1. Himawari-8 Project Plans and Status

2. Background 2 NESDIS is implementing a capability to ingest Advanced Himawari Imager data from JMA, process and generate radiance and winds products, and distribute products to users, beginning in July 2015. H-8 is planned to transition to full operational capability at the NSOF in July 2016 and/or after PDA is declared operational. – The operational Data Ingest and Distribution functional areas will be provided by the Product Distribution and Access (PDA) subsystem, currently in development and test. – The requirement for PDA delays implementation at the NSOF, resulting in a need for an Interim Demonstration Capability until 2016. *H-9 is the planned replacement to H-8 at its end of life (2022) *

3. Himawari-8 Project Status and Plans Recent Events & Accomplishments – Began testing receipt of data from Japan Meteorological Agency HimawariCloud on 13 March 2015; operational testing to begin in April 2015. – Completed NESDIS ESPC Network 10G Upgrade installation and test; transition to operations to be conducted by OSPO in April 2015. – Completed Software Critical Design Review on 26 March 2015. 3 First test images from Himawari-8 (Image credit: 18 December 2014, Japan Meteorological Agency) Himawari-8 Spacecraft (Artist’s Conception) Artist's rendition of the deployed Himawari-8 spacecraft (image credit: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)

4. Himawari Project Plans and Status Interim Demonstration Capability (IDC) 4 NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) is developing and planning to host the IDC (including Data Ingest, Data Processing and Product Generation, and Data and Product Distribution). – STAR currently is committed to hosting the IDC for 12 months, i.e. from July 2015 to July 2016. – Support by STAR is provided during normal working hours during the IDC period. AHI Data Ingest – STAR will pull the AHI data from JMA via the HimawariCloud service, using the SINET and Internet II data paths. – Data Ingest will be provided by the PDA when transitioned to the NSOF in 2016. Data Processing and Product Generation – STAR is implementing a data processing and product generation capability, which they will support during the IDC. – NESDIS is currently assessing alternatives for the operational data processing and product generation system at the NSOF. Data and Product Distribution – STAR is implementing a Secure FTP server within the STAR Central Data Repository (SCDR) from which NWS and DOD can pull the needed data and products. The server is connected to the NOAA Metro Area Network (MAN), recently upgraded to 10G capacity. For DOD, the connection to the Secure FTP server in SCDR would be via standard Internet. Another option for DOD access to data and products during the IDC is potentially available via the ESPC Data Acquisition, Processing and Exchange (DAPE) Gateway; this is still being evaluated. – Data and Product Distribution to users will be via the PDA when transitioned to the NSOF.

5. Current Himawari-8 Images Image Loops from Colorado State University – Himawari-8 Band 13 (10.4 µm) - Sector 6 5 Click image for live data image loop (live internet required)