EVENT Programme

Day 1: Monday 8 June 2026
Talk IDTime
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Duration
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TitleSpeaker

8:0060On-site registration
Opening Session 
Co-chairs: Alex Hoffmann and Takuji Kubota
S1019:005Welcome video

S1029:055Welcome address from the Director of Earth Observation Programmes, ESA
Simonetta Cheli
S1039:105Welcome address from the Vice President of JAXA
Futoshi Takiguchi
S1049:155Welcome address from the Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford
Myles Allen
S1059:205Logistics
Stephanie Rusli
S1069:2514EarthCARE mission status and update
Björn Frommknecht & Kenta Maruyama
S1079:397ESA product quality status and update
Loredana Spezzi
S1089:467EarthCARE Campaign Overview
Jonas von Bismarck
S1099:537JAXA product overview
Takuji Kubota

10:0030Coffee break
Product Performance and Evolution
Co-chairs: Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff and Masataka Muto
S11010:307Status of the ATLID L1 and L2a data productsDavid Donovan
S11110:377L1 CPR product status
Nobuhiro Tomiyama
S11210:447Status of EarthCARE MSI Level-1 performance and detection of aerosol and cloud properties after two years of observations
Anja Hünerbein
S11310:517EarthCARE BBR Operations and L1/L2 Product Performances
Nicolas Clerbaux
S11410:5812Enhancing exploitation of ATLID, CPR and MSI in synergistic cloud and aerosol and retrievals
Shannon Mason
S11511:1012Cloud and aerosol microphysics and cloud formation from CPR, ATLID and MSI
Hajime Okamoto
S11611:228ESA L2 radiation and radiative closure product status
Jason Cole
S11711:308Overview of JAXA Radiation Standard Product
Kentaroh Suzuki

11:387Q&A

11:4560Lunch
Cloud and Precipitation Physics
Co-chairs: Edward Gryspeerdt and Hajime Okamoto

T11812:4512Using regime analysis to link cloud and precipitation vertical structure and phase to atmospheric processes, microphysical retrievals, and cloud radiative effects across the EarthCARE production model
Shannon Mason
T11912:5712Early insight into dynamics-microphysics coupling inferred from EarthCARE cloud measurement
Kentaroh Suzuki
T12013:0912Identifying Riming through Vertical Gradients of EarthCARE CPR Sedimentation Velocity in Stratiform Clouds
Jiseob Kim
T12113:2112Retrieval and Climatology of Hydrometeor Sedimentation Velocity from EarthCARE Cloud Profiling Radar Observations (online)
Bernat Puigdomènech Treserras
T12213:3312Linking anvil spreading and opacity to convection in EarthCARE
Mathilde Ritman
Convective Clouds and Their Organisation
Co-chairs: Blanka Piskala and Shunsuke Aoki

T12313:4512EarthCARE Doppler velocity measurements in convection: impact of multiple scattering and global climatology
Filippo Emilio Scarsi
T12413:5712Serendipitous satellite synergies provide context to EarthCARE observations of convective clouds
William Jones
T12514:0912EarthCARE Reveals Rain as Dominant Factor in Closed-to-Open Cell Transitions in Marine Stratocumulus
Johanna Mayer
T12614:2112Vertical Cloud Structure and Heavy Rainfall Associated with MJO Propagation over the Maritime Continent (online)
Sopia Lestari
T12714:3312Convective organization in the Atlantic ITCZ: Exploration of its underlying dynamics and response to anthropogenic aerosol forcing
Sadhitro De

14:4530Coffee break
Poster session and MAAP tutorial

15:1575On-site poster session in McCall MacBain Hall
MAAP tutorial in Glass Pavilion
Novel Developments - Clouds and Convection
Co-chairs: Alessandro Battaglia and Minrui Wang

T12816:3012
From MODIS to EarthCare: The role of precipitation on cloud break-up in marine cold air outbreaks
Filip Severin von der Lippe
T12916:4212Analysis of Wave-like Cloud Structures Based on EarthCARE/CPR Observation
Shunichiro Morita
T13016:5412Machine Learning Retrieval of Near-Real-Time 3D EarthCARE Scenes from MTG-FCI Observations
Stella Girtsou
T13117:0612Global 3D Reconstruction of Clouds and Tropical Cyclones
William Jones
T13217:1812Combined EarthCARE–Geostationary Lightning Observations of Convective Storm Structure and Electrification
Blanka Piskala
K13317:3030[Keynote 1] Cloud Feedbacks: What We Have Learned, What We Can Measure, and What EarthCARE May Resolve
Mark Zelinka

