National Himawari Training Campaign

Tutorials and Feedback

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Tutorial Sessions

The First Phase of the National Himawari-8 Training Campaign included thirteen Weekly Webinar Tutorial Sessions. During these Tutorial Sessions topics pertaining to the Rapid Scan and the RGB Familiarisation Resources were discussed in greater detail with stakeholder involvement. The resources for these Tutorial Sessions are given below. Before accessing these resources please listen to the short two minute video "How best to access the resources"..

How best to access the resources (2min)  (.wmv file 2Mb)  (.mp4 file 11Mb)

Summary

Summary of Tutorial Sessions and an introduction to Phase 2 of the Training Campaign (6 min duration) (.wmv file 6Mb)  (.mp4 file 11Mb)

Please submit questions, feedback and requests for future Himawari-8 topic discussions here

Tutorial Session 13, 22 April 0230-0330UTC

Topics discussed include:

Summary of Tutorial Session 12 (3 min duration)  (.wmv file 5Mb)  (.mp4 file 8Mb)

Introducing the Night Microphysics RGB product (26 min duration) (.wmv file 45Mb)  (.mp4 file 71Mb)

Exploring the EUMETSAT ePort with emphasis on the Night Microphysics RGB product (11 min duration) (.wmv file 18Mb)  (.mp4 file 35Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 13 (15Mb)

Tutorial Session 13 PowerPoint presentation (32Mb)

Tutorial Session 12, 15 April 02-03UTC

Topics discussed include:

Summary of Tutorial Session 11 (4 min duration)  (.wmv file 5Mb)  (.mp4 file 11Mb)

Introducing the Day Microphysics RGB product (27 min duration) (.wmv file 44Mb)  (.mp4 file 69Mb)

Exploring the EUMETSAT ePort and EUMETSAT Available Near Real-Time Products, with emphasis on the Day Microphysics RGB product (21 min duration) (.wmv file 34Mb)  (.mp4 file 61Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 12 (22Mb)

Tutorial Session 12 PowerPoint presentation (51Mb)

Tutorial Session 11, 8 April 02-03UTC

Topics discussed include:

Summary of Tutorial Session 10 (2 min duration)  (.wmv file 4Mb)  (.mp4 file 8Mb)

Exploring the EUMETSAT ePort and EUMETSAT Available Near Real-Time Products, with emphasis on the Dust RGB product (39 min duration) (.wmv file 58Mb)  (.mp4 file 101Mb)


Pre-session material for Tutorial 11 - EUMETSAT ePort and EUMETSAT Near Real Time Products activities (5Mb)

Tutorial Session 11 PowerPoint presentation (64Mb)

Tutorial Session 10, 1 April 02-03UTC

Topics discussed include:

Summary of Tutorial Session 9 (2 min duration)  (.wmv file 3Mb)    (.mp4 file 5Mb)

A brief summary of the latest resources on the National Himawari-8 Trainiing Campaign web page (5 min duration) (.wmv file 6Mb)  (.mp4 file 11Mb)

Exploring the EUMETSAT ePort - The Airmass RGB product (40 min duration) (.wmv file 64Mb)  (.mp4 file 113Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 10 - EUMETSAT ePort activity (11Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 10 - 24hr Dust Microphysics RGB Exercise 1 (14Mb)

(Animations courtesy EUMETSAT)

Tutorial Session 10 PowerPoint presentation (30Mb)

Tutorial Session 9, 25 March 02-03UTC

Topics discussed include:

Summary of Tutorial Session 8 (4 min duration)  (.wmv file 4Mb)     (.mp4 file 11Mb)

A review and discussion of the RGB product resources topic: The Day Convective Storms RGB product (48 min duration) (.wmv file 105Mb)  (.mp4 file 176Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 9 - Day Convection RGB Exercises 1-3 (14Mb)

(Animation courtesy EUMETSAT)

Tutorial Session 9 PowerPoint presentation (27Mb)

Tutorial Session 8, 18 March 02-03UTC

Topics discussed include:

Summary of Tutorial Session 7 (5 min duration)  (.wmv file 5Mb)  (.mp4 file 10Mb)

Investigating the three water vapour channels of Himawari-8, with emphasis on monitoring mountain waves (27 min duration) (.wmv file 54Mb)  (.mp4 file 75Mb)

A review and discussion of the RGB product resources topic: Airmass RGB product (26 min duration) (.wmv file 50Mb)  (.mp4 file 73Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 8 - Exercise 1 and 2 (15Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 8 - Airmass RGB animation (14Mb)

