EUMETSAT Satellite Programmes

EUMETSAT Satellite Programmes Nowcasting Applications Developing Countries Marianne König marianne.koenig@eumetsat.int WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

27 Member States & 4 Cooperating States Member States AUSTRIA BELGIUM CROATIA CZECH REPUBLIC * DENMARK ESTONIA FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREECE HUNGARY IRELAND ITALY LATVIA LUXEMBOURG NETHERLANDS NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA SLOVAK REPUBLIC SLOVENIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TURKEY UNITED KINGDOM Cooperating States BULGARIA ICELAND * Pending full ratification LITHUANIA SERBIA Slide: 2 WSN-12, Rio de Janeiro, 06 10 August 2012

EUMETSAT Headquarters in Darmstadt / Germany Slide: 3 WSN-12, Rio de Janeiro, 06 10 August 2012

Geostationary Satellites: Nowcasting Instruments! 60 N Meteosat-9 (0 Longitude) Meteosat-8 (9.5 E) 0 Meteosat-10 (3.4 W) Meteosat-7 (57.5 E) 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 60 S Slide: 4 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

MSG Satellite Summary MSG SEVIRI: Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager 12 channels 3 (1) km pixel sampling distance 15 minute repeat cycle 5 min. in rapid scan service 0.6 µm 3.9 µm 0.8 µm 1.6 µm Water Vapour Water Vapour 6.2 µm 7.3 µm Slide: 5 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012 8.7 µm Carbon Ozone 9.7 µm HRV Dioxide 10.8 µm 12.0 µm 13.4 µm

MSG Scans 5 Minutes RSS: Meteosat-8 15 Minutes: Meteosat-9 Slide: 6 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

HRV Channel Setup Slide: 7 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

Making Use of the Data Visual Analysis Generally Detection and Classification increasing Quantitative Data Extraction complexity Input to Other Applications Slide: 8 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

Visual Analysis: Single Channel Slide: 9 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

Visual Analysis: Single Channels - Animations bright dark cold hot Slide: 10 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

Visual Analysis: Single Channel HRV Slide: 11 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

Visual Analysis: RGB s NATURAL COLOUR Vegetation 0.6/0.8 0.6 µm 0.8 µm 1.6 µm HRV 1.6 RGB 0.6 0.8 µm 3.9 µm 9.7 µm Slide: 12 6.2 µm 7.3 µm 8.7 µm 10.8 µm 12.0 µm 13.4 µm WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012 Cloud phase (water or ice) 0.8/1.6

Visual Analysis: RGB s DUST 0.6 µm 0.8 µm 1.6 µm Desert dust 8.7/11 HRV Cirrus thickness 8.7/11/12 Cloud altitude 11/12 12.0 µm 10.8µm 8.7 RGB 3.9 µm 6.2 µm 7.3 µm 8.7 µm 9.7 µm 10.8 µm 12.0 µm 13.4 µm Slide: 13 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012 Thin ice cloud (Cirrus) 8.7/11

Visual Analysis: Other RGB Applciations More application / examples can be found in the MSG Interpretation Guide and in the "Image Gallery"on www.eumetsat.int 0.6 µm 3.9 µm 0.8 µm 1.6 µm HRV 6.2 µm 7.3 µm 8.7 µm 10.8 µm 12.0 µm 13.4 µm Volcanic Ash Airmass 9.7 µm Fog Slide: 14 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

Visual Analysis: Monitoring Stages of Convection 23. September 2009 Mediterranean Sea Slide: 15 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

Visual Analysis: Monitoring Stages of Convection 23. September 2009 Mediterranean Sea 0.6 µm 0.8 µm 1.6 µm HRV 3.9 µm 6.2 µm 7.3 µm 8.7 µm 9.7 µm 10.8 µm 12.0 µm 13.4 µm Sandwich Product Slide: 16 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

Visual Analysis: Monitoring Stages of Convection 0.6 µm 0.8 µm 1.6 µm HRV 3.9 µm 6.2 µm 7.3 µm 8.7 µm 9.7 µm 10.8 µm 12.0 µm 13.4 µm Sandwich Product Slide: 17 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

