RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter RARS Implementation Group – Sixth Meeting Exeter – 2012 Status of EARS Slide: 1

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter Direct Readout stations currently supporting EARS Maspalomas Monterey Ewa Beach Miami Lannion Muscat Saint-Denis Athens Moscow Svalbard Kangerlussuaq Gander Wallops Edmonton Gilmore Creek

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter Existing EARS Services ServiceData TypeProduct LevelSatellites EARS-ATOVSSounding dataLevel-1 Metop-A (-B-C) NOAA-15, 16, 17, 18, 19 EARS-AVHRRImaging dataLevel-0 Metop-A (-B-C) NOAA-19 EARS-ASCAT Ocean Surface Winds Level-2Metop-A (-B-C) EARS-IASI Hyperspectral Sounding data 366 Level-1 channels + Principal Component scores Metop-A (-B-C) EARS-NWCCloud productsLevel-2 Metop-A (-B-C) NOAA-19 Slide: 3

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter EARS Services under development ServiceData TypeProduct LevelSatellites EARS-ATMSSounding dataLevel-1NPP (JPSS-1) EARS-CrIS Hyperspectral Sounding data 399 Level-1 channelsNPP (JPSS-1) EARS-VIIRSImaging dataLevel-1NPP (JPSS-1) Slide: 4

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter Service Coverage and Data Availability ServiceCoverageEUMETCast Europe EUMETCast Africa GTS EARS- ATOVS - All stations - FDES EARS- AVHRR - European Stations - FDES EARS- ASCAT - European Stations - FDES EARS-IASI - European Stations - FDES Under preparation EARS-NWC - European Stations - FDES Slide: 5

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter Daily Data Volume per Service (EUMETCast Ku-Band - October 2012) Slide: 6 ServiceNumber of stations Number of satellites Total number of passes Daily volume (MB) EARS-ATOVS EARS-AVHRR7228 (630 segments)1400 EARS-ASCAT EARS-IASI EARS-NWC7228 (630 segments)800

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter Direct Readout Stations – EARS Services DR Station NOAA HRPT Metop AHRPT EARS ATOVS EARS AVHRR EARS ASCATEARS IASI EARS NWC EARS NPP Svalbard * Maspalomas ! Kangerlussuaq (metopb) (metopb) Athens ! Lannion ! Gander ! (metopb) Edmonton (metopb) Gilmore Creek (metopb) Wallops (metopb) ( ) Miami ! ( ) Ewa Beach ! Monterey ! Saint-Denis ! Muscat ! Moscow ! (metopb) *: for Metop-A, passes are provided by the HRPT and Fast Dump Extract System (FDES) !: restricted area HRPT zone

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter EARS-ATOVS

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter EARS-ATOVS (1/2) Design: Decentralised processing and data compression into bzip2 to reduce data volume. Processor: AAPP (v7.3) as delivered by NWP SAF. Distribution via EUMETCast Ku-Band and GTS. All satellites: NOAA 15, 16, 18, 19 and Metop-A. Number of stations: 15. Products, formats: One set of products per pass, including: –Level 1a per ATOVS instrument, data in AAPP format, bzip2 compressed. –Level 1c per ATOVS instrument, data on original instrument grid, BUFR format. –AVHRR derived cloud mask on HIRS instrument grid (Level 1d), BUFR format. Operational monitoring by NWP SAF Timeliness: < 30 minutes for Athens, Gander, Gilmore, Kangerlussuaq, Lannion, Maspalomas, Saint-Denis, Svalbard, Wallops, Moscow, Muscat, Miami, Edmonton. < 45 minutes for Monterey. ~ 60 minutes for Ewa Beach.

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter EARS-ATOVS (2/2) Number of Users on EUMETCast: > 1000 registered Users. Number of products per day: ~ 2000 products, corresponding to 625 MB. System evolutions in the near future: Metop-B. New stations. Product quality monitoring from NWP SAF: MetOffice: Météo-France: NWP-SAF Website: :

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter EARS-ATOVS: NWP-SAF Monitoring (MetOffice)

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter EARS-ATOVS: NWP-SAF Monitoring (Météo-France)

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter EARS System

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter The EARS System Direct Readout Stations Polar Satellite Users EUMETCast EARS Communication Network GTS Local Product Processing Improved Timeliness Bandwidth Savings Local Product Processing including: Removal of Duplicate Data Data Reduction AVHRR → Cloud Cover Geolocation on tie-points Radiance scaling Compression BUFR BZIP2 Principal Component scores Data Selection 8461 → 400 IASI Channel VIIRS M-band channels

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter EARS – Interface at the station Slide: 15

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter Fast Dump Extraction System – FDES (1/2) Metop-A HRPT operated on Southbound orbits over Europe and also partly on Northbound orbits. The FDES service provides data from Northbound orbits based on a extract of the Global Dump data. Timeliness 10 Minutes Timeliness 20 Minutes Timeliness 40 Minutes Both Metop-A HRPT and FDES Data available via EUMETCast and GTS

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter Fast Dump Extraction System – FDES (2/2) FDES provides full Northern Hemisphere coverage for Metop-A Ascending passes for EARS-ATOVS, -ASCAT, - AVHRR, -IASI and -NWC. EARS-ASCAT Daily Coverage

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter Ongoing developments Start of Metop HRPT operations at Kangerlussuaq, Svalbard, Wallops, Gilmore, Gander and Edmonton; FDES still used for Metop-A; Metop-B integration in EARS-ATOVS, EARS-AVHRR, EARS-ASCAT, EARS-IASI and EARS-NWC; Finalisation of the European station upgrade to X-Band; Upgrade of the PPN servers and EUMETSAT servers to IBM Linux; Finalisation of the EARS-IASI and EARS-NWC developments; Consolidate pass scheduling with multiple stations at individual sites; Inclusion of Resolute Bay, Novosibirsk and Khabarovsk into EARS- ATOVS; Ongoing upgrade of the EARS IP-VPN network to accommodate the new NPP data flows. Slide: 18

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter Product Processing Node PPN model is IBM x3690 X5. Linux based. Machines are deployed to all sites: prime and spare. Intel Xeon - 20-cores 8 disks in RAID Slide: 19

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter New Stations: Resolute Bay, Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk Novosibirsk Khabarovsk Resolute Bay

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter Potential new station(s) Adding: Madison to EARS-NPP Slide: 21 Madison

RARS Implementation Group – Sixth meeting Exeter Number of Direct Readout antennas per site Maspalomas Monterey Ewa Beach Miami Lannion Muscat Saint-Denis Athens Moscow Svalbard Kangerlussuaq Gander Wallops Edmonton Gilmore Creek