Past Meetings
10 Years of a Global Aerosol Forecast Community: What's next?
October 18-21, 2022 • Monterey, CA
At the 10 year anniversary of ICAP, the meeting returns to Monterey, CA to evaluate how the global aerosol community has developed, and what are the needs and challenges of the decade to come. Topics include: next-generation satellite sensors, retrievals, and anticipated data assimilation technologies; aerosol medium-range and seasonal forecasting within global NWP models; continued development of multi-model consensus products and ensembles; incorporation of ground network information into aerosol systems; big data analysis, sharing and archival best practices; and more unified data conventions and verification metrics.
Day 1
- ICAP 2022: Welcome!
- Progress in Assimilating Multi-Satellite Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) within the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) Data Assimilation (DA) System
- GEOS Overview
- Météo-France Update: Evolution of the MOCAGE Model and Research Results
- Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System: Status and Updates
- Modeling Global Aerosols with the SILAM Model
- MONARCH and Barcelona Dust Regional Center Updates
- Aerosol Remote Sensing in the Context of Operational Missions
- Atmosphere SIPS Status Update
- LANCE - NASA's Land, Atmosphere Near Real-Time Capability for EOS
- Dark Target Aerosol Retrieval Project
- JMA/MRI Aerosol Prediction Model Overview
- JAXA Aerosol Observation Missions
Day 2
- An Update on the Met Office Dust Assimilation and Forecasting System
- ICAP Meeting AERONET Update
- AERONET: From GIMMS to DRAGONs with 2020 Vision
- The NASA Micro Pulse Lidar Network: Update and Version 3
- ICAP and GAW Program
- Identifying a NRT Path to Assimilate Geostationary Aerosol Data
- GRASP Production Lines: Current and in Perspective
- CALIPSO: Advances in CALIOP Aerosol Products
- Advances in CRTM Aerosol Component with v2.4.1 and v3 Releases
- JEDI-Based Ensemble-Variational Data Assimilation System for Global Aerosol Forecasting at NCEP: Near-Real-Time (NRT) Results and Future Plans
- Navy Global Aerosol Ensembles and Data Assimilation
- The Development of OMI Aerosol Index Assimilation Capability for Aerosol Analyses Over Bright Surfaces
- Aerosol (and Cloud) R&D Activities at ECMWF
- Open-Source Science at NASA
- Making Machine Learning of Aerosol and Cloud Features Community Based
- Adventures in the Cloud
Day 3
- GEOS Neural Network Retrieval for AOD Data Assimilation
- Overview of MAIAC Aerosol Retrieval Capabilities from Polar, Geostationary and L1 Orbits
- Aerosol Chemical Speciation from MAIAC EPIC
- Introducing New Deep Blue Aerosol Products from VIIRS and GEO Sensors
- NASA Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Mission Aerosol Data Expectations
- NASA's Earth System Observatory: Architecture and Status of the Atmosphere Observing System (AOS)
- A Review of the Treatment of Dust Optical Properties in Earth System Modeling
- Bridging the Scales of the MABL for Sea Salt Production Estimates
- Making the Best Use of Airborne Field Campaign Data
- Recent Advancements in METplus: A Verification and Diagnostics Framework
- Models, In situ, and Remote Sensing of Aerosols (MIRA): Formation of an International Working Group
Utilization of the new observations from the next generation of GEO and LEO platforms
July 22-24, 2019 • Tsukuba, Japan
The arrival of high-quality, high time frequency aerosol observations from geostationary platforms such as Himawari and GOES-16 presents new opportunities and challenges to the aerosol prediction community. How much data is practically available from these sensors? How do we assure the quality and consistency of these datasets both internally and across platforms? How are these data to be utilized with an evolving set of LEO sensors to provide the best constraints on global aerosol forecasting systems? The purpose of this 11th Working Group Meeting is to review the state-of-the-art in aerosol remote sensing, particularly as relates to these new geostationary capabilities and how they are used in conjunction with long established ground- and LEO observing systems to inform aerosol data assimilation systems. Expert talks will be invited related to aerosol remote sensing, data assimilation, and modeling, and the meeting will update on the progress of the individual aerosol modeling centers.
