The NWC SAF/PPS

The software package Nowcasting Satellite Application Facilities Polar Platform System (NWC SAF/PPS) has been developed by NWC SAF for the near real time generation of a set of meteorological products to support Nowcasting activites. The NWC SAF doesn’t provide the products directly, the NWC SAF provide the software and the support to run the software to obtain all nowcasting products.

On this web-site we show real-time demonstrations of the products as derived from the PPS reference system running at SMHI using data from the direct readout station in Norrköping, as well as some data from the EUMETSAT EARS-AVHRR service.

Cloud Products
Cloud Mask example
CMa: Cloud Mask
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Cloud Probability example
CMa-prob: Cloud Probability
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Cloud Type example
CT: Cloud Type
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Cloud Top Height example
CTTH: Cloud Top Tempera-ture and Height
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CMIC Cloud Phase example
CMIC: Cloud Phase
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CMIC LWP example
CMIC: Liquid Water
Path
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Wind Products
HRW on levels example
HRW: High Resolution Winds - AMV levels
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HRW per wind speed example
HRW: High Resolution Winds - AMV speed
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The NWC/PPS can handle data from the following satellite instruments from polar platforms:

  • Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer, AVHRR
  • Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, VIIRS
  • Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, MODIS
  • Medium Resolution Spectral Image, MERSI
  • Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer, SLSTR
  • Meteorological Imager, METimage (launch in 2025)

On this site you can find:

For further documentation on the products and information on the NWC SAF in general please go to the NWC SAF web-site.

Accessibility Statement

Disclaimer: All intellectual property rights of the NWC SAF products belong to EUMETSAT. The use of these products is granted to every interested user, free of charge. If you wish to use these products, EUMETSAT's copyright credits must be shown by displaying the words "copyright (year) EUMETSAT" on each of the products used.