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UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS IN THE EUMETSAT SATELLITE APPLICATION FACILITY

UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS IN THE EUMETSAT SATELLITE APPLICATION FACILITY ON HYDROLOGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT (H-SAF) Bizzarro Bizzarri, on behalf of the H-SAF consortium Contents Background, objectives, partnership Introduction to the precipitation products, including:

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UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS IN THE EUMETSAT SATELLITE APPLICATION FACILITY

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  1. UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS • IN THE EUMETSAT SATELLITE APPLICATION FACILITY • ON HYDROLOGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT • (H-SAF) • Bizzarro Bizzarri, on behalf of the H-SAF consortium • Contents • Background, objectives, partnership • Introduction to the precipitation products, including: • - algorithm architecture • - examples of products routinely available • Indication of access mode. IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  2. Meteosat MetOp-EPS Other satellites (NOAA, TRMM, AQUA, ...) Ozone SAF Climate SAF Land SAF Nowcasting SAF New ! EUMETSAT Central Facility GRAS Meteo SAF Ocean & Ice SAF NWP SAF Hydrology SAF U S E R S SATELLITE APPLICATION FACILITIES (SAF’s): decentralised elements of the EUMETSAT Application Ground Segment IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  3. Objectives of H-SAF • The objectives of H-SAF are: • to provide new satellite-derived products: • - precipitation (liquid, solid, rate, cumulate) • - soil moisture (at surface, in the roots region) • - snow parameters (cover, melting conditions, water equivalent); • to perform independent validation of the usefulness of the new products for hydrological applications. IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  4. Composition of the H-SAF Consortium IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  5. IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  6. NOAA-18 AMSU-A + MHS 13:40 a DMSP F-17 SSMIS 5:30 d DMSP F-13 SSM/I 6:30 d DMSP F-16 SSMIS 8:10 d MetOp-1 AMSU-A + MHS 9:30 d NOAA-17 AMSU-A + AMSU-B 10:20 d • One-orbit coverage from six operational meteorological satellites equipped with MW instruments in years 2008-2009. The figure assumes all satellites cross the ascending or descending equatorial node at 12 UTC. In red, conical scanning imagers (swath 1400 km); in blue cross-track scanning sounders (swath 2200 km). IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  7. DMSP  F15 DMSP  F16 NOAA, MetOp NOAA  17 NOAA  18, MetOp Meteosat  8 SSM/I SSMIS AMSU-A AMSU-B MHS SEVIRI Processor Processor Processor Processor Processor Processor LEO/MW + GEO/IR processing chain SSM/I – SSMIS processing chain AMSU – MHS processing chain PR-OBS-1 – Precipitation rate from conical scanners PR-OBS-3&4– Precipitation rate from blended LEO/MW and GEO/IR PR-OBS-2 – Precipitation rate from cross-track scanners Accumulated precipitation processing chain PR-OBS-5 – Accumulated precipitation from blended LEO/MW and GEO/IR Quality control Quality control Quality control Quality control End-users and H-SAF central archive Observed precipitation products generation chain. IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  8. OFF-LINE ACTIVITY REAL-TIME ACTIVITY Meteorological events Cloud Resolving Model Actual SSM/I - SSMIS data (pre-processed) Ingestion preparation model Simulated cloud microphysics Radiative Transfer Model Precipitation retrieval model Simulated MW radiances Instrument model Uncertainty estimator model PRECIPITATION RATE ERROR ESTIMATE Cloud-Radiation Database Error structure database Flow chart of the SSM/I-SSMIS precipitation rate processing chain IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  9. Example of precipitation map from SSM/I - Left: retrieved precipitation; right: brightness temperature in channel 85.5 GHz,V polarisation - Satellite DMSP-F14, day 26 July 2008, pass 15.11-15.17 UTC (northbound). PR-OBS-1 is routinely available at ftp://ftp.meteoam.it IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  10. AMSU-A (48 km) AMSU-A (16 km) Cloud microphysics provision (cloud radiation database from MM5 simulations) Geometrical manipulations (reduction to vertical viewing) PRECIPITATION RATE Extraction of high-spatial frequency content Retrieval algorithm (neural network) AMSU-B or MHS (16 km) Flow chart of the AMSU-MHS precipitation rate processing chain IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  11. Example of precipitation map from AMSU - Left: retrieved precipitation; right: brightness temperature in channel 89 GHz of AMSU-B, V polarisation - Satellite NOAA-15, day 14 Sep 2008, pass 15:00-15:10 UTC (northbound). PR-OBS-2 is routinely available at ftp://ftp.meteoam.it IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  12. SSM/I-SSMIS ~ 3-hourly sequence of MW observations Morphing algorithm (not ready) AMSU-MHS Lookup tables updating PRECIPITATION RATE Rapid-update algorithm SEVIRI 15-min images Extraction of dynamical info Flow chart of the LEO/MW-GEO/IR-blending precipitation rate processing chain IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  13. Example of map of precipitation rate from SEVIRI + PR-OBS-2. Meteosat-9, day 03 Feb 2008, time 08:15 UTC. PR-OBS-3 is routinely available at ftp://ftp.meteoam.it IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  14. IR radiances from GEO calibrated by MW-derived precipitation rate (Rapid Update) (PR-OBS -3) Library of error structure of PR-OBS -3 Accumulated precipitation in the last 24 h Quality control Accumulated precipitation in the last 12 h PR-OBS -3 products archive PR-OBS -4 products archive PR-OBS-5 products generation On-line meteorological information (surface wind, temperature, rain gauge, NWP output) Accumulated precipitation in the last 6 h MW-derived precipitation rate continuised by IR imagery from GEO (Morphing) (PR-OBS -4) Accumulated precipitation in the last 3 h Library of error structure of PR-OBS -4 Flow chart of the accumulated precipitation processing chain. IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  15. 6-hourly SEVIRI images (10.8 μm channel) at 00, 06, 12, 18 and 24 UTC and the corresponding 24-h accumulated precipitation (PR-OBS-5). 1st February 2008. Maps for the accumulated precipitation in the previous 3, 6, 12 and 24 h are generated each 3 hours PR-OBS-5 is routinely available at ftp://ftp.meteoam.it. IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  16. Instantaneous precipitation on 8 February 2008 at 00 UTC and accumulated precipitation in the previous 24 h, computed by the COSMO-ME NWP model. Each 3 hours the model generates the map of instantaneous precipitation (at 00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18, 21 UTC) and the maps of accumulated precipitation in the previous 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours. PR-ASS-1 is routinely available at ftp://ftp.meteoam.it. IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

  17. CONCLUSIONS The H-SAF Development Phase (2005-2010) is now running since 3 years. Of the envisaged 6 precipitation products, 5 are being generated routinely. The missing one (PR-OBS-4, the MW/IR blending by “morphing”) is expected to be ready in mid-2009. However, according to the developer (Vincenzo Levizzani), the capability to meet operational requirements (specifically timeliness) is not sure. Data are used by the Product validation teams and for impact studies in the Hydrological validation programme. All products can be accessed from the Italian Meteorological Service ftp site. Access is restricted to beta users (username and password needed), but IPWG members are entitled to get access. The H-SAF web site is open: http://www.meteoam.it/modules.php?name=hsaf. It contains, i.a.: - ATDD-2.0 (Algorithms Theoretical Definition Document - PUM-1.0 (Products User Manual). IPWG, 4th Workshop, Beijing, 13-17 October 2008

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