RTH Toulouse Current Status September 2010 2 Plan

RTH Toulouse: Current Status September 2010

2 Plan § § § § GTS links WMO recommendations WMO Monitoring Upgrade plan Transmet (MSS) and Difmet (FSS) RETIM via EUMETCAST migration ODC (Opera Data Center) implementation VGISC development and operational schedule Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

3 GTS links Link to Circuit type Speed Protocol Offenbach RMDCN 8 Mb/s Shared WMO FTP Exeter RMDCN 8 Mb/s Shared WMO FTP Rome RMDCN 8 Mb/s Shared WMO FTP Madrid RMDCN 8 Mb/s Shared WMO FTP Brussels RMDCN 8 Mb/s Shared WMO FTP Lisbon RMDCN 8 Mb/s Shared WMO FTP + FTP pull mode Sofia RMDCN 8 Mb/s Shared WMO FTP Athens RMDCN 8 Mb/s Shared WMO FTP Delhi RMDCN 8 Mb/s Shared WMO FTP Prague RMDCN 8 Mb/s Shared FTP pull mode ECMWF RMDCN 8 Mb/s Shared FTP data dissemination EUMETSAT RMDCN 8 Mb/s Shared FTP RETIM dissemination Dakar VSAT (ASECNA) 64 Kb/s WMO FTP + permanent backup via Internet Niamey VSAT (ASECNA) 64 Kb/s WMO FTP + permanent backup via Internet Brazzaville VSAT (ASECNA) 64 Kb/s WMO FTP Algiers Leased line 64 Kb/s WMO FTP Tunis Leased line 64 Kb/s WMO FTP Casablanca Leased line 128 Kb/s (RMDCN soon) WMO FTP Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

4 WMO and AMSS recommendations § Alpha bulletins files with. a. b > 15 K – All bulletins “Alpha”. a and. b >15 K are disseminated with. f or. b – Other no limits § TAC to BUFR migration started (TEMP, CLIMAT and SYNOP) § Message switch system is compatible with ISO 8859 -1 for Alpha bulletins § WMO file name convention has been integrated – With PFlag T A W Z in input – With Pflag T A W in output Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

5 Internet § § Speed: 150 MB/s Backup for RMDCN in pull mode Research traffic Used by ALADIN community for products delivery Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

6 RMDCN September the 3 rd § Input § Output Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

7 Upgrade plan § RMDCN – According to our needs, RMDCN will be upgraded from 8 Mbs to 10 Mbs in 2011 § Dakar, Niamey, Brazzaville – X 25 Migration To IP through ASECNA VSAT (64 Kb/s) • WMO FTP – Set up a backup link through Internet Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

8 Monitoring METDATA used for monitoring § § § The annual Global Monitoring (AGM) The integrated WWW Monitoring (IWM) – Collect information from Madrid, Lisbon, Rome, Brussels Special MTN Monitoring (SMM) IWM – Raw data – Pre_analysis (AIREP, AMDAR) § The special Antarctic Monitoring (SAM) § Problems to provide Raw data and Pre_analysis with METDATA Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

Transmet CONCENTRATION DISSEMINATION § Concentration and data dissemination ( For GTS and National issues) – 73000 headers – 300 links for dissemination – Alpha : per day • Reception : 350. 000 bulletins; Volume 600 Mb. • Dissemination : 6. 000 bulletins Volume 7 Gb. – Graphic : per day • Reception : 280. 000 bulletins; Volume 74 Gb. • Dissemination : 1. 300. 000 bulletins Volume 450 Gb Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse 9

Transmet Dissemination links § Email ( compatible with WMO recommendations): per day – Email in management : 1200 distinct address – Number of email sent by day : 4000 emails § Fax : per day – Fax on in calling: 900 Number of Fax – Number of Fax sent by day: 300 Fax § Number of dissemination links for Alpha and Graphic : – 300 Alpha links and Graphic links – GTS, AFTN, overseas services, regional services, Military, Retim… Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse 10

11 Satellite Dissemination RETIM Via EUMETCAST § RETIM Europe – 2 Mb/s § Retim Africa – 256 Kb/s § Number of RETIM receivers held: – 700 receivers § Dissemination program available on “C 2“ volume Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