18:0015Group photo

18:15
Ice breaker

Day 2: Tuesday 9 June 2026
Talk IDTime
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Duration
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TitleSpeaker

8:0030Arrival/on-site registration

08:3030Poster browsing session
CPR Validation
Co-chairs: Pavlos Kollias and Hiroaki Horie

T2019:0012Lessons from CloudSat for EarthCARE’s radar – calibration, noise and cloud science
Mark Richardson
T2029:1212Cross-Validation between EarthCARE Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR), GPM DPR and Ground Dual-polarization Observations (online)
V. Chandrasekar
T2039:2412Cal/Val of the EarthCARE Cloud Profiling Radar using the ACTRIS Cloud Radar Network
Nathan Feuillard
T2049:3612CPR vertical Doppler velocity validation using WINDAS profiler network
Yuichi Ohno
T2059:4812First validation of CPR vertical wind data by airborne wind lidar measurements performed in the framework of the NAWDIC campaign
Benjamin Witschas

10:0024Coffee break
Aerosol and Lidar Observations
Co-chairs: Dave Donovan and Tomoaki Nishizawa

K20610:2430[Keynote 2] Bridging Observations and Models: Constraining Aerosol Effect on Deep Convection with EarthCARE and the ECOMIP intercomparison
Philip Stier
T20710:5412Evaluation and improvement of JAXA L2 algorithms to retrieve aerosol and cloud properties using ATLID
Tomoaki Nishizawa
T20811:0612Global Retrievals of Cloud Condensation Nuclei and Aerosol Absorption based on EarthCARE ATLID observations
Jens Redemann
T20911:1812The global variation of the dust lidar ratio as observed with ATLID 
Moritz Haarig
T21011:3012Generating a global satellite-based Dust Deposition product from EarthCARE satellite mission.
Konstantinos Rizos
T21111:4212Comparison of NICAM-SPRINTARS with aerosol observation by EarthCARE in ECOMIP
Yuhi Nakamura
T21211:5412Quantifying atmospheric aerosols using EarthCARE
Franco Marenco
T21312:0612Will validation succeed? Practical criteria for comparing spaceborne and ground-based lidars: application to ATLID/EarthCare and IPRAL
Hélène Chepfer
T21412:1812EarthCARE MSI/ATLID aerosol products, development and validation: a step forward
Larisa Sogacheva

12:3060Lunch
Panel Discussion 1
Chair: Kentaroh Suzuki

D21513:3045[Panel 1] From clouds and convection to weather and climate: how can EarthCARE improve predictions and our understanding of climate sensitivity?Panel (Hélène Chepfer, Richard Forbes, Pavlos Kollias, Mark Richardson, Kaori Sato) + Town Hall
Poster session and MAAP tutorial

14:1575On-site poster session in McCall MacBain Hall
MAAP tutorial in Glass Pavilion

Online poster session (Webex)


15:3030Coffee break
Aerosol and Lidar Observations in the Upper Troposphere and Stratosphere
Co-chairs: Ulla Wandinger and Eiji Oikawa

T21616:0012Validation of ATLID extinction and lidar-ratio of cirrus clouds using airborne measurements with the research aircraft HALO: extend case study on the multi-scattering correction
Martin Wirth
T21716:1212Breakthrough in ATLID’s polarization characterization
Moritz Haarig
T21816:2412High-Resolution Detection of Faint Clouds and Aerosols in EarthCARE Data Using the Density-Dimension Algorithm and Comparison to Airborne Observations from GLOVE (online)
Ute Herzfeld
T21916:3612Natural and Instrumental Variability of Wildfire Smoke Over the 2025 Canadian Wildfires
Adam Povey
T22016:4812Stratospheric aerosols from volcanic eruptions and wildfires observed by EarthCARE/ATLID (online)
Sergey Khaykin
ATLID Validation
Co-chairs: Oliver Reitebuch and Yoshitaka Jin

