8th Coastal Altimetry Workshop - Konstanz 2014

A short  Summary of the Workshop to OSTST  

Final Programme with links to presentations and posters

   

Day 1, Thursday 23 October 2014

 

 

08:00

08:30

Registration

 

 

08:30

08:30

Opening Session

Chairs:

Jérôme Benveniste (ESA/ESRIN, Italy)
Paolo Cipollini (NOC, UK)

08:30

08:40

Welcome & Introduction

Jérôme Benveniste
Paolo Cipollini

ESA/ESRIN, Italy
NOC, UK

08:40

09:10

Keynote: Milestones in Altimeter Performance: Past, Present, and Future

R. Keith Raney

2kR-LLC, USA

09:10

09:10

Session 1 : Waveform Processing

Chairs:

Ole B. Andersen (DTU, Denmark)
Jesus Gómez-Enri (U. Cadiz, Spain)
Remko Scharroo (EUMETSAT, Germany)

09:10

09:30

The Near-Specular Altimeter Waveforms of Small Inland Water Bodies

Ron Abileah

jOmegak, USA

09:30

09:50

A New SAR Altimetry Waveform Model in Combination with Phase Information for Coastal Altimetry

Cristina Martin-Puig

isardSAT Polska, Poland

09:50

10:10

Delay/Doppler Waveform Processing in Coastal Zones 

Pierre Thibaut

CLS, France

10:10

10:30

Geo-referencing of the Delay/Doppler Level-1 Stack with Application on Coastal Altimetry

Alejandro Egido

Starlab Barcelona, Spain

10:30

11:00

Coffee Break 

 

 

11:00

11:40

Discussion for session 1

 

 

11:40

11:40

Session 2 : Calibration and Validation of Coastal Altimetry

Chairs:

Luciana Fenoglio (TUD, Germany)
Jessica Hausman (JPL, USA)
Walter H.F. Smith (NOAA, USA)

11:40

12:00

Corsica: a Cal/Val Experiment to Link Offshore and Coastal Altimetry

Pascal Bonnefond

OCA-GEOAZUR, France

12:00

12:20

Assessing SARAL/AltiKa Near-real Time Data in the Coastal Zone: Comparisons with HF Radar

Ananda Pascual

IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Spain

12:20

12:40

An Evaluation of CryoSat-2 SAR Mode Performance Around the UK Coasts

Helen Snaith

NOC, UK

12:40

13:00

Comparison of Reprocessed Cryosat-2 Altimetry Within SITU Data Around the Gulf of Cadiz (South-Western Ibernian Peninsula)

Jesus Gomez-Enri

Univ. of Cadiz, Spain

13:00

14:30

Lunch

 

 

14:30

14:50

Improving Significant Wave Height Detection for Coastal Satellite Altimetry: Validation in the German Bight.

Marcello Passaro

Univ. Southampton, UK & ESA/ESRIN, Italy

14:50

15:10

Discussion for session 2

 

 

15:10

15:10

Session 3: Applications I - Coastal Dynamics

Chairs: 

Kaoru Ichikawa (U. Kyushu, Japan)
Ananda Pascual (IMEDEA, Spain)
Stefano Vignudelli (CNR, Italy)

15:10

15:30

Use of Altimeter Data over the Broad Continental Shelf in the SW Atlantic Ocean

Ted Strub

Oregon State Univ., USA

15:30

15:50

Poleward Circulation off the Pacific Coast of Southern Baja California, Mexico

Armando Trasviña-Cast

CICESE La Paz, Mexico

15:50

16:10

Aspects of the Variability of the Northern Current (NW Mediterranean Sea) Observed by Satellite Altimetry – Complementarity with a High Resolution Model

Florence Birol

LEGOS, France

16:10

16:40

Coffee Break 

 

 

16:40

17:00

Discussion for session 3

 

 

17:00

19:30

Poster Session + Icebreaker Cocktail

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Day 2, Friday 24 October 2014 

 

 

   

Session 4: Corrections

Chairs:

