Convection Working Group Online sessions April 2020

Posted on 10 March 2020 by Vesa Nietosvaara

Convection Working Group will host two online sessions on 21 April 2020.

Tentative Schedule for Live Presentations

Session 1 : Tuesday 21 April 08:00-09:00 UTC

New products for MTG and NWC SAF. Xavier Calbet AEMET, Spain
NWCSAF Convection Products. J.-M. Moisselin, F. Autones, M. Claudon,Météo-France

Session 2: Tuesday 21 April 14:00-15:00 UTC

Use of 1-min resolution satellite imagery coupled to ground-based observations for cloud process determination:John Mecikalski,Atmospheric Science Department, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
Hail Storm Risk Assessment Using Space-Borne Remote Sensing Observations and Reanalysis Data. Kris Bedka, NASA Langley Research Center, USA

CWG Splinter Meeting 2019 in Cracow

Posted on 29 August 2019 by Vesa Nietosvaara

Convection Working Group splinter meeting was held during ECSS Conference in Cracow, Poland, 4-8 November. The splinter meeting took place on Thursday 7 November 15:00-16:00 at room Attic.

CWG Splinter Meeting in Tallinn 2018

Posted on 9 October 2018 by Vesa Nietosvaara

Convection Working Group held its splinter meeting during EUMETSAT Conference in September 2018.
The meeting summary notes are attached here.

CWG splinter meeting EUMETSAT conference 18 Sep 2018 Minutes

McVCast Download

Posted on 21 May 2014 by Vesa Nietosvaara

For historic overview CWG has the archived McIdasVCast software available. The version offered below is for McVCast1.4 from 2014.

Please note that standard McIDAS-V software has several updates since 2014, and the latest version you can download at the official McIDAS-V site.

To install the McIDASVCast system, we recommend that you:

1. First downlaod the Setup Guide.

2. From the guide, determine which of the following packages you need, and then download that package: