27 January 2023
09 June 2020
The Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) series of future European geostationary meteorological missions consists of two satellites: the imaging satellites (MTG-I) and the sounding satellites (MTG-S). The Infrared Sounder (IRS) is one of the two instruments hosted on board the MTG-S satellites.
The scope of the IRS mission is to provide the user community with information on time evolution of humidity and temperature distribution, as functions of latitude, longitude and altitude. In this context, EUMETSAT has established the IRS mission advisory group (IRS-MAG) with the mandate of providing independent advice on the scientific concepts, cal/val approaches, and data usability of the IRS mission.
Objectives and outcomes
The proceedings and outcomes of the meeting can be found in the minutes of meeting.
Programme and reports
Thursday 24 May
| Title | Presenter/s |
|---|---|
| Welcome and agenda | Herve Roquet, Bojan Bojkov |
| Review of ongoing actions | Herve Roquet, Bojan Bojkov |
| Report on ‘Open Issues’ discussion from former MIST/MIMAG group | Christina Köpken-Watts (DWD) |
| IRS instrument performances — Status | Daniel Lamarre (ESA) |
| Action M4 A9: Presentation of consolidated strategy about how to capture rare and special event (additional local PC or to give residuals) | Tim Hultberg (EUM) |
| On the reversibility of MTG-IRS apodisation conversions | Nigel Atkinson (Met Office) |
| Analysis of the detector responsivity correction method presented by UW at ITSC-21: application to MTG-IRS | Nigel Atkinson (Met Office) |
| Calibration of FY-4A GIIRS L0 data and comparisons to CrIS | Dave Tobin (CIMSS) |
| IRS Level 1 format feedback | Rory Hutson (EUM) |
| Discussion | All |
Friday 25 May
| Title | Presenter/s |
|---|---|
| Introduction to the second day | Herve Roquet, Bojan Bojkov |
| Limb sounding challenges in the context of IRS | Claude Camy-Peyret (IPSL) |
| Scientific roadmap for the development of Hyperspectral Infrared (HSIR) products: White Paper status update | Dorothee Coppens (EUM) |
| IRS possible Apodisation | Dorothee Coppens (EUM) |
| IRS L2 ATBD – MAG review summary | Jochen Grandell (EUM) |
| MTG-IRS L2 update | Thomas August (EUM) |
| Discussion on the spectroscopy | Claude Camy-Peyret (IPSL) |
| MTG-IRS science plan | Jochen Grandell (EUM) |
| ARRHENIUS: a geostationary carbon process explorer for Africa, Europe and the Middle-East | Johannes Orphal (KIT) |
| Discussion | All |
| Review of actions/recommendations | All |