Day 1
- Update on the NOAA FV3GFS-Chem Global Aerosol Model
- NASA GEOS Aerosol Modeling and Assimilation Activities
- Current Development Status of Aerosol Data Assimilation and Forecasting System at JMA
- Update on the JMA/MRI Aerosol Prediction Model Research
- Navy Aerosol System Science and Development for Operations
- ECMWF Operational Aerosol Update
- ECMWF Research on Aerosol Update
- BSC Update: MONARCH Model
- FMI Update
- Météo-Frane Update: Evolution of the MOCAGE Model and Research Results
Day 2
- Global Aerosol Forecast and Assimilation at ECCC: Current Status and Future Directions
- Satellite Continuity and Synergy: From MODIS to VIIRS and from LEO to GEO
- Adapting MAIAC to Geostationary Observations: Current Limitations and What's Possible
- Updates on Deep Blue Aerosol Algorithm for LEO and GEO Satellite Measurements
- Scientific Development for Operational Aerosol Products
- University of Wisconsin SSEC Development and Support for GEO and LEO Aerosol Retrieval Development
- Merged Aerosol Products from GEO Satellite Observations
- JAXA Aerosol Observation Missions
- ESA Update for ICAP
- Met Office Update
Day 3
- Updates on the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction Multi-Model Ensemble (ICAP-MME) and Surface PM Verifications
- The Impact of Aerosols on Sub-Seasonal Prediction: A Study Using the ECMWF's Coupled Ensemble Prediction System
- Evaluating Aerosols Impacts on Numerical Medium-Range and Subseasonal Prediction - 2nd Phase of the WGNE-S2S-GAW Aerosol Project
- Retrieval of Atmospheric Aerosol Properties for Geostationary and JAXA Polar-Orbital Satellite Imaging Sensors
- Long-Range-Transported Mineral Dust from Africa and Middle East to East Asia Observed with the Asian Dust and Aerosol Lidar Observation Network (AD-Net)
- WMO GAW and ICAP Joint Research Areas and Collaboration
Seamless model development: Aerosol modelling across timescales
June 6-8, 2018 • Exeter, United Kingdom
While the direct and indirect radiative effects of aerosol particles have long been a major focus in the area in climate research, the inclusion of aerosols in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models has received less attention and development effort. Only recently has there been significant attention to the question of whether or not the inclusion of aerosol particles in NWP models can improve forecasts spanning medium-range to seasonal time-scales. A further emerging trend among global model development centres is towards a "seamless" approach to both NWP and climate model development, whereby models of the atmosphere and wider Earth system are developed, as much as possible, to meet the both climate and NWP applications. The particular focus of the 10th Working Group Meeting is to explore the questions which arise from these trends. In particular, how do you best develop models for both NWP and climate applications that are consistent across regional to global scales, and how does this, or should this, work for aerosols in particular?
Centers
- Updates on the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction Multi-Model Ensemble (ICAP-MME)
- Update on the NASA GEOS Aerosol Modeling Activities
- Met Office Update
- Met Office Update - Part 2: Satellite Observations
- Updates of the Aerosol Prediction of the Japan Meteorological Agency
- Large Ensemble Based Data Assimilation with MASINGAR-mk2
- Navy Aerosol System Science and Development for Operations
- Aerosol Activities at ECMWF
- Recent (and Near-Future) Developments in Aerosol Modelling and Assimilation at NOAA
- BSC Update: MONARCH Model
- Météo-France Update: Past Evolution of the MOCAGE Model and Research Results
- SILAM Update
- PMAp v.2.2: Aerosol Optical Properties Operational Retrieval at Global Scale
- Overview of NOAA NWS Atmospheric Composition Modeling Capabilities and Plans
- Update on Model Evaluation Tools (MET+) Aerosol Verification
- Lessons from EuMetChem for Aerosol Prediction and WMO GAW Strategy for Seamless CCMM
inDust
- inDust
- The Role of Moist Convection for Dust Emission
- Downdraughts and Cold Pools
- InDust Dust Observations - An Overview
- The Physics of Dust Emission (and how to Parameterize it in Atmospheric Models)
Invited Speakers
- Development of a Monthly Prediction System for Aerosol/Ozone
- Lessons from EuMetChem for Aerosol Prediction and WMO GAW Strategy for Seamless CCMM
- Seamless Model Development at the Met Office
- Aerosol/Chemistry/Cloud Modelling Across the Scales: Overview & Plans
- Air Quality Forecasts using the NASA GEOS Model
