1. WMO SDS-WAS programme. Regional Center for Northern Africa, Middle East and Europe. Activity Report 2010-2011 Enric Terradellas, José M. Baldasano, Emilio Cuevas and Francesco Benincasa Meeting of the Regional Steering Group. Antalya, Turkey, 25-26 Nov. 2011

2. The Regional Center The Regional Center is jointly managed by AEMET and the BSC-CNS. It is located in Barcelona, at BSC- CNS premises

3. Objetives of the Regional Center  Lead the implementation and operation of an integrated system of observation and prediction  Identify and improve observational and forecast products  Promote the creation and improvement of observational networks in developing countries.  Facilitate user access to information  Create and maintain a website  Create alternative systems tailored to users  Build capacity of countries to use the products supplied

4. Monitor atmospheric dust Validate products from other observing systems Validate and verify model predictions Data assimilation into numerical models Ground-based In-situ (AQ monitoring stations) Indirect Observations: visibility Sun photometers (AERONET) Lidar, ceilometers Satellite-based GEO LEO, MEO Specific objectives Observing systems Integrated observational system

5. In-situ observations (AQ stations)  Rural background stations  Near-real-time data

6. Visibility Tamanrasset, Algeria, 20-22 Feb. 2007

7. Cimel Electronique CE318 June 200929 June 2009 – Solar Village, Saudi Arabia

8. Lidar - Ceilometer An elastic lidar and a ceilometer work following the same principle, but  The aim of LIDAR is to measure backscattering by molecules and aerosol.  The aim of ceilometers is to measure backscattering by clouds EARLINET Potenza, 26 June 2006 Ceilometer CHM15kx (manufactured by JenOptik)

9. GEO satellites. Products from SEVIRI EUMETSAT RGB-dust UKMO dust AOD 550 nm (qualitative) (quantitative) 4 July 2010 12:00 UTC

10. Products from LEO and MEO satellites MODIS True Color 6 Apr. 2011 OMI CALIPSO 7 Apr. 2011 PARASOL

11. SDS-África Tamanrasset, Algeria Cairo, Egypt

12. Dust models BSC-DREAM8b MACC-ECMWF INCA-LMDzT MÉTÉO-FRANCE CHIMERE SKIRON TAU-DREAM8b NAAPS DREAM8-SEEVCCC

13. Joint visualization  BSC-DREAM8b  MACC-ECMWF  INCA-LMDzT  SFC. CONCENTRATION  DUST AOD 550 nm

14. Model evaluation

15. Sep. 2011 Time-averaged products

16. http://sds-was.aemet.es HOME ABOUT US FORECAST & PRODUCTS PROJECTS & RESEARCH MATERIALS NEWS EVENTS CONTACT US sdswas@aemet.es

17. Atlantic Bird 3 C-Band EUMETCast

18. Capacity Building Barcelona, Nov. 2010 8-12: Training Week on Satellite Meteorology 15-19: Training Week on WMO SDS-WAS products

19. Lectures on atmospheric mineral dust and its impact on human health, environment and economy Barcelona, 13 Nov. 2010 Photo: Txus

20. Training on Meteorological Services, SDS Forecast and Early Warning System. Istanbul, 22-26 February 2011 2nd. Training Course on WMO SDS-WAS (satellite and ground observation and modelling of atmospheric dust). Antalya, 21-25 Nov. 2011

21. WMO SDS-WAS programme Regional Center for Northern Africa, Middle East and Europe http://sds-was.aemet.es sdswas@aemet.es eterradellasj@aemet.es http://sds-was.aemet.es sdswas@aemet.es eterradellasj@aemet.es