2026 Sentinel-6 Validation Team meeting

2026 Sentinel-6 Validation Team meeting
Since the successful launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite in November 2025, this meeting will place a strong focus on the commissioning status and activities of this mission with this dedicated Sentinel-6 Validation Team meeting, where teams will report on the findings from the satellite’s commissioning.
Tuesday, June 23 2026, 14:00 - 18:00
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S6VT plenary session (Tue, Jun 23 2026, 14:00 - 18:00)

Schedule Room(s) Type Title of the abstract Contribution
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
14:00 - 14:14
Saal D Oral S6 MPWG Cal/Val activities during the S6B/S6MF tandem phase and roadmap for future evolutions (Dinardo et al.) (pdf, 8563 kB)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
14:14 - 14:28
Saal D Oral Sentinel-6B Poseidon-4 Calibration Parameters Monitoring During Commissioning and Tandem Phase with Sentinel-6 MF (Garcia et al.)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
14:28 - 14:42
Saal D Oral Leveraging tandem satellite missions to optimize altimeter system calibration with ground based external reflectors. (Ferrer et al.)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
14:42 - 14:56
Saal D Oral External Calibration Cross-Validation of Sentinel-6B and Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich During the Tandem Phase (Garcia-Mondejar et al.) (pdf, 4574 kB)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
14:56 - 15:10
Saal D Oral Recent Progress in altimetry Cal/Val for all operating satellite modes at the ESA Permanent Facility for Altimetry Calibration (with focus on Sentinel-6B) (Mertikas et al.)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
15:10 - 15:31
Saal D Oral Sentinel-6 MF & Sentinel-6B calibration at the Bass Strait, Corsica and Harvest facilities (Bonnefond et al.) (pdf, 11155 kB)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
15:31 - 15:45
Saal D Oral Spectral swell characterization: application to S6 tandem phase (Rodet et al.) (pdf, 3103 kB)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,15:45 - 16:15 Coffee break and poster session
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
15:45 - 16:15
Terrassensaal A+B Poster Validating Retracker Performance of Sentinel-6B at the Lake Issyk Kul Observatory (Kyrgyzstan) (Schöne et al.) (pdf, 744 kB)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
15:45 - 16:15
Terrassensaal A+B Poster A Comparison of the Sentinel-6B and Sentinel-6 MF Altimeter Instrument Performance (Belhadj-aissa et al.)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
15:45 - 16:15
Terrassensaal A+B Poster Performance Analysis of Sentinel-6B and Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich during their Tandem Phase (Forster et al.)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
15:45 - 16:15
Terrassensaal A+B Poster First evaluation of Sentinel-6B from the Bass Strait facility (Watson et al.)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
15:45 - 16:15
Terrassensaal A+B Poster Sentinel‑6B: The New Reference Mission for Sea Level and Wave L3 products (Kocha et al.) (pdf, 1589 kB)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
15:45 - 16:15
Terrassensaal A+B Poster On the impact of the assimilation of Sentinel-6B wave data in the wave model MFWAM (Aouf et al.)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
15:45 - 16:15
Terrassensaal A+B Poster Recent Updates on Significant Wave Height and Wind Calibration of Sentinel-6MF/B with Sea-State Optical Techniques and GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry at the ESA Permanent Facility for Altimetry Calibration in Crete. (Collard et al.)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
15:45 - 16:15
Terrassensaal A+B Poster Validation of Sentinel-6B NRT operational products during the commissioning and tandem phase (Lacrouts et al.)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
16:15 - 16:29
Saal D Oral Cal/Val and Performance Assessment of the Sentinel-6B AMR-C Radiometer (Brown et al.)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
16:29 - 16:43
Saal D Oral Stability Assessment of the Advanced Microwave Radiometer-Climate on Sentinel-6B (Zhang et al.)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
16:43 - 16:57
Saal D Oral High-resolution wet tropospheric correction in Sentinel-6 MF and B: coastal performance and tandem phase analysis (Vieira et al.)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
16:57 - 17:11
Saal D Oral Sentinel-6B: towards an in-flight full characterization of Poseidon-4’s antenna using SAR altimeter observations (Alves et al.) (pdf, 2186 kB)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
17:11 - 17:25
Saal D Oral An Analysis of the Sentinel-6A/B Tandem Phase Using an Improved Antenna Pattern and Stack Retracking (Buchhaupt et al.)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
17:25 - 17:39
Saal D Oral Radar altimetry pulse-to-pulse correlation effects: data-driven characterization from S6A/S6B tandem phase (Minster et al.) (pdf, 1781 kB)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
17:39 - 17:53
Saal D Oral Improved geophysical parameter estimation with the Weighted Least Square optimal solution for the Sentinel-6 mission: Ku band and C band results (Mangilli et al.) (pdf, 4121 kB)
Tue, Jun 23 2026,
17:53 - 18:00
Saal D Formal Discussion, conclusions and recommendations (Project Scientists et al.)
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