- Prognostic Emissions in GEOS
- Observational Campaigns Informing Weather and Climate Model Development for Aerosols
- Developing the Next Generation Dynamical Cores
Radiative Transfer and Impacts of Aerosol Radiative Forcing on Numerical Weather Prediction
June 26-28, 2017 • Lille, France
The purpose of the 9th Working Group Meeting is to assess the current state-of-the-art
and capabilities of radiative transfer models and techniques as applicable to remote
sensing of aerosols in the Earth system and use in numerical weather prediction (NWP)
models. Recent progress in aerosol remote sensing has placed a considerable demand
on radiative transfer forward modeling capabilities in order to close the observation
problem, including the use of polarimetric and multi-angle measurements and additional
consideration of the surface BRDF. Data assimilation approaches for aerosol prediction
models are increasingly dependent themselves on forward-modeling observed quantities
(i.e., radiance) from the model fundamental parameters of aerosol mass and composition,
including how the aerosol radiances potentially impact the radiance simulation for
traditional NWP meteorological data assimilation (e.g., temperature). Further, the
inclusion of aerosol radiative transfer inline in NWP models permits radiative forcing
of the aerosols to feed back on the NWP solution itself. We will review the current
state-of-the-art and current capabilities of the ICAP and other modeling centers,
share recent progress, and plan for the future.
Day 1
- Radiative Transfer and Impacts of Aerosol Radiative Forcing on Numerical Weather Prediction
- Updates on the International Cooperative for Aerosol Research Multi-Model Ensemble (ICAP-MME)
- Update on the NASA GEOS-5 Aerosol Forecasting and Data Assimilation System
- NAAPS Model Update from NRL, Part 1
- NRL Aerosol Forecasting Update, Part 2: Research and Development
- Aerosol Activities at ECMWF
- Met Office Update
- BSC Update
- Status Update on NCEP Operational Global Aerosol Forecasting System
- SILAM Global AQ Forecast: Model Outlook, Current Status and Challenges
- AEROCOM and Other Things
- Updates of the Aerosol Prediction of the Japan Meteorological Agency
- Météo-France Update
Day 2
- University of Wisconsin SSEC Atmospheric SIPS and SHI/ABI Capabilities
- Characterizing the 2015 Indonesia Wild Fire Event Using Modified MODIS Aerosol Retrievals
- Aerosol Monitoring Related Activities at EUMETSAT
- AERONET Version 3 Database Update
- CATS Version 2 Aerosol Feature Detection and Applications for Data Assimilation
- The Simulation of Aerosol Affected Infrared Radiances in RTTOV
- Developments in Operational RT Codes - SW
- Radiative Transfer: From Plane Parallel to 3D RT
- MAIAC Retrievals Over Land and Ocean
- Aerosol Impacts on the GEOS-5 Meteorological Analysis
- Using Prescribed Aerosol from MACv2-SP for Assessing Uncertainty in Radiative Forcing
- Status of Versatile GRASP Retrieval Algorithm
Day 3
- Evaluating Aerosols Impacts on Numerical Weather Prediction: 5th Report - 2017
- Aerosol Impacts on Weather
- To What Extent Does Biomass Burning Effect NWP? Consolidation of Recent NASA IDS and ONR Findings
- Prognostic Aerosols in the Ensemble Prediction System and Impacts at the Monthly/Sub-Seasonal Scales
- Radiative Impacts of Aerosols in the Composition - IFS Model
- Dust-Radiation Interactions: From Weather to Climate
- Inferring Emissions of Desert Dust and Primary Carbonaceous Aerosol from PARASOL/GRASP Retrievals
Lidar Data and its use in Model Verification and Data Assimilation
July 12-14, 2016 • College Park, MD
The purpose of this meeting is to assess the current status and utility of lidar data for verification and data assimilation in operational aerosol prediction systems. A number of coordinated ground-based lidar networks have come online in recent years and there have been recent advances in space-based and airborne lidar capabilities. Increasingly there is recognition among data providers of the value of providing lidar products to users in near real-time. Operational prediction centers are now developing techniques to formally assimilate lidar observations into their analyses, and verification activities are ongoing. There is a need for common understanding of the capabilities and limitations of these observations in order for them to be properly used in verification and assimilation efforts. It is an appropriate time to evaluate the current state of the science in the field, share recent progress, and prepare for the future.
