Meteorological products information
 

Products Summary Description & Examples

  • The general input data for running NWCSAF software are : MSG package: MSG SEVIRI data and NWP (in some of them). PPS package: AVHRR/3 data and NWP (in some of them).

  • The user should be aware that using old NWP data might reduce the quality of the product.

  • The processing area could be any rectangular area inside MSG full disk for the MSG package. But the quality of the products is not guaranteed  out MSG N area (Europe, North Africa and adjacent seas). 

  • For the PPS package the coverage area is North of the 50N parallel - depending on local radio horizon. And the product quality cannot be guaranteed below 50N, but the algorithm will work anywhere.

For MSG products, click on icon to access more information about each product. For all MSG and PPS products, click on underlined text to display the Product Summary Description and on dark blue text to display other example.
 

MSG

 

PPS

         
 
PGE01: CMa (Cloud Mask) PGE02: CT (Cloud Type) PGE03: CTTH (Cloud Top Temperature and Height)   PGE01b: CM (Cloud  Mask)
    CM AVHRR  Examples
         
 
PGE04: PC
(Precipitating Clouds)
PGE05: CRR
(Convective Rainfall Rate)
PGE06: TPW
(Total Precipitable Water)
  PGE02b: CT (Cloud Type)
        CT AVHRR  Examples
         
 
PGE07: LPW
(Layer Precipitable Water)
PGE08: SAI
(Stability Analysis Imagery)
PGE12: AMA
(Air Mass Analysis)
  PGE03b: CTTH (Cloud Top Temperature and High)
        CTTH AVHRR  Examples
         
 
PGE09: HRW (High Resolution Winds) PGE10: ASII (Automatic Satellite Image Interpretation) PGE11: RDT
(Rapid Developing Thunderstorms)
  PGE04b: PC (Precipitating Clouds)
        PC AVHRR Examples

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