EUMETSATs Network of Satellite Application Facilities SAFs

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EUMETSATs Network of Satellite Application
Facilities SAFs
Lothar Schüller and Lorenzo Sarlo Programme
Preparation SAF Network Division EUMETSAT
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• SAF Network Scientific Coordinator at EUMETSAT
• Contractor at ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The
  Netherlands. Support to ADM-AEOLUS and EarthCARE
  mission preparation
• Visiting Scientist at Meteo-France, Toulouse
  worked on aerosol-cloud-precipitation interaction
  using remote sensing and in-situ measurements
• Participation in flight campaigns to study of
  aerosol-cloud interaction with airborne sensors,
  development of new retrieval algorithms to detect
  cloud microphysical, optical and geometrical
  properties from satellite (MERIS MODIS MSG)
• Ph.D., Institute for Space Sciences, Freie
  Universität, Berlin, Germany
• Worked on calibration of airborne remote sensing
  sensor for cloud and aerosol studies

Dr. Lothar Schüller SAF Network Scientific
Coordinator
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EUMETSATs Network of Satellite Application
Facilities SAFs
Lothar Schüller and Lorenzo Sarlo Programme
Preparation SAF Network Division EUMETSAT
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Outline
EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities

• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• The SAF Network Organisation
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle and Funding
• Data Sources and Dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

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Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• SAF Satellite Application Facility
• part of the distributed EUMETSAT application
  ground segment
• complement production of standard meteorological
  products at EUMETSAT central facility
• providing products and services to users
• specialised on topics and themes
• located at Weather Services in EUMETSAT Member
  and Co-operating States
• developed and operated by consortium of partners

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SAF objectives and benefits

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• New generation of Meteorological Satellites (like
  MSG and MetOp) have much wider areas of
  application
• Specific expertise available in EUMETSAT's Member
  and Cooperating States
• Objectives
• SAF concept encourage the utilisation of existing
  skills and infrastructure in Member- and
  Cooperating States for developing geophysical
  data products and services
• Facilitating cost-effective exploitation by
  ensuring services are distributed in the most
  appropriate way
• SAFs improve the ability of EUMETSAT Member
  States to exploit satellite data
• Fostering development of cooperation with
  non-Member States and other organisations

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SAF Objectives and Benefits (2)

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

Some major benefits

• Improvements to short range forecasting of severe
  weather hazards
• Benefits to aviation, agriculture, construction,
  gas, water and electricity industries
• Better understanding of causes and effects of
  pollution of the upper atmosphere and the
  depletion of ozone
• Early warning of hazards (precise details for
  evacuation and alerting of emergency authorities)
  
• Enhanced data for climate monitoring

• Improved information for land use, ecology,
  disaster monitoring and agricultural forecasting
• Benefits for sea transport, fishing and offshore
  industries
• Improved data for input to Numerical Weather
  Prediction
• Availability of user software packages for
  operational applications

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Distributed Application Ground Segment

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

Systems of the EUM/NOAA Cooperation
Data Acquisition and Control
EUM Geostationary Systems
Data Processing EUMETSAT HQ
Other Data Sources
Application Ground Segment
Meteorological Products Extraction EUMETSAT HQ
Archive Retrieval Facility (U-MARF) EUMETSAT HQ
Centralised processing and generation of products
Decentralised processing and generation of
products
USERS
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SAF Organisation Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• SAFs Role
• To undertake on a distributed basis such
  necessary RD and operational activities that can
  be carried out in a more effective way than at
  the EUMETSAT central facility.
• To develop and deliver services/products aimed at
  enhancing the value and use of data for
  applications considered to be a common need of
  all, or the least a majority, of Member States.
• EUMETSATs role
• The Secretariat of EUMETSAT coordinates and
  monitors the development and operations of the
  entire SAF Network
• The EUMETSAT STG (Science and Technical Group)
  and AFG (Administrative and Financial Group)
  review as appropriate the progress of the SAF
  development and operational phases.

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SAF organisation Life Cycle and Funding

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

Initial and new User Needs
Needs for Changes and Improvements
User Provided Operational Feedback
Validated Products
SAF Research and Development
SAF Operations
Initial Objectives
Delivered SAF Services
Beta-User Tasks
Continuous RD Essential for SAF success during
Operations
SAF Projects have already stimulated the
contribution of a few hundred scientists in many
different countries.
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SAF organisation Life Cycle and Funding

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

CDOP
SAF Continuous Development Operations
2007-2012
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Life Cycle and Funding (3)

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• EUM-SAF Shared Costs Policy
• EUM Funding up to 50 for the SAF development
  phase dedicated funding for Visiting Scientists
• EUM Funding up to 75 of operational running
  costs dedicated funding for Visiting Scientists
• Initial Operations Phase (IOP)
• In line with EUMETSAT Council decisions, SAF
  Initial Operations are covered until 2007 within
  the MSG budget.
• Continuous Development and Operations Phase
  2007-2012
• In line with EUMETSAT Council decisions,
  following IOP, SAF Operations are covered until
  2012 within the EPS budget.
• Continuous Development and Operations Phase gt
  2012
• To be timely addressed with EUMETSAT Council.

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Data Sources and Dissemination

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• SAFs use inputs from meteorological (and other)
  satellites in both geostationary and polar orbits
• during Development phase use of data from any
  suitable satellite system including research
  missions
• during Operations phases focus on operational
  satellites, and in particular EUMETSAT
  Geostationary and Polar systems
• EUMETSAT SAF products are distributed via
• The Global Telecommunication System GTS/ Regional
  Meteorological Data Communication Network RMDCN
• EUMETCast
• Internet (FTP)

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Data Sources and Dissemination (2)

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

Near-Real-Time Products
EUMETSAT and other satellites
EUMETCast
Other data
SAF
Software and off-line products
Internet (FTP, WEB)
Unified Meteorological Archive and Retrieval
Facility UMARF
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Data Sources and Dissemination (2)

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

User
Beta user programme
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Data Sources and Dissemination (3)

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• Distribution of Software to Users
• NWC SAF Software Packages
• NWP SAF Software Libraries
• elements of the GRAS SAF Software
• Near-real-time Products services
• LSA SAF, OSI SAF, O3M SAF, GRAS SAF, H-SAF
• Off-line Products services
• LSA SAF, CM SAF, OSI SAF, O3M SAF, GRAS SAF,
  H-SAF

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Current SAF themes and projects

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

8 SAFs have been established

• SAF in Initial Operations Phase
• Ocean Sea Ice SAF
• Support to Nowcasting Very short range
  forecasts SAF
• Climate Monitoring SAF
• NWP SAF
• Land Surface Analysis SAF

• SAF under Development
• Ozone Monitoring SAF
• GRAS Meteorology SAF
• Support to Operational Hydrology and Water
  Management SAF

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SAF locations

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

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Nowcasting SAF

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• Support to Nowcasting and Very Short Range
  Forecasting (NWC SAF)
• established to utilise the new data from MSG and
  the future EPS for enhancing Nowcasting
• Development of Software packages for the
  operational extraction of products relevant to
  Nowcasting and for local installation
• Leading Entity is the Spanish Meteorological
  Institute INM in Madrid
• NWC SAF is in its Initial Operation Phase since
  March 2002
• First official software versions released in
  October 2004

Rapidly developing Thunderstorm Product
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Ocean and Sea Ice SAF

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• Ocean and Sea Ice (OSI) SAF routinely produces
  and disseminates products characterising the
  ocean surface and the energy fluxes across the
  sea surface
• Operational produces information on the sea ice
  characteristics (extend, concentration, )
• Leading Entity is Météo-France in Lannion
• OSI SAF distributes near real-time products based
  on NOAA, MSG, Seawinds, DMSP and GOES data
• OSI SAF is in its Initial Operational Phase since
  July 2002

Sea surface temperature
Sea ice concentration
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Ozone SAF

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• SAF on Ozone Monitoring (O3M SAF)
• developed for the processing of data on ozone,
  other trace gases, aerosols and ultraviolet
  radiation
• Emphasis on preparation of the Global Ozone
  Monitoring Experiment (GOME-2) on EPS (MetOp)
• Host Institute is the Finnish Meteorological
  Institute FMI, Helsinki
• The O3M SAF is scheduled to be operational in 2007

Total Ozone
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Climate Monitoring SAF