Mathilde Cancet (Noveltis, France)
Joana Fernandes (U. Porto, Portugal)
Pierre Thibaut (CLS, France)

08:30

08:50

On the Use of the Peachi Prototype to Improve Ka-band Altimeter Data Along Coastal Areas

Guillaume Valladeau

CLS, France

08:50

09:10

Performance of Saral/AltiKa over Inland Water – Effects of Atmospheric Water Content

Eva Börgens

DGFI, Germany

09:10

09:30

High-frequency Airborne Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Radiometer (HAMMR) Flight Demonstration to Improve Spatial Resolution of Wet-Tropospheric Path Delay Corrections for Coastal and Inland Water Altimetry

Steve Reising

Colorado State Univ., USA

09:30

09:50

DComb wet Tropospheric Correction for CryoSat-2 Over Open and Coastal Ocean

Joana Fernandes

Univ. of Porto & CIIMAR, Portugal

09:50

10:10

MSS at the Coast - What Cryosat-2 Revealed About Existing MSS Models in Coastal Regions. 

Ole Andersen

DTU Space, Denmark

10:10

10:30

Discussion for session 4

 

 

10:30

11:00

Coffee Break 

 

 

11:00

11:00

Session 5: Applications II - Extremes and Synergy with Models

Chairs: 

Lifeng Bao (Chinese Acad. Sci., China)
Doug Vandemark (U New Hampsh., USA)
John Wilkin (Rutgers U., USA)

11:00

11:20

Cyclone Xaver seen by Geodetic Observations

Luciana Fenoglio

TU Darmstadt, Germany

11:20

11:40

Assimilation of SSH in a Hydrodynamical Model using Tide Gauge and Coastal Satellite Altimetry Observations

Jacob Høyer

DMI, Denmark

11:40

12:00

Data Assimilation of Altimeter SSH in a Regional Model with Atmospheric Pressure Forcing

Claire Dufau

CLS, France

12:00

12:20

Sea Level Response to Pressure and Wind Forcing in a Shallow Estuary: Validation of Two Barotropic Models with Tide Gauge and Altimetry Data

Laura Ruiz Etcheverry

CIMA/CONICET-UBA, Argentina

12:20

12:40

Discussion for Session 5

 

 

12:40

12:40

Session 6: Applications III

Chairs:

Andrey Kostianoy (P.P. Shirshov, Russia)
Akihisa Uematsu (JAXA, Japan)

12:40

13:00

Climate-quality Estimates of Sea Level in the Coastal Zone from the ESA Climate Change Initiative Sea Level Project

Paolo Cipollini

NOC, UK

13:00

14:30

Lunch

 

 

14:30

14:50

Coastal Altimetry: Its Potential for Very High Resolution Tide Modelling in the Gulf of Guinea

Raphaël Onguene

LEGOS, France & Univ. of Douala, Cameroon

14:50

15:10

Applications of Airborne Laser Scanning for Water Surface Altimetry on Lake Balaton

András Zlinszky

Centre for Ecological Research, Hungary

15:10

15:30

Discussion for Session 6

 

 

15:30

15:30

Session 7: Future Missions

Chairs:

Lee-Lueng Fu (JPL, USA)
Ted Strub (Oregon State U., USA)

15:30

15:50

The Surface Water Ocean Topography Mission: Capabilities for Coastal Oceanography

Phil Callahan

JPL, USA

15:50

16:10

Coastal applications for the Japanese Altimetry Mission, COMPIRA

Akihisa Uematsu

JAXA, Japan

16:10

16:20

Discussion for session 7

 

 

16:20

16:50

Coffee Break

 

 

16:50

19:00

Summary from Session Chairs, Discussion, Recommendations, Roadmap and Conclusions

 

Poster Session + Icebreaker Cocktail -  Thursday 23 October 17:20 to 19:20

1

Altimetry data for regional applications: the CTOH database

Florence Birol

LEGOS, France

2

Altimetric Studies of Sea Surface Height and Warm Water Movement Correlations in Coastal Greenland

