TITLE
Satellite Images of the
Month
MSG CHANNELS
Interpretation Guide
Distance Learning
Material (VisitView)
EUMETSAT RESOURCE LIST FOR SATELLITE TRAINING
DESCRIPTION
At regular intervals, EUMETSAT selects a satellite image/product that demonstrates interesting phenomena or weather situations in various regions of the world, showing the vast range of applications of satellite data.
Similar to the MODIS image gallery.
Provides a description of MSG channels in a variety of applications:
Introduction to MSG Channels
Applications for weather analysis and forecasting
Ocean and Land surface
Atmospheric Constituents
Special Phenomena: Limb Darkening, sun glint
On this page a number of training sessions in the area of Satellite Meteorology are offered as teletraining sessions. The teletraining sessions utilize the VISITview software where a PC with an Internet connection is required. A conference call or Voice over IP (VOIP) is used for the instructor and students to interact. The phone number and/or the VOIP contact details will be provided by email along with signup instructions.
A PDF file is attached to each training session that provides setup instructions.
URL www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Image_Gallery/Satellite_Imag es_of_the_Month/index.htm?l=en http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/WEBOPS/msg_interpretation/ind ex.html http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/What_We_Do/Training/
Distance_Learning/index.htm?l=en

MSG MeteoCAL modules Educate and guide the user through various applications of Meteosat imagery, such as fog detection and monitoring, dust storm identification and the development of tropical cyclones.
An intro to the
EUMETSAT Polar
System (EPS)
 What EPS is and who the partners are
 The program elements consisting of
Meteorological Operational Satellite
( METOP) satellites
 The novel technology that the Metop satellites provide and the applications and products that emerge from them
EUMeTRAIN
Virtual Laboratory for
Training in Satellite
Meteorology http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/WEBOPS/meteocal/latest/ http://www.eumetsat.int/eps_webcast/eps_en/index.htm
International project dedicated to the development of training material and training methods for satellite meteorology.
Goal: Provide users of EUMETSAT data with training material, which will assist in a better use of satellite data, either alone or in combination with other meteorological data.
This training material is in the form of case studies, interactive exercises, manuals and distant learning.
Pockets of good training sites, some of which might overlap the sites above. Selections within the site fall under: “Virtual Lab Resources available from this site”
The virtual lab site seems to have been moved to CIRA (see right box) http://www.eumetrain.org.uk/ http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/VLab/html/
CIRA http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/wmovl/

Manual of synoptic satellite meteorology
(SatManu)
NRL Monterey Marine
Meteorology Division
(Code 7500)
Satellite Meteorology –
Sat Training
NRL - NexSat
NRL SatFocus page
Housed at CIRA (the link is broken within
EUMETSAT web site), developed by
EUMETSAT that cover synoptic satellite meteorology basics.
Web site also housed at:
Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und
Geodynamik (ZAMG - German: Central
Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics) http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/wmovl/VRL/Tutorials/SatMa nu-eumetsat/SatManu/main.htm and at http://www.zamg.ac.at/docu/Manual/SatManu/main.htm
NRL SATELLITE TRAINING RESOURCE LIST
Satellite training from NRL general satellite page.
Also serves as satellite training site for the NRL tropical cyclone web page http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/training-bin/training.cgi and http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html
Tutorials of NexSat value-added satellite products over the CONUS region that include derived products from MODIS, AVHRR,
SeaWiFs, GOES, NOGAPS and COAMPS models, CloudSat
Same as NexSat except that website is password- protected http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/NEXSAT.html https://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/focus-bin/focus.cgi