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EUMETSAT’s activities in support of
precipitation remote sensing
Thomas Heinemann
5th IPWG meeting, Hamburg 2010
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EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
Overview
Precipitation remote sensing: linking science and operations
• Transfer of algorithms to the operational stage
• Validation and quality monitoring
• Dissemination of satellite data from third party missions,
including research missions
• Keeping operational algorithms alive: MPE
• Design of new operational satellites: MTG and EPS-SG
• EUMETSAT training activities
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The operational cycle
New operational
instruments +
satellites
User requirements
User support /
Training
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Algorithm
adaptation +
implementation+
operation
Operational
quality monitoring
Data dissemination
EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
The course of science
Scientific satellites +
instruments
New ideas
New algorithms
New data
New products
Validation
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EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
Linking the two together
Scientific satellites +
instruments
New ideas
operational
instruments
+ satellites
User
requirements
User
support /
Training
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New algorithms
Algorithm
adaptation +
implementation
New data
New products
Validation
Operational
quality
monitoring
Data
dissemination
EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
EUMETSAT ground segment overview
EUMETSAT geostationary systems
Meteosat satellites
Jason-2
Optional programme for ocean altimetry
Data acquisition
and control
EUMETSAT Polar System
NOAA satellites
Metop satellites
Flight Operations
Third-party
data sources
Pre-processing
EUMETSAT HQ
Data Centre
EUMETSAT HQ Darmstadt
Meteorological product extraction
EUMETSAT HQ Darmstadt
Centralised processing
and generation of products
Satellite Application Facilities
within the Member States
Decentralised processing
and generation of products
Data dissemination
via EUMETCast
Applications
Ground
Segment
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Users
EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
The SAF Concept
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In 1992 EUMETSAT adopted the concept of a Distributed Application Ground
Segment including:
 the EUMETSAT Central Facilities in Darmstadt
 and a network of elements known as Satellite Application Facilities (SAF),
as specialised development and processing centres.
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SAFs utilise the specific expertise available in EUMETSAT's Member and
Cooperating States.
The SAF network complements the production of standard meteorological
products derived from satellite data at the central facilities in Darmstadt and
also distributes user software packages.
SAFs are developed by consortia of organisations from the EUMETSAT
Member States and Cooperating States, and are located at the National
Meteorological Services in Member States.
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Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs) in Europe
Member State
Cooperating State
1
Support to Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting
2
Ocean and Sea Ice
3
Climate Monitoring
4
Numerical Weather Prediction
5
Land Surface Analysis
6
Ozone and Atmospheric Chemistry Monitoring
7
GRAS Meteorology
8
Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management
SAF Consortium Member
Additional Met Service Users
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Hydrology SAF
 SAF on Support to Operational Hydrology and Water
Management
 Host institute: Italian Meteorological Service (USAM)
 SAF products focuses on
 precipitation
 soil moisture
 snow parameters
 utilisation of these parameters in hydrological
models and NWP (validation programme)
 The H-SAF started Development Phase in
September 2005 and will enter its Continuous
Development and Operations Phase (CDOP) in
September 2010
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H SAF : precipitation products
Instantaneous Rain Rate
• from cross-track and conical scanning
microwave sensors (AMSU/MHS, SSM/I
SSMIS)
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H SAF : precipitation products
Instantaneous Rain Rate
• From blending microwave sensors with
Geostationary Meteosat IR image (preoperational)
• From morphing microwave rain-rates
with advection derived from Meteosat
IR images (in development)
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H SAF : precipitation products
Accumulated precipitation
• 3-24 hours, from IR + MW information
Assimilated product (NWP model)
• as backup information
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EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
Linking the two together
Scientific satellites +
instruments
New ideas
operational
instruments
+ satellites
User
requirements
User
support /
Training
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New algorithms
Algorithm
adaptation +
implementation
New data
New products
Validation
Operational
quality
monitoring
Data
dissemination
EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
H SAF Validation Programme
Objective: to perform independent validation
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of the usefulness of new satellite
products for e.g.:
Fighting against floods, landslides,
avalanches
Evaluating water resources
Activities:
• downscaling, upscaling modelling
from observed fields to basin level
• Fusion of satellite-derived
measurements with data from radar
and rain gauges networks
• Assessment of the impact of satellitederived data in hydrological
applications
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Transferring validation tools to routine quality
monitoring
Operational products require:
• Scientific validation (during development)
• Product validation (after implementation and regularly during
operations)
• Routine quality monitoring (real-time) to detect sudden
changes as well as long-term trends in the product quality
• Quality indicators (with all products) to pass the information
from routine monitoring to users
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Routine quality monitoring
• Based on the product statistics (max, min, reg. averages, ...)
• Based on algorithm-internal information (internal consistency,
goodness of fit, ...)
• Based on comparison with other products from the same data
source (other rain-rate algorithm for the same satellite, ...)
• Based on comparison with completely independent data
(ground-based rem. sensing data, in-situ data, models, ...)