Day 1
- Lidar: A Powerful Tool for Aerosol Transport Studies
- Updates on the International Cooperative for Aerosol Research Multi-Model Ensemble (ICAP-MME)
- 2016 NRL Aerosol Overview
- Aerosol Activities at ECMWF
- Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service
- Met Office Update
- NASA Update
- Status Update on NCEP Operational Global Aerosol Forecasting System
- Update of the Aerosol Prediction of the Japan Meteorological Agency: Overview
- Recent Progress of the Operational Dust Prediction System in the Japan Meteorological Agency
- Aerosol Activities at Meteo-France: Modelling, Assimilation and Operational Forecasts
- NMMB/BSC-CTM updates
- What will NASA do in Response to the Next Major Volcanic Eruption?
Day 2
- CALIPSO Data Products: Progress and Status
- CATS Near Real Time Data and Applications for Aerosol Forecasting
- CATS Aerosol Typing and Future Directions
- Aerosol Characterization using Airborne HSRL and Some Applications
- Using Airborne HSRL Measurements to Evaluate and Understand Aerosol Models
- The NASA Micro-Pulse Lidar Network (MPLNET)
- ECMWF MACC-II/NRL OP NAAPS Performances Evaluation on Vertical Dimension with MPLNET Data: An Overview
- Determination of Mixing Layer Height and ASOS: Testbed, Algorithms and Network
- EARLINET Status, Short Term Plans and Long Term Vision as a Component of ACTRIS Research Infrastructure
- EARLINET Products for Model Evaluation and Assimilation
- Met Office Ceilometer and Lidar Operational Networks
- Validation/Assimilation of Chemical Transport Models using AD-Net Lidar Data
Day 3
- JMA Assimilation Update
- The European Low Cost Lidar Network for Operational Aerosol and Cloud Profiling
- NCEP Aerosol Data Assimilation Update: Improving NCEP Global Aerosol Forecasts Using JPSS-NPP VIIRS Aerosol Products
- Evaluation of NCEP Global Aerosol Forecast Model (Parallel NGACv2) Against other Models and Observations
- Evaluation of AERONET AOD Measurements in the Version 3 Database
- NRL Aerosol Data Assimilation Update
- EarthCARE and Himawari-8 Aerosol Products
- Real-Time PBL Analysis System using Profilers Observations from the New York State Mesonet
- Aerosol Lidar Activities at ECMWF: Status and Plans
- Using the NASA GEOS-5 MERRAero Aerosol Reanalysis to Understand the OMI OMAERUV Aerosol Products
Assimilation
June 16-19, 2015 • Barcelona, Spain
The purpose of this meeting is to assess the current status of the aerosol assimilation at the various centers participating in ICAP and discuss future directions. Product and radiance assimilation has greatly advanced and many new products have come online specifically for operational and quasi-operation developers. Ground-based remote sensing systems are also becoming more attractive to assimilation. Many aerosol developers feel it is an appropriate time to evaluate the current state of the science in the field, share recent progress, and prepare for the future.
Day 1
- Aerosol Modelling Activities and Developments at the Earth Sciences Department
- CAMS Aerosol Updates
- Updates of the Aerosol Prediction in Japan Meteorological Agency
- UKMO Update
Day 2
- AeroCom Update
- Data Assimilation (for Atmospheric and Climate Monitoring)
- Optimized CALIPSO Pure-Dust Product using EARLINET
- EARLINET, the ACTRIS Aerosol Vertical Profiling Component
- Updates on the International Cooperative for Aerosol Research Multi-Model Ensemble (ICAP-MME)
- Current Status of the Aerosol Modeling and Satellite Observation in KMA
- An Investigation of Transboundary PM over Northeast Asia
- Extending the "Deep Blue" Aerosol Record from SeaWiFS and MODIS to NPP-VIIRS
- Creating a Global Aerosol Data Time Series from MODIS, Suomi-NPP VIIRS and Beyond: Dark Target
- The NASA Micro-Pulse Lidar Network (MPLNET)
- Update on the NASA GEOS-5 Aerosol Forecasting and Data Assimilation System
- Status Update on NCEP Operational Global Aerosol Forecasting System
- 2015 NRL Aerosol Overview
- WMO SDS-WAS
Day 3
- Atmospheric Composition Assimilation
- BSC Data Assimilation Updates
- The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS)
- Aerosol Assimilation Updates
- EnKF Developments and Other Things
- Aerosol Product Development Activities at EUMETSAT
- Aerosol Data Assimilation: Current Situation and Projects of JMA
- ECMWF MACC-II Aerosol System: Evaluation of Model Performances at MPLNET NCU Lidar Station
- NASA GEOS-5 Aerosol Data Assimilation Update
- Development Toward Global Aerosol DA System at NCEP
- Development of the Ensemble Navy Aerosol Analysis Prediction System and its Application of the Data Assimilation Research Testbed in Support of Aerosol Forecasting
- UKMO Data Assimilation Update
Day 4
Validation
October 21-24, 2014 • Boulder, CO
The primary goal of the 2014 ICAP meeting is development of an agreement on the complex topic of data verification protocols. The meeting will, as traditional, begin with updates of recent, current, and planned activities from each operational aerosol forecasting center. Over the planned meeting days, protocols and methods for the exchange of data among the research groups will be recommended and updated, and large- and small-group discussions on key aerosol topics of mutual concern to the ICAP members will take place. The gathering will end with an understanding for areas of mutual development for the coming year, collaboration on international field experiments, and protocols for validation and data exchanges.
Day 1
- MACC Aerosol Updates
- The GEOS-5 Aerosol Modeling and Data Assimilation System: Updates and Future Development
- LANCE: Land Atmosphere Near Real-Time Capability for EOS
- NRL-Monterey Aerosol Prediction Update
- Global Aerosol Modeling at the BSC: Activities and Developments
- AeroCom
- Polar Multi-Sensor Aerosol Properties from METOP A & B
- Verification of Operational Dust Prediction in Japan Meteorological Agency
- NEMS-GFS Aerosol Component (NGAC): Aerosol Verification
- Dust Forecasting at the Met Office - Recent Developments
- Updates of the Aerosol Prediction in Japan Meteorological Agency
- Status Update on NCEP Operational Global Aerosol Forecasting System
Day 2
- Verification of Ensemble Forecasts
- Spatial Forecast Verification Methods
- AERONET Update
- A Few Considerations for Mesoscale Forecast Verification
- The E-PROFILE Network for Operational Wind, Aerosol and Cloud Observations
- ATCF: Lessons Learned on TC Consensus Forecasting
- Creating a Consistent Dark-Target Aerosol Optical Depth Record from MODIS and VIIRS
- Current Verification Practices with a Particular Focus on Dust
- Update on WMO/GAW Aerosol Data for Evaluating Global Models
- NASA "e-Deep Blue" Aerosol Update: MODIS Collection 6 and VIIRS
- Global Medium Range NWP to Seasonal Verification
- The NASA Micro-Pulse Lidar Network (MPLNET)
Day 3
- Severe Storm Forecast Verification
- Aerosol and Meteorological OSSEs: For Forecasting and Retrieval Applications
- Forecast Consistency Verification for Climate Models
- MISR: A Prototype New Product
- MET and Aerosols
- Aerosol Verification for Global Systems: Where are we really?
Day 4
Recent Progress in Aerosol Observability for Global Modeling
November 5-8, 2013 • Tsukuba, Japan
In 2010 aerosol forecast developers from many of the world's forecasting centers met with remote sensing data providers to discuss the aerosol observability issues facing the next generation of aerosol forecast systems. This meeting inaugurated the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction, a grass roots community to share best practices and voice common concern. The purpose of the first meeting was not to generate a long list of new variables needed by models, but rather to investigate the continuation and further characterization as to what is available now and plan for the future. The key issues brought up in presentations and discussion were those of observational requirements and available data streams as the field develops from research endeavors, which were supported by research satellites, to fully operational entities with rigid system and operational satellite counterparts. Now 3 years later, much has changed in the remote sensing and observation landscape. NPP has launched, MODIS collection 6 is nearing completion, and a host of new lidar systems are in production. Product and radiance assimilation has greatly advanced, and many new products have come online specifically for operational and quasi-operation developers. Ground-based remote sensing systems are also becoming more attractive to assimilation. Many aerosol developers feel it is an appropriate time to evaluate the current state of the science in the field, share recent progress, and prepare for the future.
Day 1
- GEOS-5 Aerosol Modeling & Data Assimilation: Update on Recent and Future Development
- Updates of the Aerosol Forecast in Japan Meteorological Agency
- Recent Developments in Aerosol Forecasting at the Met Office
- Recent Developments in Global Aerosol Forecasting at NRL
- ECMWF/MACC-II Aerosol Updates
- Status Update on NCEP Global Aerosol Forecasting System
- Desert Dust Modelling and Forecasting in the BSC: Activities and Developments
- WMO SDS-WAS East Asia and TEMM WG1: Dust Forecasts in Asian Countries
- Aerosol Forecasting Contest and Recent Activities in AeroCom
- ESRIN
Day 2
- Aerosol Observability Workshop: Monterey 2010 - The First ICAP Meeting
- The Future of NASA's Aerosol and Cloud Measurements from Satellites
- What to Expect from the Collection 6 MODIS Aerosol Products
- Aerosol Measurements from Current and Future EUMETSAT Satellites
- Aerosol Retrieval using Polarimetric Observations: Theory and Practice
- How can the NASA PEATE be a Testbed for NRT Aerosol Products?
- EarthCARE
- Project Update from JAXA: GCOM-C1/SGLI
Day 3
- Developments in CALIOP Aerosol Products
- Development of EarthCARE ATLID Data Retrieval Algorithm and Validation Plan using the Ground-Based Lidar Network
- LANCE: Land Atmosphere Near-Real-Time Capability for EOS
- Towards a Consistent Global Fire Emissions Product: Estimating and Correcting for Fire Observability
- Overview of the WF_ABBA Global Geostationary Fire Monitoring Program: Current Implementation and Future Plans
- Impact of Satellite Viewing Swath Width on Global and Regional Aerosol Optical Thickness Statistics and Trends
- AERONET Version 3+
- Development of Aerosol Algorithm for GCOM-C Product
Day 4
Aerosol Emission and Removal Processes
May 14-17, 2012 • Frascati, Italy
This 4th ICAP meeting will focus on issues and recent advances in the description of aerosol processes related to production and removal. Some of these issues were identified at the previous ICAP meeting as crucial to the further development of the forecast and analysis systems. Most forecast "busts" observed in the aerosol forecasts from the ICAP models can in fact be ascribed either to a poor representation of the emissions and/or to the parameterizations related to aerosol sinks (wet deposition, sedimentation, aqueous chemistry, etc.). Some of these issues are also faced by the climate modeling community (i.e. AEROCOM). Some mutually-beneficial solutions will be sought through a series of informative invited tutorials, followed by discussions. Challenges presented by highly temporally varying emission sources, such as wildfires, will be discussed. State-of-the-art (NRT) emissions methods will be reviewed. The ICAP meeting will be complemented by a one day workshop on the benefits of present and future satellite observations in aerosol science, modeling and assimilation with presentations by ESA, NASA, JAXA representatives and other international satellite data experts. An update on NPP VIIRS aerosol products will be included.
