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CERSAT A facility for operational oceanography Jean-François Piollé et al. http://www.ifremer.fr/cersat Help desk : fpaf@ifremer.fr. CERSAT : background. Satellite data center of IFREMER
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CERSAT A facility for operational oceanography Jean-François Piollé et al. http://www.ifremer.fr/cersat Help desk : fpaf@ifremer.fr Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
CERSAT : background • Satellite data center of IFREMER • Funded by ESA since 1991 as part of ERS-1/ERS-2 ground segment (archiving/processing of onboard AMI wind/wave mode, altimeter, ATSR/microwave sounder) • Conduct R&D activities • Remote-sensing : defining/improving algorithms to retrieve the geophysical/biochemical parameters (wind, wave, sea-ice, salinity, rain, chlorophyll, suspended matters), sensor calibration/validation and monitoring,… • Value-added products : fluxes, forcing fields with improved spatial/temporal resolution using geostatistical methods, data source merging/combination (satellite/model/in situ) • Quality assessment of the produced data • Tools to easier and promote usage of satellite data (browsers, dissemination tools,…) • Operational activities • Processing/dissemination of delayed-mode to real-time data Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
timeliness real-time delayed mode Scale global regional direct observation griddedproducts combined or merged products Product level CERSAT products : adressing various user needs and communities • Started with level 2 swath data (ERS and other sensors) • Remote-sensing research, cal/val activities,… • Can serve a wide range of needs but not always convenient (data volume, sensor patterns,…) • Developping synoptic products • Gap free, fix grid, small volume, long-time series • Wider range of users, forcing fields • Higher resolution, local sensor calibration • Specific regional products • New derived quantities • New communities : biogeochemical studies • Sensor merging • Improved temporal/spatial resolution and inversion algorithms • Derived quantities by sensor combination : fluxes,… • Toward real-time • Serving operational oceanography • Model assimilation and forcing products • Monitoring of regional areas, boundary conditions for regional models Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
Meeting the user needs • Interactions with users • Modelisation community : fluxes, SST, salinity • Coastal users (satellite image browser) • Involvement in various programmes and projects • MERSEA, GODAE, MERCATOR,… • Climate : CARBO-OCEAN, CLIVAR,… • Sea-ice : ICEMON, CONVECTION, GLOBICE, DAMOCLES,… • Environment and security : ROSES, MARCOAST,… • Coastal operational oceanography • Partnerships • To build a portal to ocean satellite data • JPL/PO.DAAC => Mirroring of scatterometer swath data (NSCAT, QuikSCAT, Adeos-2) • EUMETSAT Ocean & Sea-ice SAF => SST and sea solar fluxes • MEDSPIRATION => near real time SST Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
timeliness real-time delayed mode Scale global regional direct observation griddedproducts combined or merged products Product level direct observation products • Swath data or « simple » regridding • Raw observation (ex: backscatter, reflectance,…) and geophysical quantities (wind, chlorophyll concentration,…) • Delayed mode scatterometer data (wind vectors) • ERS-1/ERS-2 : 50 km resolution, 500 km wide swath, 10 years long time series • NSCAT on ADEOS-1 : 50 km, 1996-1997 • SeaWinds on QuikSCAT and ADEOS-2 : 25 km, 1600 km, 1999-today • Web > data > catalog > swath Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
timeliness real-time delayed mode Scale global regional direct observation griddedproducts combined or merged products Product level direct observation products • Swath data or « simple » regridding • Raw observation (ex: backscatter, reflectance,…) and geophysical quantities (wind, chlorophyll concentration,…) • Delayed mode altimeter data (sea level height, significant wave height, wind speed) • ERS-1/ERS-2 : 10 years long time series • Web > data > catalog > swath Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
timeliness real-time delayed mode Scale global regional direct observation griddedproducts combined or merged products Product level direct observation products • Swath data or « simple » regridding • Raw observation (ex: backscatter, reflectance,…) and geophysical quantities (wind, chlorophyll concentration,…) • sea surface temperature • 4 km pathfinder archive • ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/ifremer/cersat/products Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
