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Directions

The meeting will be in the Mesa Lab in the Damon Room, NCAR
1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, Co 80305
 Map of all NCAR's Boulder locations 

Accommodation

Courtesy room rates were available at the Embassy Suites and Hilton Garden Inn at the government rate of $131 (exclusive of applicable state and local taxes). The hotels are right next to each other in Boulder. The cut off date for the courtesy rate was 16 March 2019.

Please use the following links to book one of the hotels. 

NASA April Room Block Direct Booking Link - Hilton Garden Inn Boulder, CO

NASA April Room Block Direct Booking Link - Embassy Suites Boulder, CO

Under this agreement, rooms and rates are based solely upon hotel availability: As a result, NO rooms are actually being held for us so please book early.

Please note that the link will only work for the contracted dates, 4/15/2019 – 4/19/2019. If you require nights outside of the ones that were in the contract, please have them contact Kayla Simmering on 720.693.9600 or call 303-443-2600 and ask for Maryann. 


Please note:

Cancellation policy: Rooms must be cancelled with a cancellation number obtained by 6pm two days prior to arrival to avoid a cancellation fee (one night's room rate + tax). If the reservation is not cancelled and the guest fails to arrive as scheduled, a no-show fee will be applied (one night's room rate + tax).

Early departure fee: changes in a guest's date of departure AFTER check-in may result in an Early Departure fee of $75.00 and/or the room rate is subject to change as discounts may have been offered because of the longer stay pattern originally proposed.

Parking: There is off road parking. The hotel offers both valet and self-parking. Current prices for the group: daily charges are: valet: $23.00, self: $12.00

Agenda

Day 1

8:30 AM

Registration & Check-in and Coffee

9:00

Diane Davies / Karen Michael (NASA ESDIS, GSFC)

Welcome to Workshop

9:05

Chris Justice (UWG Chair)

Chairs Perspective and Charge for the Meeting


NASA HQ perspective. Earth Science Vision and what’s coming up that is relevant to LANCE

9:15

Alfreda Hall, NASA HQ,

NASA HQ Perspective and Earth Science perspective: what new data streams are planned for the next 2-3 years that they would like to see with a NRT capability  (Q&A)

9:35

David Green, NASA HQ

Applied Science Perspective on LANCE

9.55

Andrew Mitchell (NASA ESDIS)

Updates from EOSDIS  (including updates on the cloud)

Taking stock of LANCE – what has been achieved

10:15

Dawn Lowe (NASA ESDIS)

Taking stock of LANCE – The early days: ESDIS management perspective

10:30

Coffee break

11:00

Karen Michael (NASA ESDIS)

Taking stock of LANCE – where we are now

11:15

Diane Davies (NASA ESDIS)

LANCE: metrics and reflections from users

12:00 – 1:30 Lunch

Opportunities for collaboration

13:30

Sean Helfrich and Michael Soracco (NOAA)

NOAA Coast Watch

13:50

Kelvin Brentzel  (NASA GSFC, DRL)

Direct Readout Laboratory and their provision of NRT data

14:10

Ryan Boller and Matt Cechini (NASA GSFC)

Update from Worldview and GIBS  including GIBS imagery review process

14:35

Jeremy Kirkendall (Disasters GIS Lead, NASA)

Demonstration of the Disasters Portal

15:00

Tea break

Input from UWG members

15:20

Brad Quayle (remote access)

Updates on active fire monitoring from USFS, expediting Landsat data and making a case for GOES-R data in LANCE.

15:35

Paul Meyers, NASA/MSFC/SPoRT

New LANCE UWG member presentation members on their role / interest in LANCE

15:50

Miguel Roman, USRA

New LANCE UWG member presentation members on their role / interest in LANCE

16:05

Other UWG members -

5-10 mins each - provide overview of the user community they represent, how data are used and their view on what NASA should be doing re: NRT data and imagery.

16:30

Chris Justice

Discussion on topics discussed in the morning

17:30

End of Day 1

6:30 PM

Group Dinner


DAY 2

8:45 AM

Check-in and Coffee

9:00

Diane Davies / Karen Michael

Welcome back to the Workshop

9:05

Chris Justice

Agenda and follow up discussion from yesterday

9:30

Minnie /Diane

Updates on switch from Rapid Response: Worldview Snapshots and the transition from Rapid Response including. Update on gallery and swath images

Updates from the LANCE elements

9:45

Feng Ding (NASA GSFC)

AIRS and MLS - Status and planned updates

9:55

Sharon Ray (NASA JPL)

AIRS – Updating algorithms and imagery to meet user needs

10:10

Sherry Harrison (UAH)

AMSR2 and ISS LIS - Updates and progress on operational uses of LIS

10:25

Robert Wolfe (NASA GSFC)

MODIS and VIIRS including an updated on the flood mapping transition - Updates and plans for NOAA 20/JPSS-1

10:50

Diane Davies

Update on FIRMS

11:00

Tian Yao (NASA GSFC)

Update on Black Marble

11:10

Coffee break

11:40

Dan Ziskin (NCAR)

Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) NRT - Updates on MOPITT (TERRA) measuring CO in the upper Troposphere.

12:00

Jess Braun (UWM)

VIIRS Atmosphere - Updates on Cloud mask and Deep Blue Aerosol

12:20

Phil Durbin (NASA GSFC)

OMI and OMPS - Updates and plans for NOAA 20

13:00

Makhan Virdi (NASA ASDC)

MISR - Updates

13:20

Lunch

14:20

Chris Justice

Meeting Wrap up and Summary of Actions

14:30 – 15:30

Ryan/Minnie/Matt

Worldview & GIBS Session: Depending on UWG - this could be a tutorial and/or a chance for the GIBS / Worldview teams to exchange ideas with the UWG on the representation of LANCE imagery. 

Close meeting 15:30

15:30


Optional tour of NCAR

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