CADS update v3.2 released

The Cloud and Aerosol Detection Software has been updated to include support for the Chinese Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder-2, (HIRAS-2) which is flying on FY-3E and the Infra-Red Interferometer Spectrometer (IRIS) which flew on Nimbus-4 in the early 1970s. Also, support is provided for users to exploit the VIIRS clustering data which is now provided as part of the real-time CrIS stream.

NWP SAF Satellite Data Assimilation Training Course

The next NWP SAF satellite data assimilation training course will take place at ECMWF, Reading, on 11-15 March 2024. The course provides a complete overview of the usage of meteorological satellite observations in operational numerical weather prediction. It includes a series of lectures and practical sessions covering a range of topics – from fundamental theoretical concepts through to detailed practical implementations in modern state-of-the-art data assimilation systems.

Registration for this course closes on Monday, 18 December 2023. More information on https://events.ecmwf.int/event/375/

RadSim v3.2 released

RadSim v3.2 has been released. This has been updated to work with RTTOV v13.2 and enables new RTTOV features including the MFASIS-NN (neural network based fast visible/near-IR cloud solver), the new polarisation treatment in RTTOV-SCATT, and the new SURFEM-Ocean microwave sea surface emissivity model.  A full list of updates is available here.