timeliness real-time delayed mode Scale global regional direct observation griddedproducts combined or merged products Product level direct observation products • Sea surface temperature • EUMETSAT O&SI SAF products • 1 day delay • ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/ifremer/cersat/SAFOSI • Swath data or « simple » regridding • Raw observation (ex: backscatter, reflectance,…) and geophysical quantities (wind, chlorophyll concentration,…) Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
timeliness real-time delayed mode Scale global regional direct observation griddedproducts combined or merged products Product level direct observation products • Swath data or « simple » regridding • Raw observation (ex: backscatter, reflectance,…) and geophysical quantities (wind, chlorophyll concentration,…) • Sea surface temperature • Real-time high resolution SST • MEDSPIRATION project Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
timeliness real-time delayed mode Scale global regional direct observation griddedproducts combined or merged products Product level direct observation products • Swath data or « simple » regridding • Raw observation (ex: backscatter, reflectance,…) and geophysical quantities (wind, chlorophyll concentration,…) • Ocean color (SeaWIFS, MODIS) • Chlorophyll-a, suspended matters • 1-2 km resolution • Bay of biscay, channel and north sea • Delay down to 1 day • Image browsing facility : http://www.ifremer.fr/cersat/facilities/browse/del/gascogne/browse.htm Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
timeliness real-time delayed mode Scale global regional direct observation griddedproducts combined or merged products Product level Gridded products • Gridding : averaging, kriging, optimal interpolation • Mean wind fields • Wind and stress • ERS-1, ERS-2, NSCAT, QuikSCAT • 0.5° resolution, daily/weekly/monthly • Widely acknowledge : 1600 users • Delay : 4-5 days • Web > data > catalog > gridded Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
timeliness real-time delayed mode Scale global regional direct observation griddedproducts combined or merged products Product level Gridded products • Gridding : averaging, kriging, optimal interpolation • Sea ice maps • Concentration • Sea-ice type discrimination • ERS-1, ERS-2, NSCAT, QuikSCAT, SSM/I • 25km to 12.5 km , daily toweekly • Delay : 4-5 days • Web > data > catalog > gridded Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
timeliness real-time delayed mode Scale global regional direct observation griddedproducts combined or merged products Product level Merged products • Merging several sources (same parameters) • Gridded products • Feeling gaps • Improved spatial/temporal resolution • Combined with geostatistical methods • Sea ice drift • Correlation over successive backscatter/concentration images • Merging QuikSCAT, SSM/I, AMSRE • 60 km , 6-day to 2-day maps • Delay : 4-5 days • ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/ifremer/cersat/products/gridded/psi-drift/ Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
timeliness real-time delayed mode Scale global regional direct observation griddedproducts combined or merged products Product level Merged products • Merging several sources (same parameters) • Gridded products • Filling gaps • Improved spatial/temporal resolution • Combined with geostatistical methods • SST maps • METEO-FRANCE/CMS product • Atlantic : merging GOES-E, MSG/SEVIRI, AVHRR • 0.1°, daily map • Delay : 1 day • ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/ifremer/cersat/products/gridded/ • MEDSPIRATION maps • High resolution map, near real time Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
timeliness real-time delayed mode Scale global regional direct observation griddedproducts combined or merged products Product level Merged products • Merging several sources (same parameters) • Gridded products • Filling gaps • Improved spatial/temporal resolution • Combined with geostatistical methods • Blended products • Combine model outputs and satellite data • Higher temporal/spatial resolution • Wind (2005) • ECMWF with QuikSCAT, SSM/I and altimeters (Jason, Envisat) • 25km, 6-hourly maps • Near real-time Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
timeliness real-time delayed mode Scale global regional direct observation griddedproducts combined or merged products Product level Combined products • Combining several sources (different parameters) to derive new quantities • Gridded products • Combined with geostatistical methods • Turbulent fluxes • Latent and sensible heat • Combining wind, SST, Brightness temperature • 0.5°, weekly maps • ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/ifremer/cersat/products/gridded/ • To come : blended fluxes (2005-2006) • Near real time Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
