RGB Experts and Developers Workshop (1-3 April 2025)

RGB Experts and Developers Workshop

co-hosted by SMHI, EUMETSAT and WMO

1-3 April 2025

SMHI, Norrköping, Sweden

Workshop objectives:

Consolidate contemporary GEO-ring RGB composite standards and publish them in a workshop Report

Identify novel RGB products
Demonstrate applications RGBs using new-generation imagers (eg FCI)
Identification of common platforms to share the RGB recipes and related material

Day 1:

Time	Discussion items	Contributor
09:00-09:15	Welcoming Remarks and Logistics	SMHI
09:15-09:45	Purpose and Scope of Meeting: Setting the scene	Stephan Bojinski, Heikki Pohjola
09:45-10:15	Overview of RGB composite recipes, applications, limitations	Maria Putsay, Ivan Smiljanic
	15’ Coffee break
10:30-12:30	New application findings for well-established RGBs (10’+5’):
	Regional use of Himawari RGBs	Bodo Zeschke
	RGB applications at CMA	Jian Lu
	FCI cases in the Middle East region	Ibrahim Al Abdul Salam
	Operational FCI RGBs over South Africa	Kanyisa Makubalo
	First experiences with the FCI Dust and Cloud Phase RGB	Jochen Kerkmann
	FCI Dust RGB perspectives	Djordje Gencic
	Getting accustomed to the new FCI RGBs	MeteoFrance
	RGBs in a testbeds for US weather offices	Chris Smith
	RGBs for monitoring of mid-latitude weather systems	Luciano Vidal
	RGB products in high-impact cases	Regina Ito, Diego Souza
12:30-13:30	Lunch break
13:30-15:30	Novel RGB developments and RGB enhancements (10’+5’):
	Plans for Himawari-10, novel RGB composites	Akihiro Shimizu
	Niche RGBs developed at CIRA and at NOAA	Curtis Seaman
	RGBs constructed from observations and products	Andrew Heidinger
	Demonstrating the power of the TPW RGB	HansPeter Roesli
	Different concepts for FCI solar RGBs	Ivan Smiljanic
	New RGB products development or RGB tuning	MeteoFrance
	New FCI, synthetic NWP RTTOV and Future IRS RGBs	Miguel-Angel Martinez
	Corrections and enhancements in True/GeoColour RGB	Johan Strandgren
	15’ Coffee break
15:45-17:00	Major challenges per each RGB – Intro	Ivan Smiljanic, Maria Putsay
	Name limitations or ‘This RGB also detects _X_ and it is very useful’	Bernie Connell

Day 2:

Time	Discussion items	Contributor
09:00-09:15	Instructions and break-out room division	Facilitators
10:15-11:15	(Expert presentations +) Group discussions: RGB standardisation per/across sensor/s: recipes, names and enhancements	All
	15’ Coffee break
11:30-12:30	Reporting out to Plenary	Rapporteurs
12:30-13:30	Lunch break
13:30-15:45	(Expert presentations +) Group discussions: RGB standardisation per/across sensor/s: recipes, names and enhancements	All
	15’ Coffee break
15:45-17:00	Reporting out to Plenary	Rapporteurs

Day 3:

Time	Discussion items	Contributor
09:00-09:15	Instructions and break-out room division	Facilitators
09:15-11:15	Group discussions: RGB standardisation per/across sensor/s: recipes, names and enhancements	All
	15’ Coffee break
11:30-12:30	Reporting out to Plenary	Rapporteurs
12:30-13:30	Lunch break
13:30-14:00	Implementing the RGB standards	Martin Raspaud
14:00-15:00	Training repositories: Quick guides, Extended Guides, RGB tool, Jupyter Notebooks, Self-learning modules, Other guidance	All
	15’ Coffee break
15:00-16:00	Display systems and tools – news and updates: AWIPS, GEarth, RAMMS Slider, Pytroll/Satpy, SIFT, EUMETView, other	All
15:00-16:00	Draft Meeting Report and Recommendations	Heikki, Bernie

RGB Experts and Developers Workshop (1-3 April 2025)

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