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NRT Notification Detail

NRT temperature, humidity, and pressure products from Metop-A and B

DATE: 2014-06-20 12:28
TYPE: NRT-GTS

Description

Dear ROM SAF GTS User

Issued 2014-06-20 12:28 UTC

The ROM SAF is pleased to announce the dissemination of NRT temperature,
specific humidity, pressure and surface pressure products from the Metop-A
and B satellites. These new products are currently undergoing validation and
review, and when this is completed the products and the associated user
documentation will be made available. We expect that this will happen
early July and will later this month announce the exact date for the operational
upgrade.

The temperature, humidity, and pressure products are derived from
a standard 1D-Var algorithm using ECMWF short-term forecasts as
the background. The products will be archived as ROPP netCDF files.
In addition, the products will be reformatted and included in the currently
disseminated BUFR files containing the NRT refractivity products from
Metop-A and B. This means, there will be BUFR files disseminated by
the ROM SAF containing the following products:

- The BUFR code is "IUT[A-L]14 EKMI" for both Metop-A and -B;

- The satellite identifier (3=Metop-B, 4=Metop-A) is in the BUFR header;

- NRT Level 1b bending angle (Copy of the EUMETSAT Central Facilities NRT
Level 1b bending angles used as input for the ROM SAF refractivity retrieval);

- NRT Level 2a refractivity;

- NRT Level 2b and 2c temperature, humidity, pressure, and surface pressure;

For the complete contents of the BUFR files please see the BUFR specification
available here: http://www.romsaf.org/product_archive.php

Users wishing to obtaining access to BUFR test files with the new variables
should contact the ROM SAF helpdesk.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if there are any questions.

With kind regards
ROM SAF team

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