timeliness real-time delayed mode Scale global regional direct observation griddedproducts combined or merged products Product level Combined products • Combining several sources (different parameters) to derive new quantities • Gridded products • Combined with geostatistical methods • CO2 gas exchange coefficient • Combining wind, SST (Liss&Merlivat, Wanninkhof and Nightingale parameterization) • ERS-1/ERS-2/QuikSCAT • 1° to 0.5°, weekly/monthly maps • ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/ifremer/cersat/products/gridded/ Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
Data access • www.ifremer.fr/cersat • ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/ifremer/cersat • User help desk : fpaf@ifremer.fr • Data dissemination • Standard formats : HDF, netCDF • CDROM, DVD, DLT on demand • ftp push on demand • OpenDAP • Live access Server : www.ifremer.fr/las • Web subsetting interface (enhanced subsetting system : Fall 2005) • Image browsers for gridded data Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
CERSAT : conclusion and plans • Products evolved : • From global to regional scale • From observation to synthesis • higher spatial/temporal resolution • From delayed-mode to real-time products • Improved data dissemination • Capability to set-up products for specific usage (area, resolution, parameters) • Provides sustained data production and tools for operational oceanography • Better synergy to find with model and in situ data • Homogeneize data access, interconnect to other information systems/observation networks http://www.ifremer.fr/cersatHelp desk : fpaf@ifremer.fr Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
Medspiration : a near-real time service for SST • The GODAE / GHRSST-PP project • Delivering a new generation of global and multi-sensorhigh resolution SST datasets, as defined by the GHRSST Science Team, reflecting a general consensus opinion (format, content, processing) • Distributed approach for the operational production and dissemination of GHRSST data products : Regional Data Assembly Center • Regional areas • Specific sensors • Same processing model, format, content,… • Medspiration project • European node for the GHRSST-PP system • Funded by ESA • Partnership : • CERSAT, NOC, METEO-FRANCE, CLS • CERSAT tasks : processing, archiving, dissemination • Quality control, flags, ancillary data, confidence • products can be used individually or together with equal confidence Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
MSG/SEVIRI ENVISAT/AATSR NOAA16&17/AVHRR AQUA/AMSR-E TRMM/TMI L2P : infra-red products • IR radiometers • Polar orbiting and geostationnary satellites • Skin SST (10-20 µm) • Cloud, aerosol contamination • Affected by diurnal cycle (warming) • High resolution (10km > 1km) • Coverage : atlantic (AATSR global in oct.2005) Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
MSG/SEVIRI ENVISAT/AATSR NOAA16&17/AVHRR AQUA/AMSR-E TRMM/TMI L2P : microwave products • MW radiometers • Polar orbiting • Subskin SST (~1 mm) • Rain contamination, no data close to land • Affected by diurnal cycle (warming) • Low resolution (25km) • Poor sampling in some areas • Coverage : Atlantic Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
L4 product • Objective : high resolutiongap free maps of SST fundation • Optimal interpolation • Merging all sensors available (high resolution IR and low resolution MW) • Focused area : Mediterranean sea, 2km resolution, daily Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
Data access • Real-time, operational and sustained production • Format : netCDF (complying to GHRSST-PP specifications) • Timeliness • L2P : delivery in near-real time, at latest day+1, 7:00 • L4 : run each day at 7:00 UTC : required delivery before 12:00 (current mean processing time : 50 min) • Medspiration web site : http://www.medspiration.org • User help desk : fpaf@ifremer.fr (help@medspiration.org) • Dissemination facilities • FTP push (on demand) • FTP server, last 3 months of data, free access (anonymous login) • ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/ifremer/medspiration/data • OpenDAP (aka DODS) server • http://www.ifremer.fr/cgi-bin/nph-dods/data/satellite/medspiration • Live Access Server • http://www.ifremer.fr/las(L4 product only) Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005
Plans • Extending the service to global ocean (MERSAT) • European GDAC • Mirror archive for L2P products • New gap-free interpolated maps • Atlantic (0.1°, daily) : end 2005 • Global (0.1°, daily) : mid-2006 Forum des Utilisateur des bases de données IFREMER – Brest, 25 Novembre 2005