Societal benefits of user-focused communication of satellite data, products and services

1. CM4SH: A CROSS HEMISPHERIC PROJECT ABOUT CONCEPTUAL MODELS (CM)Veronika Zwatz-MeiseVesa Nietosvaara Societal benefits of user-focused communication of satellite data, products and services

2. CM4SH:Conceptual Models for Southern Hemisphere • 2 different entry points: • The Method of Conceptual Models (CM) • Extension from Northern Hemisphere (Europe) to Southern Hemisphere • Net of Virtual Laboratories – Centres of Excellence • Joint work on the CM topic • Groups benefitting from combination of satellite data in CMs: • The Meteorological training sector • Students and teacher • The Meteorological forecast centres • More efficient work by combining satellite data with many other data • better understanding of weather systems → Nowcasting, warnings → • Benefit for user of weather forecasts

3. Conceptual Models A conceptual model describes essential features of a meteorological phenomenon and identifies the principal processes taking place

4. Conceptual Models SatManu - Europe

5. WMO: Centres of Excellence – Virtual Laboratories • Argentina (Buenos Aires and Cordoba), • Australia (Melbourne), • Barbados (Bridgetown), • Brazil (Cachoeira Paulista), • China (Beijing and Nanjing), • Costa Rica (San Jose), • Kenya (Nairobi), • Morocco (Casablanca), • Niger (Niamey), • Oman (Muscat), • Republic of Korea (Jincheon), • the Russian Federation (Moscow and St Petersburg) • South Africa (Pretoria). Virtual Laboratory for Training and Education in Satellite Meteorology (VLab) is a global network of specialized training centres and meteorological satellite operators working together to improve the utilisation of data and products from meteorological and environmental satellites.

6. CM 4 SH is built up by: Participants from Australia, S-Africa, Argentina and Brazil: Vlab + universities + weather services Lead, Support and knowledge transfer from the European CM group and vice versa Supervisors • Goals of CM4SH • To collect, create and share resources about CMs for Southern Hemisphere. • To increase the operational forecasters’ understanding of the weather systems with the help of CMs. • To establish a virtual team that can work together and support each other despite the distance, team members trusting and inspiring each other.

7. Preliminary/Draft Inventory of CMs for SH

9. Zonda Elements for CM4SH Föhn Elements from SatManu

10. Upper level vortices: Cut off Low SatManu/Europe: typical Cut off process COL: Different kind of cut-off lows occurring together with a surface cold front and initiating wave development over the continent

11. Comparison Rapid cyclogenesis: N-Atlantic ↔ SE Australia Mutual inspiration: South Atlantic Brazilian Convergence Zone ↔ European Baroclinic Zone

12. Goals – reached aims(Topics very much based on the experience of Argentina presented on CalMet) • Inspection of the actual training needs of forecasters • Promote the activities of CoE for the relevant regions • Reinforce interaction between institutions (university – weather services) and other countries (Argentina with: Brazil, Chile) • Be assisted by the European experts  benefit from their background • Introduction of new relevant numerical parameters Hoping for a continuation of project phases Thank you for your attention !