9th Coastal Altimetry Workshop - Reston 2015 | COASTALT

Sunday, October 18 2015 - Monday, October 19 2015

Hyatt Regency Hotel, Reston, Virginia  

A short  Summary of the Workshop to OSTST

PROGRAMME WITH LINKS TO PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS

(note links are being added - they still point to the abstract)

Sunday, October 18 2015

           

13:30 - 13:35: Introduction: Jérôme Benveniste (ESA), Paolo Cipollini (NOC)

                  13:35 - 14:00: Solicited Talk: The NASA Sea Level Change Team and its Relationship to Coastal Altimetry, Eric J. Lindstrom, NASA Physical Oceanography Program Scientist, United States.

Session 1: Status and Prospects for LRM and SAR Altimetry in the Coastal Zone

Session chairs: Jessica Hausman (JPL/Caltech, United States), Walter H. F. Smith (NOAA, United States)

                  14:00 - 14:20: 

                                   Prospects for the Use of Satellite Altimetry in Coastal Regions

                                   Remko Scharroo (EUMETSAT, Deutschland), Hans Bonekamp (EUMETSAT, Germany), Christelle Ponsard (EUMETSAT, Germany), Carolina Nogueira Loddo (EUMETSAT, Germany)

                  14:20 - 14:40: 

                                   Simultaneous multi-waveform retracking in coastal regions : application to the NW Mediterranean Sea

                                   Fernando Niño (CNRS/Legos, France), Florence Birol (UPS/Legos, France), Denis Blumstein (CNES/Legos, France), Nicolas Fuller (CNRS/Legos, France)

                  14:40 - 15:00: 

                                   Coastal SAR and PLRM Altimetry in German Bight and West Baltic Sea

                                   Salvatore Dinardo (SERCO/ESRIN, Italia), Luciana Fenoglio (TU Darmstadt, Germany), Christopher Buchhaupt (TU Darmstadt, Germany), Remko Scharroo (EUMETSAT, Germany), Joana Fernandez (UPorto, Portugal), Jerome Benveniste (ESA/ESRIN, Italy), Matthias Becker (TU Darmstadt, Germany)

                  15:00 - 15:20: 

                                   A fast convolution based SAR retracker and its performance in coastal areas

                                   Christopher Buchhaupt (TU Darmstadt, Deutschland), Luciana Fenoglio-Marc (TU Darmstadt, Germany), Salvatore Dinardo (SERCO, ESA/ESRIN, Italy), Remko Scharroo (EUMETSAT, Germany), Matthias Becker (TU Darmstadt, Germany)

                  15:20 - 15:40: 

                                   SAR altimetry performance in the coastal zone: an assessment with CryoSat-2 around the UK coast

                                   Paolo Cipollini (National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom), David Cotton (Satellite Oceanography Consultants (SatOC), United Kingdom), Salvatore Dinardo (ESA/ESRIN, Italy), Jérôme Benveniste (ESA/ESRIN, Italy)

                  15:40 - 16:00:  Session 1 Discussion

 

16:00 - 16:30: Coffee break

Session 2: Evolution of the Wet Tropospheric Correction

Session chairs: Mathilde Cancet (NOVELTIS, France), Luciana Fenoglio-Marc (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)

                  16:30 - 16:50: 

                                   Recent developments in the GNSS-derived Path Delay (GPD) targeting at better wet tropospheric corrections for open-ocean and coastal studies

                                   Clara Lázaro (Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal), M. Joana Fernandes (Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal)

                  16:50 - 17:10: 

                                   Inter-calibrated wet path delays for eight altimetric missions – impacts on coastal sea level

                                   M. Joana Fernandes (Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal), Clara Lázaro (Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal), Telmo Vieira (Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal)

                  17:10 - 17:30: 

                                   Wet-Tropospheric Path Delay Retrievals with High Spatial Resolution over Coastal Areas and Inland Water from the High-frequency Airborne Microwave and Millimeter-wave Radiometer (HAMMR) West Coast Flight Campaign

