Virtual training course: EUMETSAT/ECMWF NWP-SAF satellite data assimilation

Monday, 2 March
10:45 → 11:00
Welcome, course overview

ECMWF

 		15m
11:00 → 12:15
Theoretical background (1) : What do satellites measure?
Speaker: Tony McNally (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
12:15 → 13:15
Lunch break

ECMWF

 		1h
13:15 → 14:30
Theoretical background (2) : Data assimilation algorithms, key elements and inputs
Speaker: Tony McNally (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
14:30 → 14:45
Break

ECMWF

 		15m
14:45 → 16:00
The microwave spectrum - measurement, modelling and information content
Speaker: Alan Geer (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
Tuesday, 3 March
09:30 → 10:45
The infrared spectrum - measurement, modelling and information content
Speaker: Tony McNally (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
10:45 → 11:00
Coffee break

ECMWF

 		15m
11:00 → 12:15
The detection and assimilation of clouds in infrared radiances
Speaker: Reima Eresmaa (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
12:15 → 13:15
Lunch break

ECMWF

 		1h
13:15 → 14:30
Satellite information on the land surface
Speaker: Patricia de Rosnay (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
14:30 → 14:45
Coffee break

ECMWF

 		15m
14:45 → 16:00
A practical guide to IR and MW radiative transfer - using the RTTOV model and GUI
Speaker: Marco Matricardi (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
Wednesday, 4 March
09:30 → 10:45
GPS Radio Occultation: Principles and NWP use
Speaker: Chris Burrows (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
10:45 → 11:00
Coffee break

ECMWF

 		15m
11:00 → 12:15
GPS Radio Occultation: Extended applications
Speaker: Sean Healy (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
12:15 → 13:15
Lunch break

ECMWF

 		1h
13:15 → 14:30
Microwave applications - clear sky temperatures, cloud and rain detection and assimilation
Speaker: Alan Geer (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
14:30 → 14:45
Coffee break

ECMWF

 		15m
14:45 → 16:00
Background errors for satellite data assimilation
Speaker: Tony McNally (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
Thursday, 5 March
09:30 → 10:45
Satellite wind information on the ocean surface (Scatterometer, Altimeter, SMOS)
Speaker: Lars Isaksen (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
10:45 → 11:00
Coffee break

ECMWF

 		15m
11:00 → 12:15
Wind information from Aeolus
Speaker: Michael Rennie (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
12:15 → 13:15
Lunch break

ECMWF

 		1h
13:15 → 14:30
Wind information from satellites (Atmospheric Motion Vectors)
Speaker: Katie Lean (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
14:30 → 14:45
Coffee break

ECMWF

 		15m
14:45 → 16:00
Observation errors for satellite data assimilation
Speaker: Niels Bormann (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
Friday, 6 March
09:30 → 10:45
Bias correction methods for satellite data
Speaker: Niels Bormann (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
10:45 → 11:00
Coffee break

ECMWF

 		15m
11:00 → 12:15
Satellite data assimilation of atmospheric composition
Speaker: Jérôme Barré (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
12:15 → 13:15
Lunch break

ECMWF

 		1h
13:15 → 14:30
Current satellite observing network and its future evolution
Speaker: Stephen English (ECMWF)

ECMWF

 		1h 15m
14:30 → 14:45
Coffee break

ECMWF

 		15m
14:45 → 16:00
Question and answer session, course evaluation
 1h 15m

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