Operational Newsletter - 2024
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SWOT OGDR Product Data from CNES Available
Notification from the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
EUMETSAT started disseminating SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite developed by CNES and NASA) OGDR (near real-time altimeter) product data from CNES on 12 December 2023.
Table 1. SWOT OGDR Data
Satellite |
TTAAii |
CCCC |
SWOT | ISZX01 | LFPW* |
(* Data is produced by CNES in Toulouse)
If you have any questions, please contact GISC Offenbach (wis@dwd.de).
Published: 3 May 2024
HKO GBON Station (HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT) Data Available from May 2024
Notification from the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO)
In compliance with Global Basic Observing Network (GBON) requirements of spatial and temporal resolution for the surface weather network, Hong Kong Observatory will start to disseminate hourly surface data from WIGOS Station ‘HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’ from 06 UTC, 8 May 2024.
Table 1. Hourly BUFR Data
TTAAii |
CCCC |
Data time (UTC) |
Parameters |
ISMC02 | VHHH | 00, 06, 12, 18 |
|
ISIC02 | VHHH | 03, 09, 15, 21 | |
ISNC02 | VHHH | 01, 02, 04, 05, 07, 08, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23 |
If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Olivia Shuk-ming Lee, Senior Scientific Officer of the Hong Kong Observatory (olee@hko.gov.hk).
Published: 3 May 2024
New satellite-derived wind vectors for the GTS available from the beginning of Q3 2024
Notification from the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
EUMETSAT will disseminate new data in the form of an atmospheric motion vector, namely "IASI 3D wind product". It uses IASI Level 2 data to derive wind profiles. The data will be available from the beginning of Q3 2024.
Table 1. IASI Level 2 (3D winds) Data
Satellite |
TTAAii |
CCCC |
METOP-B | IEVX06 | EUMP |
METOP-C | IEVX26 | EUMR |
If you have any questions, please contact GISC Offenbach (wis@dwd.de).
Published: 22 March 2024
Sri Lanka will transit to SYNOP, TEMP, PILOT BUFR data with WIGOS Station ID (WSI)
Notification from Sri Lanka Meteorological Department
From 10 January 2024, Sri Lanka Meteorological Department will start to send SYNOP, TEMP, PILOT data in BUFR format with WIGOS Station ID (WSI).
Table 1. SYNOP, TEMP, PILOT BUFR Data
Message Type |
BUFR Template |
TTAAii |
CCCC |
SYNOP | TM307086 | IS[M,I]N01 | VCCC |
PILOT | TM309051 | IUJN01 | VCCC |
TEMP | TM309051 | IUSN01 | VCCC |
In addition to that VCCC will start disseminating SYNOP BUFR data from three new stations with the WIGOS Station Identifier (WSI) "0-144-101-721501, 0-144-101-821501 and 0-144-101-330601". The stations will be added to the existing lists of ISMN01 VCCC and ISIN01 VCCC.
In compliance with Global Basic Observing Network (GBON) requirements of spatial and temporal resolution for the surface weather network, VCCC will be disseminating hourly surface data from 08 AWS stations as of 01 January 2024.
Table 2. Hourly BUFR Data
Message Type |
BUFR Template |
TTAAii |
CCCC |
Parameters |
SYNOP | TM307086 | ISNN01 | VCCC |
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If you have any questions, please contact Mr. M. M. P. Mendis (merilmdi@gmail.com).
Published: 10 January 2024