Overviews
- International Cooperative on Aerosol Prediction (ICAP) Workshop on Aerosol Emission and Removal Processes
- Update on the NASA GEOS-5 Aerosol Modeling System
- Near-Real-Time NEMS GFS Aerosol Component
- Current Status and Updates of the Aerosol Forecast in Japan Meteorological Agency
- Aerosol Forecasting at UK Met Office
- Recent Developments in Global Aerosol Forecasting at NRL
- The MACC/ECMWF Aerosol Analysis and Forecast System: Recent Results
- Updates on the Aerosol Assimilation Activities at ECMWF
- The Australian Air Quality Forecasting System - Lessons Learned and Looking Forward
- ICAP Products and Discussion
- Dust Modelling and Forecasting in the BSC: Activities and Developments
Remote Sensing
- Aerosol and Cloud Related Products by ESA's Aeolus Mission
- Overview of the Earth Science Instruments on the NASA DSCOVR Mission
- Using Satellite Data to Determine Sea Spray Aerosol Production (OSSA)
- EarthCARE
- NPP VIIRS Aerosol Products: Overview and Early Cal/Val Results
- The Optimized Algorithm for Deriving Detailed Properties of Aerosol from Satellite Observations
- Global Retrieval of Long-Term Aerosol Datasets from ERS-2, ENVISAT and Sentinel-3
- ESA's Climate Change Initiative and the Aerosol ECV
- Recent Advances in the "Deep Blue" Aerosol Optical Depth Retrieval Algorithm: SeaWiFS, MODIS, and VIIRS
- I.R of Iran National Report on Regional Action Plan to Combat Dust and Sand Storm
- Latest Algorithm Updates for OMI and S5P/TROPOMI
- CATS-ISS (Cloud-Aerosol Transport System for ISS) Science Overview
Source Sink
- Emissions and Modeling in Support of Air Quality and Climate Impacts - A Regional-Scale Perspective
- The "L" Part of the Story
- Aerosol Particles: The Big Picture
- TNO-MACC Anthropogenic European Emissions
- Anthropogenic and Volcanic Emission Inventories: Methodologies and Error Estimates, Using AeroCom as an Example
- Development and Evaluation of Global and Regional Emissions for Atmospheric Modeling and Forecasting
- Putting Secondary Organic Aerosol in Global Models (and FRPs): Issues and Approaches
- Estimating Aerosol Emissions by Assimilating Aerosol Optical Depth in a Global Aerosol Model
- Considerations for Satellite Based Fire Emissions
- MACC Biomass Burning Emissions and Plumes
- Aerosol Removal in AeroCom Modeling Exercises
- Mineral Dust Emission Processes and Their Modeling: Recent Progresses and Remaining Challenges
- Fine Mode Marine Aerosol: Production, Composition and Impacts
- Coarse Mode Marine Aerosol Particles: A Brief Review
- Inverse Estimation of the Emission of Radioactive Materials from Fukushima
Ensemble Forecasts and Data Assimilation
May 11-13, 2011 • Boulder, CO
This third meeting of the aerosol forecasting community will focus on the use of ensemble forecasts to improve event predictability. The NWP community has, for some time, been exploring the potential of multi-model ensembles to enhance understanding of forecast uncertainty (e.g., the WMO TIGGE project). At the same time, the European air quality community has already implemented an operational multi-model ensemble of regional forecasting system to enhance air quality forecast skill, which has been a major achievement both in terms of coordination between different modeling centers and also with the data providers. Meanwhile, the global aerosol community is just beginning to explore the possibility of ensembles (e.g., the "AeroCom Median" model, composed of several independent, deterministic models). So far, however, this latter effort has not been applied to the issue of predictability, but rather has been focused on "climate" applications (e.g., how well the ensemble compares to MODIS over the EOS period). Lessons from the NWP and European AQ communities' efforts suggest considerations for the aerosol forecasting community, from practical issues such as assembling the multi-model ensemble from disparate forecasting efforts, to optimal methods of creating the multi-model ensemble (e.g., bias correction), issues of ensemble data assimilation, and ultimately the evaluation of the benefit of such a system. This workshop will be an initial foray into these endeavors.
