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2026 CSPP Users’ Group Meeting Abstracts (PDF), revised<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final program (PDF)<\/a>, updated 8 May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CSPP Users\u2019 Group Meeting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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19-21 May 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EUMETSAT Headquarters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darmstadt, Germany <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Final Program, 8 May 2026<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u200b\n \n\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
 <\/td>\n Day One<\/strong><\/td>\n TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
ID<\/strong><\/th>\n Time<\/strong><\/th>\n Presentation Title<\/strong><\/th>\n Presenter
(Affiliation)<\/strong><\/th>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 08:00-08:50<\/td>\n Arrival and Badge Pickup<\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 09:00-09:10<\/td>\n Welcome to EUMETSAT<\/td>\n Phil Evans
(Director General, EUMETSAT) <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 09:10-09:20<\/td>\n Introductions and Logistics<\/td>\n CSPP Team<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
1.1<\/td>\n 09:20-09:50<\/td>\n EUMETSAT Regional Services Overview<\/td>\n Nicholas Coyne and
Sreerekha Thonipparambil
(EUMETSAT)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
1.2<\/td>\n 09:50-10:20<\/td>\n NWP SAF Support for Local Processing of Metop-SG A1<\/td>\n Nigel Atkinson
(Met Office, United Kingdom)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 10:20-10:30<\/td>\n Poster Introductions<\/strong>: 1 minute, no visual aids<\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 10:30-11:00<\/td>\n Morning Coffee Break and Poster Session<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
1.3<\/td>\n 11:00-11:30<\/td>\n CSPP GEO and LEO at the National Laboratory for Earth Observation (LANOT)<\/td>\n Alejandro Aguilar-Sierra
(UNAM, Mexico)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
1.4<\/td>\n 11:30-12:00<\/td>\n Direct Readout Activity of LEO Satellites and an Overview of the Future Satellite System Himawari\u201110<\/td>\n Nasu Taiki
(JMA, Japan)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
1.5<\/td>\n 12:00-12:30<\/td>\n An Integrated Direct Broadcast Satellite Data Platform for Real-Time Management, Visualization, and Applications of CSPP-Derived Products<\/td>\n Yanan Liu
(ECNU, China)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
1.6<\/td>\n 12:30-13:00<\/td>\n Technical approach for EUMETSAT Regional Services: EARS (Metop, JPSS, FY-3), Metop-SG, AWS, Sterna<\/td>\n Antoine Jeanjean and
Georgios Potiriadis
(EUMETSAT)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 13:00-14:00<\/td>\n Group Photo followed by Lunch Break<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
1.7<\/td>\n 14:00-14:30<\/td>\n Real-Time Satellite Data Processing at IMGW-PIB in Poland Using CSPP<\/td>\n Tobiasz G\u00f3recki
(IMGW, Poland)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
1.8<\/td>\n 14:30-15:00<\/td>\n FMI Arctic Space Centre: Current and Future Satellite Missions and CSPP Based Services<\/td>\n Timo Ryypp\u00f6
(FMI, Finland)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
1.9<\/td>\n 15:00-15:20<\/td>\n EPS Sterna and the Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS)<\/td>\n Alessio Canestri
(EUMETSAT)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 15:20-15:50<\/td>\n Afternoon Coffee Break and Poster Session<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
1.10<\/td>\n 15:50-16:10<\/td>\n Status and Evolution of the EARS SEWA project<\/td>\n Antoine Jeanjean
(EUMETSAT)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
1.11<\/td>\n 16:10-16:30<\/td>\n RARS Africa STATIONS Network<\/td>\n Ali Abani Ahmed
(ACMAD, Niger)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