T22117:0012Validation of ATLID JAXA L2a products using airborne lidar measurements during the PERCUSION campaign
Yoshitaka Jin
T22217:1212Evaluating ATLID Level-2A Aerosol Products with Airborne HSRL Observations from the PERCUSION Campaign in the Tropical North Atlantic
Konstantin Krüger
T22317:2412Assessment of ATLID L2a product quality through intercomparison with NASA airborne lidar measurementsDiko Hemminga
T22417:3612Validation of EarthCARE’s ATLID L2 aerosol profiling products with ground-based lidar stations of PollyNET – case studiesHolger Baars
T22517:4812Validation of EarthCARE ATLID L2 ESA and JAXA data products on over Poland using mobile EMORAL and stationary PollyXT observations
Iwona Sylwia Stachlewska

18:00
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19:00
Workshop dinner

Day 3: Wednesday 10 June 2026
Talk IDTime
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Duration
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TitleSpeaker

8:0030Arrival/on-site registration

08:3030Poster browsing session
Campaigns and Other Validation Activities
Co-chairs: Silke Gross and Yuichi Ohno

T3019:0012Two Canadian aircraft cal/val campaigns in 14 months: ECALOT surface comparisons and PONEX campaign overview
Zen Mariani
T3029:1212Comparisons between EarthCARE and ATR42 during the NAWDIC-DICHOTOMI field campaign (L2a and L2b products)
Emmeline Francois
T3039:2412Airborne validation of the EarthCARE Cloud Profiling Radar in Arctic cold-air outbreaks during the COMPEX-EC campaign
Mario Mech
T3049:3612NASA Activities Relevant to EarthCARE
Ed Nowottnick
T3059:4812Status and data availability of the NASA Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission and the PACE Postlaunch Airborne Experiment (PACE-PAX)
Kirk Knobelspiesse

10:0030Coffee break
Aerosol-Cloud Interactions
Co-chairs: Johanna Mayer and Maki Kikuchi

T30610:3012Exploration of novel observations and multi-instrument synergy for studying aerosol and aerosol-cloud interaction in the frame of AIRSENSE project
Oleg Dubovik
T30710:4212Synergistic use of EarthCARE data for in-situ observations and modelling in CleanCloud project (online)
Ulas Im
T30810:5412EarthCare for aerosol-cloud science within CERTAINTY: Status and future directions
Harri Kokkola
T30911:0612Isolating the aerosol impact on high cloud properties
Edward Gryspeerdt
T31011:1812Examining the Vertical Structure and Motions of Visible and Invisible Ship Tracks 
Sarah Smith
Aerosol-Cloud-Radiation Coupling and Radiative Closure - Part 1
Co-chairs: Almudena Velazquez and Hironobu Iwabuchi

T31111:3012A year of 3D radiative effects as inferred using EarthCARE data
Jason Cole
T31211:4212A comparison of radiative heating rate profiles derived from EarthCARE and CALIPSO/CloudSat
Seiji Kato
T31311:5412Quantifying 3D radiative transfer effects of clouds using ML-generated 3D cloud scenes for EarthCARE, and airborne observations from ORCESTRA/PERCUSION campaign
Dimitra Kouklaki
T31412:0612Constraining sub-grid cloud variability in 3D radiative transfer models with EarthCAREGiulia Roccetti
T31512:1812Linking Vertical Cloud Structure to MSI Reflectances
Gregor Walter

12:3060Lunch
Aerosol-Cloud-Radiation Coupling and Radiative Closure - Part 2
Co-chairs: Jason Cole and Yuki Imura

T31613:3012Advancing Three-Dimensional Cloud-Radiation Closure and Earth Radiation Budget Assessment with EarthCAREHironobu Iwabuchi
T31713:4212Towards Radiative Closure in EarthCARE: Evaluation of TOA Flux Retrievals
Carla Salas Molar
T31813:5412BBR Level-2 Validation Efforts within the BRAVO Project
Christine Aebi
T31914:0612Exploring EarthCARE MSI radiative closure with a variety of ice scattering models
Ben Pery
T32014:1812Surface Radiation Measurements Provide Complementary Constraints for EarthCARE Cloud Retrievals (online)
Lei Liu
T32114:3012Radiative Closure Experiments for EarthCARE Validation (RACE-ECV): Second Intensive Measurement Campaign for Spectral Radiation and Aerosol Properties
Kyriaki Papachristopoulou
T32214:4212Constraining Ice-Cloud Radiative Properties through Collocated Measurements: A Radiative-Closure Perspective from PERCUSION
Florian Ewald
T32314:5412Validation of EarthCARE products under ACROSS Mediterranean activities
Eleni Marinou
T32415:0612Aircraft-Specific Contrail Identification from EarthCARE ATLID Observations
Sajedeh Marjani
T32515:1812The added value of EarthCARE for contrail detection and radiative impact assessment
Ermioni Dimitropoulou

15:3030Coffee break
Panel Discussion 2
Chair: Robin Hogan

D32616:0045How do we use EArthCARE to better understand the climamte impact of aerosols, including aerosol-cloud interactions?Panel (Edward Gryspeerdt, Tomoaki Nishizawa, Claire Ryder, Philip Stier, Ulla Wandinger) + Town Hall
Poster session and MAAP tutorial

16:4575On-site poster session in McCall MacBain Hall
MAAP tutorial in Glass Pavilion
Online poster session (Webex)

18:00
Early-career researcher event

Day 4: Thursday 11 June 2026
Talk IDTime
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Duration
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TitleSpeaker

8:30150Poster browsing session (with coffee + refreshments)
Novel Developments - Validation
Co-chairs: Nils Madenach and Kaya Kanemaru

T40111:0012EarthCARE ATmospheric LIDar (ATLID) performance status after nearly 3 billion shots of successful in-flight operation comparison and impact on other ESA LiDAR Missions.
Valeria De Sanctis
T40211:1212EarthCARE CPR Spectral Width Retrieval: Signal-Level Simulation Assessment and Climatological Analysis
Francesco Manconi
T40311:2412Vicarious use of calibration scans from the operational FMI weather radar networkEwan O'Connor
T40411:3612Validating EUMETSAT Cloud and Aerosol Products with EarthCARE: Insights from MTG/FCI Optimal Cloud Analysis and plans for S3 NRT Atmospheric products (online)
Edouard Martins
T40511:4812EarthCARE Data Exploitation Experiments at NOAASatya Kalluri
K40612:0030[Keynote 3] From EarthCARE to PMM: Expanding the Frontier of Doppler Radar Observations from Clouds to Precipitation
Nobuhiro Takahashi

12:3060Lunch
Modelling -- Model-Observation Intercomparison
Co-chairs: Yoko Tsushima and Woosub Roh

T40713:3012Monitoring EarthCARE aerosol extinction and evaluation of ECMWF atmospheric composition and air-quality forecasts
Peter Hill
T40813:4212Revisiting the representation of ice particles in cirrus clouds in numerical weather prediction models using EarthCARE CPR
Yasutaka Ikuta
T40913:5412Improving the realism of clouds in the IFS using EarthCARE - cold phase microphysics
Rebecca Murray-watson
T41014:0612Using EarthCARE to evaluate new radiance models for data assimilation and model evaluation
Robin Hogan
T41114:1812Evaluation of NWP Simulations of Cold-Season Mixed-Phase Clouds Using EarthCARE and ECALOT Observations
Zhipeng Qu
T41214:3012ECOMIP Update Toward Revealing Vertical Velocity Structures in Deep Convection through EarthCARE–Kilometer-Scale Model Synergy
Masaki Satoh
T41314:4212Harmonizing Simulated and Observed EarthCARE CPR Doppler Velocities: Bridging Forward Modeling and Scientific Discovery
Pavlos Kollias
T41414:5412EarthCARE’s potential for improving NWP models by exploiting synergies with ground-based supersites
Kim Weiss
T41515:0612Evaluating a Global Storm-Resolving Model with EarthCARE and ORCESTRA Observations
Woosub Roh
T41615:1812Synergistic analysis of Hurricane Humberto using EarthCARE observations and high-resolution ICON simulations
Roxana Cremer

15:3030Coffee break
Modelling -- Data Assimilation
Co-chairs: Shannon Mason and Yasutaka Ikuta