                                   Steven Reising (Colorado State University, United States), Shannon Brown (NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States), Xavier Bosch-Lluis (Colorado State University, United States), Pekka Kangaslahti (NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States), Alan Tanner (NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States), Victoria Hadel (Colorado State University, United States), Thaddeus Johnson (Colorado State University, United States), Karen Ng (Colorado State University, United States), Sharmila Padmanabhan (NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States), Oliver Montes (NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States), Chaitali Parashare (NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States), Behrouz Khayatian (NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States), Douglas Dawson (NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States), Todd Gaier (NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States), Behzad Razavi (University of California at Los Angeles, United States)

                  17:30 - 17:40:  Session 2 Discussion

 

         17:40 - 20:00: POSTER SESSION AND ICEBREAKER

 

Monday, October 19 2015

 

Session 3: New Datasets and Their Validation

Session chairs: Joana Fernandes (Universidade do Porto, Portugal), Remko Scharroo (EUMETSAT, Germany),

 

08:30 - 08:50: 

                                   Coastal improvement for MSS improvement - DTU15MSS in Antarctica

                                   Ole Baltazar Andersen (Dr, Danmark), Gaia Piccioni (Student, DTU Space, Denmark)

                  08:50 - 09:10: 

                                   A Global Coastal Altimetry Dataset for Coastal Dynamics and Sea Level Research

                                   Marcello Passaro (Univ. of Southampton GSNOCS - National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom), Paolo Cipollini (National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom), Jessica Hausman (Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, California, USA), Graham Quartly (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom), Helen Snaith (British Oceanographic Data Centre, United Kingdom)

                  09:10 - 09:30: 

                                   Satellite altimetry data validation in San Matias Gulf, Argentina

                                   Martin Saraceno (CIMA/CONICET-UBA, UMI-IFAECI/CONICET-CNRS-UBA and DCAO, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Loreley Selene Lago (CIMA/CONICET-UBA, UMI-IFAECI/CONICET-CNRS-UBA and DCAO, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Laura Agustina Ruiz Etcheverry (CIMA/CONICET-UBA, UMI-IFAECI/CONICET-CNRS-UBA and DCAO, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Marcello Passaro (University of Southampton, UK)

                  09:30 - 09:50: 

                                   Using SARAL/AltiKa to improve Ka-band altimeter measurements for coastal zones, hydrology and ice: status of the PEACHI project

                                   Guillaume Valladeau (CLS, France), Pierre Thibaut (CLS, France), Nicolas Picot (CNES, France), Amandine Guillot (CNES, France), Sophie Le Gac (CNES, France)

                  09:50 - 10:10: 

                                   Monitoring Coastal Upwelling using Altimetry: a Feasibility Study.

                                   Madeleine Cahill (CSIRO, Australia), Claire Dufau (CLS, France)

                  10:10 - 10:30:  Session 3 Discussion

 

10:30 - 11:00: Coffee break

Session 4: Coastal Altimetry and Models

Session chairs: Florence Birol (CTOH/LEGOS, France), John Wilkin (Rutgers University, United States)

                  11:00 - 11:20: 

                                   The Altimetry for Regional and Coastal Ocean Models (ARCOM) pilot workshop

                                   Claire Dufau (CLS, France), Wilkin John (Rutgers University, USA), Mourre Baptiste (SOCIB, Spain)

                  11:20 - 11:40: 

                                   Coastal Altimeter Data Assimilation: Matching dynamics and datum inside the 200-m isobath

                                   John Wilkin (Rutgers University, United States), Alexander López (Rutgers University, United States), Julia Levin (Rutgers University, United States)

                  11:40 - 12:00: 

                                   Combining altimetry, numerical modeling and in-situ observations for the observation and the understanding of fine scale coastal processes in the Bay of Biscay