Charles Brechtel

Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, USA

3

Assessment of Coastal Altimetry Along the Norwegian Coast

Kristian Breili

Norwegian Mapping Authority, Norway

4

Retracking and Validation of PLRM CrySat-2 Altimetry Data in the German Bight

Christopher Buchhaupt

TU Darmstadt, Germany

5

Global Sea Level Reconstructions from Tide Gauge and Satellite Altimetry Data

Francisco Mir Calafat

NOC, UK

6

New Altimetry Products Over Shelf and Coastal Zone from the eSurge Processor

Paolo Cipollini

NOC, UK

7

Mesoscale Capability of Along-track Altimeter Data in LRM & SARM

Claire Dufau

CLS, France

8

High-Resolution Altimeter Data Processing for Brazilian Applications

Claire Dufau

CLS, France

9

Characteristics of Altimeter Sea Level Anomaly in the US Northeast Coastal Ocean

Hui Feng

Univ. of New Hampshire, USA

10

Coastal CRYOSAT-2 Data in SAR Mode in the German Bight Area

Luciana Fenoglio

TU Darmstadt, Germany

11

Validation of Envisat RA-2 Coastal-Oriented Altimetry Data In Challeging Zones: The Strait of Gibraltar

Jesus Gomez-Enri

Univ. of Cadiz, Spain

12

Measuring Large River Freshwater Discharges In Rio De La Plata (South America) Estuary Using In-Situ And Coastal Altimetry Data

Jesus Gomez-Enri

Univ. of Cadiz, Spain

13

Impact of Different Wet Tropospheric Corrections on Sea Level Change in the Indonesia Region

Eko Yuli Handoko

Univ. of Porto, Portugal

14

Comparison of Altimetric Datasets Along the U.S. East Coast 

Jessica Hausman

JPL, USA

15

Assessment of Altimeter Observations in the North Sea – Baltic Sea Transition Zone

Jacob Høyer

DMI, Denmark

16

Surface Circulation Observed by Altimetry Along the Tunisian Coast (Central Mediterranean Sea)

Fatma Jebri

INSTM, Tunisia

17

Using ExtR Method to Retrack Satellite Radar Altimetry Waveforms, Case Studies: Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf

Mehdi Khaki

Univ. of Tehran, Iran

18

DOPPIO – A Data-Assimilative Model for the Mid-Atlantic Bight & Gulf of Maine

Alexander Lopez

Rutgers Univ., USA

19

Bathymetry Changes and Sea Level Trends Sensed by Jason, SARAL/AltiKa and HY-2 Altimeters Around the Coastal Zone of Gavdos/Crete Permanent Satellite Calibration Facility 

Stelios Mertikas

Technical University of Crete, Greece

20

LOTUS Multi-Peak Coastal and In-Land Water Retracking System

Karina Nielsen

DTU Space, Denmark

21

PISTACH Products for Monitoring Sea Level Variations in the Eastern Mediterranean using different Mean Sea Surface Models

Dimitris Papazachariou

Cyprus Oceanography Center, Cyprus

22

Spatial Variability of the Annual Cycle in Coastal Sea Level: a Regional Study

Marcello Passaro

Univ. Southampton, UK & ESA/ESRIN, Italy

23

On the Accuracy of Jason-2 Satellite Sea Surface High Data in a Highly Dynamical Coastal Environment

Martín Saraceno

Univ. Buenos Aires, Argentina

24

Database for Hydrological Time Series of Inland Waters (DAHITI)

Christian Schwatke

DGFI, Germany

25

Coastal Region Applications of SWOT

Margaret Srinivasan

Caltech/JPL, USA

26

Coastal applications for the Japanese Altimetry Mission, COMPIRA

Akihisa Uematsu

JAXA, Japan

27

Use of the along-track altimeter data to study the near-surface coastal currents over the continental shelf at the South Atlantic Bight

Yeping Yuan

Univ. of Georgia, USA

28

The near-specular altimeter waveforms of small surface water bodies

Ron Abileah

jOmegak, USA

29

Remote sensing of ocean circulation in Eastern Fram Strait

Eli Anne Ersdal

Univ. Svalbard, Norway

 

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