1. Agency, version?, Date 2012 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS JMA,CGMS-41,July 2013 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS STATUS OF JMA‘S DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM - Japan Meteorological Agency - Presentation to CGMS-41 (JMA-WP-08) Slide: 1

2. Agency, version?, Date 2012 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS JMA,CGMS-41,July 2013 STATUS OF JMA‘S DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM CGMS-41 JMA-WP-08 CONTENTS  Introduction  Tidal/tsunami data collection via MTSAT-DCS  Next generation DCS data flowchart  Expansion of tidal/tsunami DCPs for which MTSAT-DCS regional channels are used  Distribution of tidal/tsunami DCP data to GTS via MTSAT-DCS  Requests for the use of MTSAT-DCS Slide: 2

3. Agency, version?, Date 2012 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS JMA,CGMS-41,July 2013 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS  JMA has been operating the Data Collection System (DCS) since its first Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (GMS) was launched in 1977  As follow-on satellites to the current MTSAT-1R and MTSAT-2, spacecraft Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 are scheduled to enter operation in 2015 and 2017, respectively. Slide: 3 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS INTORODUCTION GMS series MTSAT-1R MTSAT-2 Himawari-8 Himawari-9

4. Agency, version?, Date 2012 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS JMA,CGMS-41,July 2013 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS CDAS* Slide: 4 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS MTSAT MSC (1.6GHz band) Acoustic gauge Pressure sensor Acoustic gauge Pressure sensor Tidal Observatory Transmission of Data Transmission interval: 6min, 12 min, 15 min or 1 hour Transmission length should not exceed 1 min National Meteorological & Hydrological Services (NMHSs) PTWC Report of tidal data (402MHz band) Tidal/tsunami data collection via MTSAT-DCS * Command and Data Acquisition Station of MSC Web,mail GTS JMA HQ Tidal Observatory

5. Agency, version?, Date 2012 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS JMA,CGMS-41,July 2013 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS Slide: 5 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS Main Antenna Site (HATOYAMA) JMA HQ Himawari-9 Sub Antenna Site & Data Center (HOKKAIDO) Main Data Center (ITABASHI) MSC (KIYOSE) Backup (OSAKA) TOKYO area (18 GHz band) Next generation DCS data flowchart Himawari-8 DCPs (402 MHz band)

6. Agency, version?, Date 2012 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS JMA,CGMS-41,July 2013 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS Slide: 6 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS Cocos Is. Jackson Bay Pohnpei Minami Torishima Is. Ust-Kamchatsk Severo-Kurisk Legaspi Malakal Manila Davao Colombo Saipan Yap Lombrum Majuro Betio Apia Rarotonga Lautoka Port Vila Nauru Honiara Funafuti Nuku’Alofa Kings Wharf SAUMLAKI AMBON : ~2010 Lifou Hienghene Futuna Ouinne Chittagong Ko Taphao Noi Vung Tau Qui Nhon Diego Garcia Bitung Mare : 2011 : 2012 : 2013.1~4 : 2013.5~ Expansion of tidal/tsunami DCPs for which MTSAT-DCS regional channels are used

7. Agency, version?, Date 2012 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS JMA,CGMS-41,July 2013 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS Slide: 7 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS Distribution of tidal/tsunami DCP data to GTS via MTSAT-DCS 100000 80000 60000 40000 20000 0 Apr 2013 Mar 2013 Feb 2013Jan 2013 Dec 2012Nov 2012Oct 2012Sep 2012Aug 2012Jul 2012Jun 2012May 2012Apr 2012Mar 2012Feb 2012Jan 2012

8. Agency, version?, Date 2012 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS JMA,CGMS-41,July 2013 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS Slide: 8 Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS Requests for the use of MTSAT-DCS  Vietnam’s plan to install more than 100 hydrometeorological DCP stations for disaster prevention along the Mekong River  Fiji’s request for a new tidal DCP station  A request from France’s Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM) for new tidal DCP stations in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific  Requests from The University of Hawaii Sea Level Center (UHSLC) for developments including transition of the use of DCS from Metsat-7 to MTSAT and improvement of data collection periodicity