The 25 th CEOS Plenary, Lucca, Italy. 8-9 Nov Highlights in NSMC/CMA since CEOS 24 th Plenary Dr. Jingsong Wang Deputy Director-General National Satellite Meteorological Center, CMA

No. 1 The 40 th Anniversary of NSMC The 40 th anniversary of NSMC/CMA is celebrated with symposia, exhibition and performance. We are grateful to those who were involved in this celebration.

The Celebration

FY-3B was launched on 5 Nov during the GEO Ministerial Summit. The in-orbit handover was held on 26 May, Since then, FY-3A and FY-3B have formed an AM-PM observing network. No. 2 The Launch and Handover of FY-3B

The Ozone hole over North Pole was observed by the FY-3B on March 14, The 1 st visible multi-orbit mosaic image of China from FY-3B VIRR The Imaging and Monitoring of FY-3B

6 2008FY-2E 2008FY-3A (R&D) 2011FY-2F 2010FY-3B (R&D) 2012FY-3C(Op) 2014FY-3D(Op) 2013FY-2G 2014FY-4A (R&D) 2016FY-3E(Op) 2016FY-RM(R&D) 2017FY-4B (Op) 2018FY-3F (Op) 2020FY-RM22019FY-4C(Op) 2015FY-2F Road Map of FY Satellite Development by 2020 FY-2F is scheduled to be launched in January, 2012

The initiative of the Asia/Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users’ Conference was advocated by the NSMC/CMA and supported by the MeteoSat owners and users in A/O region. The 1 st Conference was hosted by the NSMC/CMA in Beijing in conjunction with the GEO 7 th plenary and Ministerial Summit in November, The 2nd AOMSUC will be hosted by the JMA in Tokyo in early December, NO.3 1st Asia/Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users’ Conference

The 1 st CMA and EUMETSAT Satellite Application workshop was organized in Beijing in May No. 4 International cooperation Bilateral Cooperation with EUMETSAT Satellite data acquisition and dissemination, strategy for the data exchange, data calibration and validation, satellite application were put on the agenda and discussed by scientists from both sides.

The 1st CMA and NOAA Satellite high level working meeting was scheduled for September and postponed to December, Bilateral Cooperation with NOAA

In Sep and Aug. 2011, Dr Camara, Director of the INPE and Chair of CEOS 2010, made visits to NSMC/CMA. Both sides further exchanged views on relevant cooperative activities of the China-Brazil cooperation, and made specific proposals for the implementation of the memorandum. Bilateral Cooperation with INPE

NSMC/CMA will send delegates to the GEO Plenary in Istanbul, Turkey. CGMS held in St. Petersburg, on 3-7 October CGMS Involvement in international organization affairs