Day 1
- ICAP Ensemble Workshop
- Ensemble Forecasting: Error Bars and Beyond
- Ensemble Data Assimilation for Aerosol Prediction
- Update on the NASA GEOS-5 Aerosol Forecasting System
- Ensemble Aerosol Forecasts and Assimilation at ECMWF
- Status Update on NCEP Global Aerosol Forecasting and Analysis System
- NRL and ICAP Multi-Model Ensembles
- Quick Look Comparison: NAAPS, GEOS-5, MACC + MRI/JMA MASINGAR
- Introduction to Ensemble Kalman Filters and the Data Assimilation Research Testbed
- Developmental Testbed Center Ensemble Testbed (DET)
Day 2
- Ensemble Assimilation for Aerosol
- AOT & Radiation Verification
- Satellite Inputs for Aerosol Data Assimilation
- Surface Verification
- CALIPSO Expedited Products for Operational Aerosol Forecasting
- Methods of NAAPS Evaluation
- Climatological-Persistence Models (CLIPERs)
- WMO Rolling Review of Requirements for Aerosols
- ECMWF/MACC Participation in the WMO Sand and Dust Storm Warning and Advisory Assessment System (SDS-WAS)
- Intro to Numerical Model Evaluation and Ensembles at the Joint Numerical Testbed
- The Model Evaluation Tools (MET) for Objective Evaluation of Forecasts and Observational Datasets
Model Verification
September 30-October 1, 2010 • Oxford, United Kingdom (Joint with 9th AEROCOM Workshop)
Operational forecast centers have long standing metrics designed to evaluate model performance (e.g., the 500 hPa anomaly). The aerosol forecasting community has yet to agree on applicable metrics and protocols in this regard. In this second ICAP meeting, centers and developers will discuss model metric methods and suitable verification datasets. Establishing common metrics to evaluate model performance is a powerful tool to assess progress in aerosol forecasting capabilities both for individual centers and for the community as a whole.
Presentations
- Regional Air Quality Forecast Verification at the Met Office
- Another Verification Consideration: Impact of Fire Emissions
- NWP Verification: What can be learnt?
- Aerosol Forecast Verification at ECMWF
- AEROCOM and GEMS-AER: Lessons Learned
- NOAA/NWS/NCEP Atmospheric Constituent Prediction Capability - Aerosol Forecast Verification
- Validation of Aerosols in the MetUM
- Regional Air Quality Model Intercomparison and Validation in GEMS Project
- Comprehensive Evaluation of Satellite Based Aerosol Products: The GEWEX and NRL Aerosol Assessments
- Overview - MRI/JMA Asian Dust Simulation, Prediction, and Verification
- GAW Aerosol Lidar Observation Network (GALION)
- Overview of NRL/FNMOC Aerosol Validation Methods
- CALIPSO Developments
Aerosol Observability
April 27-29, 2010 • Monterey, CA
While the last 3 years has seen rapid operational implementation of aerosol and pollution models around the world, the key to the further development of these models is aerosol observing data from satellites and ground stations for model evaluation and data assimilation. This first organizational meeting of ICAP centered on present and future remote sensing observing systems to support aerosol prediction. Participants included ECMWF, ESA, EUMETSAT, FNMOC, GMAO, JAXA, JMA, NCEP, NESDIS, NRL and NASA GMAO, LANCE,and LarC as well as several universities.
Day 1
- Aerosol Observability Workshop: Meeting Charge
- Predictability, Forecastability, and Observability
- Fleet Numerical Meteorology & Oceanography Center
- The "C" in Climate
- FNMOC/NRL Operational Aerosol Analysis and Forecasting
- Aerosol Forecasting and Assimilation at ECMWF: Overview and Data Requirements
- Steps Towards Dust Assimilation in a Regional NWP Model using SEVIRI
- Aerosol and Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling and Research in JMA and MRI
- NOAA/NWS/NCEP Atmospheric Constituent Prediction Capability - Status, Progress, and Observational Requirements
- Aerosol Data Assimilation at NASA/GSFC
- The Land, Atmosphere Near-Real-Time Capability for EOS (LANCE)
- Atmospheric Composition Measurements from EUMETSAT's Current and Future Satellites
- Aerosol Products from NOAA Operational Satellites
Day 2
- Aerosol Observability Workshop: Validation and Verification of Aerosol Products for Operational Use
- Biomass Burning Observations for Aerosol Forecasting
- Global Observations from CALIPSO
- NPP Aerosol Products from the VIIRS Instrument
- Glory
- Aerosols from Sentinel 3 and EarthCARE Missions
- JAXA Earth Observation
- AERONET - An Internationally Federated Network
- Micro-Pulse Lidar Network (MPLNET): 10 Years of Trying to Imitate AERONET
- Near-Real-Time Aerosol Data from the WMO Global Atmosphere Watch