EUMETSAT

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EUMETSAT

• Monitoring weather and climate from space

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Overview

• EUMETSAT
• EUMETSAT activities in Africa
• GEONETCast

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EUMETSAT Objectives

• The primary objective is to establish, maintain
  and exploit European systems of operational
  meteorological satellites.
• A further objective is to contribute to the
  operational monitoring of the climate as well as
  the detection of global climatic changes.
• Furthermore, environmental issues which drive or
  are driven by meteorological conditions are
  considered.
• This is carried out taking into account the
  recommendations of the World Meteorological
  Organization (WMO).

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24 Member States 6 Cooperating States

• Member States

Austria
Croatia
Belgium
Finland
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Norway
The Netherlands
Luxembourg
Slovak Republic
Portugal
Poland
Sweden
Spain
Slovenia
United Kingdom
Turkey
Switzerland
Pending full ratification
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Geostationary satellites
Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)

• consists of a series of four geostationary
  weather satellites
• is scheduled to operate consecutively until 2018
• provides important image data on European weather
  on a daily basis, every 15 minutes through 12
  spectral bands
• Meteosat-9 (in operation since 2006) provides
  data collection and environmental monitoring data
• Meteosat-8 (in operation since 2004) provides
  Rapid Scan Service (RSS) since May 2008
• RSS delivers image data and meteorological
  products for the detection of rapidly developing
  localised convective weather systems.

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Full disc every 15 minutes
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EUMETSATs geostationary satellite coverage
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Meteosat-9 (0 Longitude) Meteosat-8 (9.5 E)
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Meteosat-7 (57.5 E) Meteosat-6 (67.5 E)
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Polar-orbiting satellites
EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS)

• is Europes first series of polar-orbiting
  satellites for operational meteorology
• consists of three Metop in low Earth orbit to
  operate over a period of at least 14 years.
• Metop-A (in operation since 2007)
• carries imaging and sounding instruments
• has direct broadcasting and data collection
  capabilities
• significantly contributes to the Global Observing
  System and the monitoring of climate and
  atmospheric chemistry.
• EPS data
• are of unprecedented accuracy
• are used in various applications such as
  Numerical Weather Prediction models, cloud
  detection analysis or radiation budget components.

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EUMETSAT Satellites - METOP
Eruption of Mt. Piton de la Fornaise, Reunion,
April 2007
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Monitoring the oceans
Jason-2

• was launched in June 2008 from Vandenberg,
  California
• is EUMETSATs first optional programme on ocean
  altimetry.
• has enabled EUMETSAT to extend its expertise in
  data and product dissemination for weather
  forecasting and climate monitoring
• through the inclusion of data in support of
  marine meteorology, operational oceanography,
  seasonal prediction and climate monitoring.

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Global average sea level rise
Source University of Colorado, LEGOS/CNES
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EUMETSAT space segment
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METEOSAT FIRST GENERATION METEOSAT-6 METEOSAT-7
METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION METEOSAT-8 METEOSAT-9 M
ETEOSAT-10 METEOSAT-11
METEOSAT THIRD GENERATION
EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM METOP-A METOP-B METOP-C
POST-EPS
OCEAN SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MISSION JASON-2 JASON-3 J
ASON FOLLOW-ON
THIRD PARTY PROGRAMMES GMES SENTINEL-3A/B GMES
SENTINEL-4 GMES SENTINEL-5
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Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs) in Europe
Support to Nowcasting and Very Short Range
Forecasting Ocean and Sea Ice Climate
Monitoring Numerical Weather Prediction Land
Surface Analysis Ozone and Atmospheric Chemistry
Monitoring GRAS Meteorology Support to
Operational Hydrology and Water Management SAF
Consortium Member Additional Met Service Users
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Real time data dissemination - EUMETCast
HB-6, Ku-Band Coverage
AB-3, C-Band Coverage
NSS 806, C-Band Coverage
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Overview

• EUMETSAT
• EUMETSAT activities in Africa
• GEONETCast

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EUMETSAT Activities in Africa

• EUMETSAT commitment to support African Users is
  part of EUMETSAT long term strategy
• Long term commitment for data coverage of Africa
  ( 2035)
• Real-time dissemination of the data products to
  Africa (EUMETCast)
• Training
• 80 experts trained per year
• 3 training centres (Niamey, Nairobi, Pretoria)
• Strong link with Users (User Forum, Help desk)
• In-kind support to EDF programmes (PUMA, AMESD,
  post-AMESD, GMES Africa)

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Weather Forcasting - Cyclone

• Hurricane season in the Indian Ocean
• Asma first Tropical Storm of the season 2008/09
  in the South Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar.

