Minutes: Status meeting German SCIAMACHY validation team (GSVT)

12.Sep. 2001 Heidelberg


Opening of meeting: U. Platt / J.P. Burrows
	-Last meeting battle for funding
	-Status of validation teams presented today
	-ENVISAT launch not before December

Overview ESA and SCIAVALIG validation activities: A. Piters
	- Main SCIAMACHY validation website of SCIAVALIG:
	  http://www.knmi.nl/sciamachy-validation
	- Important: After SCIAMACHY SODAP phase (L - L+4 month) 2
	   weeks with special states will be performed, conflicts with
	   validation campaigs schedules have to be avoided.
	- Distribution of LV1-data will be done on EXABYTES: check for
	  availability of drives
	- A.I. Explain ESA-ACVT Structure : See attachement

Overview Dutch validation activities: A. Piters 	

Overview German Validation activities: T. Wagner

Overview Belgian Validation activities: J.C. Lambert

Funding status: Agency not present.
	- Additional funding because of launch delay
	- Longterm validation needed
	- J.P. Burrows: Prepare for extension before launch, deliver
	  right after launch
	- U. Platt: Meeting right after launch to coordinate
	   extensions and add ons 

Individual contributions will be presented in the Handbook.

Discussion of Second Rehearsal: K. Bramstedt
	   - NILU worked good, MetaData have to be clarified
	   - USF still needs many improvements
	   - !! USF will not be available during Commisioning phase,
		instead orders will be coordinated by the ACVT
		subgroupleaders 
	   - ENVIVIEW (ENVISAT data extraction tool) to slow, many
	     bugs, not available to export/plot data against
	     geolocation
	   - Next ENIVVIEW to be expected End of September


Summary:

Launch:	End of Nov. - Dec. 2001 (or later?!?)
        ESA should inform SCIAVALIG PIs about their decisions
        concerning any change without delay  
        => Letter to ESA (U. Platt  or J.P. Burrows
Balloon:	Ready, schedule problems
Ground/Ship:	Ready 
Aircraft:	(expected to be) ready
Satellite:	Ready
Data base issues: Plot routines need to be discussed
                  (better routines required?!)
                  Exabyth drives are needed

3 pages summary of every sub-contractor should be provided for the
German Validation Document and the German website.
Contributions should be send to
Thomas.Wagner@iup.uni-heidelberg.de
asap, but by the end of September 2001 at the latest!