1.12<\/td>\n 16:30-16:50<\/td>\n RARS-Africa: Building Operational EO Data Pipelines using CSPP and Apache Airflow<\/td>\n Allan Oware
(IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center, Kenya)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
1.13<\/td>\n 16:50-17:10<\/td>\n SEWA Activities at SANSA<\/td>\n Themba Mbule
(SANSA, South Africa)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 17:15-18:00<\/td>\n EUMETSAT TOUR<\/strong><\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 18:00<\/td>\n Ice Breaker Social (hosted by EUMETSAT)<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002
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 <\/td>\n Day Two<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
ID<\/strong><\/th>\n Time<\/strong><\/th>\n Presentation Title<\/strong><\/th>\n Presenter
(Affiliation)<\/strong><\/th>\n <\/tr> \n
2.1<\/td>\n 09:00-09:30<\/td>\n CSPP LEO: Current Status and Future Evolution<\/td>\n Liam Gumley
(SSEC\/CIMSS, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2.2<\/td>\n 09:30-10:00<\/td>\n CSPP Geo: What\u2019s New and What\u2019s Coming<\/td>\n Graeme Martin
(SSEC\/CIMSS, United States);<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2.3<\/td>\n 10:00-10:30<\/td>\n Empowering Users to Create High Quality Satellite Imagery with CSPP Polar2Grid and Geo2Grid<\/td>\n Kathleen Strabala
(SSEC\/CIMSS, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 10:30-11:00<\/td>\n Morning Coffee Break<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2.4<\/td>\n 11:00-11:30<\/td>\n Evolution of NOAA Low Earth Orbiting Satellites Architecture and Plans for Direct Broadcast Capabilities<\/td>\n Satya Kalluri
(NOAA, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2.5<\/td>\n 11:30-12:00<\/td>\n NOAA LEO Products: Updates for CSPP Users<\/td>\n Lihang Zhou
(NOAA, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2.6<\/td>\n 12:00-12:30<\/td>\n GWSAS and the use of CSPP Geo in supporting operations at NWS<\/td>\n Jessica Braun
(SSEC\/CIMSS, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2.7<\/td>\n 12:30-13:00<\/td>\n Real-Time MLP Neural Network Atmospheric Retrievals via Direct Broadcast: CSPP-Compatible Packages for ATMS-Only and Combined CrIS\/ATMS\/VIIRS<\/td>\n Mitch Goldberg
(CCNY, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 13:00-14:00<\/td>\n Lunch Break<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2.8<\/td>\n 14:00-14:20<\/td>\n NOAA Algorithm Scientific Software Integration and System Transition Team (ASSISTT) Collaboration with CSPP Geo and Leo on L2 Product Software<\/td>\n Michael Butler
(NOAA, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2.9<\/td>\n 14:20-14:40<\/td>\n DBNet Data Usage at NCMRWF: Status and Plans<\/td>\n Srinivas Desametti
(NCMRWF, India)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2.10<\/td>\n 14:40-15:00<\/td>\n NTIA Efforts to Protect Meteorological Satellite Signals – Past, Present and Future<\/td>\n Robert Stafford and
Skyler Fennell
(NTIA, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2.11<\/td>\n 15:00-15:20<\/td>\n Future Plans for NOAA NESDIS Direct Readout<\/td>\n Toby Hutchings
(NOAA, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 15:20-15:50<\/td>\n Afternoon Coffee Break<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2.12<\/td>\n 15:50-16:10<\/td>\n Status of the WMO-coordinated Direct Broadcast Network for Real-Time Acquisition, Processing and Fast Delivery of Satellite Direct Readout Data<\/td>\n Mikael Rattenborg
(WMO)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2.13<\/td>\n 16:10-16:30<\/td>\n A Low-Latency, Direct Broadcast-Enabled Multi-Sensor Framework for Global Wildfire Intelligence<\/td>\n Dmitry Rashkovetsky
(Ororatech, Germany)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2.14<\/td>\n 16:30-16:50<\/td>\n Easing the Transition from IPOPP: An Automation Wrapper for CSPP and IMAPP<\/td>\n Richard Wright
(Dartcom, United Kingdom)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 16:50-17:30<\/td>\n Community Q&A and Technical Discussion<\/strong><\/td>\n CSPP Team<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002