                                   Florence Toublanc (LEGOS/CNRS, France), Nadia Ayoub (LEGOS/CNRS, France), Florence Birol (CTOH/LEGOS, France), Patrick Marsaleix (LA/CNRS, France), Nicolas Fuller (CTOH/LEGOS, France)

                  12:00 - 12:10:  Session 4 Discussion

Session 5: Coastal Sea Level

Session chairs: Cristina Martin-Puig (NOAA, United States), Martin Saraceno (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)       

 

12:10 - 12:30: 

                                   Comparing coastal and open ocean sea level variability and trend from altimetric data

                                   Angelique Melet (LEGOS / CNES, France), Benoit Meyssignac (LEGOS / CNES, France), Marcellin Nonti (University of Abomey Calavi, Benin), Baptiste Chide (LEGOS , France), Florence Birol (LEGOS, France)

                  12:30 - 12:50: 

                                   Fluctuation of annual sea level cycle and sea level rise acceleration in China Seas

                                   Yongcun Cheng (Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University, United States), Plag Hans-Peter (Mitigation and Adaptation Research Institute, Old Dominion University, United States), Ezer Tal (Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University, United States), Hamlington Benjamin D.  (Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University, United States)

                  12:50 - 13:00:  Session 5 Discussion

 

13:00 - 14:00: Lunch break

Session 6: Applications to Coastal Circulation

Session chairs: : Kaoru Ichikawa (Kyushu University, Japan), Ananda Pascual (IMEDEA/CSIC-UIB, Spain)

                  14:00 - 14:20: 

                                   Coastal Connections in the Southern Benguela Current During Periods of Interleaved Data

                                   P Ted Strub (Oregon State University, United States), Ricardo Matano (Oregon State University, USA), Vincent Combes (Oregon State University, United States), Corinne James (Oregon State University, United States), Juliet Hermes (University of Cape Town, South Africa), Charine Collins (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

                  14:20 - 14:40: 

                                   Variability of surface circulation determined from coastal altimetry over the Tunisian shelf (Central Mediterranean)

                                   Fatma Jebri (INSTM, LEGOS, MIO), Bruno Zakardjian (Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), France), Florence Birol (Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), France), Jérome Bouffard (RHEA for European Space Agency/ESRIN/EOP GMQ Section, Italy), Cherif Sammari (Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM), Tunisia)

                  14:40 - 15:00: 

                                    The impact of southwest Nova Scotian shelf inflow on the seasonal and inter-annual variability of freshness in the Gulf of Maine:  Robust evidence from long-term altimeter observations

                                   Hui Feng (University of New Hampshire, United States), Doug Vandemark (University of New Hampshire, USA), John Wilkin (Rutgers University, USA)

                  15:00 - 15:10:  Session 6 Discussion

 

Session 7: Neighbouring Domains: Inland Waters and Ice

Session chairs: Ole Andersen (DTU Space, Denmark), Pierre Thibaut (CLS, France)

 

15:10 - 15:30: 

                                   DAHITI - An Innovative Approach for Estimating Water Level Time Series over Inland Water using Multi-Mission Satellite Altimetry

                                   Christian Schwatke (DGFI-TUM, Deutschland), Denise Dettmering (DGFI-TUM, Germany)

                  15:30 - 15:50: 

                                   The ICESat-2 Mission: Overview and Potential Applications to Coastal Altimetry

                                   Michael Jasinski (Hydrological Sciences Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States), James Morison (Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington, USA), Jeremy Stoll (Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA GSFC, USA), Thomas  Neumann (Cryospheric Sciences Lab, NASA GSFC, USA), Thorsten Marcus (Cryospheric Sciences Lab, NASA GSFC, USA), Kelly Brunt (Morgan State Univ, NASA GSFC, USA), William Cook (Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Lab, NASA GSFC, USA)

                  15:50 – 16:00:  Session 7 Discussion

16:00 - 16:30: Coffee break

 

         16:30 – 17:30: Summaries From Session Chairs

            17:30 – 18:30: Discussion, Recommendations, Conclusions

 

