Monthly series of open, online short sessions on the Data Access Services and their usage via GUIs and APIs, answering top questions posted by participants at Sli.do (event code #data-services).

The sessions are open to all and address a wide range of attendees, from service providers to scientists and forecasters. Each session requires registration via Zoom. The sessions are a great opportunity to remove any technical challenges in using the Data Access Services GUIs and APIs, and engage users in discussion with EUMETSAT experts and colleagues.

Since October 2021. 

11 July 2023 - 08:00 UTC

This online short course presents SARAH-3, the latest edition of the SEVIRI-based climate data record on surface radiation, generated by the Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM SAF).

Webinar with Steffen Kothe (DWD), Uwe Pfeifroth (DWD), Christine Traeger Chatterjee (EUMETSAT), Antonio Vecoli (EUMETSAT).

14 June 2023 - 12:00 UTC

By using Project Jupyter tools primarily for Earth observation data education, EUMETSAT is pioneering and advocating for the need to make notebooks more educational and has developed and published five guiding principles on how to do so. 

7 June 2023 - 12:00 UTC

In this event, EUMETSAT is demonstrating a multi-mission data visualisation tool SIFT which is suited for viewing and analysing data from MTG-I1 missions. SIFT is an open-source software released by EUMETSAT and University of Wisconsin, which utilizes the popular Satpy python-package for data reading. We also show an upgraded version of the web-based EUMETView tool.

Webinar with Stephan Bojinski, Andrea Meraner and Erdem Erdi, EUMETSAT 

31 May 2023 - 12:00 UTC

The main objective is to raise awareness of the evaluations in EUMETCast-Europe Service and changes to be performed on the satellite reception stations. A second part of the course will focus on basics of MTG-I data handling.

with Erdem Erdi (EUMETSAT)

16, 17 May 2023, 8:00 UTC

Europe experiences regular Saharan dust transports across the Iberian peninsula, France, Spain that sometimes even reach central and northern Europe. In 2023, the first large-scale dust transport episode took place in mid-February. Taking this event as a case study, this short course will give you an overview of how you can use satellite and ground-based observation as well as model forecasts to monitor and forecast Saharan dust episodes.

Webinar with Anu-Maija Sundström, FMI, and Julia Wagemann, EUMETSAT

2 May 2023, 12:00 UTC

This online short course presents CLAAS-3, the latest edition of the SEVIRI-based climate data record on clouds and cloud features, generated by the Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM SAF).

Webinar with Nikos Benas (KNMI), Jan Fokke (KNMI); Steffen Kothe (DWD), Irina Solodovnik (DWD).

19 April 2023 - 12:00 UTC

This advanced to expert level short course will focus on recent changes to data access for Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) products, and introduce new tools and approaches for performing ocean colour match-up analyses. The event will:

Webinar with Ben Loveday, Hayley Evers-King, Juan Ignacio Gossn and Noemi Marsico (EUMETSAT)

29 March 2023 - 11:00 UTC

This short course will focus on the new capabilities of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich altimeter and new data access routes to obtain its products.

Webinar with Ben Loveday, Vinca Rosmorduc, Christine Traeger Chatterjee and Hayley Evers-King (EUMETSAT)

29 September 2022

Satellite data products are relevant tools for monitoring marine weather and sea state conditions, as situ observations over ocean are scarce. Without satellite data, in essence, marine forecasters are left to rely solely on model data. In this course, you will learn through practical examples how to better assess current sea and marine weather conditions, and the accuracy of NWP forecasts, with the aid of scatterometer and altimeter data.

with Carla Barroso and Ivan Smiljanic (EUMETSAT)

8 June 2022, 12:00 UTC

EUMETSAT his often asked for the story behind the MOOC - what is it, why did we do it, how did we put it in place and what challenges did we have and what have we learned. These are the themes fore this session. 

with Neil Fletcher and Mark Higgins (EUMETSAT)

4 May 2022, 13:30 UTC

This is the first in the series of 3 Ocean and Sea Ice SAF (OSI SAF) webinars providing an overview of the OSI SAF products and their applications, explaining how they are processed and validated, what they can be used for, and how they can be used. New means for accessing the data will be highlighted, and some on-line demonstration will be included.

The webinar is aimed at both existing users of the OSI SAF products and those who are not familiar with the products. 

with Stéphane Saux Picart and Olivier Membrive (Meteo France), Steinar Eastwood (Met Norway) and Jean-François Piolle (Ifremer)

25 January 2022, 12:00 UTC

This is the second in the series of 3 Ocean and Sea Ice SAF (OSI SAF) webinars providing an overview of the OSI SAF products and their applications, explaining how they are processed and validated, what they can be used for, and how they can be used. New means for accessing the data will be highlighted, and some on-line demonstration will be included.

The webinar is aimed at both existing users of the OSI SAF products and those who are not familiar with the products. 

with Olivier Membrive (Meteo France), Steinar Eastwood,  Thomas Lavergne and Signe Aaboe (Met Norway), Gorm Dybkjaer, Fabrizio Baordo, Jacob Høyer and Johanne Oelund (DMI)

27 January 2022, 12:00 UTC

This is the third in the series of 3 Ocean and Sea Ice SAF (OSI SAF) webinars providing an overview of the OSI SAF products and their applications, explaining how they are processed and validated, what they can be used for, and how they can be used. New means for accessing the data will be highlighted, and some on-line demonstration will be included.

The webinar is aimed at both existing users of the OSI SAF products and those who are not familiar with the products. 

with Thomas Lavergne (Met Norway), Ad Stoffelen (KNMI) and Olivier Membrive (Meteo France)

1 February 2022, 12:00 UTC

The fire season over the Mediterranean region typically starts in May-June. Meteorological factors play a crucial role in the setting and spreading of wildfires and they are also an important factor in the resulting fire severity. How to interpret the available satellite products and anticipate severe fire occurrence?

Viewing at the storm clouds from above tells us about their interior dynamics. Join us to look at what the satellite images show about the processes happening in the storm clouds. We will reveal the structures seen on the storm tops with currently available satellites and peek into the future view that we will have with the sensors on Meteosat Third Generation (MTG).

with Natasa Strelec Mahovic and Ivan Smiljanic (EUMETSAT)

12 April 2022, 12:00 UTC

This short course will give you an introduction to dust monitoring and forecasting. The course will give you first a high-level introduction to data observations (ground-based and satellite) and model forecasts that can be used to monitor and forecast dust events. The high-level introduction is followed by a practical data discovery part. Focussing on one dust event, the practical part will practically introduce you to satellite-, ground- and model-based data.  For each dataset featured, you will get a practical hands-on introduction on how to access, process, visualize and interpret the dataset. 

with Federico Fierli (EUMETSAT), Sara Basart (BSC), Anu-Maija Sundstrom (FMI), Lucia Mona (CNR-IMAA) and Julia Wagemann (MEEO)

6 April 2022, 12:00 UTC

This course presents how new Artificial Intelligence methods could be used in Earth Observation and numerical model for monitoring purposes. 

with Federico Fierli (EUMETSAT) and Maximilien Houël  (MEEO srl)

16 March 2022, 12:00 UTC