(Animation courtesy EUMETSAT)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 8 - EUMETSAT ePort activity (1Mb)

Tutorial Session 8 PowerPoint presentation (45Mb)

Tutorial Session 7, 11 March 02-03UTC

Topics discussed include:

Summary of Tutorial Session 6 (5 min duration)  (.wmv file 5Mb)  (.mp4 file 11Mb)

A review and discussion of the rapid scan data familiarisation topic: Fog and Low Cloud detection and monitoring (18 min duration) (.wmv file76Mb)  (.mp4 file 80Mb)

A review and discussion of the RGB product resources topic: 24 hour Microphysics RGB product, with emphasis on the Volcanic Ash RGB product (34 min duration) (.wmv file 63Mb)  (.mp4 file 95Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 7 - Exercise 1 (21Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 7 - Fog Example (4Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 7 - Volcanic Ash Animation (5Mb)

(Animation courtesy EUMETSAT)

Tutorial Session 7 PowerPoint presentation (42Mb)

Tutorial Session 6, 4 March 02-03UTC

Topics discussed include:

Summary of Tutorial Session 5 (5 min duration)  (.wmv file 6Mb)  (.mp4 file 11Mb)

A review and discussion of the rapid scan data familiarisation topic: Smoke and Fire detection and monitoring (30 min duration) (.wmv file56Mb)  (.mp4 file 82Mb)

A review and discussion of the RGB product resources topic: 24 hour Microphysics RGB product, with emphasis on the Dust RGB (24 min duration) (.wmv file 38Mb)  (.mp4 file 60Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 6 - Exercise 1 (19Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 6 - Exercise 2 (1Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 6 - Animation (8Mb)

(Animation courtesy EUMETSAT)

Tutorial Session 6 PowerPoint presentation (31Mb)

Tutorial Session 5, 25 February 02-03UTC

Topics discussed include:

Summary of Tutorial Session 4 (7 Mb, 6 minutes duration)

A review and discussion of the rapid scan data familiarisation topic: Monsoon Squall Lines and Monsoonal Flow (118 Mb, 30 minutes duration)

A review and discussion of the rapid scan data familiarisation topic: Turbulent features over Honshu, Japan (to be added soon)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 5 - Exercise 1 (29Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 5 - Exercise 2 (23Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 5 - Exercise 3 (19Mb)

Tutorial Session 5 PowerPoint presentation (77Mb)

Tutorial Session 4, 18 February 02-03UTC

Topics discussed include:

Recommended progress through the familiarisation exercises (6 Mb, 5 minutes duration)

Advantage of the 10 minute rapid scan data in synoptic scale analysis (81 Mb, 15 minutes duration)

The effective use of Alerts (6 Mb, 5 minutes duration)

Updates to the National Himawari-8 Training Campaign webpage (13 Mb, 7 minutes duration)

A review and discussion of the rapid scan data familiarisation topic: Rapid Scan Satellite Data compared with RADAR (20 Mb, 18 minutes duration)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 4 - Exercise 1 (29Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 4 - Exercise 2 (29Mb)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 4 - Exercise 3 (29Mb)

Tutorial Session 4 PowerPoint presentation (57Mb)

Tutorial Session 3, 11 February 02-03UTC

Topics discussed include:

Summary of Tutorial Session 2 (26 Mb, 22 minute duration)

A review and discussion of the rapid scan familiarisation topic "Broadscale Case Study - Japan" (37 Mb, 23 minutes duration)

A review and discussion of "Effective use of Himawari-8 satellite data: Presenting the most important data quickly and when needed (ALERTS) (20 Mb, 12 minute duration)

Pre-session material for Tutorial 3 (24Mb)

Tutorial Session 3 PowerPoint presentation (35Mb)

Tutorial Session 2, 4 February 02-03UTC

Recording of the second Tutorial Session here (49 Mb)

Topics discussed include:

  • Brief summary of Tutorial Session 1
  • Topics for discussion at future National Himawari-8 Training Campaign tutorials
  • Latest updates from JMA regarding HimawariCast (Y.Kumagai JMA)
  • New COMET web resources pertaining to Himawari-8
  • How to present Himawari-8 data to the Forecaster

Tutorial Session 1, 28 January 02-03UTC

Recording of the first Tutorial Session here (79 Mb)

Topics discussed include:

  • Brief introduction to the Training Campaign
  • Timetable and Learning Outcomes of the Campaign
  • Hints and tips on accessing and working through the examples
  • Interest of JMA in contributing to the Campaign

 

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