ASCAT processing

[hutx]

Hi,

Sorry I get a wrong place to ask this question, I didn’t get any reply in AWDP section.

I wonder if there’s any package for processing ACSAT L0 data?

We get ASCAT L0 data like ASCA_HRP_00_M02_20210531101644Z_20210531102215_N_O_20210531101644Z.bz2 from derect broadcast. But AWDP need ASCAT L1b as input data, I don’t know how to get this data.

Looking forward for your reply.

Regards,
Hu

[Nigel Atkinson]

Dear Hu,

Unfortunately there is no publicly-available package. In fact, we checked this with EUMETSAT just recently. Here is the reply from the person responsible for ASCAT: “I’m aware of occasional requests to release the ASCAT L1 processor. In principle I would support this, but we have some licensing issues which prevent the distribution. For this reason we are not planning to release the L1 ASCAT processor. I can confirm that there are plans to provide software for the local DB users for the EPS-SG instruments.”

Software for SCAT on Metop-SG-B1 should be available after its launch in late 2024.

Regards,

Nigel

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