 

POSTERS

Sun, Oct 18 2015, 17:40 - 20:00 

Technical issues in coastal altimetry

                  TEC_001 - Retrieval of coastal sea surface height from along-track continuous AltiKa data

                                   Xi-Feng Wang (ESST, Kyushu University), Kaoru Ichikawa (RIAM, Kyushu University)

                  TEC_002 - Towed and static GPS buoys for CAL/VAL and SSH

                                   Cédric Brachet (CNRS - INSU Technical Division), Michel Calzas (CNRS - INSU Technical Division), Christine Drezen (CNRS - INSU Technical Division), Lionel Fichen (CNRS - INSU Technical Division), Antoine Guillot (CNRS - INSU Technical Division), Philippe Téchiné (LEGOS UMR 5566), Laurent Testut (LEGOS UMR 5566), Pascal Bonnefond (GEOAZUR UMR 7329), Olivier Laurain (GEOAZUR UMR 7329)

                  TEC_003 - Classification of altimeter Waveforms for an Improved Estimation of Water Level Time Series over Inland Water

                                   Christian Schwatke (DGFI-TUM), Denise Dettmering (DGFI-TUM)

                  TEC_004 - Analysis of Cryosat-2 altimeter waveforms for the detection and characterization of ship targets

                                   Jesus Gomez-Enri (Associate Professor), Scozzari Andrea (Institute of Information Sciences and Technologies (CNR-ISTI)), Soldovieri Francesco (Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (CNR-IREA)), Coca Josep (University of Cadiz), Vignudelli Stefano (Institute of Biophysics (CNR-IBF))

                  TEC_005 - Use of satellite altimetry data in the Rio de la Plata estuary

                                   Laura Agustina Ruiz Etcheverry (CIMA/CONICET-UBA, UMI-IFAECI/CONICET-CNRS-UBA and DCAO, Universidad de Buenos Aires), Jesus Gomez-Enri (Department of Applied Physics. University of Cádiz), Martin Saraceno (CIMA/CONICET-UBA, UMI-IFAECI/CONICET-CNRS-UBA and DCAO, Universidad de Buenos Aires)

 

Applications of coastal altimetry data

                  APP_001 - Sea level variability in the Baltic Sea

                                   Qing Xu (Key Laboratory of Coastal Disasters and Defense of Ministry of Education, Hohai University; College of Harbor, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Hohai University; Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University ), Cheng Yongcun (Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University), Plag Hans-Peter  (Mitigation and Adaptation Research Institute, Old Dominion University)

                  APP_002 - Regional X-TRACK altimeter products for coastal applications: updates and evolutions

                                   Nicolas Fuller (LEGOS/CTOH, UMR5566 CNRS-CNES-IRD-Université de Toulouse III. OMP, 14 Av. E. Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France), Florence Birol (LEGOS/CTOH, UMR5566 CNRS-CNES-IRD-Université de Toulouse III. OMP, 14 Av. E. Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France), Fernando Nino (LEGOS/CTOH, UMR5566 CNRS-CNES-IRD-Université de Toulouse III. OMP, 14 Av. E. Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France), Florent Lyard (LEGOS, UMR5566 CNRS-CNES-IRD-Université de Toulouse III. OMP, 14 Av. E. Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France), Sara Fleury (LEGOS/CTOH, UMR5566 CNRS-CNES-IRD-Université de Toulouse III. OMP, 14 Av. E. Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France), Damien Allain (LEGOS, UMR5566 CNRS-CNES-IRD-Université de Toulouse III. OMP, 14 Av. E. Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France)

                  APP_003 - On the Lofoten Basin and its permanent eddy

                                   Leon Chafik (NOAA (Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry)), Rossby Thomas (Graduate School of Oceanography, URI)

