ionospheric Pulse Pairs by a large-scale statistical analysis |
| 11:30 | Group Discussion | |
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