Report from EUMETSAT 17 th GSICS Executive Panel

Report from EUMETSAT 17 th GSICS Executive Panel, Biot, 2 -3 June 2016 Presenter Ken Holmlund GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2 -3 June 2016 1

Current EUMETSAT satellite fleet Sentinel -3 a METOP -A and -B (LOW-EARTH, SUN-SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT) (LOW-EARTH, SUN – SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT) Copernicus Global Marine and Land Environment Mission Operated by EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM/INITIAL JOINT POLAR SYSTEM JASON-2, -3 (LOW-EARTH, 63° INCL. NON SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT) OCEAN SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MISSION METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION -9, -10, -11 (GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT) TWO-SATELLITE SYSTEM: - METEOSAT-11: IN-ORBIT BACKUP - METEOSAT-10: FULL DISK IMAGERY MISSION AT 0° (15 MN) - METEOSAT-9: RAPID SCAN SERVICE OVER EUROPE AT 9. 5°E (5 MN) METEOSAT – 7 (1 st GENERATION) (GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT) INDIAN OCEAN DATA COVERAGE MISSION AT 57° 5 E (UNTIL END 2016)

Current EUMETSAT satellite fleet – end 2016 Sentinel -3 a METOP -A and -B (LOW-EARTH, SUN-SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT) (LOW-EARTH, SUN – SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT) Copernicus Global Marine and Land Environment Mission Operated by EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM/INITIAL JOINT POLAR SYSTEM JASON-2, -3 (LOW-EARTH, 63° INCL. NON SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT) OCEAN SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MISSION METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION -9, -10, -11 (GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT) TWO-SATELLITE SYSTEM: - METEOSAT-11: IN-ORBIT BACKUP - METEOSAT-10: FULL DISK IMAGERY MISSION AT 0° (15 MN) - METEOSAT-9: RAPID SCAN SERVICE OVER EUROPE AT 9. 5°E (5 MN) METEOSAT -8 (2 nd GENERATION) (GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT) INDIAN OCEAN DATA COVERAGE MISSION AT 40° E (TBD June 2016)

EUMETSAT commitment to long term continuity. . . YEAR. . . 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 METEOSAT FIRST GENERATION METEOSAT-7 METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION …Extended lifetime. . . . . METEOSAT-8 …Extended lifetime. . . METEOSAT-9 …Extended lifetime. . . METEOSAT-10 METEOSAT-11 ……. . . ………. . METEOSAT THIRD GENERATION MTG-I-1 : IMAGERY MTG-S-1: SOUNDING Currently scheduled for launch 10/2018 Mandatory Programmes MTG-I-2: IMAGERY MTG-I-3: IMAGERY MTG-S-2: SOUNDING EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM (EPS) METOP-A MTG-I-4: IMAGERY …Extended lifetime. . . METOP-B …Extended lifetime. . . METOP-C …Extended lifetime. . . METOP SECOND GENERATION Launched 17. 01. 2016 METOP-SG-A 1 METOP-SG-B 1 METOP-SG-A 2 METOP-SG-B 2 Operational Development METOP-SG-A 3 JASON-2 JASON-3 Launched 16. 02. 2016 METOP-SG-B 3 JASON CONTINUITY OF SERVICE (JASON-CS) Optional and Third Party Programmes COPERNICUS SENTINEL-3 SENTINEL-4 ON MTG-S SENTINEL-5 ON EPS-SG YEAR. . . 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

EUMETSAT Personnel involved in GSICS Executive Panel • Ken Holmlund EUMETSAT representative Data Working Group • Peter Miu Co-chair + Data management expert • Simon Elliott Formats Expert Research Working Group • Tim Hewison Co-chair GRWG + chair Infrared sub-group • Sébastien Wagner VIS/NIR + Lunar calibration • Rob Roebeling Archive re-calibration • Rosemary Munro Chair UV sub-group • Joerg Ackermann Microwave Supported by • Bartolomeo Viticchiè VIS/NIR + Lunar calibration • Viju John Infrared (Meteosat - HIRS) + MW • Anne O’ Carroll Infrared (SLSTR & AVHRR - IASI) Point of Contact for Operational Matters • Harald Rothfuss

EUMETSAT’s Current and prospective GSICS Products Product Status Comments GEO-LEO IR NRTC, RAC MSG 3 -IASIA MSG 2 -IASIA MSG 1 -IASIA? MSGn-IASIB? Operational - Extend GPPA? - First operational GSICS products!! GEO-LEO IR NRTC, RAC MVIRI-IASI Demo - ATBD handed over to Climate Team - no further development planned GEO-LEO IR RAC Prime SEVIRI-Prime Submitted to Demo Stalled in GPPA Won’t progress beyond Demo without user GEO-LEO VIS NRTC, RAC DCC: MSG 2 -Aqua/MODIS Submitted to Demo Stalled in GPPA Will be merged with Lunar… GEO-LEO VIS/NIR Lunar: GEO-VIIRS? In development Ongoing external study to validate GIRO Spectral Band Adjustment Factors LEO-LEO VIS AVHRR-GOME 2 In development - Monitored instrument “family”? * - Reference instrument “family”? * GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2 -3 June 2016 7

Highlights of other EUMETSAT calibration activities of interest to the EP • SLSTR commissioning SLSTR-IASI – Embargoed! • OLCI commissioning • HIRS-IASI – insights into HIRS calibration for non-nominal filter wheel operation • Instrument Pre-launch calibration and characterization data requirements • GIRO and GLOD – licensing issues • DOIs now issued for GSICS documents and RAC datasets • Instrument Information landing pages • GDWG Co-chairing • UV Sub-Group chairing • IR Sub-Group chairing – GSICS IR Reference Sensor Traceability and Uncertainty Report GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2 -3 June 2016 8

Feedback on GSICS deliverables • Satellite data users (internal or external) – Published report on impact of prototype GSICS Corrections for MVIRI on AMVs and other L 2 products – Coordination of GEO-ring test dataset for SCOPE-CM/IOGEO – Delayed! • As a satellite operator – Enhanced GSICS Plotting Tool functionality: • Now handles SEVIRI-IASI + PRIME, MVIRI, HIRS products – Cooperation with EU Horizon 2020 project FIDUCEO: • Agreeing vocabulary, reviewing inter-calibration approaches • Uncertainty analysis of MVIRI calibration (incl SRFs) • Analysing SLSTR commissioning with IASI – Supporting MFG reprocessing GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2 -3 June 2016 9

All uncertainties are standard k=1. Critical requirements in bold. Any other points that you may wish to raise • Issues or suggestions for discussion by the GSICS EP • Covered under agenda items 8, 9, 11, 16 • Incl draft requirements for SEVIRI NRTC products: Monitored platform Meteosat Second Generation Monitored instrument SEVIRI Channels IR Abs cal acc req 0. 7 K Med-term stability req 0. 1 K/day Long-term stability req 0. 3 K/decade Inter-channel cal acc Max lead-time 24 h (NRTC) Update frequency Daily Consistency between 0. 7 K monitored instruments Consistency between 0. 3 K reference instruments Preferred format for As function of radiance Uncertainty estimates and time Meteosat Second Generation SEVIRI VIS/NIR 5% 0. 1%/day 2%/decade (lifetime) 5% 1 month Daily 5% 2% For typical scenes, as a function of time Critical requirements in bold. All uncertainties are standard k=1. GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2 -3 June 2016 10