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Non-NOAA SATELLITE ACTIVITIES. George Serafino NOAA Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) North America - Europe Data Exchange Meeting, Asheville, NC, May 17-19, 2008. NOAA Requirements for Non-NOAA Satellites. Meet NOAA’s global observing needs not otherwise supported
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Non-NOAA SATELLITE ACTIVITIES George Serafino NOAA Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) North America - Europe Data Exchange Meeting, Asheville, NC, May 17-19, 2008
NOAA Requirements for Non-NOAA Satellites • Meet NOAA’s global observing needs not otherwise supported • Enhanced operations using improved data • “Risk Reduction” for planning future NOAA satellites • Near Real Time Access to Data • Global Coverage Selection Criteria:
Summary of Non-NOAA Satellite Data Availability • Receiving raw Terra (MODIS) and Aqua (AIRS, MODIS, AMSR-E) data in real time from NASA • Receiving raw QuikSCAT (SeaWINDS) data in real time from NASA • Receiving ASCAT, GOME, and IASI Level 1B data in near real time from EUMETSAT • Receiving raw JASON2 data from NOAA/EUMETSAT ground stations and OGDRs from EUMETSAT • Receiving raw and processed WindSAT data from IPO/Navy Selection Criteria:
Summary of Non-NOAA Satellite Data Availability • Receiving processed SSM/IS data (TDRs and EDRs) from Navy/FNMOC • Receiving processed (Level 2)TRMM products TRMM from NASA Selection Criteria:
Status of Non-NOAA Satellite Products (EOS) • MODIS Processing (Aqua and Terra) • Produced within 3-4 hours of observation in HDF(4) • Level 1A (MOD01) • Level 1B (1KM, 1/2KM, 1/4KM) • Geolocation (MOD03) • Aerosol (MOD04) • Cloud Product (MOD06) • Atmospheric Profiles (MOD07) • Fire (MOD14) • SST (MOD28) • Cloud Mask (MOD35) • Ocean Color - Normalized Water Leaving Radiances (MODOCL2) • Ocean Color Derived Products (MODOCL2B) Selection Criteria:
Status of Non-NOAA Satellite Products (EOS) • AMSR-E Processing (Aqua) • Level 1A (Counts) • Level 1B (Brightness Temperatures) in BUFR • Level 2 (Geophysical Products, e.g., rain rate, total precipitable water, land surface emissivity) in HDF(4) • Level 2A - Resampled Brightness Temperatures • AIRS Processing (Aqua, HSB failed) • AIRS thinned data sets (300 channels) produced within 3 hours of observation, in BUFR • Full spectral resolution data sets in HDF(4) • Temperature and moisture soundings
Status of Non-NOAA Satellite Products (MetOp) • IASI Processing • Vertical Temperature and Moisture Profiles produced within 3 hours of observation • Radiances in BUFR • ASCAT Processing • 25km resolution MGDR products in BUFR produced within 3 hours of observation • GOME Processing • Total Ozone Field (orbit) within 3 hours of observation (Binary or BUFR) • Aerosol Index • Daily gridded Total Ozone Product Selection Criteria:
Status of Non-NOAA Satellite Products • SeaWINDS Processing (QuikSCAT) • 12.5km and 25km resolution MGDR products (in BURF) produced within 3 hours of observation • WindSAT Processing (Coriolis) • Level 1B and Level 2 products provided by FNMOC • NOAA investigating algorithm modifications and NRT processing • JCSDA had developed BUFR for WindSAT • SSM/IS and TRMM Product Distribution • TRMM in HDF(4) • SSM/IS in BUFR Selection Criteria:
Status of Non-NOAA Satellite Products • JASON2 Processing • OGDRs (in BURF and NetCDF) produced within 3 hours of observation • OGDRs contain Sea Surface Heights, Sea Surface Wind Speed, Brightness Temperatures, Sigma-0s • NOAA and EUMETSAT share distribution of OGDRs produced at each site • Processing software (TM_NRT) provided by CNES
Status of Non-NOAA Satellite Planning • Future Plans for EOS (NASA) • Expand MODIS product suite • Expand AMSR-E microwave products • Complete Re-host of AIRS system to LINUX • Future Plans for Aura (NASA) • Ozone Profiles and Volcanic Emission from OMI • MLS and HIRDLS applications • Future Plans for ASCAT (EUMETSAT) • Provide higher resolution (12.5km) wind vector products Selection Criteria:
Status of Non-NOAA Satellite Planning • Future Plans for GCOM (JAXA) • Launch 2013 • Advanced Scatterometer (SeaWINDS follow-on) • Passive Microwave Radiometer (Advanced AMSR-E) • VIIRS-like Radiometer • Partner with JAXA, NASA, and IPO for data/product access/exchange • Partner with JAXA/NASA for software • Future Plans for OceanSAT2 (IRS) • Launch late 2008 • Ocean Color products • Scatterometer – Sea Surface Wind Vectors • Exploring options for data/product access and software Selection Criteria:
Status of Non-NOAA Satellite Planning • Future Plans for OCO (NASA) • Launch December 2008 • Global Atmospheric CO2 Products • Partner with NASA for data access and software • Future Plans for Aquarius (NASA) • Launch in 2010 • Global Sea Surface Salinity Products • Partner with NASA for data access and software Selection Criteria: