ICSU/WMO World Data Center for Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere (WDC RSAT) Beate Hildenbrand (et al.) German Aerospace Center (DLR) GAW 2009, Geneva, 05 07 May 2009 http://wdc.dlr.de
WDC RSAT overview WDC RSAT is hosted and operated by the Applied Remote Sensing Cluster (German Remote Sensing Data Center, DFD, and Remote Sensing Technology Institute, IMF) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) 2
WDC RSAT overview 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Atmospheric User Center, AUC Primarily level 1 2 Proposal made to ICSU 2001 Evaluation by DFG 2002 ICSU WDC Status 2003 3
WDC RSAT overview WDC RSAT is hosted and operated by the Applied Remote Sensing Cluster (German Remote Sensing Data Center, DFD, and Remote Sensing Technology Institute, IMF) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Since 2003 under the non governmental auspices of the International Council for Science, ICSU Main principles: free and open access to data and data products long term preservation of data Part of a world wide network of 52 ICSU WDCs 4
WDC RSAT overview 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Atmospheric User Center, AUC Primarily level 1 2 Proposal made to ICSU 2001 Evaluation by DFG 2002 ICSU WDC Status 2003 2004 German Cluster of WDCs for Earth System Research 2005 WDC RSAT Expansion to level 4+ 2006 5
WDC RSAT national cooperations German Cluster of ICSU WDCs for Earth System Research WDC Climate (WDC C) by Model and Data (M&D) group hosted at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and is realized in cooperation with the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ) WDC for Marine Environmental Science (WDC MARE) by Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM) at Bremen University and Institute for Polar and Marine Research of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) WDC for Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere (WDC RSAT) by Cluster of Applied Remote Sensing (CAF) hosted by the German Remote Sensing Data Centre (DFD) of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) WDC of the Lithosphere (WDC Terra) (candidate WDC) by GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ) 6
WDC RSAT overview 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Atmospheric User Center, AUC Primarily level 1 2 Proposal made to ICSU 2001 Evaluation by DFG 2002 ICSU WDC Status 2003 2004 German Cluster of WDCs for Earth System Research 2005 WDC RSAT Expansion to level 4+ Advisory Committee Contact to WMO 2006 NDMC 2007 7
NDMC: A new contribution to climate monitoring Atmosphere Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere GAW GAW NDACC NDACC NDMC NDMC Global Global Atmosphere Atmosphere Watch Watch Programme Programme of WMO of WMO Network for the Network for the Detection of Detection of Atmospheric Atmospheric Composition Composition Change Change Network for the Network for the Detection of Detection of Mesopause Mesopause Change Change Co ordination: Co ordination: DLR & Uni Buenos Aires DLR & Uni Buenos Aires 21 partner countries 21 partner countries 8 GAW 2009, Geneva, 06 May 2009
Global Distribution of NDMC measurement sites Coordination: DLR, in cooperation with UFS and CONICET, Argentina Currently 47 stations committed 9
WDC RSAT overview 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Atmospheric User Center, AUC Primarily level 1 2 Proposal made to ICSU 2001 Evaluation by DFG 2002 ICSU WDC Status 2003 2004 German Cluster of WDCs for Earth System Research 2005 WDC RSAT Expansion to level 4+ Advisory Committee Contact to WMO 2006 NDMC 2007 WMO WDC Status 2008 2009 WMO GAW 10
WDC RSAT overview WDC RSAT is hosted and operated by the Applied Remote Sensing Cluster (German Remote Sensing Data Center, DFD, and Remote Sensing Technology Institute, IMF) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Since 2003 under the non governmental auspices of the International Council for Science, ICSU Main principles: free and open access to data and data products long term preservation of data Part of a world wide network of 52 ICSU WDCs DLR and WMO have agreed in a Memorandum of Understanding to establish and operate the WDC RSAT as a WMO GAW World Data Center currently implementing WDC RSAT as a WMO WDC Part of the WMO WDC family (6 WMO WDCs) WDC RSAT is involved in Expert Team on World Data Centres of the WMO Ozone SAG Aerosol SAG WDC RSAT will act as an WMO Data Collecting and Production Centre (DCPC) 11
WDC RSAT overview WDC RSAT serves the Bavarian Environmental Research Station Schneefernerhaus (UFS) (GAW Global Station) on the mountain Zugspitze with all aspects related to data management and enhanced data services. Efforts are currently underway to also operate as an ACC (*) Portal Cooperation partners: NASA / DLR New joint CEOS WGISS (**) activity under CEOS task (AR 09 02b ACC Portal ) to respond to GEO 2009 2011 plan (*) ACC Atmospheric Composition Constellation (**) CEOS Committee on Earth Observation Satellites WGISS Working Group on Information Systems and Services 12