Metop-A, AVHRR, 20 December 2006, 0542 UTC
Tropical Cyclone Bondo hits the Farquhar atoll,
Seychelles
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Soil Moisture from ASCAT
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Training Centre
SQU, Oman
EAMAC, Niamey
IMTR, Nairobi
There might be scope For another CoE in Africa
for the French community
Pretoria, S-Africa
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User Forum since 1995

• Maputo (2006),
• Brazzaville (2004),
• Dakar (2002),
• Kampala (2000),
• Rabat (1998),
• Harare (1996),
• Niamey (1995)

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The PUMA 2002-2006

• Preparation for the Use of Meteosat second
  generation in Africa (PUMA)
• Provided
• 53 African countries (and 5 Regional Centres)
  receive in real-time EUMETSAT data (PUMA
  receiving stations)
• 350 African technicians are trained on the use
  and maintenance of PUMA receiving stations
• 6 Pilot Projects (Outlook activities) have
  prepared the continuation of the project (AMESD)

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AMESD (2007-2012)

• African Monitoring of the Environment for
  Sustainable Development
• Provides
• Maintenance and enhancement of the PUMA receiving
  stations (continuity)
• Capacity building infrastructure and training
• Coherent use of Earth Observation data for
  Environmental issues
• Five regional thematic applications
• Cropland and rangeland monitoring (West Africa)
• Water management for fluvial transportation
  (Central Africa)
• Land degradation and natural habitat conservation
  (East Africa)
• Environment and natural resources management
  (Southern Africa)
• Costal and marine monitoring (Indian ocean)

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Key success factors the way for post-AMESD

• Demand-driven (users at the heart)
• Capacity Building project
• African ownership
• Sustainable dimension
• Long-term commitment

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GMES Africa

• EUMETSAT supports a similar approach for GMES
  Africa
• Satellite technologies shall serve operational
  applications in support to development policies
• Strong EUMETSAT support to the process
• Maputo declaration, at the eve of the 7th
  EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa (October 2006)
• Active contribution to the GMES Africa event in
  Lisbon (December 2007)
• Active contribution to the Accra meeting, at the
  eve of the 8th EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa
  (October 2008)

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Overview

• EUMETSAT
• EUMETSAT activities in Africa
• GEONETCast

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EUMETCast Overview
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EUMETCast what is it?

• Generic, multi-mission dissemination system based
  on IP over DVB
• Closed-loop product and performance monitoring
• High SLA of 99.50 with guaranteed, mission
  related timeliness
• Highly scalable infrastructure by using open
  standards, commercially available systems
• Allows the usage of off-the shelf, inexpensive
  equipment for reception
• Secure multicast at the file and User level
  allows the full range of access control options
  to be supported (i.e. from no access control to
  full access control).

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EUMETCast Europe Coverage
HB-6, Ku-Band Coverage
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EUMETCast Africa Coverage
AB-3, C-Band Coverage
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EUMETCast Americas Coverage
NSS 806, C-Band Coverage Begins Q2 2006
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EUMETCast Coverage
HB-6, Ku-Band Coverage
AB-3, C-Band Coverage
NSS 806, C-Band Coverage
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Generic EUMETCast Solution
EUMETCast (DVB) Standard Hardware - indicative
costs
LNB/Feedhorn, Antenna
1000 EUR
2 x PC, Hard Disk, Ethernet
2000 EUR
DVB PCI Card
100 EUR
EUMETCast Client Software
60 EUR
EUMETCast Key Unit (EKU)
40 EUR
3200 EUR
Total (2 PCs)
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GEO initiative
Data dissemination
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GEONETCast

• Objective Global Coverage for near-real time
  data dissemination
• Accessible for user in remote area or with poor
  internet capacities
• Cooperation between NOAA, CMA, EUMETSAT, WMO

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Global Coverage
95 of the worldwide population covered by
GEONECast
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GEONETCast Data excange
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GEONETCast Overview

• GEONETCast is a good way to access earth
  observation data
• Operational or project data dissemination
• High data volumes are involved
• Data timeliness and availability are important
• A number of users could benefit from the same
  data
• Regular data extraction is required
  (hourly,daily,weekly)
• Data is needed in low infrastructure areas or
  areas of no or limited network (e.g. Internet)
  availabilities

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Distribution of Third-Party Products through
EUMETCast/GEONETCast
Satellite 1
EUMETSAT Data
SAF Data
Users
Uplink Provider
DWDSAT
Satellite 2
VITO Data
GTS/RMDCN Data
Turnaround Provider
Other products
Users
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EUMETSAT

• Monitoring weather and climate from space