31 August 2023
20 October 2017
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 function 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
Wednesday 18 October
| Title | Presenter/s |
|---|---|
| Welcome and introduction on new MAG | Co-chairs |
| Logistics and tour de table | All |
| Review of on-going actions | Co-chairs |
| MTG IRS programme status | Remy Perin (EUM) |
| MTG dissemination evolution | Denis Fayard (EUM) |
| IRS instrument status | Daniel Lamarre (ESA) |
| L1 processing status (ATBD/PS) and open points and studies | Dorothee Coppens (EUM) |
| Feedback on the ATBD | Herve Roquet (MF) |
| IRS L1 Product Format Specification | Stefano Gigli (EUM) |
| PC compression | Tim Hultberg (EUM) |
| Outcome of the ECMWF assimilation of hyper-spectral geostationary satellites observations workshop | Tony McNally (ECMWF) |
| IRS PP (regional processing) | Nigel Atkinson (Met Office) |
| Discussion | All |
Thursday 19 October
| Title | Presenter/s |
|---|---|
| Hyperspectral L2: Status and schedule @ EUM | Dieter Klaes (EUM) |
| MTG IRS L2 approach to be followed | Thomas August (EUM) |
| MTG IRS L2 operational: open issues (first guess, spectral resolution and coverage, apodisation, high zenital angles…) | Thomas August (EUM) |
| Outcome of the NRT L2 dissemination | Stephen Tjemkes (EUM) |
| User feedback on the NRT L2 dissemination | Erik Gregow (FMI) |
| Discussion on the applications (open) | All |
| IRS measurement sequences - Impact on the applications | Gary Fowler (EUM) |
| L0/L1/L2 Test data: status | Bertrand Theodore (EUM) |
| Discussion on the morning presentations | All |
| Discussion on cal/val and science plans | All, led by J. Grandell |
| AOB and wrap-up | All |