EUMETSAT’s Third-party Data Services

1. EUMETSAT’s Third-party Data Services 26th North America / Europe Data Exchange Meeting (NAEDEX-26) 14th Asia / Pacific Satellite Data Exchange and Utilisation Meeting (APSDEU-14) Montreal, Canada, 06 – 09/10/2015 Simon Elliott, EUMETSAT

2. Introduction • Third-party data services • Distribution of data from satellites which are not (co-) operated by EUMETSAT (METEOSAT, METOP, Jason-2, Sentinel-3) and not part of the IJPS (NOAA19).

3. Third-Party Data Services & Data Distribution • NRT data come from various organisations (CMA, CNES, ESA, ISRO, JAXA, JMA, NASA, NOAA, NSOAS, ROSHYDROMET) • The selection and priority setting of data which EUMETSAT tries to make available is done by the STG-OPSWG. • Data reception is done by the satellite provider or on behalf of the satellite provider. • Data policy and data ownership remains with the provider. • Raw data processing is in most cases done by the satellite providers. • Data are transferred to EUMETSAT in various ways (dedicated lines, RMDCN, Internet, ...) using various protocols.

4. Third-Party Data Services & Data Distribution • Depending on user demands EUMETSAT can reformat or tailor the data. • Data dissemination is done via EUMETCast, in some cases also via GTS. • Archiving is usually not done by EUMETSAT but by the data provider. • The registration for the reception of 3rd party data follows the same principles as for other EUMETSAT data through the Product Navigator. • Availability and timeliness of data is mostly determined by the data provider.

5. Geo-stationary satellites (foreign satellite data service)

6. New GEO third-party data services (1)INSAT-3D data service Trial dissemination of INSAT-3D image data and SST products started on 22 September (30 min, 6 channels)s

7. New GEO third-party data services (2)Himawari-8 data service Band 13, 10.4μm Band 03, 0.64 μm Band 08, 6.2 μm Trial dissemination of Himawari-8 image data started on 09 September (30 min, 11 channels at 2km resolution) Average timeliness 15 minutes

8. Low Earth Orbit Satellites (Third-Party Data Services/Dissemination) • Microwave Sounder products from CMA’s FY-3B and FY-3C (only provided to National Met. Services and ECMWF) • Level 1, 2 and 3 products derived from data of the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Terra & Aqua satellites • SSMIS reformatted BUFR products derived from sounder data of the DoD’s DMSP satellites F16 and F17 • SMOS NRT BUFR light products are derived from the MIRAS on-board ESA’s SMOS satellite • SARAL: early dissemination to all users of pre-operational products started 23-July-2013 • Sensor Data Records (SDR) from NOAA’s SNPP satellite

9. LEO Third-Party Data Services Slide: 9

10. LEO Third-Party Data Services Slide: 10

11. Operations and services: availability of services Third Party Data Services • Significant evolutions of geostationary data services • JMA: Himawari-8 trial data service started on 9 September • ISRO: INSAT-3D trial data service started on 22 September (IODC) • CMA: FY2-G replaced FY-2E at 105°E, FY2-E was relocated to 86.5°E (IODC) • ELECTRO-L N2 expected to be launched in November 2015 (IODC) • Other events • CMA • Loss of power on FY-3C: global data service stopped on 31 May restarted on 30 July – DB over selected region only • SOA • HY-2A Scatterometer anomaly has caused data quality degradation since 8 August • Acquisition of HY2A data at high latitude station expected to be rediscussed with new administrator • Russia • Meteor-M N2 service (MTVZA-GY) in process