NWCSAF CDOP4 Users' Workshop 2025
Workshop Information
Dear user, we are glad to announce you that next NWCSAF Users Workshop 2025 is going to take place in Madrid, Spain. The date will be from Tuesday 25th of February to Thursday 27th of February 2025.
Topics for the conference include NWC SAF future plans, presentations or posters from both NWC SAF developers and NWC SAF users, Working groups to define requirements, and much more.
Take into account that for doing an oral presentation or presenting a poster, an abstract must be sent. Please go to Abstract Submission to find more information.
The Workshop is organized in AEMET HQ in Madrid. Even there is a possibility of participating in the Workshop online, we encourage you to come to Madrid. In case you were not selected to be in-person, you would be able to attend the workshop online.
Workshop Presentations & Posters
| Session I: EUMETSAT satellite data to enhance service for users | ||
| Author | Title | Link |
| L. Schüller (EUMETSAT) | Introduction to the Workshop from EUMETSAT SAF | |
| N. Strelec (EUMETSAT) | MTG and EPS Programmes and users services |  |
| Session II: INTRODUCTION TO NWCSAF | ||
| Author | Title | Link |
| P. Rípodas (AEMET) | Introduction to NWCSAF and future challenges. | |
| Session III: PRESENTATIONS FROM NWCSAF TEAM (GEO-I PRODUCTS) | ||
| Author | Title | Link |
| T. Le Bastard (MFL) | NWP spatio-temporal configuration for NWC/GEO CTTH. | |
| M.A. Martínez (AEMET) | iSHAI product from MTG-I1 on MTG era.**(See below) | |
| A. Pascual (AEMET) | Enhancing the CRR Product for Precipitation Estimation. | |
| J.A. Lahuerta (AEMET) | Adaptation of microphysical precipitation products to MTG. | |
| R.E. Stefan (NMA) | The Accumulation of MTG LI Level 2 productsAdaptation of microphysical precipitation products to MTG. | |
| J.M. Moisselin (MFT) | NWCSAF convection products, plans for end of CDOP4 and CDOP5. | |
| J. García-Pereda (AEMET) | NWCSAF/HRW for GEO and PPS satellites: status in 2025. | |
| A. Wirth (GeoSphere) | ASII-NG tropopause folding and gravity waves product. | |
| P. Schmederer (Geosphere) | NWC/GEO products EXIM and ASII-ICE. | |
| M.A. Martínez (AEMET) | VIS0.9 & VIS0.8 for estimation of integrated precipitable water vapour.**(See below) | |
| Session IV: POSTERS | ||
| Author | Title | Link |
| K. Papachristopoulou (PMOD/WRC) | Geostationary satellite products for solar energy applications: The NextSENSE2 short-term solar forecasting system. | |
| N. Roberto (DCP) | Satellite operational products for precipitation, soil moisture and snow: applications and case studies. | |
| M. Kim & E. Shon (KMA) | Status and Improvement Plans for Convection-related Outputs from the GEO-KOMPSAT-2A (GK2A) Satellite. | |
| S. Hörnquist (SMHI) | PPS-MW Products. | |
| I. Kaur (SMHI) | Daytime Cloud Base Height Retrieval Using Machine Learning. | |
| N. Håkansson (SMHI) | PPS status and future plans. | |
| A. Abdoul-Aziz-Abebe (ASECNA) | Combining Nowcasting products, NWP output and Satellite imageries to Monitor and forecast weather for Public and Aviation. | |
| E. Fontaine (MFL) | Improvement In The Retrieval Of Cloud Properties With Geostionnary Satellites Observations For Nowcasting. | |
| E. Fontaine (MFL) | Research on ice cloud phase function for passive (and active) remote sensing. | |
| Session V: PPS AND PPS-MW PRODUCTS | ||
| Author | Title | Link |
| N. Håkansson (SMHI) | PPS for METimage. | |
| B. Rydberg (SMHI) | PPS-MW status and future plans. | |
| A. Camplani (CNR-ISAC) | H SAF EPS-SG MWI and MWS precipitation products. | |
| Session VI: MTG-S PRODUCTS | ||
| Author | Title | Link |
| M.A. Martínez (AEMET) | qIRS: NWCSAF approach for optimization of use of IRS spectra and images.**(See below) | |
| N. Peinado-Galán (AEMET) | Severe convection events analyse using the new sSHAI product from METOP/IASI as a Proxy for MTG/IRS. | |
| M.A. Martínez (AEMET) | Remapping IRS and sSHAI_Es: NWCSAF approach for optimization of the use of IRS L2 (EUMETSAT and sSHAI) products.**(See below) | |
| Session VII: USE OF NWP DATA IN NWCSAF SOFTWARE PACKAGES, OPERATIONS AND SERVICES | ||
| Author | Title | Link |
| A. Mihai (NMA) | NWP impact on NWCSAF cloud products. | |
| X. Calbet (AEMET) | A Nowcasting WMS service: the NWCSAF EWC ADAGUC WMS Server. | |
| J.L. Lliso (AEMET) | NowcAsting tool. | |
| Session VIII: PRESENTATIONS FROM NWCSAF USERS | ||
| Author | Title | Link |
| E. Dutra (IPMA) | NWC SAF applications in IPMA. | |
| I. Matsangouras (RCSP/NCM) | Applications of NWCSAF in assessing glaciogenic cloud seeding activities in Saudi Arabia. | |
| Z. Kocsis (HMS) | Applications of NWC SAF products at Hungarian Met. Service. | |
| A. Chhari (ISRO) | Nowcasting in IODC Region with NWCSAF/GEO. | |
| X. Calbet (AEMET) | NWC SAF Prototype for Optimal estimation of Total Column Water Vapor from Near-Infrared Measurements at 0.9 micron. | |
| A. Domocos (NMA) | Abundant precipitation in the eastern Romania in September 2024. | |
| Session X: USE OF NWCSAF PRODUCTS AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES | ||
| Author | Title | Link |
| V. Villani (ABM) | The use of NWCSAF GEO Products at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. | |
| V. Nietosvaara (EUMETSAT) | NWCSAF products in forecaster training in Europe and Africa. | |
| E. Seppälä (FMI) | The EUMETSAT & FMI Aviation Testbed –project. | |
| M.Celano (Arpa Piemonte) | Analysis of first stages of supercell storms in North Italy with NWCSAF CI/RDT, radar and Lightning data. | |
| H. Msemo (WMO) | WISER-EWSA project. | |
| B. Mushimata (ZMW) | Use of weather tools to analyse weather case studies. | |
| Session XI: NWC SAF USERS SURVEY OUTCOME | ||
| Author | Title | Link |
| I. Bueno (AEMET) | NWC SAF Services and Outcome of the NWC SAF users Survey. | |
** These presentations contains videos that can be seen in .pptx format in the following links:
- iSHAI product from MTG-I1 on MTG era.
- VIS09 & VIS0.8 for estimation of integrated precipitable water vapour.
- qIRS: NWCSAF approach for optimization of use of IRS spectra and images.
- Remapping IRS and sSHAI_ES: NWCSAF approach for optimization of the use of IRS L2 (EUMETSAT and sSHAI) products.
Agenda
Dear user, in the following link you can see the agenda of the NWC SAF Users' Workshop 2025.
Workshop Registration
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Abstracts Submission
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About the venue
The venue is AEMET (C. de Leonardo Prieto Castro, 8, 28040 Madrid)
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Additional information
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*The language used during the workshop will be English.