Training course: EUMETSAT/ECMWF NWP-SAF satellite data assimilation

Monday, 23 March
09:00 → 10:00
Welcome and introductions
Speaker: Lecturers and Participants

ECMWF

Reading
1h
10:00 → 10:30
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
10:30 → 11:30
Theoretical background (1) : What do satellites measure?
Speaker: Tony McNally (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
11:30 → 11:45
Comfort break

ECMWF

Reading
15m
11:45 → 12:45
Theoretical background (2) : Data assimilation algorithms, key elements and inputs
Speaker: Tony McNally (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
12:45 → 13:45
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
13:45 → 14:45
Radiative transfer
Speaker: Emma Turner (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
14:45 → 15:15
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
15:15 → 16:30
Practical implementation of Radiative Transfer for operational NWP
Speaker: Emma Turner (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 15m
16:30 → 17:50
Welcome drink

ECMWF

Reading
1h 20m
Tuesday, 24 March
09:00 → 10:00
The infrared spectrum - measurement, modelling and information content
Speaker: Chris Burrows (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
10:00 → 10:30
Group photo / Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
10:30 → 11:30
The detection and assimilation of cloud-affected infrared satellite radiances
Speaker: Chris Burrows (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
11:30 → 11:45
Comfort break

ECMWF

Reading
15m
11:45 → 12:45
Microwave observations (1): measurements, modelling and information content
Speaker: Alan Geer (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
12:45 → 13:45
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
13:45 → 14:45
Microwave observations (2): cloud and precipitation; applications
Speaker: Alan Geer (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
14:45 → 15:15
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
15:15 → 16:15
GNSS Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO): Principles and NWP Use
Speaker: Katrin Lonitz (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
Wednesday, 25 March
09:00 → 10:00
Background errors for satellite data assimilation
Speaker: Tony McNally (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
10:00 → 10:30
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
10:30 → 11:30
Observation errors for satellite data assimilation
Speaker: Niels Bormann (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
11:30 → 11:45
Comfort break

ECMWF

Reading
15m
11:45 → 12:45
Visible reflectances and lightning imager data: measurements, modelling and information content
Speaker: Angela Benedetti

ECMWF

Reading
1h
12:45 → 13:45
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
13:45 → 14:45
GNSS Radio Occultation: Extended applications
Speaker: Sean Healy (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
14:45 → 15:00
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
15m
15:00 → 16:00
Practical: Illustration of radiance data assimilation in 1D-Var
Speaker: Tony McNally (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
Thursday, 26 March
09:00 → 10:00
Bias correction methods for satellite data and observation monitoring
Speaker: Niels Bormann (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
10:00 → 10:30
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
10:30 → 11:30
Wind information from satellites (Atmospheric Motion Vectors and geo-stationary radiances)
Speaker: Francis Warrick (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
11:30 → 11:45
Comfort break

ECMWF

Reading
15m
11:45 → 12:45
Satellite Wind Information on the Ocean Surface (Scatterometer & Altimeter)
Speaker: Giovanna De Chiara (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
12:45 → 13:45
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
13:45 → 14:30
Satellite information on the ocean and sea-ice in a coupled system

ECMWF

Reading
45m
14:30 → 15:20
Satellite information on the land surface in a coupled system
Speaker: Patricia de Rosnay (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
50m
15:20 → 15:45
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
25m
15:45 → 16:45
Satellite Data Assimilation of atmospheric composition
Speaker: Melanie Ades (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
Friday, 27 March
09:00 → 10:00
Machine Learning with satellite data for NWP
Speaker: Peter Lean (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
10:00 → 10:30
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
10:30 → 11:30
Lidar and Radar observations
Speaker: Mark Fielding (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
11:30 → 11:45
Comfort break

ECMWF

Reading
15m
11:45 → 12:45
Global observing system and its future evolution
Speaker: Niels Bormann (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
12:45 → 13:45
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
13:45 → 14:45
Q&A session, course evaluation

ECMWF

Reading
1h

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