                  APP_004 - Radar Altimetry Toolbox

                                   Albert Garcia-Mondejar (isardSAT Ltd.), Escolà Roger (isardSAT Ltd.), Moyano Gorka (isardSAT Ltd.), Roca Mònica (isardSAT Ltd.), Terra-Homem Miguel (DEIMOS Engenharia), Friaças Ana (DEIMOS Engenharia), Martinho Fernando (DEIMOS Engenharia), Ernst Schrama (TU Delft, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering), Naeije Marc (TU Delft, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering), Ambrozio Americo (DEIMOS / ESRIN), Dinardo Salvatore (Serco / ESRIN), Benveniste Jérôme (ESA / ESRIN)

                  APP_005 - Improved satellite altimeter mapped sea level anomalies in the Mediterranean Sea: A comparison with tide gauges

                                   Marta Marcos (IMEDEA(UIB-CSIC)), Pascual Ananda (IMEDEA (UIB-CSIC)), Pujol Isabelle (CLS)

                  APP_006 - Coastal sea level monitoring in the Bay of Bengal using SAR and LRM altimetry.

                                   Gaia Piccioni (Masters), Salvatore Dinardo (Dr), Jerome Benveniste (Dr), Ole Andersen (DTU Space, Denmark)

                  APP_007 - Seaweed mapping along Karachi coast using geospatial techniques

                                   Muhammd Danish Siddiqui (Institute of space Technology), Muhammad Abdullah (Institute of space technology ), Arjumand Zaidi (Institute of space technology ), Maha Qaisar (Institute of space technology)

                  APP_008 - Identification of potential fishing zones using geo-spatial techniques

                                   Muhammad Abdullah (Institute of Space Technology), Saad Malik (Institute of space Technology ), Muhammad Danish Siddiqui (Institute of space Technology )

                  APP_009 - Tropical Cyclone Intensity Analysis Using Geospatial Techniques    

                                   Maha Qaisar (Institute of Space Technology), Muhammad Danish  Siddiqui  (Institute of Space Technology), Muhammad Abdullah  Siddiqui (Institute of Space Technology), Arjumand Zaidi (Institute of Space Technology)

                  APP_010 - Passive tracer simulations of inflows into the Mid-Atlantic Bight & Gulf of Maine

                                   Alexander Lopez (Rutgers University), John Wilkin (Rutgers University), Julia Levin (Rutgers University), Doug Vandemark (University of New Hampshire)

                  APP_011 - Patterns of the Loop Current System and Regions of Sea Surface Height Variability in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Revealed by Self-Organizing Maps

                                   Yonggang Liu (University of South Florida), Robert Weisberg (University of South Florida), Stefano Vignudelli (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Area Ricerca CNR)

                  APP_012 - Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 Mission Applications

                                   Sabrina Delgado Arias (Science Systems and Applications Inc./NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Molly Elizabeth Brown (University of Maryland), Vanessa Escobar (Science Systems and Applications Inc./NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Thomas Neumann (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Michael Jasinski (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

                  APP_013 - The NASA Applied Sciences Program for the GRACE Satellite Missions

                                   Michael Jasinski (Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Margaret Srinivasan (Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Erik Ivins (Solid Earth Group, Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory), John Bolten (Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA GSFC), Brad Doorn (Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters)

                  APP_014 - U.S. Regional Sea Level Indices from Water Level Stations and Satellite Altimetry

                                   Zervas Chris (NOAA/National Ocean Service), Eric Leulliette (NOAA/NESDIS), Stephen Gill (NOAA/NOS), Laury Miller (NOAA/NESDIS)

                  APP_015 - Regional Altimeter Data for Brazilian Applications

                                   Claire Dufau (CLS), Victor Bastos-Daher (REMO, CHM), Renato Parkinson (CENPES,Petrobras)

                  APP_016 - Analysis of changes in coastal sea level from the new SL_cci altimetry product and tide gauge data

                                   Francisco Mir Calafat (National Oceanography Centre), Paolo Cipollini (National Oceanography Centre), Jérôme Benveniste (European Space Agency/ESRIN)