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Hungary, Poland and Slovakia are Cooperating States of EUMETSAT

EUMETSAT AND ITS PROGRAMMES Alain RATIER EUMETSAT Earth Observation Information Meeting, Bruxelles, 3 October 2000. EUMETSAT Member States. 17 Member States 3 Cooperating States. Hungary, Poland and Slovakia are Cooperating States of EUMETSAT. EUMETSAT OBJECTIVES. THE INITIAL CONVENTION:

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Hungary, Poland and Slovakia are Cooperating States of EUMETSAT

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  1. EUMETSAT AND ITS PROGRAMMESAlain RATIEREUMETSATEarth Observation Information Meeting, Bruxelles, 3 October 2000

  2. EUMETSAT Member States 17 Member States 3 Cooperating States Hungary, Poland and Slovakia are Cooperating States of EUMETSAT

  3. EUMETSAT OBJECTIVES THE INITIAL CONVENTION: "The primary objective ... is to establish, maintain and exploit European systems of operational meteorological satellites...." THE NEW CONVENTION: "A further objective ... is to contribute to the operational monitoring of the climate and the detection of global climate change.."

  4. EUMETSAT SATELLITE PROGRAMMES 13 14 15 16 17 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 METEOSAT NominaI operation estimated lifetime Over Indian Ocean since 7/98 Non nominal operation • Meteosat-5 IODC at 63°E Estimated fuel margin Hot stand by at 10° W (since 6/98) • Meteosat-6 Approved Available for launch • Meteosat-7 Planned Operational S/C at 0°(since 6/98) MSG • MSG-1 • MSG-2 • MSG-3 EPS • Metop-1 • Metop-2 • Metop-3

  5. Meteosat VIS imagery Meteosat IR imagery Meteosat WV imagery Meteosat satellite

  6. 0° LONGITUDE AND 63° E METEOSAT IMAGES METEOSAT-7 METEOSAT-5

  7. MSG System (from end 2003, TBC) (Meteosat-MSG parallel operations in 2002/2003) E xternal S upport G round S Stations PGS Station ( ) SAF ( ) BGS Station ( ) Operational Standby MSG MSG Processed Images meteorological satellites Data from other and other data Monitoring Raw & Processed Images and other data HRIT Satellite Control Data Collection System Reports Satellite Control (Back-up) LRIT Satellite Applications High Rate Primary Ground Facilities User Station Back-up Low Rate (HRUS) Ground User Station Data Collection (LRUS) Platforms (DCP) EUMETSAT Control & Processing Centre Darmstadt

  8. MSG Missions • Multispectral Imagery • Airmass Analysis • Hi-Resolution Imagery • Product Extraction • Data Dissemination • Data Collection • Additional Missions • Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget • Search and Rescue • Data Archive and Retrieval

  9. MSG SEVIRI Channels Basic + Airmass + Hi Res Vis Missions 3 km data sampling intervals at SSP, except HRV (1 km) Images each 15 minutes

  10. SEVIRI Channels Weighting Functions

  11. Cloud Distribution: low (red), mid (grey), high (white) MGS simulation: from GOES-8

  12. Discrimination of cloud phase: 8.6 - 11µ vs 11 - 12 µ Source: NOAA/CMISS (airborne observations)

  13. Snow detection (1.6 µ channel) (Source: NASA) Clouds Thin Cirrus Snow

  14. From space “OK” Tornado : 3 May 99 1800 UTC From ground 530 CDT (2330 UTC) 2300 UTC

  15. Mid troposphere Humidity (+ ECMWF contours at 600 hPa) High trosphere Humidity ( + contours ECMWF contours at 300 hPa)

  16. GOES high density winds in mid & high troposphere 2 May, 1998 (Source: P. Menzel, NOAA/CMIS)

  17. Ozone product & derived wind field (black arrows)(Source: Météo-France)

  18. GOES SST: high amplitude (2-3 °K) diurnal cycle (low wind conditions) Source: NOAA/CMIS

  19. DIRECT REAL TIME ACCESS VIA LRUS & HRUS USER STATIONS ALL SEVIRI CHANNELS AT FULL SPACE-TIME RESOLUTION ON HRIT/HRUS 3 TO 5 CHANNELS FULL SPATIAL RESOLUTION/REDUCED TIME SAMPLING ON LRIT/LRUS PLUS PRODUCTS (TBC) PROCUREMENT OF USER STATIONS UNDER USER RESPONSIBILITY, KEY UNIT DELIVERED BY EUMETSAT, FREE LICENSE FOR RESEARCH USE REAL TIME ACCESS THROUGH GTS/RMDCN: MPEF/SAF PRODUCTS MSG INTERNET SERVICE : CONTENTS TBD OFF-LINE ACCESS: FROM U-MARF: IMAGERY & MPEF PRODUCTS FROM SAF ARCHIVING FACILITIES (TBC): SAF PRODUCTS ACCESS TO MSG DATA

