International Meteorological Satellite Workshop for South-American Users 1 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
International Meteorological Satellite Workshop for South-American Users 2 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) to accompany the EUMETCast/GEONETCast data distribution in the Americas. 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.
International Meteorological Satellite Workshop for South-American Users 3 Appendix 1: Workshop photos
International Meteorological Satellite Workshop for South-American Users 4 Appendix 2: Agenda
International Meteorological Satellite Workshop for South-American Users 5 Appendix 3: Participant List NOME 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 E-MAIL alan.km@unitins.br anderlansiqueira@hotmail.com dangiola@cnea.gov.ar carla@chm.mar.mil.br mereque@yahoo.com carmen@eletrovento.com.br darly@mct.gov.br cezar@simepar.br dcdiazg@unal.edu.co bethf@ufla.br fabiano_ufal@hotmail.com fernandoseta@hotmail.com gabriel@dsr.inpe.br gonzalo@cptec.inpe.br gualbertohj@hotmail.com andrade@schaeferyahcts.com.br gustavoferreira@ucdb.br jlcabral_jr@yahoo.com.br jravines@corpac.gob.pe jemoraler@unal.edu.co lene.s.andrade@gmail.com leboadap@yahoo.es lucianovidal78@yahoo.com.ar fernandez1@cantv.net santini.marcelo@gmail.com marciocosta67@hotmail.com marcio.lopes@sipam.gov.br aurelio@cpatc.embrapa.br mogorama@yahoo.es monicaqueiroz@terra.com.br mclsales@uol.com.br ocos@ufpa.br patrice@aesa.pb.gov.br p_portanova@yahoo.com.br mainarmedeiros@gmail.com ralph@inpa.gov.br rcfamorim@gmail.com
International Meteorological Satellite Workshop for South-American Users 6 Wagner Luiz Barbosa Melciades Márcio José Catalunha Ieda Pscheidt wagnerlb@funceme.br prof.catalunha@gmail.com ieda@simepar.br Appendix 4: Workshop s Website Statistics Month Unique Number Pages Hits Bandwidth visitors of visits May 642 852 2.994 24.370 90.17 MB 2007 Jun 2007 592 916 4.097 25.406 80.35 MB Jul 2007 357 589 3.703 21.902 94.47 MB Aug 274 446 2.029 12.624 60.35 MB 2007 Total 1.865 2.803 12.823 84.302 325,54 MB Countries Pages Hits Brazil 988 5880 United States 456 3134 Germany 133 318 Peru 32 219 Argentina 21 161 Portugal 11 43
International Meteorological Satellite Workshop for South-American Users 7 Spain 5 82 Other European countries 4 47 Venezuela 4 35 Colombia 3 36 Uruguay 2 33 Taiwan 1 1 Great Britain 1 7 Austria 1 1 Unknown 367 2627 Operating Systems Hits Percent Windows 11993 95 % Linux 486 3.8 % Unknown 144 1.1 % Macintosh 1 0 %