The nowcasting SAF products and services: recent improvements in the new SW packages PPS v2018 and GEO v2018 and future plans

Presentación realizada en la 3rd European Nowcasting Conference, celebrada en la sede central de AEMET en Madrid del 24 al 26 de abril de 2019

pytroll/satpy: v0.10.0

The SatPy package is a python library for reading and manipulating meteorological remote sensing data and writing it to various image and data file formats. SatPy comes with the ability to make various RGB composites directly from satellite instrument channel data or higher level processing output. The pyresample package is used to resample data to different uniform areas or grids. The documentation is available at http://satpy.readthedocs.org/.The SatPy package is a python library for reading and manipulating meteorological remote sensing data and writing it to various image and data file formats. SatPy comes with the ability to make various RGB composites directly from satellite instrument channel data or higher level processing output. The pyresample package is used to resample data to different uniform areas or grids. The documentation is available at http://satpy.readthedocs.org/.0.10.

pytroll/satpy: Version 0.11.0

Issues Closed Issue 555 - GOES-16 geolocation seems off when saving as TIFF Issue 552 - GOES Composites failling (PR 553) Issue 534 - Support GOES-15 in netcdf format from Eumetcast (nc_goes reader) (PR 530) Issue 527 - [SEP] Reader naming conventions (PR 546) Issue 518 - Make bilinear interpolation dask/xarray friendly (PR 519) Issue 467 - Flake8-ify all of satpy (PR 515) Issue 459 - How to colorize images Issue 449 - Adding coastlines to single channel not working (PR 551) Issue 337 - Plot true color by using VIIRS SDR Issue 333 - available_readers to detail unavailable items Issue 263 - How to get the available dataset names from the reader Issue 147 - SEVIRI HRIT reading: More userfriendly warning when no EPI/PRO files are present (PR 452) In this release 12 issues were closed. Pull Requests Merged Bugs fixed PR 556 - Fix turning off enhancements in writers for float data PR 553 - Fix DifferenceCompositor and other compositors when areas are incompatible (552, 552) PR 550 - Fix AHI HRIT file patterns so area's ID is correct PR 548 - Fix ratio sharpening compositors when the ratio is negative PR 547 - Fix EWA resampling for new versions of pyresample PR 542 - Fix palette application for pps 2018 products PR 508 - Fix the cf_writer to accept single-valued time coordinate variable Features added PR 558 - Make counts available in ahi_hsd PR 551 - Fix image overlays for single band data (requires trollimage 1.6+) (449) PR 549 - Fix nwcpps ct palette from v2018 to be backwards compatible PR 546 - Rename readers to meet new reader naming scheme (527) PR 545 - Add configurable parameters to solar zenith correctors PR 530 - Add reader for Goes15 netcdf Eumetsat format (534) PR 519 - Add xarray/dask bilinear resampling (518) PR 507 - Change default enhancement for reflectance data to gamma 1.5 PR 452 - Improve handling of missing file requirements in readers (147) Documentation changes PR 533 - Fix copy/paste error in readers table for viirs_l1b PR 515 - Fix all flake8 errors in satpy package code (467) Backwards incompatible changes PR 546 - Rename readers to meet new reader naming scheme (527) PR 507 - Change default enhancement for reflectance data to gamma 1.5 In this release 20 pull requests were closed.Issues Closed Issue 555 - GOES-16 geolocation seems off when saving as TIFF Issue 552 - GOES Composites failling (PR 553) Issue 534 - Support GOES-15 in netcdf format from Eumetcast (nc_goes reader) (PR 530) Issue 527 - [SEP] Reader naming conventions (PR 546) Issue 518 - Make bilinear interpolation dask/xarray friendly (PR 519) Issue 467 - Flake8-ify all of satpy (PR 515) Issue 459 - How to colorize images Issue 449 - Adding coastlines to single channel not working (PR 551) Issue 337 - Plot true color by using VIIRS SDR Issue 333 - available_readers to detail unavailable items Issue 263 - How to get the available dataset names from the reader Issue 147 - SEVIRI HRIT reading: More userfriendly warning when no EPI/PRO files are present (PR 452) In this release 12 issues were closed. Pull Requests Merged Bugs fixed PR 556 - Fix turning off enhancements in writers for float data PR 553 - Fix DifferenceCompositor and other compositors when areas are incompatible (552, 552) PR 550 - Fix AHI HRIT file patterns so area's ID is correct PR 548 - Fix ratio sharpening compositors when the ratio is negative PR 547 - Fix EWA resampling for new versions of pyresample PR 542 - Fix palette application for pps 2018 products PR 508 - Fix the cf_writer to accept single-valued time coordinate variable Features added PR 558 - Make counts available in ahi_hsd PR 551 - Fix image overlays for single band data (requires trollimage 1.6+) (449) PR 549 - Fix nwcpps ct palette from v2018 to be backwards compatible PR 546 - Rename readers to meet new reader naming scheme (527) PR 545 - Add configurable parameters to solar zenith correctors PR 530 - Add reader for Goes15 netcdf Eumetsat format (534) PR 519 - Add xarray/dask bilinear resampling (518) PR 507 - Change default enhancement for reflectance data to gamma 1.5 PR 452 - Improve handling of missing file requirements in readers (147) Documentation changes PR 533 - Fix copy/paste error in readers table for viirs_l1b PR 515 - Fix all flake8 errors in satpy package code (467) Backwards incompatible changes PR 546 - Rename readers to meet new reader naming scheme (527) PR 507 - Change default enhancement for reflectance data to gamma 1.5 In this release 20 pull requests were closed.0.11.