  20. Jointly released by ESA and EUMETSAT Objective is to stimulate: use of MSG data for research, in combination with other data (e.g. ERS, ENVISAT) structured interactions between research and operational communities 43 Investigator Teams selected (Peer Selection) Data available free of charge, dedicated interactions with MSG Project Teams Investigations/Research not funded by ESA/EUMETSAT First RAO workshop held in Bologna in May 2000 MSG RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY

  21. EPS within IJPS Blind orbits Global data data dump dump Global data dump NOAA global data METOP blind orbits EPS GS NOAA GS CNES METOP global data IASI TEC NOAA blind orbits INITIAL JOINT POLAR SYSTEM METOP 1 & 2 a.m. NOAA N & N’ p.m. SAF SAF EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM NOAA POES SYSTEM

  22. SCOPE/BREAKDOWN OF EPS PROGRAMME 3 Metop satellites 3 Launch services EPS Ground Segment including SAFs 14 years of operation

  23. Temperature and moisture sounding for NWP High accuracy/vertical resolution All weather capability Troposphere, stratosphere and troposphere/stratosphere interactions Imagery of clouds and land/ocean surfaces Air-sea interactions Ozone mapping & monitoring Data collection and location Direct broadcast/support to nowcasting Search and Rescue EPS MISSION OBJECTIVES:OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY & CLIMATE MONITORING

  24. Atmospheric Sounding (temperature, moisture, O3/species): IR/MW imaging sounders: HIRS-4/IASI, AMSU-A/MHS UV/VIS imaging sounder: GOME-2 limb viewing radio-occultation sounder: GRAS Global VIS/IR Imagery: AVHRR-3 2-Dimensional wind field at ocean surface:ASCAT Data Location & Collection: ARGOSDCS-2Terminal Global and Local Data Access:Solid State Recorder/X-Band downlink/HRPT/LRPT Search & Rescue: S&R Terminal EPS Capabilities/Payload

  25. METOP INSTRUMENT PAYLOAD GRAS GOME-2 AVHRR-3 HIRS-4 IASI ASCAT AMSU-A1 AMSU-A2 MHS

  26. IASI: Simulated Performances (Moisture) Source: The Met. Office

  27. Cloud Liquid Water (top) and Rain Index (bottom) Source: NOAA

  28. Total Ozone and Profile (GOME/ERS-2)

  29. Source: ESA ERS Wind Vector Field (500 km Swath)

  30. EPS Data Circulation • Global data read-out through high latitude station • Exchange of global data with NOAA • Direct data read-out services: HRPT and LRPT • High Resolution Picture Transmission • Low Resolution Picture Transmission • Digital version of NOAA APT • Level of communality with MSG HRIT/LRIT • Coordinated with CGMS • Near Real Time delivery of CGS products (level 1 & selected level 2) to Primary NRT Terminals within Member States • Near Real Time delivery of level 2 products through GTS/RMDCN

  31. The EUMETSAT Ground Segment Delivers products/services required by EUMETSAT Users Has a distributed architecture, including : Central facilities at EUMETSAT HQ Satellite/Mission Control Data Acquisition/Dissemination Image Data Processing/Preprocessing: level 1 Meteorological Products Extraction: selected level 2 Multi-mission Archiving and Retrieval Facility (U-MARF) Ground Stations : Primary, Back-Up and Support Network of Satellite Applications Facilities hosted by national Met Services deliver other level 2 products and selected level 3

  32. EUMETSAT GROUND SEGMENT BREAKDOWN

  33. Development of SAF Network • Development of 7 SAFs approved by Council • 3 funded from MSG Programme budget • SAF on support to Nowcasting and VSRF • SAF on Ocean and Sea Ice • SAF on Ozone Monitoring • 1 funded from MTP Programme budget • SAF on Climate Monitoring • 3 funded from EPS Programme budget • SAF on Numerical Weather Prediction • SAF on GRAS Meteorology • SAF on Land Surface Analysis

  34. Lannion EUMETSAT OVERALL GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE Svalbard EPS Polar CDA Station EUMETSAT HQ Central Facilities Acquisition and Control Station Exchange of IJPS data with NOAA/USA Back-up or Support Station Satellite Application Facility Madrid (E): Support to Nowcasting and very Short Term Forecasting Lannion (F): Ocean and Sea Ice Helsinki (FIN): Ozone Monitoring Offenbach (D): Climate Monitoring Bracknell (UK): Numerical Weather Prediction Copenhagen (DK): GRAS Meteorology Lisboa (P): Land Surface Analysis Helsinki Copenhagen Bracknell MDD-FDRS Offenbach EUMETSAT HQ Darmstadt MCC + MPEF FDRS Weilheim Meteosat BGS Usingen MSG PGS Toulouse MDD Planned extension (EPS) Fucino Meteosat PGS Lisboa PGS Primary Ground Station MDD Meteorological Data Distribution BRGS Back-up and Ranging Station FDRS Foreign Data Relay Support CDA Command and Data Acquisition MCC Mission Control Centre MPEF Meteorological Product Extraction Facility Roma MDD Madrid Canary Island MSG BRGS

