Program
2026 CSPP Users’ Group Meeting Abstracts (PDF), revised
Final program (PDF), updated 8 May 2026.
CSPP Users’ Group Meeting
19-21 May 2026
EUMETSAT Headquarters
Darmstadt, Germany
Final Program, 8 May 2026
| Day One | TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026 | ||
| ID | Time | Presentation Title | Presenter (Affiliation) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00-08:50 | Arrival and Badge Pickup | ||
| 09:00-09:10 | Welcome to EUMETSAT | Phil Evans (Director General, EUMETSAT) |
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| 09:10-09:20 | Introductions and Logistics | CSPP Team | |
| 1.1 | 09:20-09:50 | EUMETSAT Regional Services Overview | Nicholas Coyne and Sreerekha Thonipparambil (EUMETSAT) |
| 1.2 | 09:50-10:20 | NWP SAF Support for Local Processing of Metop-SG A1 | Nigel Atkinson (Met Office, United Kingdom) |
| 10:20-10:30 | Poster Introductions: 1 minute, no visual aids | ||
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Coffee Break and Poster Session | ||
| 1.3 | 11:00-11:30 | CSPP GEO and LEO at the National Laboratory for Earth Observation (LANOT) | Alejandro Aguilar-Sierra (UNAM, Mexico) |
| 1.4 | 11:30-12:00 | Direct Readout Activity of LEO Satellites and an Overview of the Future Satellite System Himawari‑10 | Nasu Taiki (JMA, Japan) |
| 1.5 | 12:00-12:30 | An Integrated Direct Broadcast Satellite Data Platform for Real-Time Management, Visualization, and Applications of CSPP-Derived Products | Yanan Liu (ECNU, China) |
| 1.6 | 12:30-13:00 | Technical approach for EUMETSAT Regional Services: EARS (Metop, JPSS, FY-3), Metop-SG, AWS, Sterna | Antoine Jeanjean and Georgios Potiriadis (EUMETSAT) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Group Photo followed by Lunch Break | ||
| 1.7 | 14:00-14:30 | Real-Time Satellite Data Processing at IMGW-PIB in Poland Using CSPP | Tobiasz Górecki (IMGW, Poland) |
| 1.8 | 14:30-15:00 | FMI Arctic Space Centre: Current and Future Satellite Missions and CSPP Based Services | Timo Ryyppö (FMI, Finland) |
| 1.9 | 15:00-15:20 | EPS Sterna and the Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS) | Alessio Canestri (EUMETSAT) |
| 15:20-15:50 | Afternoon Coffee Break and Poster Session | ||
| 1.10 | 15:50-16:10 | Status and Evolution of the EARS SEWA project | Antoine Jeanjean (EUMETSAT) |
| 1.11 | 16:10-16:30 | RARS Africa STATIONS Network | Ali Abani Ahmed (ACMAD, Niger) |
| 1.12 | 16:30-16:50 | RARS-Africa: Building Operational EO Data Pipelines using CSPP and Apache Airflow | Allan Oware (IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center, Kenya) |
| 1.13 | 16:50-17:10 | SEWA Activities at SANSA | Themba Mbule (SANSA, South Africa) |
| 17:15-18:00 | EUMETSAT TOUR | ||
| 18:00 | Ice Breaker Social (hosted by EUMETSAT) | ||
| Day Two | WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026 | ||
| ID | Time | Presentation Title | Presenter (Affiliation) |
| 2.1 | 09:00-09:30 | CSPP LEO: Current Status and Future Evolution | Liam Gumley (SSEC/CIMSS, United States) |
| 2.2 | 09:30-10:00 | CSPP Geo: What’s New and What’s Coming | Graeme Martin (SSEC/CIMSS, United States); |
| 2.3 | 10:00-10:30 | Empowering Users to Create High Quality Satellite Imagery with CSPP Polar2Grid and Geo2Grid | Kathleen Strabala (SSEC/CIMSS, United States) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Coffee Break | ||
| 2.4 | 11:00-11:30 | Evolution of NOAA Low Earth Orbiting Satellites Architecture and Plans for Direct Broadcast Capabilities | Satya Kalluri (NOAA, United States) |
| 2.5 | 11:30-12:00 | NOAA LEO Products: Updates for CSPP Users | Lihang Zhou (NOAA, United States) |
| 2.6 | 12:00-12:30 | GWSAS and the use of CSPP Geo in supporting operations at NWS | Jessica Braun (SSEC/CIMSS, United States) |
