2024-05-02
OBS Team
Decoder:
Total Electron Content PR is ready to go. Has been tested on Navy Machines and elsewhere. Uses public CDAAC input files. There is a next step where a consensus is needed on the new variables required. The observation itself is relatively straightforward; the Earth Centered Earth Fixed coordinates for the location may need a discussion plan to entail NRL, SWPC and anyone from NASA and UKMO who is interested. https://github.com/JCSDA-internal/ioda-converters/pull/1505
WSF-M Weather Sat Follow-on, Microwave (Imager) mission. This does have some fully polarized channels, the converter has been tested and is fully working for the proxy data provided. https://github.com/JCSDA-internal/ioda-converters/pull/1512
Working with Youlong from NOAA on the IMS snow product, this is a file that has the snow cover product but also an entry for a converted snow depth. Further there is some, standardization and convention updates. We are working to ensure all the land converters are up to date: https://github.com/JCSDA-internal/ioda-convreak. Some CI coefficient files need also to be updated. https://github.com/JCSDA-internal/ufo/pull/3015erters/pull/1510
UFO:
EUMETSAT SAF project with Neill Bowler and Hailing that is abstracting GNSS-RO QC checks. One of the last PRs deals with an update to the Meteo France super refraction check. https://github.com/JCSDA-internal/ufo/pull/3239
QC flag propagation from OOPS, is ongoing work. Note that any new operator should include these QCFlags and handling of them. New developments to propagate these QC flags: https://github.com/JCSDA-internal/ufo/pull/3157
GOES global lightning operator: PR was submitted last quarter by the OU CAPS team, recently we’ve been able to do our thorough review and new updates are included. This is ready for a closer look by all, please take a look if you’re interested. https://github.com/JCSDA-internal/ufo/pull/3308
VarBC: is out of draft mode and has the required approvals so could be merged. Thanks to Cory, Andrew and Mike Cooke for comments, we would like to have a review from NASA. We will merge next Wednesday.