FCI Mission Advisory Group (FCI MAG) June 2022

The FCI MAG#6 meeting was devoted to:

• Communicating to the FCI MAG members the status of the MTG program.
• Communicating to the FCI MAG members the status of the FCI space segment and ground performances.
• Communicating to the FCI MAG members the status of the Request For Deviations and Spectral Response Functions.
• Presenting the plan for the FCI commissioning.
• Organising the MAG contribution for the FCI commissioning.

Objectives and outcomes

The main objectives of the meeting were to:

• Update MAG members on the status of the Instrument and EUMETSAT’s plan for the commissioning
• Discuss the commissioning readiness and MAG involvement during the commissioning

The major outcomes and recommendation were:

Increase the frequency of the MAG meetings towards and during commissioning.

• A soon as early commissioning data become available it would be useful to have short monthly meetings in order to discuss and touch base on status, actions, achievements etc.
• The MAG members share the idea of increasing the frequency of the MAG meetings during commissioning and also encourages the use of email/confluence exchange in between meetings such that potential open questions/analyses can be thought through and discussed before the meetings.

Look in detail at RGBs and tweak the recipes during the FCI commissioning.

• Put together a dataset of real SEVIRI and FCI data for a set of scenes during commissioning for this purpose.

Pay extra attention to first true colour RGB.

• Important image for press purposes. Appropriate corrections (Rayleigh and green band) are important.

Perform at least one full day each of rapid scanning experiments in June and October 2023 respectively.

• Ideally with the possibility to define the day(s) of RSS experiments 5-7 days in advance to maximize chances of catching relevant case study scenarios.

Programme and reports

FCI MAG Meeting Agenda — 27 June 2022

FCI MAG Meeting Agenda — 29 June 2022