The Satellite Application Facility for Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP SAF) aims to improve and support the interface between satellite data\/products and European activities in NWP.<\/p>\n
The NWP SAF is one of several EUMETSAT SAFs (Satellite Application Facilities). Utilising specialist expertise from the Member States, SAFs are dedicated centres of excellence for processing satellite data and form an integral part of the distributed EUMETSAT Application Ground Segment. Further information about SAFs is available on the EUMETSAT web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n The SAF for NWP interacts, where appropriate, with related work in other SAFs and in other EUMETSAT activities in order to enhance collaboration and to minimise duplication of effort.<\/p>\n The Satellite Application Facility for Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP SAF) aims to improve and support the interface between satellite data\/products and European activities in NWP. The NWP SAF is one of several EUMETSAT SAFs (Satellite Application Facilities). Utilising specialist expertise from the Member States, SAFs are dedicated centres of excellence for processing satellite data and form an integral part of the distributed EUMETSAT Application Ground Segment. Further information about SAFs is available on the EUMETSAT web site. The SAF for NWP interacts, where appropriate, with related work in other SAFs and in other EUMETSAT activities in order to enhance collaboration […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52387,"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/52387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recent News and Updates<\/h3>\n
An updated release of the DB packages for Level 0, MWS level 1 and METimage level 1 is available for download. This incorporates various changes made during the cal\/val phase of the satellite. The NWP SAF scripts also support IASI-NG, and we will provide the package itself once formal approvals have been obtained, expected later this month. For details, please see the Metop-SG direct broadcast web page.<\/span><\/li>
MWIPP version 1.3 has been released. This update release includes support for AMSR-3 BUFR encoding (including a new test case), updates to the MWI\/ICI processing and updates to the installation method to bring MWIPP into line with AAPP-SG and IRSPP. Further details at https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/software\/mwipp\/.<\/span><\/li>
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the usage of meteorological satellite observations in operational numerical weather prediction (NWP). 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. Applications for this course close on 25 Sept 2026. For further information, please visit https:\/\/events.ecmwf.int\/event\/577\/<\/span><\/li>
Version 1.4 of the Infrared Sounder Pre-processor (IRSPP) has been released. This version is compatible with the in-orbit MTG-IRS data, as well as the final set of pre-launch test data. The update release includes a new test case (in-orbit data from November 2025), an option to perform spatial averaging, refinements to the output BUFR sequence, python tools for displaying the netCDF and BUFR data, and updates to the build scripts. Further details at https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/software\/irspp\/<\/span><\/li>
Version 4 of the Cloud, Aerosol and Trace gas detection software (CATDS) has been released by the NWP-SAF. This package is used to identify channels in hyperspectral infrared spectra which are affected by atmospheric features that cannot be simulated accurately in a clear-sky assimilation framework for numerical weather prediction (NWP). This latest version includes a new neural-network emulator of the cloud and aerosol capability for IASI, which requires only observations as input (i.e. no model information). Also, cloud detection for CrIS is possibly in the absence of a long-wave infrared band (such as for S-NPP). Finally, the numerical precision of […]<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nFor older news, see the News Archive<\/a>.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"