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 Ciências Atmosféricas - ICAT
Universidade Federal de Alagoas - UFAL
Maceió, Brazil
Sponsored by the European Organization for the Exploration of
Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Report compiled by
Humberto A. Barbosa
Instituto de Ciências Atmosféricas - ICAT
Universidade Federal de Alagoas - UFAL
18 September 2007
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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 Maceió, 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 Ciências Atmosféricas (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.
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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
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Alan Kardec Elias Martins
Anderlan Henrique Batista Siqueira
Ariela D'Angiola
Carla Damásio Cordeiro
Carlos Alberto Rodríguez Guerrero
Carmen Rainho Teixeira
Darly da Silva
Cezar Gonçalves Duquia
Diana Cristina Díaz Guevara
Elizabeth Ferreira
Fabiano Prestelo
Fernando Andre
Gabriel Pereira
Gonzalo Del Carmen Valenzuela
Gualberto de Honorato João
Guilherme Andrade
Gustavo Ferreira de Souza
Jose Luiz Cabral Silva Junior
Juana Lastenia Ravines Ruiz
Julián Esteban Morales Rivas
Lene da Silva Andrade
Lidia Elena Boada Puga
Luciano Vidal
Luis Alfonso Fernandez Hernandez
Marcelo Freitas Santini
Márcio Costa Pinho
Marcio Nirlando Gomes Lopes
Marcos Aurélio Santos da Silva
Maria Raquel Gonçalves Monteiro
Monica Queiroz
Marta Celina Linhares Sales
Odete Cardoso de Olivera
Patrice Rolando da Silva Oliveira
Patrícia Porta Nova da Cruz
Raimundo Mainar de Medeios
Ralph Trancoso
Raniéri Carlos Ferreira de Amorim
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Appendix 4: Workshop’s Website Statistics
Month
May
2007
Jun 2007
Jul 2007
Aug
2007
Total
Unique Number
visitors of visits
642
852
Pages
Hits
Bandwidth
2.994
24.370
90.17 MB
592
357
274
916
589
446
4.097
3.703
2.029
25.406
21.902
12.624
80.35 MB
94.47 MB
60.35 MB
1.865
2.803
12.823
84.302
325,54 MB
Countries
Brazil
United States
Germany
Peru
Argentina
Portugal
Pages
988
456
133
32
21
11
Hits
5880
3134
318
219
161
43
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Spain
Other European countries
Venezuela
Colombia
Uruguay
Taiwan
Great Britain
Austria
Unknown
Operating Systems
Windows
Linux
Unknown
Macintosh
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4
4
3
2
1
1
1
367
Hits
11993
486
144
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82
47
35
36
33
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Percent
95 %
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1.1 %
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