International Meteorological Satellite Workshop for South-American Users

Report on the International Meteorological Satellite Workshop for South-American Users

20-24 August 2007 at the Instituto de Cincias Atmosfricas - ICAT Universidade Federal de Alagoas - UFAL Macei, Brazil

Sponsored by the European Organization for the Exploration of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Report compiled by Humberto A. Barbosa Instituto de Cincias Atmosfricas - ICAT Universidade Federal de Alagoas - UFAL

18 September 2007

International Meteorological Satellite Workshop for South-American Users

Executive Summary
The International Meteorological Satellite Workshop for South-American Users was a part of a series of meteorological satellite courses provided by the European Organization for the Exploration of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) in Brazil. The workshop was held August 20-24, 2007 in Macei, Brazil. There were a total of 40 representatives of 30 institutions from the government, academia, and the private sector. The objectives of this workshop were twofold. The first was to describe reception, processing, visualization, and dissemination mechanisms of data and products derived from meteorological satellites to support weather operations in South America. The second objective was to provide a techno-scientific exchange in environmental and atmospheric sciences between various South-American research institutes. These two objectives were closely related and successfully met. A fundamental point of the gathering was the exchange of user knowledge of the EUMETCast reception system between the various segments of South-American users that were present. The workshop was hosted by the Instituto de Cincias Atmosfricas (ICAT), Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL). It is anticipated that future workshops will continue this effort to explore how best satellite observations complement severe weather warning operations in South America. The future workshops will involve collaborative activities between operational meteorological centers and universities engaged in Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) data.

Recommendations
During the workshop, several recommendations were made. They are: Recommendation #1: Provide two free collaborative workshops to the South-American users who are clients of EUMETCast system. The first will facilitate the training for the EUMETCast reception system operators and shall be headed by specialists in the processing of Meteosat images. The second would be made exclusively to users of MSG images. Continue to rotate the location of the workshop. Recommendation #2: Differentiate the acquisition of the EUMETCast between license and financial contributions to EUMETCast. Recommendation #3: Continue the EUMETCast data distribution for the South American users. Recommendation #4: Create a committee (delegates) EUMETCast/GEONETCast data distribution in the Americas. to accompany the

Concluding Remarks
In summary, this workshop was a productive one. It improved the lines of communication between potential users from operational meteorological centers and universities in the EUMETCast data distribution. Each of the presenters and attendees are to be thanked. Progress was made on each of the two workshop goals mentioned above.

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Appendix 1: Workshop photos

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Appendix 2: Agenda

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Appendix 3: Participant List

NOME Alan Kardec Elias Martins Anderlan Henrique Batista Siqueira Ariela D'Angiola Carla Damsio Cordeiro Carlos Alberto Rodrguez Guerrero Carmen Rainho Teixeira Darly da Silva Cezar Gonalves Duquia Diana Cristina Daz Guevara Elizabeth Ferreira Fabiano Prestelo Fernando Andre Gabriel Pereira Gonzalo Del Carmen Valenzuela Gualberto de Honorato Joo Guilherme Andrade Gustavo Ferreira de Souza Jose Luiz Cabral Silva Junior Juana Lastenia Ravines Ruiz Julin Esteban Morales Rivas Lene da Silva Andrade Lidia Elena Boada Puga Luciano Vidal Luis Alfonso Fernandez Hernandez Marcelo Freitas Santini Mrcio Costa Pinho Marcio Nirlando Gomes Lopes Marcos Aurlio Santos da Silva Maria Raquel Gonalves Monteiro Monica Queiroz Marta Celina Linhares Sales Odete Cardoso de Olivera Patrice Rolando da Silva Oliveira Patrcia Porta Nova da Cruz Raimundo Mainar de Medeios Ralph Trancoso Raniri Carlos Ferreira de Amorim E-MAIL alan.km@unitins.br anderlansiqueira@hotmail.com dangiola@cnea.gov.ar carla@chm.mar.mil.br mereque@yahoo.com carmen@eletrovento.com.br darly@mct.gov.br cezar@simepar.br dcdiazg@unal.edu.co bethf@ufla.br fabiano_ufal@hotmail.com fernandoseta@hotmail.com gabriel@dsr.inpe.br gonzalo@cptec.inpe.br gualbertohj@hotmail.com andrade@schaeferyahcts.com.br gustavoferreira@ucdb.br jlcabral_jr@yahoo.com.br jravines@corpac.gob.pe jemoraler@unal.edu.co lene.s.andrade@gmail.com leboadap@yahoo.es lucianovidal78@yahoo.com.ar fernandez1@cantv.net santini.marcelo@gmail.com marciocosta67@hotmail.com marcio.lopes@sipam.gov.br aurelio@cpatc.embrapa.br mogorama@yahoo.es monicaqueiroz@terra.com.br mclsales@uol.com.br ocos@ufpa.br patrice@aesa.pb.gov.br p_portanova@yahoo.com.br mainarmedeiros@gmail.com ralph@inpa.gov.br rcfamorim@gmail.com

International Meteorological Satellite Workshop for South-American Users Wagner Luiz Barbosa Melciades Mrcio Jos Catalunha Ieda Pscheidt wagnerlb@funceme.br prof.catalunha@gmail.com ieda@simepar.br

Appendix 4: Workshops Website Statistics

Month May 2007 Jun 2007 Jul 2007 Aug 2007 Total

Unique Number visitors of visits 642 852 592 357 274 1.865 916 589 446 2.803

Pages 2.994 4.097 3.703 2.029 12.823

Hits 24.370 25.406 21.902 12.624 84.302 Pages 988 456 133 32 21 11

Bandwidth 90.17 MB 80.35 MB 94.47 MB 60.35 MB 325,54 MB Hits 5880 3134 318 219 161 43

Countries Brazil United States Germany Peru Argentina Portugal

International Meteorological Satellite Workshop for South-American Users Spain Other European countries Venezuela Colombia Uruguay Taiwan Great Britain Austria Unknown Operating Systems Windows Linux Unknown Macintosh Hits 11993 486 144 1 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 367 82 47 35 36 33 1 7 1 2627

Percent 95 % 3.8 % 1.1 % 0%