Mary Forsythe presents the impact of satellite winds on the performance of NWP models (ECMWF).
Lothar Schueller gives an overview on the SAF structure and the generated products.
Length: 30 minutes.
Tony McNally from ECMWF speaks about data assimilation of polar orbiting satellites. He gives an insight into the methods used and accentuates the benefits of satellite data in general for the forecast skills.
Nigel Atkinson from the UK MetOffice presents the AAPP package to process ATOVS and AVHRR data. Some processing and visualisation examples are given.
Lee-Ann Simpson and Jannie Stander from the South-African Weather Service started the first session of the WWW-Briefing.
Humberto Barbosa focusses in his weather briefing on climate variability and teleconnection processes. He explains how weather anomalies like El Nino affect distant regions.
Length: 55 min
Author: Humberto Barbosa
Ok Hee Kim holds the weather briefing for the South Korean region. Her topics are: Asian Dust, Typhoons and typical weather phenomena in East Asia.
Length: 50 min
Author: Ok Hee Kim
Vesa Nietosvaara and Larisa Nikitina give a weather briefing for the European region, Larisa focusses on the preparations for the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi.
Length: 55 min
Author: Vesa Nietosvaara, Larisa Nikitina
Diamantino Henriques gives a weather briefing for the Azores and looks back to the heavy rain event on 13th and 14th March 2013.
Length: 30 min
Author: Diamantino Henriques
Bodo Zeschke gives a comprehensive overview of the technical facilities available at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology followed by a weather briefing and a short lecture on shallow cold fronts.