  35. MTP MARF MTP Import or Ingestion MSG-GS Front-End EPS-GS Front-End SAF Facility SAF Local User Services MSG Ground Segment EPS Ground Segment SAF Local Archive &Catalogue UMARF Facility External Users User services User Interface Catalogue Archive Repository External Users U-MARF Multi-mission Archiving and Retrieval Facility

  36. RESERVE SLIDES

  37. EUMETSAT's Satellite Coverage and Indian Ocean Data Coverage 60 N 0 Meteosat-7 Prime Position 0° Longitude Meteosat-5 IODC Position 63°E 60 S 80 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 20 40 60 100 120 140 160 180 1 February 2000 Slide: 32a

  38. GEOSTATIONARY COMPOSITE IMAGE OF THE GLOBE

  39. METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION (MSG)

  40. MSG Responsibilities • ESA • Develops the MSG-1 Prototype satellite according to EUMETSAT requirements • Acts, on behalf of EUMETSAT, as procurement agent for MSG-2/-3 satellites • EUMETSAT • Contributes one third of the MSG-1 funding, and funds procurement of MSG-2/-3 • Finalises and maintains End User Requirements • Procures all launchers • Develops the Ground Segment • Ensures consistency between space system segments (space, ground, launcher service segments) • Operates the MSG System (12 years)

  41. MOP/MTP - MSG Comparison Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) • 12-channel Enhanced Imaging Radiometer • 100 RPM Spin-stabilised Body • Bi-propellant Unified Propulsion System • 7 years Station Keeping • 600 Watts Power Demand • 2030 kg in GTO orbit • Design compatibility with Ariane 4 and 5 Meteosat First Generation (MOP/MTP) • 3-channel Imaging Radiometer • 100 RPM Spin-stabilised Body • Solid Apogee Boost Motor • 5 years Station Keeping • 200 Watts Power Demand • 720 kg in GTO orbit • Flight qualified with Delta 2914, Ariane 1-3-4

  42. MSG Performance Comparison

  43. MSG SEVIRI Instrument • Spinning Enhanced Vis & IR Imager • 12 channels • Image each 15 minutes • 3 km horizontal sampling • Hi-Res channel at 1 km

  44. SEVIRI IR Channel Bands

  45. MSG MPEF Products Baseline • Cloud Analysis (CLA) • Cloud Top Height (CTH) • Global Instability (GI)* • Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMV) (IR 10.8, WV 6.2, WV 7.3, VIS 0.6) • Clear Sky Radiance (CSR) • Tropospheric Humidity (THU) • Total Ozone (TOZ)* • Calibration Monitoring (CAL-MON) • Climate Data Set (CDS) • ISCCP Data Set (IDS) • GPCP Precipitation Index (PI) * GI & TOZ: algorithm development by SAF and extraction by MPEF Meteorological Products proposed as baseline for the MSG MPEF development

  46. Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMV) extracted from VIS (yellow), IR 10.8 µ (red) & WV 6.2 µ (blue) channels

  47. Comparison GI MSG (sim.) and GOES LI MSG(Simulé) LI GOES

  48. User Station functions developed/demonstrated as part of DADF, for monitoring purpose Detailed Design of DADF Prototype Stations available to potential customers and providers on EUMETSAT Home Page Users expected to procure their respective User Station(s) from Industry Station Key Units to be supplied by EUMETSAT Definition of the LRIT and HRIT data streams under discussion HRIT data stream expected to contain all SEVIRI channels at full resolution EC supporting acquisition of HRUSs in Africa (PUMA initiative) HRIT-LRIT User Stations

  49. GS - Data Acquisition Dissemination Facility - User Stations (for monitoring purpose)

  50. SYSTEM: SYSTEM CRITICAL DESIGN REVIEW SUCCESSFUL SPACE SEGMENT: MSG SATELLITES MSG-1/2/3 UNDER DEVELOPMENT/PROCUREMENT FLIGHT ACCEPTANCE REVIEW UNDER WAY (2 PHASES) GROUND SEGMENT TEST & INTEGRATION OF INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES UNDERWAY DIFFICULTIES WITH CONTROL CENTRE (CF), IMAGE PROCESSING (IMPF) & PRIMARY GROUND STATION (PGS) PRE-INTEGRATION STARTED, START OF FULL INTEGRATION PENDING DELIVERY OF KEY FACILITIES LAUNCHER ARIANE-4 BASELINE FOR MSG-1 LAUNCH DATE: JANUARY 2002 TARGETED (NO MARGIN) MSG PROGRAMME STATUS

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