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

Selection Criteria:

• 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

Summary of Non-NOAA Satellite Data Availability

Selection Criteria:

• 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

Summary of Non-NOAA Satellite Data Availability

Selection Criteria:

• Receiving processed SSM/IS data (TDRs and EDRs) from Navy/FNMOC

• Receiving processed (Level 2)TRMM products TRMM from NASA

Status of Non-NOAA Satellite Products (EOS)

Selection Criteria:

• MODIS Processing (Aqua and Terra)

‾ Produced within 3-4 hours of observation in HDF(4)‾ Level 1A (MOD01)Level 1A (MOD01)‾ Level 1B (1KM, 1/2KM, 1/4KM)Level 1B (1KM, 1/2KM, 1/4KM)‾ Geolocation (MOD03)Geolocation (MOD03)‾ Aerosol (MOD04)Aerosol (MOD04)‾ Cloud Product (MOD06)Cloud Product (MOD06)‾ Atmospheric Profiles (MOD07)Atmospheric Profiles (MOD07)‾ Fire (MOD14)Fire (MOD14)‾ SST (MOD28)SST (MOD28)‾ Cloud Mask (MOD35)Cloud Mask (MOD35)‾ Ocean Color - Normalized Water Leaving Ocean Color - Normalized Water Leaving

Radiances (MODOCL2)Radiances (MODOCL2)‾ Ocean Color Derived Products (MODOCL2B)Ocean Color Derived Products (MODOCL2B)

• 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 (EOS)

Status of Non-NOAA Satellite Products (MetOp)

Selection Criteria:

• 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

Status of Non-NOAA Satellite Products

Selection Criteria:

• 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

• 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 Products

OMI Volcanic SO2 / Ash PlumesOMI Volcanic SO2 / Ash Plumes

Quikscat Sea IceQuikscat Sea Ice

Status of Non-NOAA Satellite Planning

Selection Criteria:

• 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

Status of Non-NOAA Satellite Planning

Selection Criteria:

• 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

Status of Non-NOAA Satellite Planning

Selection Criteria:

• 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