14th Meeting of the RA I Dissemination Expert Group (RAIDEG-14)
Time in UTC
(Dakar: UTC+0h; Brazzaville/Casablanca/Niamey: UTC+1h;
Darmstadt/Geneva: UTC+2h; Pretoria UTC +2h, Addis Ababa/Nairobi UTC+3h; Port Louis: UTC +4h)
Day 1: Wednesday 03rd May
08:00 Introduction
- Welcome (Chairwoman – EUMETSAT – WMO)
- Update on the MTG-AMSAF - update (early warning) - 20’
08:30 Session #1 - Nowcasting
- Dissemination baseline for Nowcasting products (SAF and relevant RGB)
- Update on the NWC-SAF software (incl. Cloud based) - 20’
- WISER-Southern Africa - SAWS - 20’
- Return of experience with NWC-SAF from RAIDEG member and future plan
10:00 Break
12:00 Session #2 - NWP products
- NWP (status and access to model outputs, inc. cloud) - 20’ each
- ACMAD experience and update on RARS Africa network
- Open discussion
14:00 End of session
Day 2: Thursday 04th May
08:00 Session #3: Update on MTG and PUMA stations
- OPS planning for MSG to MTG (update) +IODC - 20’
- Update on MSG to MTG transition (PUMA and operation planning) - AUC 10’
- Outcome of North Africa
10:00 Break
12:00 Session #4: AOB
- Outcome of Air Pollution Webinar - 20’
- Status of actions (old and new)
- Next meeting (physical meeting in September)
14:00 End of meeting