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Training Campaign Phase 2: Introduction, Resources and Case Studies

Introduction and Instructions

This Phase 2 of the Campaign will involve:

Easily accessible and user-friendly resources for Stakeholder familiarisation with the new data from Himawari-8.
New resources, including Himawari-8 case studies and an introduction to Derived Products.
A Blog page for ongoing discussion of case studies pertaining to Himawari-8 data. Links to Blog resources from other organisations..
Weekly tutorial sessions to consolidate the learning.
Assessment resources on the BMTC Moodle web page.

How Forecasters can use the new Himawari-8 data effectively

Click on the links below to see how Forecasters can use the new Himawari-8 data effectively for the nowcasting and forecasting of the respective meteorological phenomena. Note that this is an evolving resource and your feedback and additional material is welcome.

A very useful and relevant COMET resource "GOES-R ABI applications" with a number of online recordings is given here

Red-Green-Blue (RGB) Product reference information.

In response to the stakeholder feedback during Phase 1 of the Campaign, below are easy-to-use resources pertaining to the RGB products. These .pdf files include:

How the RGB products are constructed
Uses and limitations of the products.
EUMETSAT ePort exercises for you to try in order to gain familiarisation with the products.