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MPE Correlation QI
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EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
Linking the two together
Scientific satellites +
instruments
New ideas
operational
instruments
+ satellites
User
requirements
User
support /
Training
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New algorithms
Algorithm
adaptation +
implementation
New data
New products
Validation
Operational
quality
monitoring
Data
dissemination
EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
Making data
operationally
available
EUMETSAT as a global data provider
Data sources distributed
via EUMETCast
EUMETSAT Central
Facility
American
Turnaround
Service
EUMETSAT SAF
Network
AtlanticBird-3
EUMETCast
Americas
Users in
America
ECMWF
NOAA/NESDIS
NASA
European Uplink
Service
EuroBird-9
EUMETCast
Users in
Europe
VITO
WMO
African
Turnaround
Service
Other
Deutscher
Wetterdienst
Meteo France
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NewSkies-806
EUMETCast Africa
Local/National
users
EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
Users in
Africa
EUMETCast coverage
EUMETCast Europe
EB-9, Ku-Band
EUMETCast Africa
AB-3, C-Band
EUMETCast Americas
NSS 806, C-Band
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Precipitation related third-party data and product
dissemination in near-real time
Existing:
AMSU-A/MHS N-19 (Global and EARS)
MODIS (European area)
TAMSAT (Univ. of Reading, accumulated rain over Africa)
Planned:
SSMIS (full resolution in BUFR)
NPP (all instruments)
FY3 (sounders)
Potential:
Megha-Tropiques
GPM (core)
GCOM-W (AMSR-2)
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EUMETCast → GeonetCast
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GeonetCast coverage
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EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
Linking the two together
Scientific satellites +
instruments
New ideas
operational
instruments
+ satellites
User
requirements
User
support /
Training
5th IPWG meeting, Hamburg 2010
New algorithms
Algorithm
adaptation +
implementation
+operation
New data
New products
Validation
Operational
quality
monitoring
Data
dissemination
EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
New algorithm for heritage product
Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimator
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Instantaneous rain rate data are produced every
15/30 min in original Geo-satellite pixel resolution
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Processing is done in near-real time mode with a time
delay of < 10 minutes between image acquisition and
data dissemination.
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Data are provided on the internet and via EUMETCAST
in GRIB-2 data format and in addition visualised on
the EUMETSAT web-page.
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Currently: Classical blending algorithm using SSMIS
and METEOSAT-7/8 IR-data.
Future: New algorithm in co-operation with H-SAF
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5th IPWG meeting, Hamburg 2010
EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
Linking the two together
Scientific satellites +
instruments
New ideas
operational
instruments
+ satellites
User
requirements
User
support /
Training
5th IPWG meeting, Hamburg 2010
New algorithms
Algorithm
adaptation +
implementation
+operation
New data
New products
Validation
Operational
quality
monitoring
Data
dissemination
EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
EUMETSAT space segment
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MTG : continuity of EUMETSAT GEO Services
2002
1977
2016
MSG
MOP/MTP
MTG
MTG-I
Observation mission:
- MVIRI: 3 channels
Spinning satellite
Class 800 kg
Observation missions:
- SEVIRI: 12 channels
- GERB
Spinning satellite
Class 2-ton
Implementation of the EUMETSAT Mandate
for the Geostationary Programme
... 30 years of continuous operations achieved ...
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Observation missions:
- Flex.Comb. Imager: 16 channels
- Infra-Red Sounder
- Lightning Imager
- UVN
3-axis stabilised satellites
Twin Sat configuration
Class 2,5 - 3 ton
Atmospheric Chemistry Mission (UVN-S4):
coordinated with ESA for implementation
via GMES Sentinel 4
EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
Post-EPS candidate mission
Through consultation with users and application experts,
requirements have been defined for a range of candidate
missions:
The following instruments fulfil the requirements of the candidate missions:
• Visible/Infrared Imaging (VII)
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Low Light Imaging (LLI)
Infrared Sounding (IRS)
Microwave Sounding (MWS)
Radio Occultation (RO)
Nadir viewing UV/VIS/NIR - SWIR Sounding (UVNS)
Multi-viewing, -channel, -polarisation Imaging (3MI)
Scatterometry (SCA)
Microwave Imaging (MWI)
Radiant Energy Radiometry (RER)
Decision on realisation depends on mission priority and gap-analysis.
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Post-EPS Candidate Missions
Microwave Imaging
Objectives
• precipitation and cloud products
• total column water vapour
• sea-ice, snow, sea surface wind
Benefits
• continuity of key microwave imager channels for NWP and NWC
• initialisation of NWP models with realistic cloud and precipitation estimates
Heritage
• SSM/I(S), AMSR-E
Baseline performance:
• precipitation products
• 18.7 –183 GHz
Breakthrough:
• + cloud products
• 183 –664 GHz
Implementation
• ESA development
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EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
Linking the two together
Scientific satellites +
instruments
New ideas
operational
instruments
+ satellites
User
requirements
User
support /
Training
5th IPWG meeting, Hamburg 2010
New algorithms
Algorithm
adaptation +
implementation
+operation
New data
New products
Validation
Operational
quality
monitoring
Data
dissemination
EUMETSAT’s activities in support of precipitation remote sensing
EUMETSAT training activities
■ Mainly addresses operational personnel from weather services
■ Focus on
■ (blended) courses
■ web guides
■ interactive modules
■ www.eumetsat.int
 Training in Europe, Africa, Middle-East
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Blended courses
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Mixture of distance and classroom phases
Covering a period of two to three months
Based on communication tools
Centra Saba: on-line presentations
Moodle: tidy repository of materials and training activities and
discussions (forum, chat, quiz, glossary, exercise, documents)
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Training topic: Precipitation
Training event in coordination with the Satellite Application Facilities (SAF)
12-14 October 2010 lead by José Prieto (EUMETSAT):
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Audience: Eastern Europe hydrologists from NMHS and scientists from all over
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Embedded in the IPWG workshop
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Modular training sessions
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(Moodle infrastructure available for communication and repository)
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(Saba-Centra on-line lectures invited)
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H-SAF implication as lecturers, planners, training module providers
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How can you contribute to EUMETSAT’s training
activities?
• Prepare a case study on a special occasion
• Offer hosting next hydrology workshop
• Presenting a topic via distance training in the next
topic week
• (Supply materials for) building on-line training
• Satrep-online subscription: http://satreponline.org/
• Joining EUMETCAL workshop 30th Nov 2010 in Geneva
• Joining EUMETSAT (VN 10-21)
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