Workshop on MSU / AMSU / SSU Climate Data Records
8-10 March 2010

NOAA is hosting a workshop focused on the generation and application of community consensus climate data records (CDRs) from MSU, AMSU, and SSU observations. The CDRs include both the radiance sensor data records and atmospheric temperature thematic data records. The workshop is sponsored by the NOAA Scientific Data Stewardship (SDS) program and also supports the WMO GSICS (Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System) program. The workshop will cover topics on different versions of the MSU/AMSU/SSU atmospheric temperature datasets derived by different research groups such as UAH, RSS, and STAR; new satellite calibration/intercalibration approaches; instrument characteristics; inter-comparisons between satellite data, homogenized radiosonde observations, reanalyses, and climate model simulations; bias correction analysis from new reanalysis systems such as those from NCEP, ECMWF, and NASA; comparisons of MSU/AMSU/SSU temperatures with other satellite observations such as GPSRO; etc.

The workshop will begin with a one day focus on calibration, bias correction and different versions of the MSU/AMSU/SSU CDRs. This will be followed by inter-comparison and dataset application sessions. Product leads from NOAA and the national/international community will be arranging presentations in each session in a cross-cutting way. Each speaker will discuss recent progress, remaining issues, and recommended solutions. On the third day attendees will help to summarize issues and the recommended solutions, actions and agreed upon next steps.