WDC RSAT Mission Provide a portal for free and simplified access to atmosphere related satellite based data and derived information products along all evolution levels of the value adding chain 13
Levels of Data and Information Basic Data Focus: Scientific community Value Added Data and Information Products Focus: Administrative Bodies and Industries Level 0 Level 1 Level 2 Data assimilation Level 3 Level 4 raw data intensities footprints synoptic distributions analysis Satellite Data Models Value Added Products 14
WDC RSAT: satellite based data and information products Categories of data archived in WDC RSAT atmospheric trace gases, aerosols, and temperatures cloud parameters land and sea surface parameters spectroscopic data 15
Sensor List @ http://wdc.dlr.de 16
WDC RSAT: satellite based data and information products Categories of data archived in WDC RSAT atmospheric trace gases, aerosols, and temperatures cloud parameters land and sea surface parameters spectroscopic data Categories of data services provided through WDC RSAT Convention Monitoring Renewable Energies Air Quality Health Hazard Early Detection Validation 17
WDC RSAT: satellite based data and information products Convention monitoring Montreal Protocol Montreal Protocol Ozone Hole Monitoring 18
WDC RSAT: satellite based data and information products Convention monitoring Montreal Protocol Kyoto Protocol CAFE (Clean Air for Europe) Landcover (LCC) Leaf area index (LAI) Radiation, Temperature, Precipitation Soil type Atmospheric Correction Photosynthesis Model (BETHY/DLR) Net primary Production (NPP) [TGC/Pixel/Year/Vegetation class] 19
WDC RSAT: satellite based data and information products Air Quality Tropospheric NO2: Slant Column ENVISAT SCIAMACHY (Nov Dec 2005) 20
WDC RSAT: satellite based data and information products Air Quality GMES Service 21
WDC RSAT: satellite based data and information products Air Quality Distribution of volcanic emissions Terra/MODIS ERS 2/GOME Mt. Etna 31.10. 5.11.2002 Time step: 12 hours 22
WDC RSAT: satellite based data and information products Health Impact of climate change on human health UV Intensity / Sunburn Time 23
WDC RSAT: satellite based data and information products Health Impact of climate change on human health Aerosol from MSG Dust outbreak Biomass burning Sea salt in roaring forties 0.0 0.5 1.0 aerosol optical depth at 550 nm 1 August 2004, 12:00 UTC 24
WDC RSAT Mission (2) Provide a portal for easy access to data and derived information products along all evolution levels of the value adding chain taking an active part in constructing a user Interface of the next generation 25
Building a next generation user interface for data & products WDC RSAT as significant building block satellites observations air, balloon, ship based other data bases (e.g. medical) VA products (e.g. from GMES) data formats CV Google Like functionalities data publication DOI GRID functionality User Interface Next Generation extraction of information Video on Demand Structure Mining Tailored user driven product models 26
WDC RSAT Mission (3) Provide a portal for easy access to data and derived information products along all evolution levels of the value adding chain taking an active part in constructing a user Interface of the next generation contributing to EU INSPIRE contributing to GEO contributing to ICSU contributing to WMO GAW 27
WDC RSAT Mission (3) Provide a portal for easy access to data and derived information products along all evolution levels of the value adding chain taking an active part in constructing a user Interface of the next generation contributing to EU INSPIRE contributing to GEO contributing to ICSU contributing to WMO GAW Developing Validation Strategies 28
WDC RSAT Mission (4) Provide a portal for easy access to data and derived information products along all evolution levels of the value adding chain taking an active part in constructing a user Interface of the next generation contributing to EU INSPIRE contributing to GEO contributing to ICSU contributing to WMO GAW Developing Validation Strategies Networking taking part in R&D projects 29
GMES Contribution ESA GSE PROMOTE EU MACC (core service) EU PASODOBLE (downstream service) EU DOSIE (downstream service) EU GENESIS (Information Technology) 30
WDC RSAT supports the following main WMO GAW programme developments and associated tasks Develop GAW into a three dimensional global atmospheric chemistry measurement network through the integration of observations of surfacebased, balloon borne, aircraft, satellite and other remote sensing observations. Make certain sectors of GAW, such as total ozone, ozone sounding and aerosol observations, compatible with near real time (NRT) delivery of data. Increase the usage of the WMO GTS/ WIS for exchange of GAW data. Fuse observational systems, data assimilation and modelling, data bases and product delivery, and quality assurance and validation into coherent data processing chains, related to a defined GAW quality management system within the WMO Quality Management Framework (QMF) 31
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