12 Difmet FSS § In operation since the second half of 2010 § More flexibilities for files dissemination – Dissemination protocol available • ftp, email, Fax, SMS, Voice – Compatible with the WMO file naming when “Pflag” eq “W” § Two concentration modes available – Addressed mode • The product supplier can send these products including an “XML” file with the full description for routing dissemination (protocol, final name…) – Dictionary mode • The product must be defined and the routing tables updated before dissemination § Through the monitoring interface, a product can be followed from production to delivery Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

13 Transmet MSS evolution § Meteo-France is considering enhancing Transmet, the French MSS, starting in 2011 – – New operators GUI Improved GUI for administrators Merged processing of Alpha and graphic data …TBD Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

14 RETIM via EUMETCAST migration § In collaboration with EUMETSAT, we have migrated RETIM 2000 to RETIM on EUMETCAST. – RETIM on EUMETCAST receivers are standard PCs under linux with PCI DVB card. – The system is compatible for a reception on all EUMETCAST receivers – No change for the end user applications – The dissemination from the receiver to the end user application is made through EUMETSAT’s EFTS-AGENTS software § The new system RETIM on EUMETCAST is fully operational and the old system RETIM 2000 was stopped on 16 of August 2010 Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

15 RETIM receiver § In the RETIM evolution to EUMETCAST, Météo-France has provided new receivers to ACMAD and 11 NMSs – Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia and Ukraine. Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

16 RETIM on EUMETCAST general scheme EUROBIRD Backup ground segment via Internet 9 Atlantic. Bird Meteo France RETIM Backup Meteo Turnaround France RETIM Telespasio Italie RMDCN RETIM Uplink Provider Usingen External Data Provider n EUMETSAT Service Management Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse RETIM Users Europe Africa 3

17 ODC: Opera Data Center § Operated by UKMO and MF – Load sharing, backup § In January 2011, the ODC will become the European weather radar data centre, in WMO terms a DCPC. § The ODC will enable the creation of high quality radar composites for the European domain, using common processing and compositing algorithms. § The ODC might also act as a data centre, allowing NMS’s to access raw weather radar data from the whole of Europe. Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

18 ODC communications Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

19 National Centres to ODC § Each NC will have a primary and secondary node § In the event of failure in Exeter or Toulouse all data sent to the other § Data used in compositing exchanged between nodes Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

20 VGISC development and operational schedule § We are developing a software, Open. WIS, in collaboration with Met § Office, Korean Meteorological Administration, Bureau of Meteorology … And supported by Météo France International § (description in the next slide) § The pre-operational phase is planned for April 2011 Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

21 What Open. WIS will do § GISC – – – – § Maintain and publish catalogues Discovery and search data Synchronise data Routine data exchange Supply data on request Maintain 24 h cache of data Manage users Backup between centres DCPC – Maintain and publish catalogues and metadata – Routine data supply – Supply data on request – Manage users – Interface to internal systems § NC – Maintain and publish catalogues and metadata – Routine data supply – Supply data on request – Manage users – Interface to internal systems Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

22 Open. Wis Timeline 2009 2010 Invitation To Tender 2011 Development phase 1 Development Acceptance phase 2 awarded contract CBS prototype v 1. 0 WMO Congress pre-operational version Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse Operations

23 Building Open. WIS Access / Follow Requests Logos and J-P’s diagrams METADATA SERVICE meta data ADMIN PORTAL Discovery / Administration Browse / Monitoring Search DAR SECURITY SERVICE Administration Monitoring DATA SERVICE Catalogue Access Authenticate Synchronization Replication Authorize Collection Harvesting Local System Jacques Anquetil Cache Access DAR MSS / FSS User Store Dissemination Météo France RTH Toulouse global data 24 Hour Cache Request Processing WIS harnesses Legacy Databases outbound to users global data

24 Building Open. WIS – con’t INTERNET Virtual Organisation Metadata Synchronization Data Replication GISC A GISC B Metadata Synchronization Data Replication synchronization processes and backup functions DCPC 1 NC 1 RMDCN NC 2 Jacques Anquetil Météo France RTH Toulouse

Many thanks for attention