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

Name: Virtual training course: EUMETSAT/ECMWF NWP-SAF satellite data assimilation
Start: 2020-03-02T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2020-03-06T18:15:00+00:00
Location: ECMWF

Monday, 2 March
10:45 AM → 11:00 AM	Welcome, course overview	ECMWF	15m
11:00 AM → 12:15 PM	Theoretical background (1) : What do satellites measure? Speaker: Tony McNally (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
12:15 PM → 1:15 PM	Lunch break	ECMWF	1h
1:15 PM → 2:30 PM	Theoretical background (2) : Data assimilation algorithms, key elements and inputs Speaker: Tony McNally (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
2:30 PM → 2:45 PM	Break	ECMWF	15m
2:45 PM → 4:00 PM	The microwave spectrum - measurement, modelling and information content Speaker: Alan Geer (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
Tuesday, 3 March
9:30 AM → 10:45 AM	The infrared spectrum - measurement, modelling and information content Speaker: Tony McNally (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
10:45 AM → 11:00 AM	Coffee break	ECMWF	15m
11:00 AM → 12:15 PM	The detection and assimilation of clouds in infrared radiances Speaker: Reima Eresmaa (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
12:15 PM → 1:15 PM	Lunch break	ECMWF	1h
1:15 PM → 2:30 PM	Satellite information on the land surface Speaker: Patricia de Rosnay (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
2:30 PM → 2:45 PM	Coffee break	ECMWF	15m
2:45 PM → 4:00 PM	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
9:30 AM → 10:45 AM	GPS Radio Occultation: Principles and NWP use Speaker: Chris Burrows (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
10:45 AM → 11:00 AM	Coffee break	ECMWF	15m
11:00 AM → 12:15 PM	GPS Radio Occultation: Extended applications Speaker: Sean Healy (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
12:15 PM → 1:15 PM	Lunch break	ECMWF	1h
1:15 PM → 2:30 PM	Microwave applications - clear sky temperatures, cloud and rain detection and assimilation Speaker: Alan Geer (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
2:30 PM → 2:45 PM	Coffee break	ECMWF	15m
2:45 PM → 4:00 PM	Background errors for satellite data assimilation Speaker: Tony McNally (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
Thursday, 5 March
9:30 AM → 10:45 AM	Satellite wind information on the ocean surface (Scatterometer, Altimeter, SMOS) Speaker: Lars Isaksen (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
10:45 AM → 11:00 AM	Coffee break	ECMWF	15m
11:00 AM → 12:15 PM	Wind information from Aeolus Speaker: Michael Rennie (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
12:15 PM → 1:15 PM	Lunch break	ECMWF	1h
1:15 PM → 2:30 PM	Wind information from satellites (Atmospheric Motion Vectors) Speaker: Katie Lean (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
2:30 PM → 2:45 PM	Coffee break	ECMWF	15m
2:45 PM → 4:00 PM	Observation errors for satellite data assimilation Speaker: Niels Bormann (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
Friday, 6 March
9:30 AM → 10:45 AM	Bias correction methods for satellite data Speaker: Niels Bormann (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
10:45 AM → 11:00 AM	Coffee break	ECMWF	15m
11:00 AM → 12:15 PM	Satellite data assimilation of atmospheric composition Speaker: Jérôme Barré (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
12:15 PM → 1:15 PM	Lunch break	ECMWF	1h
1:15 PM → 2:30 PM	Current satellite observing network and its future evolution Speaker: Stephen English (ECMWF)	ECMWF	1h 15m
2:30 PM → 2:45 PM	Coffee break	ECMWF	15m
2:45 PM → 4:00 PM	Question and answer session, course evaluation		1h 15m

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