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EUMETSATMonitoring weather and climate from space

Dr. Dieter Klaes, EUMETSAT

on behalf of

Dr. Lars Prahm, Director General, EUMETSAT


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.


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).


Slovak Republic

Austria Belgium

Denmark Finland France

Germany Greece

Ireland Italy

United KingdomTurkeySwitzerland

SwedenSpain

Portugal

NorwayThe NetherlandsLuxembourg

Croatia

Poland*

Hungary

Latvia*

Slovenia

24* Member States & 6 Cooperating States

Member States

Romania

Czech Republic

Lithuania

Bulgaria Estonia

Iceland

Cooperating States

* Pending full ratification


Global meteorological satellite system

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GEOSTATIONARY

GOES-11 (USA) 135°W1




METEOSAT-9 (EUMETSAT) 0°Longitude5

METEOSAT-8 (EUMETSAT) 9.5°E6



KALPANA-1 (INDIA) 74°E9

LOW EARTH ORBIT

METOP-A (EUMETSAT)18

JASON-2 (USA, EUROPE)19

JASON-1 (USA, EUROPE)20

NOAA-15 (USA)21

NOAA-16 (USA)22

NOAA-17 (USA)23

NOAA-18 (USA)24

FY-1D (CHINA)25

FY-3A (CHINA)26

INSAT-3C (INDIA) 74°E10

GOMS-N1 (RUSSIA) 76°E11

FY-2D (CHINA) 86°E12

INSAT-3A (INDIA) 93.5°E13

FY-2C (CHINA) 105°E14

FY-2E (CHINA) 123°E


Overview of the EUMETSAT ground segment

Data acquisitionand Control

Pre-processingEUMETSAT

HQ

Meteorological Products

ExtractionEUMETSAT HQ

Darmstadt

Unified MeteorologicalArchive and Retrieval

Facility (U-MARF)EUMETSAT HQ

Darmstadt

Data Dissemination via EUMETCast

Applications Ground Segment

EUMETSAT Geostationary SystemsMeteosat satellites EUMETSAT Polar System

Metop satellites

Other Data Sources

Centralised processingand generation of products

Decentralised processingand generation of products

USERS

Jason-2Optional Programmefor Ocean Altimetry

SATELLITE APPLICATIONFACILITIES

within the Member States


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6

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Member State

Cooperating State

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

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Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs) in Europe


Potential H-SAF products

Precipitation actual precipitation rate accumulated precipitation

Soil Moisture surface soil moisture

drought/ soil water index soil moisture in the roots regions

Snow cover snow recognition snow coverage area

snow water equivalent both on flat and mountain areas

Validation determination of optimum product according to the needs of

operational hydrological services validation of final products with the use

of hydrological models Sorani, 2007


Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) consists of a series of four geostationary weather satellites, along with ground-based infrastructure. The system will operate consecutively until 2018.

Meteosat-8 (in operation since 2004) and Meteosat-9 (in operation since 2006), provide important image data on European weather on a daily basis, every 15 minutes through 12 spectral bands.

MSG image data is used for weather forecasting, bringing major improvements in Nowcasting applications and Numerical Weather Prediction, and for climate monitoring and research.

Geostationary satellites


EUMETSAT’s geostationary satellite coverage

Meteosat-9 (0° Longitude)

Meteosat-8 (9.5° E)



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60 N


MPE products to the internet


LEO System: The EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS)

First European LEO weather satellite system; Series of 3 Metop satellites; Payload: 8 Major meteorological instruments; Operational coverage until 2020; Metop-A launched October 2006

Metop-A data is of unprecedented accuracy and significantly contributes to the Global Observing System and the monitoring of climate and atmospheric chemistry.

Usage: Numerical Weather Prediction models, Cloud Detection, Climate monitoring, Atmospheric Chemistry and radiation budget components


LEO System: EPS: The Metop Satellite

The Metop Sensors:

AVHRR: a visible & Infrared imager HIRS : an infra-red sounderAMSU-A: a microwave sounderMHS: a microwave Humidity sounderIASI : a hyperspectral infra-red sounderGOME : a UV/Visible/Near IR spectrometerASCAT : a scatterometer radarGRAS : a radio-occultation limb sounder


…and rain rate /mm/h…


Day-2 products:Example for Soil moisture product: Pre-

operational !

Zoltan Bartalis, 2008


Examples from the OSI SAF Web-page


Monitoring the oceans

Jason-2Jason-2 – which was launched in June 2008 from Vandenberg, California - is EUMETSAT’s first optional programme on ocean altimetry.

With Jason-2, EUMETSAT has extended its expertise in data and product dissemination for weather forecasting and climate monitoring to include data in support of marine meteorology, operational oceanography, seasonal prediction and climate monitoring.

Slide: 19 EUM/MET/VWG/09/135 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, 21 March 2009Courtesy of Remko Scharroo, NOAA/NESDIS

Since 1992, the mean rate from satellite altimetry has been ~3.1 mm/yr

While data from all satellite altimeters were used,

the high-accuracy T/P & Jason missions were critical to calibrate the others.


Thank you for your attention !


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