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Marianne König & many colleagues marianne.koenig@eumetsat.int

EUMETSAT Space Segment – Current and Future
Meteosat First
Generation
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Meteosat-6
Meteosat-7
MSG
Meteosat-8
Meteosat-9
Meteosat-10
Meteosat-11
MTG
EPS
Metop-A
Metop-B
Metop-C
Post-EPS
OSTM
Jason-2
Jason-3
GMES Sentinel 3
Rapid Scanning Service (RS) (10° E)
Primary Service (0° E)
3.4° W
IODC Backup (67.5° E)
IODC (57.5° E)
RS (10°E)
0°
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The "old" Meteosats: First Generation
Operational imager mission over the Indian Ocean
3-channel radiometer (VIS, IR, WV), image repeat cycle 30 minutes
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Meteosat-7: Go East!
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M7 Relocation (09 Jun – 04 Oct 2006)

Meteosat-6: An Interesting Case
Radiometric Anomaly needs correction through cross-calibration with e.g. MSG
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MSG – Operational Service since 2004
Meteosat-8: stand-by satellite, over 10 E, currently in "rapid scan" mode
Meteosat-9: operational satellite, over 0 deg
Some MSG facts:
• 12-channel radiometer ("SEVIRI")
• 15 minute repeat cycle for full disk scans
• 3 km pixel sampling distance, 1 km for HRV
• Series of 4 MSG satellites planned
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SEVIRI Overview
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HRV: A Special Case
High data rate allows only transmission of half a scan line.
Two block of "half lines" can be selected.
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(current setup)
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Meteosat-8 in Rapid Scan
Coverage every 5 minutes
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Curious Incident Observed by Meteosat-8
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MSG Benefits
Nowcasting severe convection, fog, etc.
Input to NWP (mainly through AMVs)
Airmass visualisation
Dust detection
Volcanic ash detection
Detailed cloud information (microphysics)
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Nowcasting Aspects
Big success of use of RGBs (set of "recommended RGBs")
Convection loop Europe Airmass loop Europe
Fog over Alps
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Special Events: Dust, Volcanic Ash
Dust outbreak over Sahara
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Volcanic Eruption (Karthala)

Detailed Cloud Information large warm water small cold ice small cold water large cold ice
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Meteosat Third Generation: Outlook
MTG IRS: Infrared Sounder
Fourier Transform Spectrometer
0.625 cm -1 spectral resolution, 700 – 2175 cm -1
Spatial resolution 4 km
Aim: support of NWP, mesoscale models
MTG UVN
(ultra-violet, visible and near-infrared radiometer)
Support of air chemistry
Provided as GMES Sentinel-4 instrument
MTG Lightning Imager (LI)
Detection of In-Cloud, Cloud-to-Cloud and Cloud- to-Ground Lightning Events
MTG FCI
Flexible Combined Imager
16 spectral channels, 10/2.5 min repeat cycle, 0.5-2 km resolution
Current Status: Twin Satellite configuration – FCI/LI and
IRS/UVN platforms, 4 FCI and 2 IRS platforms approved
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Meteosat Third Generation: Outlook
MTG FCI: Flexible Combined Imager
16 spectral channels (8 solar, 8 thermal)
Improved spatial resolution: 0.5 – 2km
Full Disk Coverage: Scan
Interval 10 min
Local Area Coverage:
Scan Interval 2.5 min
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EUMETSAT's Polar System: Metop (not MetOp!)
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Launched from Baikonur in October 2006

Metop-A in orbit 2007
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Global View!
Courtesy H.P. Roesli, image produced with IDV
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EPS/Metop is part of the Initial Joint Polar System (IJPS)
Fairbanks, Alaska
Wallops Island, MD
Suitland, MD
Svalbard,
Norway
Darmstadt,
Germany
Metop
Metop-A (in orbit)
Metop-B (2012)
Metop-C (2016) POES
NOAA-18 (in orbit)
NOAA-N’ (2009)
EUMETSAT-NOAA coordinated programmes
Exchange of instruments (ATOVS from NOAA, MHS from EUMETSAT)
Coordinated operations, data and services
Extended agreement in 2003 to include Metop-C
Sun-synchronous
Orbit of 102 minutes
14.1 orbits per day

Instruments on Metop
AVHRR – traditional imaging (US, 1 km resolution)
HIRS/AMSU – traditional sounding (US)
MHS – Microwave Humidity Sounder (EUR)
GOME – UV instrument to support air chemistry (EU)
IASI – infrared sounder (EU)
GRAS – radio-occultation (sounding, EU)
ASCAT – active radar, scatterometer (EU)
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Greenland seen by AVHRR
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ATOVS and MHS: Vertical Sounding
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Hyperspectral Sounding - IASI
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IASI Spectral Coverage, 8461 spectral samples
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Surface
Clouds
Surface
Clouds
Temp
(CO2)
O3
H2O,CH4,N2O
CO
N2O,
Temp
(CO2)
Surface
Temp
Clouds
(CO2)
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Europe
(courtesy ECMWF)

IASI Trace Gas Retrievals
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Credit M. Pommier/ P. Coheur/ D. Hurtmans, 2008
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GOME Ozone Produce
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Antarctic ozone "hole" 2008

GRAS Radio-Occultations
(click for loop)
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Ascat: Surface Radar Reflectivity
Ocean Surface Winds (KNMI)
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Soil Moisture (EUMETSAT and University Vienna)

JASON: Oceanographic Data
JASON-2 was launched on 20 June 2008
NASA / NOAA / CNES / EUMETSAT satellite
To be followed by JASON-3 and Sentinel-3
Main payload:
Poseidon altimeter (nadir viewing), 13.6 and 5.3 GHz
Microwave instrument to correct for atmospheric humidity
Orbit determination instruments (within 3 cm)
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JASON Products
Altimeter measures
„ Sea Surface Height
„ Significant Wave Height
„ Surface Wind Speed
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JASON Products
Products Main Variables Frequency Application Class
1 Operational Sensor
(Geophysical) Data
Record
(OSDR/OGDR)
Significant Wave Height
(SWH)
Surface Wind Speed
(WIND)
Sea Surface Height (SSH)
2 Interim
Geophysical Data
Record
(IGDR)
3 Geophysical Data
Record (GDR )
Sea Surface Height
Absolute Dynamic
Topography
Ocean Geostrophic
Velocities
(ADT)
(SSH)
Sea Surface Height (SSH)
3 hours Nowcasting
Operational Wave
Forecasting
Daily** Medium-Range
Forecasting
Seasonal Forecasting
Ocean Weather
10 daily
(one repeat cycle)
Climate Monitoring
Sea level Rise
Climate Modeling
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JASON Product: Sea Level Rise
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New Building – and new Office Cooling System
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New Logo ;)
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The End!
Thank you!
Merci!
Danke!
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