Between 13 - 15 February 2012 the Bureau Training Centre (BMTC) hosted a workshop on NASA's new Soumi NPP Earth monitoring satellite and the VIIRS instrument. The workshop featured lectures and hands-on sessions presented by Paul Menzel and Liam Gumley, both from Space Science and Engineering Centre (SSEC) at the University of Wisconsin. The workshop was organised by Bodo Zeschke, John Le Marshall and Ian Grant, and was attended by staff from the Bureau, CAWCR, GA and affiliated universities. It was broadcast as a webinar, which allowed wider participation, including participants from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
Various resources from this workshop are available below.