EOS Validation Program

Date: April 1-2, 1998
University of Maryland Inn & Conference Center
Subject: EOS LAND VALIDATION Coordination Meeting - Dec 3/5

The purpose of this Workshop is to help maximize the value and cost-effectiveness of the validation program for the PM-1 and SeaWinds missions by encouraging and facilitating coordination amongst the PM-1 and SeaWinds Science Teams. The workshop will especially emphasize the new data products associated with AIRS/AMSU/HSB, AMSR and SeaWinds and the potential synergy within and between those teams and with the MODIS and CERES teams as regards data product validation.

The objective is to develop a more integrated and effective program by:

a) identifying requirements and planned activities that may be mutually beneficial for multiple teams and/or multiple data products, i.e., seek areas where synergy is likely and cooperative efforts advantageous

b) developing specific plans to compare related data products from different instruments

Subsequently, it is expected that the Instrument Science Team Validation Plans, modified in response to the activities of this workshop and associated follow-up, will form the basis for identifying the needs to be addressed by a PM-1 Validation NASA Research Announcement that will be developed by the EOS Project Science Office for release in mid-1999 with funding to commence in FY2000.