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EUMETSAT

EUMETSAT. Monitoring weather and climate from space. EUMETSAT objectives. The primary objective is to establish, maintain and exploit European systems of operational meteorological satellites.

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EUMETSAT

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  1. EUMETSAT Monitoring weather and climate from space

  2. EUMETSAT objectives • The primary objective is to establish, maintain and exploit European systems of operational meteorological satellites. • A further objective is to contribute to the operational monitoring of the climate as well as the detection of global climatic changes. • Furthermore, environmental issues which drive or are driven by meteorological conditions are considered.

  3. EUMETSAT’s mission is…. • To deliver operational satellite data and products that satisfy the meteorological and climate data requirements of its Member States - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, through decades. • This is carried out taking into account the recommendations of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

  4. 26 Member States & 5 Cooperating States * Member States CZECH REPUBLIC* CROATIA AUSTRIA BELGIUM FINLAND GERMANY FRANCE DENMARK GREECE HUNGARY ITALY IRELAND NETHERLANDS NORWAY LUXEMBOURG LATVIA ROMANIA* SLOVAK REPUBLIC POLAND PORTUGAL SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SPAIN SLOVENIA Cooperating States UNITED KINGDOM TURKEY * Pending full ratification BULGARIA ESTONIA ICELAND SERBIA LITHUANIA

  5. Global meteorological satellite system

  6. EUMETSAT space segment

  7. EUMETSAT’s geostationary satellite coverage 60 N Meteosat-9 (0° Longitude) Meteosat-8 (9.5° E) 0 Meteosat-7 (57.5° E) Meteosat-6 (67.5° E) 60 S 80 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 20 40 60 100 120 140 160 180

  8. Geostationary satellites • EUMETSAT operates two Meteosat satellites of the first generation (Meteosat-6 and -7) over the Indian Ocean and two satellites of the second generation (Meteosat-8 and -9) at 0° longitude delivering the service for Europe. • As part of the Indian Ocean Data Coverage service, Meteosat-6 relays tsunami warnings from 48 data collection platforms covering the Indian Ocean region.

  9. Geostationary satellites Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) • consists of a series of four geostationary weather satellites • operational until 2018 • imagery every 15 minutes through 12 spectral bands • Meteosat-9 provides data collection and environmental monitoring data • Meteosat-8 provides Rapid Scan Service (RSS) since May 2008 • RSS delivers image data and meteorological products for the detection of rapidly developing localised convective weather systems. • SEVIRI measurements of sea surface temperature are used in products produced by OSI SAF

  10. Channels IR10.8 and IR12.0: SST Ocean Eddies, MSG-1, 3 May 2004, 14:00 UTC RGB Composite 02,09,10 OSI SAF 12-hourly SST Product

  11. METEOSAT Data Collection System

  12. METEOSAT Data Collection System • DCP types: • Self-timed • Alert • Combination of Self/timed and Alert • DCS Users: • 13000 DCP messages received per day • 7000 DCP bulletins to the GTS per day

  13. IOTWS DCP Networks

  14. Polar-orbiting satellites • Operational over a period of at least 14 years. • Metop-A (in operation since 2007) • carries imaging and sounding instruments • has direct broadcasting and data collection capabilities • significantly contributes to the Global Observing System and the monitoring of climate and atmospheric chemistry. • EPS data • are used in various applications such as Numerical Weather Prediction models, cloud detection analysis or radiation budget components. EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS)

  15. Metop instruments 6 6 7 7 7 7 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 5 5 8 8 The Metop Sensors GOME : on other side of satellite AVHRR: a visible & infrared imager HIRS : an infrared sounder AMSU-A: a microwave sounder MHS: a microwave humidity sounder IASI : a hyperspectral infrared sounder GOME : a UV/Visible/Near IR spectrometer ASCAT : a scatterometer radar GRAS : a radio-occultation limb sounder

  16. ASCAT Instrument on Metop • C-Band scatterometer • Measures: • Ocean wind speed and direction • Soil moisture • Ice properties • Calibration using a ground-based transponder network to ensure consistent performance over 14+ years of mission

  17. ASCAT Ocean wind products • Ocean and Sea Ice SAF produces operational ASCAT wind vectors at 25 km and 12.5 km spatial sampling ASCAT wind speed product visualisation, 28/10/2009

  18. Monitoring the oceans Jason-2 • launched in June 2008 • is EUMETSAT’s first optional programme on ocean altimetry. • has enabled EUMETSAT to extend its expertise in data and product dissemination for weather forecasting and climate monitoring • through the inclusion of data in support of marine meteorology, operational oceanography, seasonal prediction and climate monitoring.

