Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center FNMOC Satellite Processing

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Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography
Center (FNMOC) Satellite Processing
James A. Vermeulen Data
Ingest Team Supervisor N34 Conv/Satellite
Observations Manager NPOESS Program
Manager Interagency OFCM - Committee
Operational Processing Centers - Cooperative
Support and Backup - Ops Data Acquisition
Assimilation Chair
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FNMOC Satellite Team

• Dr. Jeff Tesmer OPS, TCWEB, SAT_FOCUS
• Ms. Yiping Wang DMSP, TCWEB, OPS
• Mr. Paul McCrone FMQ/SMQ, TCWEB, Scatterometer,
  OPS
• Mr. George Shayne OPS, KML, ISIS, GRIB data
  formatting

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Outline

• Current FNMOC Polar/Geo Coverage and Data Ingest
• New Satellite Data
• Operationalizing Satellite Processing
• CONOPS Satellite Products
• CONOPS Data Ingest/Distribution
• CONOPS Programs (DMSP, NPOESS, WINDSAT CODDS,
  FMQ/SMQ, NASA EOS, COPC DAPE)
• CONOPS Coordination with NRL 6.1, 6.2. 6.4
• Recommendations/Summary

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Satellite Data used in NWP

• HIRS sounder radiances
• AMSU-A sounder radiances
• AMSU-B sounder radiances
• GOES sounder radiances
• GOES, Meteosat, GMS winds
• GOES precipitation rate
• SSM/I precipitation rates
• TRMM precipitation rates
• SSM/I ocean surface wind speed
• ERS-2 ocean surface wind vectors
• AIRS
• MODIS Winds
• COSMIC
• Quikscat ocean surface wind vectors
• Windsat
• AVHRR SST

• AVHRR vegetation fraction
• AVHRR surface type
• Multi-satellite snow cover
• Multi-satellite sea ice
• SBUV/2 ozone profile and total ozone
• Altimeter sea level obs (ocean data assimilation)
• IASI
• ASCAT
• CHAMP
• GRACE
• MTSAT radiances
• MTSAT winds
• Meteosat radiances
• GOME ozone

34 instruments used in US operational global NWP
systems (NCEP /or Navy)
8 additional instruments used in European global
NWP systems (ECMWF /or UKMO)
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FNMOC Priorities for NWP NOAA Constellation
Meeting 4/16/09

• N-19 (PM Primary) - AMSU-A, MHS, HIRS
• MetOp-A (AM Primary) - AMSU-A, IASI, ASCAT
• N-18 (PM Secondary) - AMSU-A
• N-15 (AM Secondary) - AMSU-A, MHS, HIRS
• N-17 (SSTs, FTW) - AVHRR
• N-16 (Secondary) - AMSU-A
• FNMOC Priorities for Imagery
• N-19 (PM Primary) - AMSU-A, MHS
• MetOp-A (AM Primary) - AMSU-A, MHS, ASCAT
• N-18 (PM Secondary) - AMSU-A, MHS
• N-15 (AM Secondary) - AMSU-A/B
• N-17 (Backup) - AMSU-A/B
• N-16 (Backup) - AMSU-A/B

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FNMOC Priorities for NWP DMSP Constellation
Sustainment (CSAT)

• F-17 (Primary Early Morning) SSMIS, (TPW, WS,
  UPP soundings, ice)
• F-16 (Primary Mid Morning ) SSMIS, (TPW, WS,
  UPP soundings, ice)
• F-15 (Secondary) SSMI, (TPW, WS, ice
  concentrations)
• F-13 (Secondary) SSMI, (TPW, WS, ice
  concentrations)
• FNMOC Priorities for Imagery - Smooth
  (SSMI/S has priority over OLS, different than
  AFWA)
• F-17 (Primary) SSMIS, OLS (TCWEB, SAT_FOCUS)
• F-16 (Primary) SSMIS, OLS (TCWEB, SAT_FOCUS)
• F-15 (Secondary) SSMI, OLS (TCWEB, SAT_FOCUS)
• F-13 (Secondary) SSMI, OLS (TCWEB, SAT_FOCUS)

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FNMOC AMSUA Polar Coverage
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FNMOC ASCAT METOP Polar Coverage
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FNMOC ATOVS Polar Coverage
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FNMOC MODIS Polar Feature Track Winds Coverage
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FNMOC AVHRR Polar Feature Track Winds
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FNMOC DMSP Polar SSMI/S Coverage
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FNMOC QUIKSCAT Polar Coverage
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FNMOC ERS2 Polar SCATTEROMETER Coverage
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FNMOC WINDSAT Polar Wind and TPW Coverage
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• FNMOC Global Geostationary Coverage

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New Satellite Data / Transitions