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 <\/td>\n Day Three<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026<\/strong><\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
ID<\/strong><\/th>\n Time<\/strong><\/th>\n Presentation Title<\/strong><\/th>\n Presenter
(Affiliation)<\/strong><\/th>\n <\/tr> \n
3.1<\/td>\n 09:00-09:30<\/td>\n Leveraging Direct-Broadcast to Power a LEO Satellite Collective in Alaska<\/td>\n Jennifer Delamere
(UAF\/GINA, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
3.2<\/td>\n 09:30-10:00<\/td>\n Development of the Global GEO-LEO 3-D Flood Mapping System<\/td>\n Sanmei Li
(GST, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
3.3<\/td>\n 10:00-10:30<\/td>\n LEO Products for NWS Pacific and Alaska Regions<\/td>\n Douglas Schumacher
(SSEC\/CIMSS, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 10:30-11:00<\/td>\n Morning Coffee Break<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
3.4<\/td>\n 11:00-11:30<\/td>\n Ultra-Low Latency Fire Detections<\/td>\n Bruce Flynn
(SSEC\/CIMSS, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
3.5<\/td>\n 11:30-12:00<\/td>\n A Practical Introduction to LightningCast<\/td>\n Levi Pfantz
(SSEC\/CIMSS, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
3.6<\/td>\n 12:00-12:30<\/td>\n Event-Driven Orchestration for Near Real-Time Data Processing<\/td>\n Gwyn Uttmark
(CIRA\/CSU, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
3.7<\/td>\n 12:30-13:00<\/td>\n MEOS\u2122 Polar System with Integrated CSPP SDR and Other Processing Packages<\/td>\n Tom Hindenes
(KONGSBERG, Norway)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 13:00-14:00<\/td>\n Lunch Break<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n  <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
3.8<\/td>\n 14:00-14:20<\/td>\n OMPS Level 2 Ozone and Sulfur Dioxide Products in CSPP LEO<\/td>\n Geoff Cureton
(SSEC\/CIMSS, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
3.9<\/td>\n 14:20-14:40<\/td>\n Community GOES-R Image Processing with heregoes<\/td>\n Harry Dove-Robinson
(Here GOES Radiotelescope, United States)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
3.10<\/td>\n 14:40-15:00<\/td>\n Characterization of Natural Regions in Guinea Using ATOVS Data<\/td>\n Bouya Diop
(Universit\u00e9 Gaston Berger de Saint Louis, S\u00e9n\u00e9gal)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n 15:00-15:20<\/td>\n Closing Remarks<\/strong><\/td>\n CSPP Team<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n \n <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

List of Posters<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ID<\/strong><\/td>Presentation Title<\/strong><\/td>Presenter (Affiliation)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
P.1<\/td>Antenna Control System: A New Antenna Controller for Direct Broadcast Satellite Data Reception<\/td>Bruce Flynn and Liam Gumley
(SSEC\/CIMSS, United States)<\/td><\/tr>
P.2<\/td>CSPP LEO Software and Products<\/td>Liam Gumley
(SSEC\/CIMSS, United States)<\/td><\/tr>
P.3<\/td>Digital Archaeology & Automated Architecture: Modernizing Legacy Satellite Pipelines with AI Chatbots<\/td>Matthew Odle
(SSEC\/CIMSS, United States)<\/td><\/tr>
P.4<\/td>Validation of IASI Level 2 Temperature and Humidity Profiles Using Radiosonde Observations over India<\/td>Durgesh Nandan Piyush
(NCMRWF, Ministry of Earth Science, India)<\/td><\/tr>
P.5<\/td>GeoIPS: Extending an Open-Source Geolocated Data Framework into Level 0 Processing<\/td>Gwyn Uttmark
(CIRA\/CSU, United States)<\/td><\/tr>
P.6<\/td>A Novel Mechanism for Managed Egress and Privileged Access in Meteorological Data Distribution<\/td>Geoff Yoerger
(SSEC\/CIMSS, United States)<\/td><\/tr>
P.7<\/td>Ancillary Data Services for IPOPP and Simulcast<\/td>Jeremy Jacobsohn and
Starry Manoharan
(NASA, United States)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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