Report from EUMETSAT 17th GSICS Executive Panel, Biot, 2-3 June 2016 Presenter Ken Holmlund GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2-3 June 20161

Overall agency update Overall satellite planning – Recent launches, commissioning status – Forthcoming launches – Major satellite events Other major events affecting the agency or its participation in GSICS – … GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2-3 June 20162

METOP -A and -B (LOW-EARTH, SUN – SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT) EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM/INITIAL JOINT POLAR SYSTEM Sentinel -3a (LOW-EARTH, SUN-SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT) Copernicus Global Marine and Land Environment Mission Operated by EUMETSAT METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION -9, -10, -11 (GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT) TWO-SATELLITE SYSTEM: - METEOSAT-11: IN-ORBIT BACKUP - METEOSAT-10: FULL DISK IMAGERY MISSION AT 0° (15 MN) - METEOSAT-9: RAPID SCAN SERVICE OVER EUROPE AT 9.5°E (5 MN) METEOSAT – 7 (1 st GENERATION) (GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT) INDIAN OCEAN DATA COVERAGE MISSION AT 57°5 E (UNTIL END 2016) Current EUMETSAT satellite fleet JASON-2, -3 (LOW-EARTH, 63° INCL. NON SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT) OCEAN SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MISSION

METOP -A and -B (LOW-EARTH, SUN – SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT) EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM/INITIAL JOINT POLAR SYSTEM Sentinel -3a (LOW-EARTH, SUN-SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT) Copernicus Global Marine and Land Environment Mission Operated by EUMETSAT METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION -9, -10, -11 (GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT) TWO-SATELLITE SYSTEM: - METEOSAT-11: IN-ORBIT BACKUP - METEOSAT-10: FULL DISK IMAGERY MISSION AT 0° (15 MN) - METEOSAT-9: RAPID SCAN SERVICE OVER EUROPE AT 9.5°E (5 MN) METEOSAT -8 (2 nd GENERATION) (GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT) INDIAN OCEAN DATA COVERAGE MISSION AT 40° E (TBD June 2016) Current EUMETSAT satellite fleet – end 2016 JASON-2, -3 (LOW-EARTH, 63° INCL. NON SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT) OCEAN SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MISSION

MTG-I-1 : IMAGERY EUMETSAT commitment to long term continuity YEAR... METEOSAT FIRST GENERATION METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION METEOSAT THIRD GENERATION EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM (EPS) METEOSAT-7 METEOSAT-8 METEOSAT-9 METEOSAT-10 METEOSAT-11 …… ……….. MTG-S-1: SOUNDING MTG-I-2: IMAGERY MTG-I-3: IMAGERY MTG-S-2: SOUNDING MTG-I-4: IMAGERY METOP-A METOP-B METOP-C METOP SECOND GENERATION METOP-SG-A1 JASON JASON-2 JASON-3 JASON CONTINUITY OF SERVICE (JASON-CS) COPERNICUS SENTINEL-3 SENTINEL-4 ON MTG-S SENTINEL-5 ON EPS-SG Mandatory Programmes Optional and Third Party Programmes YEAR... METOP-SG-B1 METOP-SG-A2 METOP-SG-B2 METOP-SG-A3 METOP-SG-B3 Operational Development …Extended lifetime …Extended lifetime... …Extended lifetime …Extended lifetime Currently scheduled for launch 10/2018 Launched Launched

EUMETSAT Personnel involved in GSICS Executive Panel Ken HolmlundEUMETSAT representative Data Working Group Peter MiuCo-chair + Data management expert Simon ElliottFormats Expert Research Working Group Tim HewisonCo-chair GRWG + chair Infrared sub-group Sébastien WagnerVIS/NIR + Lunar calibration Rob RoebelingArchive re-calibration Rosemary MunroChair UV sub-group Joerg AckermannMicrowave Supported by Bartolomeo ViticchièVIS/NIR + Lunar calibration Viju JohnInfrared (Meteosat - HIRS) + MW Anne O’ CarrollInfrared (SLSTR & AVHRR - IASI) Point of Contact for Operational Matters Harald Rothfuss

EUMETSAT’s Current and prospective GSICS Products ProductStatusComments GEO-LEO IR NRTC, RAC MSG3-IASIA MSG2-IASIA MSG1-IASIA? MSGn-IASIB? Operational - Extend GPPA? - First operational GSICS products!! - Monitored instrument “family”? * - Reference instrument “family”? * GEO-LEO IR NRTC, RAC MVIRI-IASI Demo- ATBD handed over to Climate Team - no further development planned GEO-LEO IR RAC Prime SEVIRI-Prime Submitted to DemoStalled in GPPA Won’t progress beyond Demo without user GEO-LEO VIS NRTC, RAC DCC:MSG2-Aqua/MODIS Submitted to DemoStalled in GPPA Will be merged with Lunar… GEO-LEO VIS/NIR Lunar: GEO-VIIRS? In developmentOngoing external study to validate GIRO Spectral Band Adjustment Factors LEO-LEO VIS AVHRR-GOME2 In development GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2-3 June 20167

Highlights of other EUMETSAT calibration activities of interest to the EP SLSTR commissioning SLSTR-IASI – Embargoed! OLCI commissioning HIRS-IASI – insights into HIRS calibration for non-nominal filter wheel operation Instrument Pre-launch calibration and characterization data requirements GIRO and GLOD – licensing issues DOIs now issued for GSICS documents and RAC datasets Instrument Information landing pages GDWG Co-chairing UV Sub-Group chairing IR Sub-Group chairing – GSICS IR Reference Sensor Traceability and Uncertainty Report GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2-3 June 20168

Feedback on GSICS deliverables Satellite data users (internal or external) – Published report on impact of prototype GSICS Corrections for MVIRI on AMVs and other L2 productsreport – Coordination of GEO-ring test dataset for SCOPE-CM/IOGEO – Delayed! As a satellite operator – Enhanced GSICS Plotting Tool functionality:Plotting Tool Now handles SEVIRI-IASI + PRIME, MVIRI, HIRS products – Cooperation with EU Horizon2020 project FIDUCEO: Agreeing vocabulary, reviewing inter-calibration approaches Uncertainty analysis of MVIRI calibration (incl SRFs) Analysing SLSTR commissioning with IASI – Supporting MFG reprocessing GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2-3 June 20169

Any other points that you may wish to raise Issues or suggestions for discussion by the GSICS EP Covered under agenda items 8, 9, 11, 16 Incl draft requirements for SEVIRI NRTC products: GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2-3 June Monitored platformMeteosat Second Generation Monitored instrumentSEVIRI ChannelsIRVIS/NIR Abs cal acc req0.7K5% Med-term stability req0.1K/day0.1%/day Long-term stability req0.3K/decade2%/decade (lifetime) Inter-channel cal acc5% Max lead-time24h (NRTC)1month Update frequencyDaily Consistency between monitored instruments 0.7K5% Consistency between reference instruments 0.3K2% Preferred format for Uncertainty estimates As function of radiance and time For typical scenes, as a function of time Critical requirements in bold. All uncertainties are standard k=1. Critical requirements in bold.