• ASCAT to TCWEB June/July2009
• MIRS replacing MSPPS 1st Qtr CY 2010
  resolution versus latency, currently only N18 and
  N19 available
• GOES-13 When replaced
• N-19 AMSUA, MHS, HIRS NAVDAS/AR,TCWEB quik
  kills?
• F17 UPP (upper air soundings) NAVDAS/AR
• NOAA SBUV ozone products NAVDAS/AR
• NOAA/NASA MLS ozone products NAVDAS/AR
• ESA SSTs AASTR, MSG - NCODA
• NASA EOS SST AMSR-E NCODA
• F-18 SSMIS and OLS ( 8/10/2009 -SLEP Oct 20
  FY10?)
• NOAA/METOP AVHRR 1K FRAC
• ROTA FMQ-17/MARKIVB LAC, MODIS, NOAA, SeaWiFS,
  Met7, Met9, and occasionally FY1

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Operationalizing Satellite Products on FNMOC
Computer Systems (Latency)

• Alpha development FNMOC and NRL Environment
  Variables, compiler directives, configuration
  mngt.
• - Prologs, Operational Run Instructions
• Beta Testing Global versus Regional Production
  issues
• - Test plans, canned versus real time data
  Dependencies
• Operational Integration
• - PBSpro job scheduling, Data versus Batch
• - Naval Oceanography Portal (NOP) compliance
• - Information Assurance Protocols and Policy
• - Bandwidth Limitations, Configuration
  Management
• - System Integrations (transitions to A2 LINUX,
  DQM)
• COOP testing and Integration with AFWA/NESDIS CIP

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CONOPS Satellite Products

• Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)
• Tropical Cyclone Web Page
• Satellite Focus Web Page (CENTCOM)
• Tactically Enhanced Satellite Imagery (TESI) and
  AOTSR
• Tactical Area Meteorology (TAM)
• FNMOC Scatterometer Web Page
• Wave Watch 3 Web Page
• MARKIVB Imagery (SAT_FOCUS)
• ISIS, CAGIPS, BFT, METCAST, GEOSERVER

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Satellite Data Added to TCWEB

• F17 SSMIS - 1/16/2008
• Pass Mosaic (added percent coverage) 1/30/08
• MTIFF data to JTWC - 2/20/2008
• METOP-A MSPPS 3/26/2008
• NRL GOES TDF BKUP 7/09/2008
• TPW 9/10/2008
• Smooth Images- 10/08/2008
• ASCAT to NWP 7/30/2008

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New Lay Out and Features Added To Current
Operational FNMOC TC Web
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SIPRNET Satellite Focus
30 Jan 2002, 0740Z, SeaWiFS true color

• Joint NRL-FNMOC presentation of satellite
  products
• In response to user request, region specific
• Arabian Sea, Afghanistan, Persian Gulf
• Where next?
• MODIS, SeaWIFS true color/dust enhancement,
  feature tracking winds
• New products low cloud over snow, low clouds at
  night, convective cloud top heights
• MODIS dust enhancement over the Northern Arabian
  Sea, true color over land. Dust over the ocean
  appears as shades of pink. Dry lakebeds over
  land (often representing sources of dust) are
  also indicated in pink.
• Horizontal resolution of the data is 0.5 km.

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Sat_focus CENTCOMM (geotiff for import into
Google Earth)
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Tactical Enhanced Satellite Imagery for the
SCIF(TESI)
Description Fleet Numerical currently receives
remotely sensed satellite data from a variety of
sources. The data are processed for ingest into
numerical weather prediction models as well as
for tactical displays. The goal of this project
is to transform this satellite data into a
standard format that customers outside of Fleet
Numerical can use seamlessly within their own
applications and interfaces. Specifically, we
will use web service technology deployed from
the FNMOC OPS and the SCIF to deliver GIS and
other satellite capabilities to SCIF users, GIS
users, Joint Forces, members of the intelligence
community, Special Ops and anti-submarine warfare
operators.

• Deliverables
• Hardware in the Fleet Numerical SCIF
• Software transitioned to Fleet Numerical
  Operations that produce calibrated earth located
  imagery.
• Certification/SSAA/ATOSecond
• A Design and Implementation Plan Traceable to
  Requirements.
• Requirements Specifications Document which
  includes use cases and user Requirements.
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for hardware
  maintenance.
• Training
• User Manual

• Operational Relevance
• SCIF users, GIS users, Joint Forces, members of
  the intelligence community, Special Ops and
  anti-submarine warfare operators currently do not
  have access to this information on JWICs.
• Making tactical enhanced satellite imagery
  available in a standard way on JWICs will enable
  the following potential capabilities
• Ability for customer to subscribe to satellite
  imagery dynamically through a web page, thereby
  preventing the need for users to manually
  download and transform data into a format they
  can use.
• Ability to create customized calibrated earth
  located satellite imagery derived products.
• Standard infrastructure for interfacing with
  services.
• Opportunity to identify and create new data
  services based on needs identified during use of
  existing services.
• Ultimately we open the opportunity for end users
  access to access high resolution images in a
  seamless user experience.

