Convection Working Group Splinter Meeting 1 October 2024

Convection Working Group splinter meeting was held during EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 2024 in Würzburg, Germany, on 1 October 16:00-18:00. The meeting was conducted in hybrid format; CWG members not being on site attended the meeting online.

Agenda:

  1. Welcome (Co-chairs)
  2. Outstanding Actions
  3. Update on MTG-I commissioning and activities (Johan Strandgren)
  4. Moving towards MTG operational phase (Joachim Saalmüller)
  5. Update on Best Practices Document (Co-chairs)
  6. Contributions from members
    1. Jan Kanak: progress of our work “MTGProc Training Environment”
    2. Alois Holzer: Visualization of LI and FCI data in ESSL Displayer
    3. Xavier Calbet: New products in the EWC ADAGUC server
    4. Gerrit Holl: Update on the overshooting top database survey
    5. Dan Lindsey: some early FCI findings
  7. Any other business
  8. The next meeting(s)
  9. Closing

The Meeting minutes Minutes_CWG_splinter_meeting_20241001 are available

Convection Working Group and MTG 3T Forum Meetings 8-12 April 2024 in Prague, Czech Republic

Daily Agenda CWG 3T

Convection Working Group and MTG 3T Forum meetings was held jointly on 8-12 April 2024. This event was intended for CWG and MTG 3T Forum participants.

Altogether, nearly 70 participants met around the following themes:

– New Imagers
– Lightning Imager
– Hyperspectral instruments
– Multisensor and integrated approaches,
– Research to Operations,
– Training.

Overview programme

Daily Agenda and Presentations CWG 3T

CWG & MTG 3T Forum Meeting 2024 Final Minutes (PDF)

Convection Working Group Splinter meeting in Brussels 2022

Convection Working Group splinter meeting was held during EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference in Brussels, Belgium, 22 September 2022 at 15:00-18:00. Venue: EUMETSAT Conference, Room Vesalius.

Draft Agenda:

  1. Welcome
  2. Actions after Budapest Meeting
  3. Discussion on Nowcasting collaborative environment in the European Weather Cloud, introduction by Xavier Calbet
  4. Any Other Business
  5. Closing

The Final Minutes of the Meeting (pdf)

Convection Working Group and MTG 3T Forum Meetings 16-20 May 2022 in Budapest, Hungary

Convection Working Group and MTG 3T Forum meetings will be held jointly on 16-20 May 2022. This event is intended for CWG and MTG 3T Forum participants. We have some online attendance seats available for convection researchers and experienced operational meteorologists outside these groups.

The topics of this joint meeting will cover:

  1. New imager channels and products;
  2. Data visualisation for the new generation satellites;
  3. Satellite vertical profiles;
  4. Lightning observations from space;
  5. Research – Operations conversations;
  6. Multi-sensor and integrated approaches;
  7. Training elements/materials

The meeting will take place in Budapest, Hungary, with online participation possible as well (hybrid solution).

For inquiries, please contact CWG chairs at training@eumetsat.int

Draft Agenda

Presentations

Final_CWG_Meeting_2022_ Minutes

New ESSL–EUMETSAT partnership on using next-generation satellite data in severe convective storm forecasting

EUMETSAT has contracted the European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL) for a period of three years. The ESSL will train forecasters in Member States’ National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) on the use of products from EUMETSAT next-generation MTG and EPS-SG missions for severe convective storm analysis.

The aim is to train in total about 10–15% of the operational meteorological workforce in European weather services, or about 200–300 forecasters.

While EUMETSAT has been a member of ESSL since 2008, this contract forms the first formal relationship and is intended to pave the way for longer-term collaborations in support of the European meteorological community.

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CWG meeting online 6-8 April 2021

Convection Working Group meeting was held online 6-8 April, 2021, organized by OMSZ and EUMETSAT. The final minutes of the meeting are now available below.

The themes for the meeting included:
– New imager channels and products;
– Data visualisation for the new generation satellites;
– Satellite vertical profiles;
– Lightning observations from space;
– Research – Operations conversations;
– Multi-sensor and integrated approaches.

CWG_2021_tentative_agenda

CWG 2021 Final MInutes

Convection Working Group Online sessions April 2020

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

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