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The American Meteorological Society collective meeting will be held in Madison, Wi on 8-12 August.

It includes the the 25th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology, and the 17th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography.

It will also include the NOAA Satellite Conference (when the agreement between AMS and NOAA is finalized).

You can find out more here: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/meetings-events/ams-meetings/collective-madison-meeting/

Registration is now open for the 2022 NASA PACE Applications Workshop – September 14^th & 15^th, 2022.

On behalf of NASA Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Mission, we are excited to invite you to join us for our 3^rd annual PACE Applications Workshop!

This event will focus on advancing the application readiness and societal value of future PACE satellite data, research, and applications. We will collectively identify next steps to address barriers and gaps to ensure PACE data accessibility, usability, and actionability.

Event Highlights:

• Keynote presentations on co-production, data discovery, and multi-mission synergies.
• Live panel sessions and informal Q&As with industry professionals across social sciences, Earth observation data management, and applied research and operations.
• Poster sessions highlighting work by members of the PACE community including PACE Early Adopters and PACE Science & Application Teams.
• PACE resource library and pre-recorded presentations from the members of PACE Project Science.
• Networking opportunities via 1:1 or group meeting spaces and virtual lounges.

Register for the 2022 PACE Applications Workshop

 Additional details will be made available on the event website as they become available. Please feel free to contact the PACE Applications team (pace-applications@oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov) with any questions.

We look forward to seeing you in September!

Dear Ocean Colour Community

On behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) and National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA), we would like to invite you to participate in the 3rd atmospheric correction intercomparison exercise (ACIX-III) being formulated to gauge the performances of atmospheric correction (AC) methods for processing moderate-resolution hyperspectral and multispectral imagery acquired by missions including PRISMA, Landsat-8/9, and Sentinel-2A/B.

The 2nd exercise evaluated Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2A/B aquatic (water-leaving) reflectance products using Ocean Color radiometer data collected from the Aerosol Robotic Network stations (AERONET-OC) and a community validation dataset acquired through independent research cruises. Given the successful implementation of ACIX-II, remaining challenges in AC, and existing/upcoming missions with hyperspectral capabilities, the organizing committee is embarking on the next round-robin exercise to assess and advance the performance of AC processors across global inland and coastal waters. To that end, this announcement calls for the community’s involvement in ACIX-III in three forms:

1. Agencies or research institutes that have developed operational AC processors for the target missions indicated above. Detailed information about these processors must be available in the form of peer-reviewed publications.
2. Research teams that have conceptualized and formulated AC processors and anticipate their methodology to be peer-reviewed and published by Aug 31st, 2023.
3. Research institutes/teams with the capacity to contribute to either the assembly of in situ radiometric data or the assessment of satellite matchups.

Further specifics on the scope of the activity, inter-comparison protocols, and data policy will be shared amongst the participants in due course. To register, please fill out this form and provide as much detail as needed in the “Comments” box regarding the nature of your participation.

Regards,
ACIX-III Coordinators – Aquatic Subgroup
Claudia Giardino and Nima Pahlevan

The following user survey is being distributed to support an understanding of the community accessing and using the Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (CCI) dataset that receives funding from ESA for its generation. The current phase will end in 2022, and it would be helpful to receive community feedback before starting the next phase. We would appreciate receiving responses before 20 May 2022.

Survey available at: https://forms.gle/gzqZ2P2oW7ZacvJF6

The Ocean Colour CCI Team

For details on the project, documentation and how to access the OC-CCI data, see https://climate.esa.int/en/projects/ocean-colour/

To ask any questions, contact help@esa-oceancolour-cci.org