NWP SAF near-real time (NRT) quality monitoring

NWP SAF near-real time (NRT) quality monitoring

Introduction

Continuous routine monitoring of the characteristics and quality of satellite data is an essential adjunct to their assimilation in NWP systems and their reliable use for other purposes. NRT monitoring and alerts ensure that forecast quality is not compromised by degraded performance of the data, which can occur due to instrument degradation or errors within the product delivery chain. Such degradations can happen quickly and without prior warning, so it is the NRT data monitoring activity that initially captures these occurrences. Output from the related data alert system (follow link above) can be used by NWP centres to remove bad or suspicious observations from their assimilation systems in a timely manner so as not to compromise the quality of forecast products. The NRT monitoring and alerts are also used by data providers to augment and cross-check their own internal quality assurance systems (for example noise reduction resulting from Metop-IASI decontamination events were clearly detected by the NRT monitoring).

You can see which upcoming satellite instruments we plan to add to the NRT quality monitoring on the planned monitoring page.

NWP SAF Monitoring
ECMWFMet OfficeMeteo France
Microwave radiances
AMSR-2plotsplots plots
AMSU-Aplotsplotsplots
ATMSplotsplots plots
MWHS-2plotsplots plots
MWTS-2plotsplots
MWRIplotsplots
GMIplotsplots (high freq)
plots (low freq)
plots
AMSU-B/MHSplotsplots
SSMISplotsplotsplots
SMOSplots
Infrared radiances
AIRSplotsplotsplots
CrISplotsplotsplots
HIRSplots
IASIplotsplotsplots
Geostationary radiances
GOES/ABIplotsplotsplots
Himawari/AHIplotsplotsplots
METEOSAT/SEVIRIplots plotsplots
Level 2 Products
Aeolus HLOS windsplotsplots
Atmospheric Motion Vectorsplotsplots
Ozoneplots
Soil moistureplots
Snow Coverplots
Scatterometer Windsplotsplotsplots
Significant Wave Heightplots
Monitoring From Other Centres

Environment Canada
EUMETSAT Metop monitoring
GMAO:
JMA:
NCEP:
NCMRWF
NESDIS:
NRL

Additional data types

Radio occultation data monitoring on ROM SAF website