LANCE UWG Meeting 17-18 April 2019

Damon Room, Mesa Lab, National Center for Atmospheric Research

1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, Co 80305

The meeting will be in the Mesa Lab in the Damon Room, NCAR – Please enter via the main entrance.
1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, Co 80305

About the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR):

There are three separate campuses. Center Green (CG), Foothills Lab (FL) and Mesa Lab (ML). Our meetings will be at the iconic Mesa Lab in the Damon Room. NCAR is the government lab, funded by the NSF. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) is the nonprofit that is contracted to run and staff NCAR. Most people at NCAR are employed by UCAR. Now you know. The Mesa Lab is nestled in the hills on the SW corner of town. Foothills Lab and Center Green are close to each other on the NE corner of town.

Map of all NCAR's Boulder locations

Getting to and from the meeting

There is a shuttle that runs up to Mesa Lab, however it is not large and there wouldn’t be room for everybody in it. You can catch it right across the street from the EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL 2601 Canyon Boulevard, Boulder,. It is a van labeled “UCAR shuttle”. There is a low white wall just south of the Burger King at 28^th & Canyon. That’s where the shuttle will pick you up and drop you off. The two pickup times that will get you up to the Mesa in time for the meeting are at 7:43 and 8:13 (arriving at 8:02 and 8:32 respectively). Confirm with the driver that s/he is going to the ML or you might end up at FL by mistake since this is the shuttle stop for both directions.

The Shuttle schedule can be found here: https://operations.ucar.edu/fms/transportation/shuttle-schedule

Map showing drop off and parking areas

Transport Plan from Dan Ziskin (NCAR) our local host.

Registration

Registration for those attending the meeting in person https://goo.gl/forms/QSdmshahWHsB37xi1

Registration for those attending the meeting remotely https://forms.gle/4cNwtVx6XcMuqd9L6

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	Karen Michael (NASA ESDIS) and Dan Ziskin (UCAR)	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	Karen Michael (NASA ESDIS)	Taking stock of LANCE – where we are now
10:45	Diane Davies (NASA ESDIS)	LANCE: metrics and updates
11:00	coffee break
Opportunities for collaboration
11:30	Sean Helfrich and Michael Soracco (NOAA)	NOAA Coast Watch
11:50	Kelvin Brentzel (NASA GSFC, DRL)	Direct Readout Laboratory and their provision of NRT data
12:10	Ryan Boller and Matt Cechini (NASA GSFC)	Update from Worldview and GIBS including GIBS imagery review process
12:30	Lunch
13:45	Tian Yao	The Relationship between LANCE and NASA Disasters
13:55	Jeremy Kirkendall (Disasters GIS Lead, NASA)	Demonstration of the Disasters Portal
Input from UWG members
14:15	Brad Quayle (remote access)	Updates on active fire monitoring from USFS, expediting Landsat data and making a case for GOES-R data in LANCE.
14:30	Paul Meyers, NASA/MSFC/SPoRT	New LANCE UWG member presentation members on their role / interest in LANCE
14:45	Miguel Roman, USRA	New LANCE UWG member presentation members on their role / interest in LANCE
15:00	Tea break
15:30	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.
16:00	Chris Justice	Discussion on topics covered during day 1
17:30	End of Day 1
6:30 PM	Optional Group Dinner - TBD

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	Coffee break
11:30	Tian Yao (NASA GSFC)	Update on Black Marble
11:40	Dan Ziskin (NCAR)	Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) NRT - Updates on MOPITT (TERRA) measuring CO in the upper Troposphere.
11:50	Jess Braun (UWM)	VIIRS Atmosphere - Updates on Cloud mask and Deep Blue Aerosol
12:10	Phil Durbin (NASA GSFC)	OMI and OMPS - Updates and plans for NOAA 20
12:25	Makhan Virdi (NASA ASDC)	MISR - Updates
12:45	Lunch
14:00	Chris Justice	Meeting Wrap up and Summary of Actions
14:15	Gary D'Attilo (NCAR)	NCAR instantiation of Worldview
14:25 – 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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About the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR):

Getting to and from the meeting

Agenda

Day 1

DAY 2