| 2.7 | 12:30-13:00 | Real-Time MLP Neural Network Atmospheric Retrievals via Direct Broadcast: CSPP-Compatible Packages for ATMS-Only and Combined CrIS/ATMS/VIIRS | Mitch Goldberg (CCNY, United States) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| 2.8 | 14:00-14:20 | NOAA Algorithm Scientific Software Integration and System Transition Team (ASSISTT) Collaboration with CSPP Geo and Leo on L2 Product Software | Michael Butler (NOAA, United States) |
| 2.9 | 14:20-14:40 | DBNet Data Usage at NCMRWF: Status and Plans | Srinivas Desametti (NCMRWF, India) |
| 2.10 | 14:40-15:00 | NTIA Efforts to Protect Meteorological Satellite Signals – Past, Present and Future | Robert Stafford and Skyler Fennell (NTIA, United States) |
| 2.11 | 15:00-15:20 | Future Plans for NOAA NESDIS Direct Readout | Toby Hutchings (NOAA, United States) |
| 15:20-15:50 | Afternoon Coffee Break | ||
| 2.12 | 15:50-16:10 | Status of the WMO-coordinated Direct Broadcast Network for Real-Time Acquisition, Processing and Fast Delivery of Satellite Direct Readout Data | Mikael Rattenborg (WMO) |
| 2.13 | 16:10-16:30 | A Low-Latency, Direct Broadcast-Enabled Multi-Sensor Framework for Global Wildfire Intelligence | Dmitry Rashkovetsky (Ororatech, Germany) |
| 2.14 | 16:30-16:50 | Easing the Transition from IPOPP: An Automation Wrapper for CSPP and IMAPP | Richard Wright (Dartcom, United Kingdom) |
| 16:50-17:30 | Community Q&A and Technical Discussion | CSPP Team | |
| Day Three | THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026 | ||
| ID | Time | Presentation Title | Presenter (Affiliation) |
| 3.1 | 09:00-09:30 | Leveraging Direct-Broadcast to Power a LEO Satellite Collective in Alaska | Jennifer Delamere (UAF/GINA, United States) |
| 3.2 | 09:30-10:00 | Development of the Global GEO-LEO 3-D Flood Mapping System | Sanmei Li (GST, United States) |
| 3.3 | 10:00-10:30 | LEO Products for NWS Pacific and Alaska Regions | Douglas Schumacher (SSEC/CIMSS, United States) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Coffee Break | ||
| 3.4 | 11:00-11:30 | Ultra-Low Latency Fire Detections | Bruce Flynn (SSEC/CIMSS, United States) |
| 3.5 | 11:30-12:00 | A Practical Introduction to LightningCast | Levi Pfantz (SSEC/CIMSS, United States) |
| 3.6 | 12:00-12:30 | Event-Driven Orchestration for Near Real-Time Data Processing | Gwyn Uttmark (CIRA/CSU, United States) |
| 3.7 | 12:30-13:00 | MEOS™ Polar System with Integrated CSPP SDR and Other Processing Packages | Tom Hindenes (KONGSBERG, Norway) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| 3.8 | 14:00-14:20 | OMPS Level 2 Ozone and Sulfur Dioxide Products in CSPP LEO | Geoff Cureton (SSEC/CIMSS, United States) |
| 3.9 | 14:20-14:40 | Community GOES-R Image Processing with heregoes | Harry Dove-Robinson (Here GOES Radiotelescope, United States) |
| 3.10 | 14:40-15:00 | Characterization of Natural Regions in Guinea Using ATOVS Data | Bouya Diop (Université Gaston Berger de Saint Louis, Sénégal) |
| 15:00-15:20 | Closing Remarks | CSPP Team |
List of Posters
| ID | Presentation Title | Presenter (Affiliation) |
| P.1 | Antenna Control System: A New Antenna Controller for Direct Broadcast Satellite Data Reception | Bruce Flynn and Liam Gumley (SSEC/CIMSS, United States) |
| P.2 | CSPP LEO Software and Products | Liam Gumley (SSEC/CIMSS, United States) |
| P.3 | Digital Archaeology & Automated Architecture: Modernizing Legacy Satellite Pipelines with AI Chatbots | Matthew Odle (SSEC/CIMSS, United States) |
| P.4 | Validation of IASI Level 2 Temperature and Humidity Profiles Using Radiosonde Observations over India | Durgesh Nandan Piyush (NCMRWF, Ministry of Earth Science, India) |
| P.5 | GeoIPS: Extending an Open-Source Geolocated Data Framework into Level 0 Processing | Gwyn Uttmark (CIRA/CSU, United States) |
| P.6 | A Novel Mechanism for Managed Egress and Privileged Access in Meteorological Data Distribution | Geoff Yoerger (SSEC/CIMSS, United States) |
| P.7 | Ancillary Data Services for IPOPP and Simulcast | Jeremy Jacobsohn and Starry Manoharan (NASA, United States) |
For more information, contact Maria Vasys.