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Date Last Updated (11/18/07)
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Tactical Enhanced Satellite Imagery (TESI)
and AOTSR
Geoviz
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Tactical Satellite Meteorology Data Fusion
NRL/FNMOC Satellite FOCUS products provide
environmental characterization not available with
legacy operational sensors (AVHRR, OLS) nor via
NTM data. Cutting edge demo projects 6.4
Sat-Focus, IPO funded NexSat, 6.2 NRL-Base
projects Transitions to FNMOC NRL
transition award
Low Clouds
Contrails
MODIS prototype satellite data with dust
enhancement curves developed by NRL were very
helpful in isolating the leading edges of dust
events.. USS Kitty Hawk Post Deployment report
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• FNMOC
• Scatterometer
• Web Page
• - SSMI option
• FNMOC or
• NESDIS
• ambiguity
• removal
• regional or
• high resolution

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• FNMOC
• Scatterometer
• Web Page
• Regional scale
• big picture
• cross-swath
• averaged wind
• vectors

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FNMOC Scatterometer Web Page High Resolution
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MARK IVB/RSS Polar Coverage CONOPS
Elmendorf
Sembach
Missawa
Manas
Lajes
Hickam
Al Uedid
Kadena
Soto Cano
Andersen
Diego Garcia
Learmonth
Planned future site (Dependent on funding)
Operational MIVB
Operational TMQ-54 (RSS)
Proposed TMQ-54 sites
Current operational DMSP and NOAA ingest
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CONOPS FNMOC Satellite Data Ingest/Distribution

• DMSP DOMSAT
• GOES FMQ-17
• AFWA DMSP, FTW, Foreign GOES via DATMS-U
• COPC DAPE NOAA/NESDIS DATMS-U
• NASA EOS via NRTPE pull via BFT
• ROTA via https wget pull
• ISIS, CAGIPS, METCAST, GEOSERVER

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(DAPE)
DMSP POLAR ORBITERS
NOAA POLAR ORBITERS
Meteosat-7, TRMM, MHS ATOVS Soundings, AMSU-A/B
HIRS 1b, AMSR-E, MODIS Scatterometer
(Vis/IR,SSM/I
AMSU, HIRS, MHS AVHRR GAC-1a
Meteosat-7/9, GOES, RSDRs, FTW, MTSAT Cloud, Snow
Meteosat-7, ATOVS, QuikScat, TRMM, AMSU, GOES FTW
SST, SSM/I RSDRs, Cloud, Snow
DATMS-U Comms (ATM)
Soundings, SST, AMSU-A/B HIRS 1-b, Cloud,
Snow, Altimeter, Scatterometer, GOES-9,
Meteosat-5/7/8, FTW RSDRs, TRMM
AVHRR HIRS-1b, Altimeter
Microwave Imagery (SSMI/S), WINDSAT
SST, SSH Altimeter
145 Mbits/sec
Vis/IR, SSM/I
DMSP POLAR ORBITERS
COLOR CODE Processing Responsibilities DATA
Received VIA ATM Satellite Data Transmission
F13, F14, F15, F16, F17 SSMI/S F13, F14, F15,
F16, F17 Vis/IR
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CONOPS Programs

• DMSP
• NPOESS IDPS
• WINDSAT CODDS
• NOAA POES/GOES
• NASA EOS
• FMQ-17/SMQ-11 N84, CNMOC Review

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CONOPS Program Coordination with NRL

• PMW120 RDTE funding Assimilation/Models
• PMW120 RDTE funding Tactical Imagery
• POPS funding
• PMW120 OPN NPOESS funding
• CNMOC OMN funding (DOMSAT, DATMS-U, NPP
  communications)
• TERASCAN allows for 3 different licenses (ingest,
  processing, and display)

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Summary

• FNMOC has requirements for both NWP and Tactical
  Imagery
• Co-located with NRL FNMOC ability exists to
  create new Navy unique EDR's as new sensor
  technologies are deployed and requirements evolve
• FNMOC continues to play active roles in Satellite
  programs DMSP, WINDSAT CODDS, FMQ/SMQ, and NPOESS

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Recommendations

• Advocate that FNMOC has requirements for both NWP
  and tactical imagery (same data, warfighter added
  value in different ways)
• Advocate for continued FMQ-17 regional support
  with high bandwidth circuits to FNMOC for
  development and COOP
• Continued CNMOC support of DMSP and NPOESS
  programs

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QUESTIONS ???