World Meteorological OrganizationWorking together in weather, climate and water
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WMO www.wmo.int/sat
Jérôme LafeuilleWMO Space ProgrammeGeneva
WMO Space Programme
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Improving availabilityof & access to satellite
data and products
Strengthening users’ capability to benefit
from satellites
Satellite operators
Users: WMO Members and Programmes
Enhancing the space-based Global Observing System
WMO Space Programme Objectives
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Space-based Global Observing System Schematic
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Challenges and responses (1)Space-based observing system
• Coordinating and optimizing the space-based GOS– Requirements and Gap Analysis – Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS)
• Building up a sustainable climate observing system– Gaps on observation of ECVs require broad collaboration– « Architecture » concept being developed with CEOS, CGMS
• Continuity and upgrade of operational meteorological missions– Radio-occultation, scatterometers, hyperspectral IR LEO & GEO– Higher resolution of GEO and LEO
• Interoperability and consistency of global system– Intercalibration with reference sensors
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LEO-LEO intercalibration
More on: http://gsics.wmo.int
•Routine IR inter-calibration against IASI and AIRS on simultaneous overpass
• VIS and MW calibration under development
GEO versus LEO
Global Space-based Inter-calibration System (GSICS)
NOAA-CMA-CNES-EUMETSAT-IMD-ISRO-JAXA-JMA-KMA-NASA-NIST-USGS-WMO
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Challenges and responses (2)Data/products availability and accessibility
• Moving from data to products– Sharing development and validation efforts– Encourage responsibilities for regional/global products– Validated, documented, quality controlled
• Data & products accessibility– Direct Broadcast on agreed standards and frequencies– Integrated dissemination systems (e.g GEONETCast)– Searchable in catalogues (metadata) in WMO Information System
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IGDDS – GEONETCast footprintDVB-S Dissemination of products or data
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Challenges and responses (3)Supporting new missions/priorities
• Emphasis on climate services• Air quality• Volcano ash plume monitoring• Space Weather• ……
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Monitoring volcanic ash plumes
WMO ETR SYMPOSIUM XI, Citeko, Oct 2010
Meteosat-9
ETNA eruption 4-channel MODIS
Courtesy: D. Rosenfeld
Eyjafjallajoekull15 April 2010ENVISAT (ESA)
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Space Weather
• More vulnerability to Space Weather effects with increased use of satellites and cross-polar flights
• New solar cycle
• Emerging Space Weather operations can benefit from experience of weather community
• 13 countries and 6 international organizations currently participating in this effort with WMO
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Challenges and responses (4)Getting closer to the users
• Regional initiatives– Americas: RA III/ RA IV Satellite Data Requirements Task Team– Africa: RA I EUMETCast Group– Asia: RA II Pilot Project
• Virtual Laboratory for Education and Training– 12 Centres of Excellence world wide
• Regional user conferences– Satellite Direct Readout Conference, GOES Users Conference– Asia-Oceania Meteorological Satellite Conference– EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference
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As a conclusion…
• The Space Programme: a privileged framework for collaboration among satellite operators and user communities
• Improves the benefit to all through sharing best practices
• Relies on WMO Members and their space agencies– Thank NOAA for SDRO : interaction with users is a key for
the success