Agenda
Working Group on Space-Based Lidar Winds


Sedona, Arizona
1 - 3 February 2005


Below is the working agenda for the meeting. A final agenda will be available at a later date.

Tuesday, February 1

8:30 - 8:50 Introductory Remarks and Review of Action Items from the Previous Meeting - W. Baker

8:50 - 9:10 Aladin Airborne Demonstrator and Planned Campaigns - S. Rahm

9:10 - 9:40 The Importance of Atmospheric Variability for Data Requirements, Data Assimilation, Forecast Errors, OSSEs and Verification - R. Frehlich, R. Sharman

9:40 - 10:00 Preliminary Results of GLAS Data Based Study of CFLOS Statistics - D. Emmitt, S. Greco

10:00 - 10:20 Break

10:20 - 10:50 Recent Forecast Impact Results from WSR and ATREC - Y. Song

10:50 - 11:10 Structure, Dynamics, and Microphysics of Organized Aerosol Backscatter Features in the Marine Boundary Layer, Observed by TODWL and Optical Particle Counters - D. Bowdle, D. Emmitt, S. Wood

11:10 - 11:30 Mars Related Opportunities for DWL Applications - D. Emmitt, G. Koch, M. Kavaya

11:30 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 1:20 Status of the Laser Risk Reduction Program at LaRC - M. Kavaya, U. Singh

1:20 - 1:40 IWAKE Airborne Wake Vortex Detection - S. Rahm

1:40 - 2:00 Status of NCEP and GSFC OSSEs with DWLs - D. Emmitt

2:00 - 2:20 WindSat, the New Competition - R. Brown

2:20 - 2:40 Wind Observations with the VALIDAR Doppler Lidar - G. Koch, J. Beyon, B. Barnes, M. Kavaya

2:40 - 3:00 Targeted Observations with a Doppler Lidar during Thorpex - S. Rahm

3:00 - 3:20 Break

3:20 - 3:40 Improvements in UV HOE Performance for Scanning - G. Schwemmer

3:40 - 4:10 BalloonWinds and GroundWinds: A Status Update - M. Dehring

4:10 - 4:30 Laser Transmitter for the BalloonWinds Program - F. Hovis, J. Wang, M. Dehring

Wednesday, February 2

8:30 - 8:50 Status of TODWL and GWOLF - D. Emmitt, C. O'Handley

8:50 - 9:20 Air Force Command's Environmental Monitoring Requirements and Planning Process - R. Krasner

9:20 - 9:50 Components of the Space-Based Lidar Winds Roadmap - M. Kavaya, F. Amzajerdian, G. Koch, J. Yu, U. Singh

9:50 - 10:10 Break

10:10 - 10:30 Status of IPO Airborne DWL Testbed - D. Emmitt, M. Hardesty, M. Kavaya, B. Gentry

10:30 - 11:10 Status of NPOESS - S. Mango

11:10 - 11:40 Status Report on Doppler Lidar Activities at NASA Goddard - B. Gentry, H. Chen, J. Comer

11:40 - 12:10 DWL Options for an NPOESS P^3I Mission - Mission Definition Team (Presented by D. Emmitt)

12:10 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 5:00 Subcommittee Discussions

Thursday, February 3

8:30 - 9:00 Subcommittee Reports and Recommendations

9:00 - 10:00 Presentation of Short Subjects

- Updated Prospectus for a CHEM/CLOUD Experiment Using Multiple Lidars in Huntsville, AL - G. Emmitt, D. Bowdle, M. Newchurch, R. McNider, M. Botts. K. Knupp, W. Petersen, A. Bidzar, K. Fuller, S. Johnson

10:00 - 10:30 Review of Action Items; Next Meeting

10:30 Adjourn