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         Automatic satellite data checking  
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	  An automatic satellite data checking system has been implemented at METEO-FRANCE. 
   	It triggers the production of alarm messages if an anomaly is detected in the quality or the 
   	availability of the satellite data assimilated by the model. Selected statistical parameters 
   	such like number of observations (assimilated and rejected data), bias and standard deviation 
   	of background and analysis departures are checked against an expected range foreach 
   	long cut-off assimilation cycle. An appropriate alert message is generated if these statistics are 
   	outside the specified ranges.
		 Auto-alert service is available on the right hand side of each satellite monitoring page for the following satellite data types :  |