The Coordinating Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS), in a cooperation with IMGW-PIB, will organize, jointly to IPWG-12 Workshop, a two-day training course on satellite-derived precipitation products, with emphasis on the new and emerging technologies and sensors, from July 8 to July 9, 2026 in Kraków, Poland. We have a pleasure to invite young scientists, PhD students and early career researches interested in satellite derived precipitation to participate in the Course. The Course will provide insight to the IPWG goals, available data sources, algorithm specifics including Merged IR/microwave algorithms, emerging AI methods, and uncertainty quantification. The lectures addressing the precipitation in Europe and Africa will be also given. All participants are requested to register not later than 31st June 2026 using the IPWG-12 web-page.
Wednesday, 8 July 2026
| 08:30 – 08:35 | Welcome and Introduction to the Course |
| 8:35-9:00 | Introduction to precipitation-related satellite missions – Chris Kidd (remote) |
| 9:00-9:35 | Retrieval Methods: Passive Microwave – Chris Kummerow |
| 9:35-10:10 | Retrieval Methods: Active Microwave – Takuji Kubota |
| 10:10-10:45 | Merged Satellite Products. Focus on basics – George Huffman |
| 10:45-11:05 | Break |
| 11:05–11:40 | IMERG/GSMAP/HSAF – Huffman/Kubota/Panegrossi (Coordinated with Merged Talk to highlight specifics) |
| 11:40-12:00 | Orographic Precipitation – Shoichi Shige (remote) |
Thursday, 9 July 2026
| 08:30 – 08:50 | Snowfall/Particle Scattering – Huan Meng |
| 08:50 – 09:10 | Land Surface – Sarah Ringerud |
| 09:10 – 09:30 | CubeSat/SmallSat – Joe Munchak |
| 09:30 – 09:50 | Data Assimilation – Alan Geer |
| 09:50 – 10:10 | Machine Learning – Simon Pfreundschuh |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Validation/Baseline Surface Precipitation Network – Daniel Watters |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Break |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | GPM data access – Erich Franz Stocker |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | GSMaP websites – Takuji Kubota |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | H-SAF data access – Bozena Lapeta |
| 11:50 – 12:00 | Questions and wrap-up |
Very limited support may be available from sponsoring agencies. Candidates wishing to apply for financial support are asked to submit a request by January 31 specifying the extent of support (e.g. travel, lodging, and per-diem) needed to attend the meeting. Decision on the travel support grants will be made by the 28th of February 2026.
The course will take place in Kraków, Poland, in the same venue as IPWG-12 Workshop. More details about the venue and logistics can be found at the IPWG-12 web-page.
| Deadline for travel support application: | 31 January 2026 |
| Decision on financial support grants: | 28 February 2026 |
| Final programme | 15 April 2026 |
| IPWG Training course | 8-9 July 2026 |