Update on Satellite Observations Chris Velden University of Wisconsin -- CIMSS • Current Status • Future Geostationary Satellites • Future Polar Satellites • AMVs • GPM Constellation The 8 th meeting of the WMO Data Assimilation and Observing System (DAOS) Working Group Beijing, China, 27-28 th October 2015
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Update on Satellite Observations Chris Velden University of Wisconsin -- CIMSS Current Status Future Geostationary Satellites Future Polar Satellites AMVs.
Operational polar satellites USA: Suomi-NPP ATMS, CrIS Europe: METOP-A/B IASI, AMSU-A/MHS, GRAS Japan: GCOM-W1 AMSR-2 China: FY-3B & -3C: New MW channels at 118GHz on -3C India/France: Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR, SCARAB, MADRAS India/Italy: Oceansat-2 OCM, ROSA, OSCAT Russia: Meteor-M N2 CRIS-like, MHS-like ASCAT and RapidScat: scatterometer-derived ocean surface winds Cosmic constellation: GPS-RO bending angles (4 of 6 sats still operating) GPM constellation -- TRMM replacement Current Status
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METEOSAT-10 (0 Deg.) & -7 (Indian Ocean) & -9 (R/S), & -8 super R/S at 2.5 min intervals for limited periods. MSG-4 (Meteosat-11): under commissioning, will be put in in-orbit storage for 2 years, -8 may be moved to 40°E to provide continuation of Indian Ocean coverage ~end of 2016.
Near-Future Geostationary Satellites• Europe: Meteosat Third Generation Imager/ Sounder
• Launch in 2019/21, six satellites in two series (4+2), 3 axis stabilised• High spectral IR Sounder (IRS): 700-1210 and 1600-2175cm-1
• 16 channel VIS+IR Imager (FCI): 10min scan, 1-2km fov• Lightning Imager (LI)• UVNS: Sounder for atmospheric chemistry (Sentinel-4)• FCI and LI on imaging platforms (4); IRS and UVNS on sounder platforms (2)
• USA: GOES-R Series• -R launch slipped to late 2016 (West), -S launch in 2018 (East)• Advanced Imager (ABI)• Lightning Mapper • Space Weather instrument suite• http://www.goes-r.gov/ for more details
• Japan: Himawari-8 becoming operational now (with ABI instruments), -9 launch in 2016
• China: FY-4 series (IR Sounder, MW Sounder): 2016-2020 launches• Korea: COMS-Next (~2018)• India: INSAT-3DR (2016)• Russia: Electro N2: Expected launch Dec 2015
Transmission = direct readout) at – Barrow, Alaska, NOAA-18, -19– Rothera, Antarctica, NOAA-18, -19
• Historical GAC winds, 1982-2012. Two satellites throughout most of the time series.
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LEO-GEO• Combination of many geostationary and
polar-orbiting imagers• Fills the 60-70 degree latitude AMV gap• Quasi-operational (CIMSS)EWVIIRS• S-NPP (GOES-R AMV algorithm)• Direct broadcast at Fairbanks and