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GODAE IGST meeting, 7-9 August 2007
Status of EUMETSAT services in respect to GODAE
Francois Parisot
Hans Bonekamp
July 2007
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METOP-A: Satellite and Instruments
IASI
HIRS-4Metop 1/2
only
AVHRR-3
AMSU-A1
AMSU-A2MHS
GOME-2GRAS
ASCAT
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METOP-A: Events
19 October 2006: Successful METOP-A Launch.
22 October 2006:Orbit 42, formal transfer of METOP-A operations from ESA to EUMETSAT
28 March 2007: Joint EUMETSAT/ESA Satellite In Orbit Verification Phase Review.
15 May 2007: Formally transfer of the EPS system and its services to the EUMETSAT Operation Department.
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METOP-A: Level 1 Products Status
Level 1Products
AMSU-A Operational
ASCAT Trial Dissemination
AVHRR Operational
GOME Trial Dissemination
GRAS Trial Dissemination
HIRS Operational
IASI Trial Dissemination
MHS Operational
WWW.EUMETSAT.INTHome > What We Do > Satellites > EUMETSAT Polar System > Metop-A Commissioning
METOP-A Commissioning is still ongoing
July 2007
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ASCAT Level 2: Surface Vector Winds
06 March 2007:• Start trial dissemination of the Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) ASCAT wind product on 25km swath grid resolution. (Demonstrational status, but service as planned for operations.)
19 June 2007:• ASCAT data operationally used by ECMWF.
22 June 2007:• Winds Group in NOAA/ NESDIS: ASCAT winds became available to OPC forecasters
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Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility
The OSI-SAFroutinely produces and disseminates products characterising the ocean surface and the energy fluxes across the sea surface
The OSI-SAF Operationally produces information on the sea ice characteristics (extend, concentration, …)
Leading Entity is Météo-France in Lannion
The OSI SAFdistributes near real-time products based on e.g,MSG, METOP,NOAA, Seawinds, DMSP and GOES data
OSI SAF is in its Continued Development and Operation Phase (CDOP) since 1 February 2007. www.osi-saf.org
The OSI SAF is part of the
EUMETSAT SAF Network.
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OSI-SAF: Status of Services
WWW.OSI-SAF.ORG
SSI Sea Surface Irradiance
SST Sea Surface Temperature
DLI Downward Longwave Irradiance
HL High Latitude
LML Low and Mid Latitude (Atlantic)
MAP Gridded products
NAR North Atlantic Region
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OSTM/JASON-2: Altimetry
NASA/JPL
NOAA
CNES
EUMETSAT
EUMETSAT – Usingen, Germany
NOAA - Wallops/ Fairbanks - USA
Jason 2
AMR Reflector
AMR Electronics
GPSP Antenna
LRA
Poseidon 3 Altimeter
DORIS
Dedicated Delta II Launch Vehicle
NASA Instrument Ops
Operational product processing and Science Data archive & Distribution
Operational product processing & Distribution
Science data processing, archive & Distribution
NASA ElementsNOAA ElementsEUMETSAT ElementsCNES Elements
S/C Operations (Suitland, MD)
S/C Operations (Toulouse, France)
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STATUS OSTM/JASON-2
• System Interfaces Review has been held in Toulouse in December 2006.
• Services and Product Definitions are completed in March 2007.• Joint Announcement of Opportunity has been released in June
2007. Due date for proposals, 7 September 2007.• Spacecraft fully integrated in June 2007• Environmental and performance test up until end of 2007• Spacecraft preparation for launch site: Jan 21-Feb28, 2008.• Transportation and campaign: April 17-June15, 2008.• Launch: Planned for Mid-June 2008.
WWW.EUMETSAT.INTHome > What We Do > Satellites > Jason
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Jason-3
Concept today proposed by EUMETSAT(After extensive discussions with CNES and NOAA and other partners)
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Jason-3 : Driving factors
Ensure continuity of data availability after Jason-2Answer to priority one to fulfil the Marine Core Services serving
the needs of GMES downstream servicesContinuity of a very successful partnership between the Europe
and the USProgramme leaded by the operational agencies EUMETSAT and
NOAA but relying on support and expertise from the research agencies CNES and NASA
Minimize risk and cost
Develop in parallel with all potential partners an extensive thought on the future altimetry system
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Jason-3 : Main features
Maximum of recurrence between Jason-2 and Jason Follow-on
Almost identical responsibilities sharing between partners
CNES will be the system prime for the operational agencies EUMETSAT and NOAA
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Proposed Technical Partnership
US
Radiometer GPS receiver Laser retroreflector Launcher and launch services Ground segment elements Satellite operation in routine mode Near Real Time (3hrs) product processing and dissemination
EUROPE
Proteus Satellite bus Altimeter Doris receiver Satellite integration and test Ground segment elements Launch and Early Operation Phase and Initial Assessment phase operation Offline and Near Real Time product processing and dissemination
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Funding hypothesis
Funding shared between the US and Europe, no exchange of funds
Funding shared in Europe between research and operational agencies and the European commission
Overall estimated cost for development and 5 years of operations 250 M€ (all cost in e.c. 2007)
This figure has to be compared with the 300 M€ e.c. 2001 (336 M€ e.c. 2007) of Jason-2
US part 100 M€ European part 150 M€
Deviation from a 50% sharing between the US and Europe mainly due to anticipated decrease of launcher cost
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Way Forward
EUMETSAT : Preparation at EUMETSAT of Preliminary Program proposal and Initiating Resolution to be submitted to Delegate Bodies fall 2007
All partners : By mid 2008, confirmation by Partners of their commitment to finance the program
EUMETSAT : At the same time, Programme declaration and definition and Enabling resolution at EUMETSAT
From mid 2008 to mid 2009, subscription period at EUMETSAT
All partners : Mid 2009, the funding of Jason follow on programme should be formally approved by each of the partners and the related agreements signed
In addition, EUMETSAT plans to organize later this year or early 2008 a workshop, in the frame of the CEOS ocean surface topography constellation activity, with the objective to initiate and foster discussions regarding the user needs and possible ways to fulfil them after Jason-3
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STATUS POST-EPS
• Several Post-EPS Mission Experts Team (PMET) meetings were held in 2006 and 2007. • The Ocean Application Experts Group (AEG) Position Paper has been updated for the
inclusion of tables of priorities of geophysical variables. In summary, the highest Post EPS priority ranking is set for Ocean Topography, Surface Winds and SST. Ocean Currents and Ocean Colour are lower ranked in priority.
• The Initial version of the Post-EPS Mission Requirements Document (MRD) has been released. On the basis of the MRD, strong interactions between EUMETSAT and ESA for the start of Phase 0 studies are ongoing.
Some particularly relevant Post-EPS requirements:• Altimeter: MRD_ALT.090: The coverage requirement for the post-EPS ALT needs to be considered in
conjunction with the availability of other operational altimetry missions in the post-EPS time frame. The general coverage requirement for ocean topography requires two altimeters, one in a nonsunsynchronous repeat orbit, with a repeat period in the 10 to 35 day range to maximise coverage over the non-frozen ocean, the other in a sun-synchronous orbit to achieve coverage over the poles.
• Scatterometer: MRD_SCA.001: If a trade-off is necessary between swath width and horizontal resolution, the swath width shall have higher priority as long as the horizontal resolution is < 25 km (Breakthrough), < 50 km (Threshold).
