FINAL MEETING

On September 10th, 2009, the final meeting of the project was held at Barcelona, during ESA's Atmospheric Science Conference. The presentations delivered during this event are available below for download:

Meeting agenda

Introduction
by Simon Pinnock (ESA)

GlobAerosol Project Overview
by Óscar Pérez Navarro (GMV)

Retrieval algorithms used in GlobAEROSOL
by Gareth Thomas (Oxford University)

Validation and Intercomparison of GlobAerosol data
by Richard Siddans (RAL)

A statistical and seasonal AOD analysis with global model and and satellite observations: first results
by Maria Frontoso (University of Leeds)

Aerosol optical depths in the ECMWF/GEMS model: Comparisons with the GlobAerosol dataset
by Carole Peubey (ECMWF)

Assimilation of GlobAerosol SEVIRI AOD data during dust-storm and forest-fire event
by Arjo Segers (TNO)

Using the GEOS-Chem CTM to help evaluate the GlobAerosol daily merged/AATSR AOD product
by Paul Palmer (University of Edinburgh)

Comparison of GlobAerosol products in the frame of AeroCom
by Michael Schulz (LCSE)

Evaluation of year 2004 monthly GlobAER aerosol products
by Stefan Kinne (MPI-Met)

The ESA Climate Change Initiative - Aerosol ECV
by Simon Pinnock (ESA)

USER WORKSHOP

On November 29th, 2007, a user workshop was held at the facilities of ESA to foster the discussion of the results of the project, while providing a forum for the reception of feedback. The presentations delivered during this event are available below for download:

Workshop agenda

Overview of GlobAEROSOL
by Óscar Pérez Navarro (GMV)

ORAC: The Oxford-RAL Aerosol and Cloud retrieval scheme
by Gareth Thomas (Oxford University)

MERIS aerosol L2 product
by Pierre-Yves Deschamps (University of Lille)

MERIS data processing
by Óscar Pérez Navarro (GMV)

Merging algorithm and description of the output products
by Richard Siddans (RAL)

Validation of GlobAerosol data
by Richard Siddans (RAL)

Summary of current results and prospects for the future
by Richard Siddans (RAL)

AeroCom / GEMS / EUCAARI user aspects
by Stefan Kinne (ZMAW)

A MSG SEVIRI derived Saharan Dust Emission Map
by Kerstin Schepanski (Leibniz Institute)

PM10 forecasting with OVL-RIO
by Peter Viaene (VITO) and Edward Roekens (VMM)

Feedback from ECMWF
by Jean-Jaques Morcrette (ECMWF)

GlobAerosol in the BEinGRID project
by Fabrice Brito (Terradue Srl)

Project status, schedule and phase 2 planning
by Óscar Pérez Navarro (GMV)