T41716:0012Dual exploitation of EarthCARE CPR Doppler velocity for Data Assimilation and Warm-Rain Process Evaluation at ECMWF
Kamil Mroz
T41816:1212Operational monitoring and assimilation of EarthCARE cloud radar and lidar observations at ECMWF
Mark Fielding
T41916:2412An update on the assimilation of EarthCARE ATLID cloud observations in ECMWF’s global NWP system
Michael Rennie
T42016:3612Monitoring and assimilation of ATLID L2A aerosol particulate backscatter in ECMWF’s IFS-COMPO
Will McLean
T42116:4812Advances in dust optical modelling and EarthCARE dust data assimilationThanasis Georgiou
EarthCARE for Polar Science
Co-chairs: Luca Baldini and Kaori Sato

T42217:0012Validation of ESA and JAXA EarthCARE Level-2 CPR and Synergistic Precipitation Products over Coastal Antarctica using K2W-based Ground Radar and Disdrometer ObservationsGiacomo Roversi
T42317:1212Zooming in: In-situ validation of microphysical retrievals in mixed-phase clouds during CELLORobert David
T42417:2412Zooming out: In-situ validation of target classifications in mixed-phase clouds during CELLOTim Carlsen
T42517:3612Quantifying the capabilities and limitations of passive remote sensing of clouds at high latitudes using EarthCARE active measurements (online)
Alexander Mchedlishvili
T42617:4812Using collocated Arctic Weather Satellite and EarthCARE radiometer data over polar latitudes to investigate cloud effects on sub-millimeter wavelengths
Gunnar Behrens

18:00
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Day 5: Friday 12 June 2026
Talk IDTime
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Duration
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TitleSpeaker

8:3030Poster browsing session
Novel Developments -- Synergies and Opportunities
Co-chairs: Thomas Popp and Masaki Satoh

T5019:0012Consistency of vertical air motion and diabatic heating profiles derived from EarthCARE and GPM observations
Shunsuke Aoki
T5029:1212Advanced retrieval of aerosol vertical profiles using synergy of EarthCARE ATLID and various passive spaceborne observations
Anton Lopatin
T5039:2412Advancing Ocean and Land Surface Remote Sensing with EarthCARE’s lidar ATLIDGerd-Jan Van Zadelhoff
T5049:3612The OCEAN (Ocean Color EarthCARE ANalysis) project
Marco Di Paolantonio
T5059:4812The ATLID laser beam observed by the cosmic ray observatories Pierre Auger (Argentina), Telescope Array (USA) and VERITAS (USA)
Oliver Reitebuch

10:0030Coffee break
Climate and Climate Data Records
Co-chairs: Carla Salas-Molar and Yuhi Nakamura

T50610:3012Bridging cloud radar observations from CloudSat and EarthCARE with GCOM‑W observations
Kaya Kanemaru
T50710:4212Cloud trends in multi-lidars climate record
Helene Chepfer
T50810:5412Transition from CALIPSO to EarthCARE; can we use EarthCARE measurements to continue CALIPSO long-term studies on aerosol effect on cirrus clouds?
Silke Gross
T50911:0612How can EarthCARE contribute to long-term aerosol Climate Data Records (CDRs)?
Thomas Popp
Poster session

11:1872On-site poster session in McCall MacBain Hall
Online poster session (Webex)

12:3060Lunch
Validation Recommendations
Co-chairs: Eleni Marinou and Nobuhiro Takahashi

S51013:304Validation Recommendations: L1 CPR
Hiroaki Horie
S51113:3412Validation Recommendations: L1 ATLID, MSI, BBR
Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff
S51213:468Validation Recommendations: Aerosols
Ulla Wandinger and Yoshitaka Jin
S51313:548Validation Recommendations: Cloud and precipitation
Shannon Mason and Nobuhiro Takahashi
S51414:028Validation Recommendations: Radiation
Jason Cole and Kentaroh Suzuki

14:105Validation Recommendations: Q&A

Science Recommendations
Co-chairs: Robin Hogan and Kentaroh Suzuki

D51514:1545[Panel 3] EarthCARE Science Outlook: recommendations for the way forward
Panel + Town Hall
MAAP award and closing

15:0010MAAP-PAL challenge award
(Jury representative)

15:105Closing remarks
Philip Stier

15:15
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