FCI A Spot

FCI Mission Advisory Group (FCI MAG) June 2022

Darmstadt and online, 27-29 June 2022

FCI A Spot
FCI A Spot

Held: 27 and 29 June 2022

Last Updated

26 June 2024

Published on

29 May 2024

The FCI MAG#6 meeting was devoted to:

  • Communicating to the FCI MAG members the status of the MTG program.
  • Communicating to the FCI MAG members the status of the FCI space segment and ground performances.
  • Communicating to the FCI MAG members the status of the Request For Deviations and Spectral Response Functions.
  • Presenting the plan for the FCI commissioning.
  • Organising the MAG contribution for the FCI commissioning.

Objectives and outcomes

The main objectives of the meeting were to:

  • Update MAG members on the status of the Instrument and EUMETSAT’s plan for the commissioning
  • Discuss the commissioning readiness and MAG involvement during the commissioning

The major outcomes and recommendation were:

Increase the frequency of the MAG meetings towards and during commissioning.

  • A soon as early commissioning data become available it would be useful to have short monthly meetings in order to discuss and touch base on status, actions, achievements etc.
  • The MAG members share the idea of increasing the frequency of the MAG meetings during commissioning and also encourages the use of email/confluence exchange in between meetings such that potential open questions/analyses can be thought through and discussed before the meetings.

Look in detail at RGBs and tweak the recipes during the FCI commissioning.

  • Put together a dataset of real SEVIRI and FCI data for a set of scenes during commissioning for this purpose.

Pay extra attention to first true colour RGB.

  • Important image for press purposes. Appropriate corrections (Rayleigh and green band) are important.

Perform at least one full day each of rapid scanning experiments in June and October 2023 respectively.

  • Ideally with the possibility to define the day(s) of RSS experiments 5-7 days in advance to maximize chances of catching relevant case study scenarios.

Programme and reports

FCI MAG Meeting Agenda — 27 June 2022

TitlePresenter/s
Opening and team newsAlessandro Burini
MTG programme statusAlexander Schmid
FCI space segment: status and latest newsDonny Aminou/Micael Miranda
Status of RFDsGary Fowler
Ground segment statusNana Bach/Fausto Roveda
Impact of SRF Errors in Brightness Temperature for IR ChannelsChristoph Straif
Update on ESL: impact on Convection NWCSAF products – Open Action from MAG-5Jean-Marc Moisselin (NWC-SAF)
Impact of FCI SRF on RGB products. Sensitivity to cloud phaseAlessio Bozzo
Benefit of FCI RSS for NWCPaolo Ruti

FCI MAG Meeting Agenda — 29 June 2022

TitlePresenter/s
Commissioning Timeline – An OverviewAlessandro Burini
Towards FCI Commissioning – Strategy for product quality assessmentAlessandro Burini
Tools for product quality monitoring and instrument performance characterisationAlessandro Burini
The spectrally representative FCI L1c 24h Test DatasetAndrea Meraner
Commissioning:
MAG members’ presentation (2-3 slides) on individual contribution to FCI commissioning (L1/L2)
Round Table discussion: Towards commissioning and role of the MAG
All
Review of Open Actions and Closure of the meetingAll