  19. Jason-2 Jason-1 Jason-2 Significant Wave Height Product Global comparison between Ku-Band and ECMWF wave model (WAM) first-guess SWH values (ECMWF, From 01 August to 31 October 2008)

  20. Jason-2 Jason-1 Jason-2 Wind speed product Global comparison between altimeter and ECMWF model analysis wind speed values (ECMWF, From 01 August to 31 October 2008)

  21. Jason-2 1 2 3 4 5 6 m Jason-2 Sign. Wave Height Visualisation 13 April 2010 From: HansPeter Roesli

  22. Member State Cooperating State 6 7 4 3 2 1 5 8 Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs) in Europe Support to Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting Ocean and Sea Ice Climate Monitoring Numerical Weather Prediction Land Surface Analysis Ozone and Atmospheric Chemistry Monitoring GRAS Meteorology Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management SAF Consortium Member Additional Met Service Users

  23. Ocean and Sea Ice SAF • The Ocean and Sea Ice SAF develops, processes and distributes, in real time, products related to four key parameters of the ocean-atmosphere interface: • Sea-surface temperature • Surface radiative fluxes • Sea ice • Wind

  24. OSI SAF: Operational SST Products "EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice SAF products are addressing both the NWP and Ocean Communities" Ocean model Atmospheric model OSI SAF Operational L2P SST Products OSI SAF GRIB Operational SST Products

  25. Operational Sea Ice Products Ocean model Atmospheric model OSI SAF Sea Ice Products: Various regions, various formats type concentration edge

  26. Justification for Training • Satellite data are extremely expensive • Satellites are rather short living systems • Satellite data should be used as soon as available • The data have be used optimally • User communities should profit from the data, including those from developing countries • TRAINING is one of the instruments to achieve these objectives

  27. Training • EUMETSAT Training mandate: • Decided by Council • 5 years training plans, current plan 2009-2013 • Member States and Cooperating States • Africa (as recommended by Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites) • Others: S-America, E-Europe, etc on case by case basis • Taken into account WMO recommendations

  28. Training • Subjects: • Meteorology: nowcasting, severe weather, natural disasters • Climate Applications • Oceanography • Land Applications • Atmospheric chemistry and air quality • Hydrology and water management

  29. Training • Partners: • Training institutes of the Member States • Satellite Application Facilities (SAF) • EUMETCal and EUMETrain • Following WMO Vlab concept • The WMO Centres of Excellence: IMTR, EAMAC, SAWS, Russia, Oman, Beijing, Barbados, Costa Rica, etc • Training Institutes with specific expertise: • Universities, ITC, IOC/IODE • Development of training material: • EUMETrain, EUMETCal, COMET

  30. Training • Strategy • Free of charge • Traditional Class room courses, workshops • On-line courses and presentations • Thematic on-line presentations: • Mediterranean Week, Convection week, Dust week, etc. • Distribution of training material: • Harddisc, dvd, ftp, through EUMETCast

  31. Training • Strategy • Grouping of communities: • Subjects: Nowcasting, Climate, Oceanography • Regional: NOMEK, DAWBEE, • Language: French Africa, English Africa • Training managed with Moodle at: • Training.eumetsat.int

  32. Training on Oceanography • Early stage of training activities on oceanography • First course co-organised with NOAA/IOC-IODE • Ostend, Dec. 2009 • Very successful • Second course in early stage of organisation • Identifying partners for training events for Member and Cooperating States • Coordinated with OSI SAF

  33. Use of Satellite Wind and Wave Products for Marine Forecasting, IOC/IODE, Ostend, 14-18 Dec 2009 • Target group operational forecasters and researchers • S-Hemisphere Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS) forecasting centres • Countries represented: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Fiji, India, Mauritius and South Africa • Lecturers: USA, France, Norway, the Netherlands, New-Zealand, Belgium and EUMETSAT • Satellites: METOP, Jason -1, -2, QuikScat • Instruments: ASCAT, • Theory of RS applied to oceanography • Performances and limitations • Feedback from participants: much appreciated

  34. Use of Satellite Wind and Wave Products for Marine Forecasting, IOC/IODE, Ostend, 14-18 Dec 2009

  35. Conclusion • Thank you for your attention

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