New LSA SAF radiative flux product on EUMETCast soon
The new LSA SAF Total and Diffuse Downward Surface Shortwave Flux product will be available from 20 May.
21, September 2020
This new product (acronym: MDSSFTD, Product ID: LSA-207) is an instantaneous estimate of the total Downwelling Surface Shortwave radiative Flux (DSSF) in W/m2 and the fraction of the diffuse flux component to the total flux.
It is an upgrade of the LSA-SAF MDSSF (LSA-201), which is planned to be discontinued in six months. It is available every 15 minutes, while the LSA-201 is generated every 30 minutes.
The product currently has pre-operational status.
It will be distributed on EUMETCast as follows:
EUMETCast Europe
Channel: E1B-SAF-2
Multicast address: 224.223.222.28
PID: 500
EUMETCast Africa
Channel: A1C-SAF-2
Multicast address: 224.223.225.3
PID: 100
Example filename: S-LSA_-HDF5_LSASAF_MSG_MDSSFTD_MSG-Disk_202004192345.bz2
Users already subscribed to receive LSA SAF products via EUMETCast will receive this new product automatically. Other users wishing to receive this product should register via our Earth Observation Portal (EOP).
For more information, contact our User Service Helpdesk.