The mandate of CM SAF (http://www.cmsaf.eu) is to provide high-quality, satellite-based data for use in climate monitoring and analysis. The current suite of available data covers the main components of the atmospheric energy and water cycle. The key objective of the 2013 CM SAF Training Workshop is to instruct active and potential users of satellite data for climate applications in the use of CM SAF products for operational climate monitoring and climate research focussing on applications in high latitudes.