pytroll/satpy: Version 0.12.0

Version 0.12.0 (2019/02/15) Issues Closed Issue 601 - MultiScene 'save_animation' fails if "datasets=" isn't provided (PR 602) Issue 310 - Create MultiScene from list of files (PR 576) In this release 2 issues were closed. Pull Requests Merged Bugs fixed PR 616 - Fix geotiff writer being unimportable if gdal isn't installed PR 615 - Fix confusing error in abi_l1b reader when file fails to open PR 607 - Fix VIIRS 'histogram_dnb' compositor not returning new data PR 605 - Fix enhancements using dask delayed on internal functions PR 602 - Fix MultiScene save_animation not using dataset IDs correctly (601, 601) PR 600 - Fix resample reduce_data bug introduced in #582 Features added PR 614 - Support for reduced resolution OLCI data PR 613 - Add 'crop' and 'save_datasets' to MultiScene PR 609 - Add ability to use dask distributed when generating animation videos PR 582 - Add 'reduce_data' keyword argument to disable cropping before resampling PR 576 - Add group_files and from_files utility functions for creating Scenes from multiple files (310) PR 567 - Add utility functions for generating GeoViews plots (541) In this release 12 pull requests were closed.Version 0.12.0 (2019/02/15) Issues Closed Issue 601 - MultiScene 'save_animation' fails if "datasets=" isn't provided (PR 602) Issue 310 - Create MultiScene from list of files (PR 576) In this release 2 issues were closed. Pull Requests Merged Bugs fixed PR 616 - Fix geotiff writer being unimportable if gdal isn't installed PR 615 - Fix confusing error in abi_l1b reader when file fails to open PR 607 - Fix VIIRS 'histogram_dnb' compositor not returning new data PR 605 - Fix enhancements using dask delayed on internal functions PR 602 - Fix MultiScene save_animation not using dataset IDs correctly (601, 601) PR 600 - Fix resample reduce_data bug introduced in #582 Features added PR 614 - Support for reduced resolution OLCI data PR 613 - Add 'crop' and 'save_datasets' to MultiScene PR 609 - Add ability to use dask distributed when generating animation videos PR 582 - Add 'reduce_data' keyword argument to disable cropping before resampling PR 576 - Add group_files and from_files utility functions for creating Scenes from multiple files (310) PR 567 - Add utility functions for generating GeoViews plots (541) In this release 12 pull requests were closed.0.12.

Beyond the borders: The use of art participation for the promotion of health and well-being in Britain and Denmark

BACKGROUND: This article compares British and Danish promotion of well-being through participation in art activity to empower the individual. It examines the influence of national, social and political contexts on art and health community projects by comparing practice and project outcomes. METHOD: Based on two case studies, the article draws on specific evidence in Britain and Denmark. The approach taken is one of the psychosocial inquiries allowing reflection on practice including participants’ testimonies. RESULTS: The two cases showed comparable problems with restricted resources, funding and organisational limitations to service delivery. The British case study shows a bottom-up approach in contrast to the Danish case study where the approach is top-down. Although the benefits from participation in art activities in the two countries were influenced by a complex set of different interacting factors, outcomes were typically similarly positive: finding identity, feeling a sense of well-being and increased self-confidence. CONCLUSION: In terms of practice, policy and research and in the recognition of value of art participation, the comparison demonstrates how different stories, contexts and institutions engage in different ways to facilitate and enable service users as well as generating different challenges; recognising the benefits of developing best practice guidelines in art practice in health settings