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Ocean Color Research Team Meeting
14-16 April 2004 - Washington, D.C.

WED - 14 Apr 04

NASA Headquarters Update (Grand Ballroom - Salons A & B)
8:30-8:35 Welcome & NASA's Strategy for an Integrated Ocean Color Team - P. Bontempi/NASA HQ
8:35-9:15 NASA ESE Focus Areas, Ocean Research, and Interagency Efforts - J. Kaye/NASA HQ
9:15-9:45  NASA's Vision for Ocean Biology & Biogeochemistry (Questions/Themes/Roadmaps/Budgets) - P. Bontempi/NASA HQ
9:45-10:00 NASA's Role in the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) & Update on SST - E. Lindstrom/NASA HQ
10:00-10:15 NASA's Coastal Management (Application) Program  - L. Friedl/NASA HQ

10:15-10:30 BREAK

Agency Plans (Grand Ballroom - Salons A & B)
10:30-10:50 IWG Ocean Carbon and Climate Change (OCCC) Report & North American Carbon Program (NACP) Ocean Component 
    - S. Doney/WHOI
10:50-11:10 CCSP Ocean Color Collaborations - M. Conkright Gregg / 
    NOAA Climate Office / Climate Change Science Program Office (CCSPO)
11:10-11:30 NSF's ORION (Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks): The Coastal Component - J. Yoder/NSF

Projects (Grand Ballroom - Salons A & B)
11:30-11:50  MODIS Terra/Aqua - C. McClain/NASA GSFC

11:50-1:00 LUNCH - Salon C

Projects (con't) (Grand Ballroom - Salons A & B)
1:00-1:25 GOES-R: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) 
    - S. Wilson/NOAA NESDIS
1:25-1:30 Introduction of Discussion Sessions

Discussion Session I: (Grand Ballroom - Salons A & B)
1:30-3:00 Structure for a Future Calibration/Validation Program for Ocean Color Data: What does the community need? 
    - P. Bontempi/NASA HQ
Vicarious Measurement Requirements/MOBY - D. Clark/NOAA NESDIS
SeaPRISM, Venice Tower, BOUSSOLE - S. Bailey/NASA GSFC
Coastal Cal/Val Requirements - B. Arnone/NRL-SSC
Polarization Discrimination of Fluorescence - S. Ahmed/NASA COSI
3:00-3:20 BREAK

3:20-4:15 Calibration/Validation of Ocean Color Data (continued)
4:15-5:00 Results from MODIS Calibration Workshop - J. Mueller/SDSU

5:30-8:00 Poster Session - Salon E, Great Hall
(6:30-8:00 Food/Cash Bar - Salon D)
THURS - 15 Apr 04

Agency Plans (Grand Ballroom - Salons A & B)
8:30-8:45 ONR Optical, AUV's and Hyperspectral Programs - J. Cleveland/ONR
8:45-9:05 NOAA Repeat Survey & Ships of Opportunity - R. Feely/NOAA PMEL

Data Issues (Grand Ballroom - Salons A & B)
9:05-9:45 Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Processing - C. McClain, G. Feldman/NASA GSFC
Processing Part 2
9:45-10:00 Protocols and HPLC Analysis for Pigments - C. Trees/SDSU

10:00-10:15 BREAK

10:15-10:30 Ocean Color Time Series - W. Gregg/NASA GSFC

Projects (con't) (Grand Ballroom - Salons A & B)
10:30-11:00 NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) & National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) 
    VIIRS (Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite) - B. Murphy/NASA GSFC

Discussion Session II: (Grand Ballroom - Salons A & B)
11:00-12:15 Climate Data Records - P. Bontempi/NASA HQ
A Model for Data Product Selection - C. McClain/NASA GSFC
MODIS Product Scope - C. DelCastillo/NASA HQ

12:15-1:30 LUNCH - (Buffet in Salon D)

Discussion Session III: (Grand Ballroom - Salons A & B)
1:30-2:45 Future Planning for Remote Sensing Measurements & In Situ Concepts - P. Bontempi/NASA HQ
Future directions in science - D. Barber/Duke University
Phytoplankton Physiology and Productivity - M. Behrenfeld/NASA WFF
PhyLM - M. Behrenfeld/NASA WFF
Laser Fluorescence Analysis of Phytoplankton: Beyond Chlorophyll Concentration - A. Chekalyuk/NASA WFF
NASA UAV-Ocean Color Imager - J. Myers/SAIC NASA ARC
Biogeochemical Sensors on Autonomous/Lagrangian Platforms - M.J. Perry/Darling M R Center
What is the ideal Coastal Mission: Hyperspectral or geostationary or both? - J. Campbell/Univ. of New Hampshire
Ocean Color Science: A Need for Measurements Based on a Reductionist Approach - D. Stramski/UCSD SIO
Constraining model parameterizations of our governing equations for spectral reflectance and primary production: 
    A 10-year concept - B. G. Mitchell/UCSD SIO

2:45-3:05 BREAK

3:05-5:00 Future Planning for Remote Sensing Measurements & In Situ Concepts (continued)

5:30-7:00 Poster Session (Salon E and Great Hall)
FRI - 16 Apr 04

Projects (con't) - Grand Ballroom - Salons A & B

8:45-9:00 Earth Science Education - P. Coble/NASA HQ
9:00-9:20 Evolution of EOSDIS, Science Data Systems, and DAACs - M. Maiden/NASA HQ
9:20-9:35 SeaWiFS - G. Feldman/NASA GSFC
9:35-9:55 MERIS - J. Aiken/Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
9:55-10:10 EO-1 - B. Arnone/NRL-SSC
10:10-10:25 NPP VIIRS - W. Esaias/NASA GSFC

10:10-10:25 BREAK

10:25-12:00 Feedback and Action Items (Working Group Formation) - P. Bontempi/NASA HQ

12:00 ADJOURN
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