Short course: A Climate Data Record of Cloud Properties

On Wednesday, 19 April 2023, the successful series of online short courses in cooperation with EUMETSAT and the Satellite Applications Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM SAF), continues with a course on the CM SAF CLAAS climate data record. CLAAS-3 is the latest edition of this SEVIRI-based data record on clouds and cloud features. CLAAS-3 comes with a corresponding Interim Climate Data Record (ICDR), so there are data with a latency of just a few days, since 2004. This qualifies CLAAS data for many applications, including climate monitoring.

During this two-hour course, participants can learn about the important features and highlights of the data record, directly from the CM SAF experts. In a hands-on session, users can start working with the data, to get insights into data handling and data format.

Short online short courses on the CM SAF climate data records SARAH-3 and CLARA-A3, follow in May and September 2023. Information on all courses will be published via the EUMETSAT Training website. Register now to join the course and be part of this experience.

Three short courses on atmospheric composition

EUMETSAT’s atmospheric training team is organising three short online courses in May, June and July. The first takes place on 2 May at 12:00 UTC, it will focus on dust monitoring and forecasting. The course will highlight one dust event in mid-February 2023. It will introduce satellite and ground-based observations, as well as model forecasts that can be used to monitor and forecast Saharan dust episodes.

The second course is on 7 June at 12:00 UTC. It will introduce five guiding principles EUMETSAT follows, in order to make Jupyter notebooks more impactful and useful in a training context. This course is a chance for everyone who develops Jupyter notebooks, and who would like to increase their impact.

The third course is on 12 July at 12:00 UTC. It will focus on wildfire monitoring with next-generation satellites.

You can register for the short courses via the EUMETSAT training website:

• EUMETSAT short course: Dust monitoring and forecasting, 2023 events
• EUMETSAT short course: How do develop impactful and education Jupyter notebooks?
• EUMETSAT short course: Wildfire monitoring with Next-Generation Satellites

International Summer School on applications with the newest multi-spectral environmental satellites

The Italian Air Force - Department of Meteorology and EUMETSAT are organising the International Summer School on Applications with the Newest Multi-spectral Environmental Satellites in Ostia, Italy from 19 to 28 June 2023.

The overall focus of the course is an in-depth explanation of remote-sensing principles. It will cover the methods and techniques used to extract information from the environmental satellite data (both GEO and LEO), with emphasis on the latest measuring technologies, for example the new MTG mission.

The course will consist of lectures, laboratory sessions, group lab projects and tests. Throughout the course, participants will be actively engaging with selected satellite data and exploring using different visualisation tools that are widely available, such as SIFT, McIDAS-V and Jupyter Notebooks.

Nominated participants from EUMETSAT members can apply.

Application via the EUMETSAT training calendar.

Upcoming EUMETSAT Copernicus marine training activities

• 29 March: Our marine short course focusing on new tools for performing ocean colour match-ups with OLCI. This open 2-hour webinar will introduce the ThoMaS match-up toolkit, including worked examples of its use.
• 23-28 April: If you are attending the 2023 EGU General Assembly, please visit our short course (SC5.8, 25 April) to learn how to access and use EUMETSAT Copernicus Marine products from Sentinel-3 and Sentinel-6.
• 8-12 May: EUMETSAT are offering two sessions on applying machine-learning methods to Copernicus marine products at the 54th Liege Colloquium. All colloquium attendees are welcome, including those new to remote sensing and ML/AI.
• 12-16 June: If you are attending the Third International Operational Satellite Oceanography Symposium, please consider joining our short course in collaboration with NOAA and KHOA. Places are limited, so we encourage you to register ASAP.
• From April to July, we will be supporting the Trevor Platt Science Foundation webinar series, culminating with in-person training on 7/8 August. The webinars are open to all. Please visit the link to learn more about the schedule.

CALMet XV Conference 2023

This year, instead of organising a Eumetcal Workshop, we invite everyone to join and contribute to the CALMet XV Conference in November. The CALMet XV Conference 2023 will be an online forum that brings together educators, trainers, and training managers, working in international meteorological education and training, to share experiences, expectations, and new ideas for applying emerging technologies and strategies in meteorology and hydrology education and training.

The conference will be online 7-17 November 2023. During the asynchronous pre-conference period (7-12 November 2023), the participants will be able to familiarise themselves with the resources and activities provided by the authors. During the second week, which will be mostly synchronous, there will be a programme with themed sessions, so authors and the audience can meet and discuss.

Presentations and recordings from the training school are available on the course website.

Event Week on Heatwaves and Droughts

EUMETrain will promote the Event Week on Heatwaves and Droughts, from 29th May to June 1st. We have an exciting program with multidisciplinary speakers which will cover different aspects of heatwaves and droughts, mainly focusing on satellite observations that can be used to study their impacts and causes.

Heatwaves are becoming increasingly more frequent and more intense, with Europe being one of the areas where these increases are more significant. Changes in atmospheric patterns due to climate change and complex interactions between the land surface and the atmosphere, which are now better understood thanks to better models, but also better observations. Satellite climate data records are now reaching sufficient maturity and length to provide robust information on decadal changes in many variables involved in heatwaves and droughts, such as Land Surface Temperature, Soil Moisture and different vegetation indexes. Satellite information may also be used to study associated processes such as marine heatwaves, interactions with the carbon cycle, air pollution or enhanced impact on cities and human health.

The final program will be released soon, and registrations will be open about one month prior to the event. All sessions will be online using Webex.