Visual Analysis: Detection of (Wild) Fires The IR3.9 channel shows "hot spots" for wild fires (which are considerably smaller than one pixel). 0.6 µm 3.9 µm 9.7 µm WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012 0.8 µm 1.6 µm HRV 6.2 µm 7.3 µm 8.7 µm 10.8 µm 12.0 µm 13.4 µm

Fire Detection Application WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

Quantitative Data Extraction: Monitoring the Pre-Convective Atmosphere Information on the atmospheric vertical stability is derived from the image data combined with forecast data in cloud free areas. 0.6 µm 3.9 µm 9.7 µm 0.8 µm 1.6 µm HRV 6.2 µm 7.3 µm 8.7 µm 10.8 µm 12.0 µm 13.4 µm MSG SEVIRI IR Slide: 20 + WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012 Weather Prediction Convective stability

Instability Indices - Example Slide: 21 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

Instability Indices Example (DWD) Slide: 22 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

Lake Stuff from Ralph??? Slide: 23 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

Convection Monitoring Forecasting Research Areas Convective Initiation: Detection of growing Cu at an early stage Location of Overshooting Tops Cold rings, cold U/V shapes Slide: 24 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

Quantitative Data Estimation: Precipitation The cloud top temperature, as measured by MSG, is blended with microwave precipitation information from polar orbiters, combining accuracy and temporal evolution. 0.6 µm 3.9 µm 9.7 µm 0.8 µm 1.6 µm HRV 6.2 µm 7.3 µm 8.7 µm 10.8 µm 12.0 µm 13.4 µm MSG SEVIRI IR Slide: 25 + µ-wave information Precipitation

Quantitative Data Estimation: Precipitation Precipitation estimates are most useful where there are no Radar observations. Precipitation Product, 09 February 2011, 1015-1600 UTC

Satellite Application Facility for Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting NWC-SAF This SAF delivers a software package, to be run LOCALLY on MSG data (and other ancillary informai6ton as e.g. model forecasts), delivering a number of nowcasting "products": Cloud information Wind information Stability information Image interpretation Specific thunderstorm product http://www.nwcsaf.org software is freely available (license agreement) Slide: 27 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

NWC-SAF Slide: 28 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

MSG Applications for Nowcasting this presentation only showed the "tip of an iceberg" More information on http://www.convection-wg.org, Best Practice document of the Convection Working Group Slide: 29 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

How Does All this Information Get to Your Desk? EUMETCast Slide: 30 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012

EUMETCast Data Delivery Key Features: EUMETCast Status end June 2012: - 37 Data Providers - 276 Different Data Collections - 100 GB data disseminated per day Off-the-shelf, commercially available DVB reception components One-stop-shop - many data streams via one station Secure delivery multicast to a specific user, or group of users Handling many file formats, high and low volume data and supporting high-timeliness delivery requirements Worldwide coverage through GEONETCast partnership

Reception Station Equipment Antenna PC(s) DVB Router DVB PCI Card EKU DVB USB Software

4 EUMETCast User Community EUMETCast Users Worldwide end June 2012 1 14 11 13 2 7 2 29 2 121 428 37 306 3 2417 9 35 42 18 680 9 3 755 10 4 5 13 117 30 8 500+ 201-500 51-200 11-50 2-10 1 User 0 User 2736 users in Member States 14 users in Cooperating States 3217 users world-wide Slide: 33

GEONETCast Global Data Service 3560 stations 110 stations 358 stations 2600 stations June 2012

EUMETCast Data and Products Services available on EUMETCast EUMETSAT Satellite Data Meteosat / Metop / Jason-2 Third Party Satellite Data GOES, NOAA & MODIS (USA) / MT-SAT (Japan) / FY2 & FY3 (China) Third Party Products In-situ / observational data Numerical Weather Forecasts & Analysis Data Level 2 Product s: Atmosphere 195 Marine 88 Land 138 June 2012

Product Navigator EUMETSAT Data at your Fingertips Key Features: Product Navigator provides metadata descriptions, data provider and data access information. Includes all EUMETSAT products and third-party products on EUMETCast. Uses open standards (e.g. OGC, Inspire) for catalogue interoperability with other organisations. http://navigator.eumetsat.int EUMETSAT HelpDesk: ops@eumetsat.int

The End Thank you for your attention! Merci pour votre attention! official EUMETSAT languages Danke für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit! "my" language Slide: 37 WSN-12 Rio de Janeiro 06-10 August 2012