1. N A T I O N A L O C E A N I C A N D A T M O S P H E R I C A D M I N I S T R A T I O N NOAA/NESDIS Himawari 8 TeamAug 15 2013 NOAA/NESDIS Himawari-8/9 Planning Keith Amburgey, NESDIS Michael Laufer, NESDIS John Paquette, NESDIS

2. Himawari-8/9 raw data JMA H-8 Distribution/Dissemination Scheme NSOF/ESPC/PDA All imagery (including full resolution data) CTS Uplink Commercial Telecommunication Satellite (CTS) C-band (4 GHz) Level 1b HRIT 5 channels (until 2017) JMA Cloud Service Internet2 Level 1b 16 channels H-8 Level 1b 5 channels, MTSAT-2 Equiv. Pacific Region DRO Sites SINET MTSAT-2

3. NameIntervalChannel & Resolution Size Full Disc Observation Standard Data Format 10 minAll (16) channels #3: 0.5 km #1, 2, 4: 1 km #5-16: 2 km 329 GB (1 day) #3: 930 MB (10 min) #1, 2, 4: 230 MB (10 min) #5-16: 60MB (10 min) HRIT (same as MTSAT) 10 min (TBD) 5 channels Vis: 1 km IR: 4 km 41 GB (1 day) Vis: 230 MB, IR: 15 MB (10 min) LRIT (same as MTSAT) 10 min (TBD) 3 channels 5 km 432 MB (1 day) each: 1 MB (10 min) H-8/9 Data Size via NREN and CTS

4. N A T I O N A L O C E A N I C A N D A T M O S P H E R I C A D M I N I S T R A T I O N NOAA/NESDIS Himawari 8 TeamAug 15 2013 Parallel Activities -NOAA & JMA agreed to use National Research and Education Network (NREN)/Internet2 to transmit the full 16 spectral channels from H-8 to the NSOF ESPC for further distribution to users -Formal data requirements (e.g., data formats, level 2 products) not established -Direct Readout Availability -Following commissioning of Himawari-8, MTSAT-2 HRIT data will be available via DRO till Himawari-9 commissioning, 2017 -NESDIS will reformat 3 channels to H8/9 LRIT imagery and disseminate it via GOES-West DRO -Himawari-8 (5 channels equivalent to MTSAT-2 at 10 min frequency) will be rebroadcast via a JMA supplied COMSAT -Data flow from NSOF to all NWS users (Pacific Region, Alaska Region, National Centers) addressed by the NOAA Integrated Dissemination Program (PM, Luis Cano) and subproject NWS Ground Readiness Project (PM, Brian Gockel) -Logical DoD data flow which potentially could connect to NWS networks, needs to be addressed through GRP