Products and Software

The next PSWG meeting

The (post) ITSC-24 interim Products and Software Working Group meeting will be held on:

Thursday 11 July 2024, 12 noon – 2 pm UTC

Welcome, agree on agenda
Plans of agencies and software providers related to new and future satellites
Including updates from:
* Indira Rani discussing ISRO missions
* Andrew Heidinger/Lihang Zhou on NOAA’s GeoXO and LEO program
Mikael Rattenborg will give an update on the status and plans of DBNet
Status and plans of software packages for processing sounder data, including lightning presentations on:
    * Latest CSPP/IMAPP updates(Liam Gumley/Graeme Martin)
    * Introduction to Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS) (Nigel Atkinson)
    * Latest features of AAPP, MWIPP and IRSPP (Anna Booton)
Review Actions from ITSC-24, and CGMS High Level Priority Plan Items
Including: PC representation of radiances, cluster analysis of VIIRS radiances
Discussion of needs and concerns of direct broadcast users
Cloud services and cloud data distribution
Best practices for user-facing software, product distribution and data formats

The scope of the Products and Software Working Group is as follows:

Level 1 and Level 2 satellite products;
Software tools and packages for generating, analyzing, and visualizing products;
Enabling end users to obtain or generate the products they need;
End user feedback and training;
Exchange of information for validation of products;
Informing the user community about requirements for future missions; and
Informing agencies about requirements of the users.

and Interim meetings:

Lessons Learned in GeoSphere Development: