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

Monday, 23 March
9:00 AM 10:00 AM
Welcome and introductions
Speaker: Lecturers and Participants

ECMWF

Reading
1h
10:00 AM 10:30 AM
Coffee break

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

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1h
11:30 AM 11:45 AM
Comfort break

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

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1h
12:45 PM 1:45 PM
Lunch break

ECMWF

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1h
1:45 PM 2:45 PM
Radiative transfer
Speaker: Emma Turner (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h
2:45 PM 3:15 PM
Coffee break

ECMWF

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30m
3:15 PM 4:30 PM
Practical implementation of Radiative Transfer for operational NWP
Speaker: Emma Turner (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 15m
4:30 PM 5:50 PM
Welcome drink

ECMWF

Reading
1h 20m
Tuesday, 24 March
9:00 AM 10:00 AM
The infrared spectrum - measurement, modelling and information content
Speaker: Chris Burrows (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h
10:00 AM 10:30 AM
Group photo / Coffee break

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

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1h
11:30 AM 11:45 AM
Comfort break

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

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1h
12:45 PM 1:45 PM
Lunch break

ECMWF

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1h
1:45 PM 2:45 PM
Microwave observations (2): cloud and precipitation; applications
Speaker: Alan Geer (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h
2:45 PM 3:15 PM
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
3:15 PM 4:15 PM
GNSS Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO): Principles and NWP Use
Speaker: Katrin Lonitz (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h
Wednesday, 25 March
9:00 AM 10:00 AM
Background errors for satellite data assimilation
Speaker: Tony McNally (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h
10:00 AM 10:30 AM
Coffee break

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

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1h
11:30 AM 11:45 AM
Comfort break

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

Reading
1h
12:45 PM 1:45 PM
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
1:45 PM 2:45 PM
GNSS Radio Occultation: Extended applications
Speaker: Sean Healy (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
2:45 PM 3:00 PM
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
15m
3:00 PM 4:00 PM
Practical: Illustration of radiance data assimilation in 1D-Var
Speaker: Tony McNally (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
Thursday, 26 March
9:00 AM 10:00 AM
Bias correction methods for satellite data and observation monitoring
Speaker: Niels Bormann (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h
10:00 AM 10:30 AM
Coffee break

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

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1h
11:30 AM 11:45 AM
Comfort break

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

Reading
1h
12:45 PM 1:45 PM
Lunch break

ECMWF

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1h
1:45 PM 2:30 PM
Satellite information on the ocean and sea-ice in a coupled system
Speaker: Hao Zuo (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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45m
2:30 PM 3:20 PM
Satellite information on the land surface in a coupled system
Speaker: Patricia de Rosnay (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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50m
3:20 PM 3:45 PM
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
25m
3:45 PM 4:45 PM
Satellite Data Assimilation of atmospheric composition
Speaker: Melanie Ades (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h
Friday, 27 March
9:00 AM 10:00 AM
Machine Learning with satellite data for NWP
Speaker: Peter Lean (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h
10:00 AM 10:30 AM
Coffee break

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

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1h
11:30 AM 11:45 AM
Comfort break

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

Reading
1h
12:45 PM 1:45 PM
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
1:45 PM 2:45 PM
Q&A session, course evaluation

ECMWF

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1h

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