1. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 1 Rolf Stuhlmann, Antonio Rodriguez, Stepehen Tjemkes EUMETSAT, Programme Development Department and Jean-Loup Bézy, Donny Aminou, Paolo Bensi ESA, Earth Observation Future Programmes Department 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 11, 2004 Broomfield, Colorado Plans for EUMETSAT’s Third Generation Meteosat (MTG) Geostationary Satellite Program

2. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 2 Planning: Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) 2015: NOMINAL NEED DATE FOR MTG 2009-2014 : DEVELOPMENT/ON-GROUND TEST OF MTG SYSTEM 2007-2009: COORDINATED ESA & EUM PREPARATORY PROGRAMMES (PHASE B) APPROVAL PROCESSES: MTG PROGRAMMES (ESA & EUMETSAT) 2005-2007: MTG PHASE A STUDIES FOR SELECTED MISSION CONCEPTS APPROVAL PROCESSES: MTG PREPARATORY PROGRAMMES (ESA & EUMETSAT) 2001-2005: “USER CONSULTATION PROCESS” & PRE-PHASE A STUDIES –2004 - 2005 PHASE 2: PRE-PHASE A STUDIES, EVALUATION/PRE-SELECTION OF MISSION CONCEPTS –2001 - 2004: PHASE 1: HIGH LEVEL USER NEEDS & PRIORITIES AGREED, PREPARATION OF PRE- PHASE A STUDIES Time

3. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 3 Establish agreed high level user needs and priorities Identify and assess relevant observing techniques Extract relevant mission requirements Perform technology, sensor and system level concept studies Baseline End User, System Requirements Confirm Programme Proposal Define Development Plan MTG Planning System Req. Rev. / Programme approval Prelim. Req. Rev. Mission Def. Review 200120022006200520042003201020092008200720142013201220112015 0 Needs Identification/ Mission Analysis A Feasibility B Preliminary Definition E Utilisation Define, consolidate user requirements Select final mission/system concept, assess feasibility Assess uncertainties, risks and critical path Investigate cost, schedule, organisation of development, operation C/D Detailed Definition/ Production and Testing User Consultation Process

4. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 4 Traceability - observations/information - non observational User Needs & Priorities Lower level user requirts Customer Strategies Requirements & Logic Driver or input Selected/relevant observing techniques High level user requirements RS Experts NMSs & ECMWF Application Expert Groups Mission Teams (Remote Sensing & Application Experts) AEG Position Papers (maintained) Strategy documents Documents Assessment of observing techniques Lower level user requirements MTG Mission Requirements (MRD) High level user requirements for selected techniques

5. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 5 Assessment of Observing Techniques

6. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 6 Assessment of Observing Techniques

7. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 7 Go to: Preparation of Future Programmes sub-dir MTG http://www.eumetsat.de

8. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 8 MTG Missions Based on the assessment of observing techniques, five candidate observation missions identified for MTG  Three distinct imagery missions dedicated to operational meteorology, with emphasis on nowcasting and very short term forecasting: -The High Resolution Fast Imagery (HRFI) mission, enhancement of the MSG HRV-channel mission; -The Full Disk High Spectral resolution Imagery (FDHSI) mission, successor to the MSG SEVIRI mission; -The Lightning Imagery (LI) mission;  An Infrared Sounding (IRS) mission focussed on operational meteorology, with some potential relevance to atmospheric chemistry;  An UV/Visible sounding (UVS) mission dedicated to atmospheric chemistry

9. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 9 MTG Non Observational Missions and Services  Non Observational Missions  Data Collection and Distribution mission for DCPs  External Meteorological Data, collection and distribution to MTG users  Level 2+ Product Extraction mission  Services to MTG users  Near real-time  Non real-time  On-line (for both)  Data dissemination: assumed to be implemented by independent commercial services based on mass market technology and standards

10. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 10 High Resolution Fast Imagery(HRFI) Mission Successor of MSG HRV specified to meet the requirements for ‘information on rapid development phenomena’ Repeat cycle: 5 min Coverage: 18 o  6 o N/S or E/W variably placed ‘Rapid Scans’ over 6 o  6 o @ shorter repeat cycle  X: 0.5 km 1.0 km

11. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 11 High Resolution Fast Imagery(HRFI) Mission Spatial resolution at SSP: 0.5 km - 1.0 km Under review

12. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 12 Full Disk High Spectral Resolution Imagery (FDHSI) Mission Successor to remaining SEVIRI mission specified to meet the requirements for ‘quantitative information’ Repeat cycle: 10 min 18 o  18 o Full Disk Coverage 18 o  6 o Local Area Cov. @ shorter repeat cycle  X: 1 km 3 km

13. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 13 FDHSI Mission MSG heritage New Channels Under review Options

14. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 14 FDHSI Mission FD-OPT 1 Under review

15. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 15 FDHSI Mission FD-OPT 2 # of channels as well as position and width under review

16. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 16 IR Sounding (IRS) Mission

17. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 17 IR Sounding (IRS) Mission Region I:  X=6km corresponding to IE  0.7@1  X(=6km); IE  0.97@2  X(=12km); IE  0.99@3  X(=18km) Region II III:  X=3km corresponding to IE  0.7@1  X(=3km); IE  0.97@2  X(=6km); IE  0.99@3  X(=9km)

18. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 18 Synchronous Imaging Requirements VIS, TIR-1 GOAL  X=0.5km TIR-2 Threshold  X=1.0km IR Sounder Pixel: @ IE=0.70 @ IE=0.97 @ IE=0.99 Coverage Synchronous Imaging: Sounder Spatial Sampling Distance Grid @ 6 km Imager TIR-2 Spatial Resolution Grid @ 1 km

19. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 19 Synchronous Imaging Requirements Sounder Inbuilt Imager Imagery mission Relaxed time co-registration requirement Good co-registration in time/ good correlation Easy to correlate Need: Information on ’scene content in sounder pixel General information on characterisation of scene Large collection of data very limited number of channels Larger number of channels

20. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 20 LAC: Local Area Coverage (placed variable) FDC: Full Disk Coverage UV-VIS Sounding (UVS) mission UVS no direct MSG heritage but from user point of view related to ERS, EPS GOME, ENVISAT SCIAMACHY designed to capture regional, diurnal and sporadic behaviour due to biological, photochemical, and even volcanic factors focus is on spatial scales of 10 km over Europe Requested spatial resolution:  X=4km@SSP

21. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 21 UV-VIS Sounding (UVS) mission Spectral Bands and Applications

22. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 22 UV-VIS Sounding (UVS) mission Threshold Resolving Power requires Goal Signal to Noise and vice versa

23. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 23 Lightning Imagery (LI) Mission priority is given to detect the weakest events over the complete 18 degree disk! ask for extremely demanding thresholds requires currently 4 identical heads Accepted relaxation: reduce observed area to 16 degree (red dotted circle) shift 16 degree disk North to capture northern Member States (shifted yellow dotted circle)

24. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 24

25. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 25 Stirling Cooler Thermal Radiators HRFI FDHSI X Z = North (winter) Y = West (winter) LI IRS UVS Stirling Cooler Thermal Radiators X Z = North (winter) Y = West (winter) Thermal Radiators Cryo- Heatpipes LI Example of implementation scenario at spacecraft level 1100mm 910mm 1350mm HRFI FDHSI IRS LI UVS

26. 3-rd GOES-R Users’ Conference, May 10-13, 2004, Broomfield, Colorado MET/RSt 28-04-04 Page 26 MTG Phase 0: Planning Overview Pre-Phase A System Studies Up to 3 parallel Studies ESA ITT Preparation Bids EUM Preparatory Studies IR Sounding Workshop & MRD Review Q4 2005 Mission Definition Review Instruments Concept Studies February 2003March 2004 User Consultation Workshop Mission Concepts Two parallel Studies (Astrium & Alcatel) July 2004 April 2004 Mid-Term Reviews January 2005 September 2005 MRD and Programmatic Assumptions Review Phase 0 Closeout & Phase A Preparation MRD/PARD Preparation Assessment of Observing Techniques User Consultation/Workshop high level needs/priorities Other workshops