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• SAF on Climate Monitoring
• generates and archives high-quality data-set for
  specific climate application areas
• Currently concentrates on
• cloud parameters
• radiation budget parameters
• atmospheric humidity
• Leading Entity is the German Weather Service DWD,
  Offenbach
• In Initial Operational Phase since January 2004
• NOAA-AVHRR based data pre- operationally produced
  since November 2004, MSG based data from October
  2005

Cloud Fraction Monthly Mean November 2006
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NWP SAF

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• SAF on Numerical Weather Prediction
• aims at increasing the benefits to Met.-Services
  from Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)
• develops advanced techniques for the effective
  use of satellite data
• Leading Entity is the UK MetOffice, Exeter
• The NWP SAF is in its Initial Operations Phase
  since March 2004

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GRAS SAF

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• SAF on GRAS Meteorology
• GRAS Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver
  for Atmospheric Sounding to be flown on EPS
• Will provide near real-time and offline
• sounding data (temperature, pressure, humidity)
• corresponding validation products, and
• assimilation software
• The Host Institute is the Danish Meteorological
  Institute DMI, Copenhagen
• The GRAS SAF will start its Operations Phase in
  2007

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Land Surface Analysis SAF

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• SAF on Land Surface Analysis
• established to increase the benefit from MSG and
  EPS data related to land, land-atmosphere
  interaction and biospheric applications
• Leading entity is the Portuguese Institute for
  Meteorology IM, Lisbon
• The Initial Operations phase of the LSA SAF
  started in January 2005

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Hydrology SAF

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• SAF on Support to Operational Hydrology and Water
  Management
• Host institute Italian Meteorological Service
  (UGM), involving Member States and 4 Cooperating
  States
• SAF products focuses on
• precipitation
• soil moisture
• snow parameters
• utilisation of these parameters in hydrological
  models and NWP
• The H-SAF started Development Phase in September
  2005

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Current SAF Themes, Projects and Products

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

SAF Project
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SAF in support to Nowcasting Very Short Range
Forecasting
SAF on Ocean and Sea Ice
SAF on Ozone Monitoring
SAF on Numerical Weather Prediction
CDOP
Development Phase
IOP
SAF on Climate Monitoring
SAF on GRAS Meteorology
SAF on Land Surface Analysis
H-SAF
SAF Continuous Development and Operations Phase,
Slice 1 (2007-2012)
Initial Operations Phase (until February 2007)
Development Phase
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SAF Network contribution to GCOS

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• Establishment of the WMO Global Climate Observing
  System (GCOS) in 1992, to
• Ensure the data needs for climate system
  monitoring
• Improve the observing capabilities
• Integrate observation into useful products
• GCOS focus on Essential Climate Variables
• The SAF Network is involved in related
  discussions and workshops and already contribute
  to prototyping addressing GCOS requirements

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SAF Network contribution to GMES

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• Global Monitoring of Environment and Security
  (GMES)
• establish a European capacity for the provision
  and use of operational information for Global
  Monitoring of Environment and Security

Several SAFs contribute to the GMES Projects
(geoland, Mersea) and will do as well in the GMES
Fast Track Services
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SAF Network contribution to GMES

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

GRAS
Marine Environment
OSI
OSI
CM
LSA
H
H
Environmental Security
GRAS
LSA
GRAS
Soil Protection
NWC
CM
LSA
NWC
CM
OSI
H
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Conclusions

• EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities
• Deployment of the EUMETSAT SAF Concept
• SAF Objectives and Benefits
• Distributed Application Ground Segment
• SAF Network Organization
• Roles of SAFs and EUMETSAT
• SAF Life Cycle Funding
• Data sources and dissemination
• Current SAF Themes, Projects, and Products
• Conclusions

• SAFs are dedicated centres of excellence for
  processing application specific satellite data
• form an integral component of EUMETSATs
  distributed application ground segment
• located at National Meteorological Services in
  Member States
• use expertise of the EUMETSAT community
• use geostationary and polar orbiting satellite
  data
• have generated new products and services for the
  meteorological and climate user communities
• Already provide a relevant contribution to GMES
  and GCOS
• 7 SAFs will enter the new Continuous Development
  and Operations Phase (CDOP) in March 2007