In partnership with the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), EUMETSAT offers a testbed to prepare Aviation Forecasters for using data from the new Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellite programme in their operations. 

The FMI aviation testbed simulates an on-site operational meteorological forecasting environment, enhancing the skills of aviation forecasters in using EUMETSAT satellite data and products in aviation services. FMI will use the GEOWEB environment to run the training testbed, providing the full suite of typical products from models to observations, including in particular satellite-based products on icing potential as well as fog/low clouds and visibility. 

Target group: Forecasters from the EUMETSAT Member States who train other forecasters, with a strong background in aviation meteorology. 

Location: FMI headquarters in Helsinki, Finland

21 – 24 May 2024 

In partnership with the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), EUMETSAT offers a testbed to prepare Aviation Forecasters for using data from the new Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellite programme in their operations. 

The FMI aviation testbed simulates an on-site operational meteorological forecasting environment, enhancing the skills of aviation forecasters in using EUMETSAT satellite data and products in aviation services. FMI will use the GEOWEB environment to run the training testbed, providing the full suite of typical products from models to observations, including in particular satellite-based products on icing potential as well as fog/low clouds and visibility. 

Target group: Forecasters from the EUMETSAT Member States who train other forecasters, with a strong background in aviation meteorology. 

Location: FMI headquarters in Helsinki, Finland

30 October – 2 November 2023 

A first ESSL and EUMETSAT testbed to prepare forecasters for data from next-generation Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) and Metop Second Generation (Metop-SG) satellites. The testbed is organised both to teach forecasting severe convective storms using state-of-the-art or even experimental forecasting tools, and to evaluate such tools. We will learn by doing, by making experimental severe weather forecasts and nowcasts using a mix of new nowcasting and forecasting tools, followed by a verification. Particular focus will be given to the capabilities of the VIIRS instrument on polar-orbiting satellites, which serves as a proxy for MTG's FCI instrument, and other proxy data for MTG instruments. In addition, a range of state-of-the-art nowcasting tools and numerical weather prediction-based guidance from DWD, ZAMG, ESSL, and ECMWF will be evaluated.

Target group: Forecasters who train other forecasters and forecasters with a strong background in severe storms meteorology. A self-assessment test is available here. 

Location: ESSL Research and Training Centre, Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Go to apply.

27 June – 1 July 2022

A second ESSL and EUMETSAT testbed to prepare forecasters for data from next-generation Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) and Metop Second Generation (Metop-SG) satellites. The testbed is organised both to teach forecasting severe convective storms using state-of-the-art or even experimental forecasting tools, and to evaluate such tools. We will learn by doing, by making experimental severe weather forecasts and nowcasts using a mix of new nowcasting and forecasting tools, followed by a verification. Particular focus will be given to the capabilities of the VIIRS instrument on polar-orbiting satellites, which serves as a proxy for MTG's FCI instrument, and other proxy data for MTG instruments. In addition, a range of state-of-the-art nowcasting tools and numerical weather prediction-based guidance from DWD, ZAMG, ESSL, and ECMWF will be evaluated.

Target group: Forecasters who train other forecasters and forecasters with a strong background in severe storms meteorology. A self-assessment test is available here. 

Location: ESSL Research and Training Centre, Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Go to apply.

11 – 15 July 2022

ESSL and EUMETSAT testbed to prepare forecasters for data from next-generation Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) and Metop Second Generation (Metop-SG) satellites. The testbed is organised both to teach forecasting severe convective storms using state-of-the-art or even experimental forecasting tools, and to evaluate such tools. We will learn by doing, by making experimental severe weather forecasts and nowcasts using a mix of new nowcasting and forecasting tools, followed by a verification. Particular focus will be given to the capabilities of the VIIRS instrument on polar-orbiting satellites, which serves as a proxy for MTG's FCI instrument, and other proxy data for MTG instruments. In addition, a range of state-of-the-art nowcasting tools and numerical weather prediction-based guidance from DWD, ZAMG, ESSL, and ECMWF will be evaluated.

Target group: Forecasters who train other forecasters and forecasters with a strong background in severe storms meteorology. A self-assessment test is available here. 

Location: ESSL Research and Training Centre, Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Go to apply.

10 – 14 October 2022