DirectBroadcastSo.warePackages
ITWGTechnicalSubgroup:
UpdateonTopicsfromITSC-19
ITSC-20LakeGeneva,29October2015
LiamGumley,NigelAtkinson,NathalieSelbach
ITSC-19AOendees(20)
JeromeLafeuille,LiamGumley,NathalieSelbach,NigelAtkinson,
AnnaBooton,KathyStrabala,GraemeMarUn,RebeccaCinUneo,
PascaleRoquet,KaterinaMelnik,GeoffCureton,AshimKumar
Mitra,ScoOMindock,Su-HyunJung,Jeong-SikKim,Jae-Dong
Jang,DieterKlaes,KelvinBrentzel,AkiraOkagaki,MitchGoldberg
TopicsfromITSC-19
1.Q:Isthereacloudtypeproductavailableinanyoftheso.warepackages?
A:CLAVR-X/CSPPandMAIA/AAPPcontaincloudtypeproductsforAVHRR,
VIIRS,andMODIS(checkthedocumentaUon).
Currentstatus:Nofurtherac0on.
2.Q:WoulditbehelpfultofoldIAPPintoCSPPtoaddfeaturessuchasinstall
documentaUon,testdata,pre-compiledbinaries,etc.?
A:TherewasinterestfromDWD/CMSAFandsomeusersofAAPP.
AcUon:IncorporateIAPPintotheCSPPfamily(LiamGumley).
Currentstatus:IAPPwasreleasedunderCSPPinApril2015.Seeposter3p.03
byGeoffCureton.
3.Q:IsthereaClearAirTurbulenceproductavailableforMODIS?
A:SSECmayhavecreatedsuchaproductinthepast.
AcUon:SSECwillprovideinformaUontothegroup(KathyStrabala).
Currentstatus:CATproductsforMODIShavebeendemonstrated(e.g.,
downslopemountainwavedetec0onusing6.7micron)butitisunclear
whethertheyaresuitableorfeasibleforDBimplementa0on.
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3.Issue:NSMCcouldprovideaddiUonalfeatureswithit’sFY-3DBso.ware
including:sourcecode,regularcalibraUonLUTupdates,inputdata
documentaUon,andtestdataforverificaUon.
AcUon:RequesttheaboveitemsfromNSMC(NigelAtkinsonandLiam
Gumley).
Currentstatus:Testdataisnowincludedwitheachrelease.Nosourcecode
yet.Somecalibra0onLUTupdatesbutnotveryoSen.S0llneed
documenta0ononinputdataformatsandfrequencies/polariza0onetc.,
preferablybeforelaunchofnewsatellites.
4.Q:WhatwouldtheDBcommunityliketoseeregardingschedulefor
updatedso.warepackages?
A:NodefiniUveanswerwasdecided.
Currentstatus:Nofurtherac0on.
5.Q:WhatwouldtheDBcommunityliketohavefornewproductsnot
currentlysupportedbypackagesincludingAAPP,IMAPP,CSPP,etc.
A:NodefiniUveanswerwasdecided.
Currentstatus:Nofurtherac0on.
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6.Issue:AAPPLevel1Bistypicallystoredinbinaryformat.Itwouldbeuseful
toalsoprovideanopUonforaformatsuchasHDF5ornetCDF4.
AcUon:CreateanimplementaUonplanforself-describingdataformatsin
AAPP(NigelAtkinson).
Currentstatus:AAPP7.8(Dec2014)includedsoSwaretoolstoconvertall
theAAPPL1CandL1Dformats,andAVHRRL1B,toHDF5.
7.Q:Willthesameso.ware,LUTs,ancillarydata,fileformatsbeusedfor
JPSS-1sensorsasareusedtodayforSNPPsensors?
A:MitchGoldbergsaysthattherewillbecommonso.wareforVIIRS,CrIS,
andATMSavailabletotheDBcommunity.
AcUon:Verifythattherewillbecommonso.ware,fileformats,ancillarydata
etc.(totheextentpossible)forSNPPandJPSS-1(MitchGoldberg).
Currentstatus:ThecurrentJPSSsoSwaredevelopmentforBlock2.0hasthe
samesoSware,dataformats,andLUTformatsforSNPPandJPSS-1.
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8.Issue:IASI-NGwilllaunchin2021.WhatistheplanforprovidingDB
so.waretocreateL1BproductsfromIASI-NG?
AcUon:RequestEUMETSATtoensurethatDBso.wareforIASI-NGL1Bis
availableinaUmelyfashion,definewhatplalormswillbesupported,define
whatformatswillbecreatedetc.(DieterKlaes).
Currentstatus:AttheCSPP/IMAPPUsersGroupMee0nginDarmstadt(April
2015),EUMETSATstatedthatDBsoSwaresupportforMetop-SGisinthe
planningstage.
9.Issue:GCOM-W1hasadirectbroadcastcapability.Itwouldbehelpfulfor
theDBcommunityto(a)haveconUnuousaccesstoGCOM-W1AMSR2data
viaDBtoprovideconUnuaUonofAMSR-Ecapability,and(b)haveaccessto
so.wareforprocessingtheAMSR2DBdata.
AcUon:PromotethisitemtothePSWG(Done).
Currentstatus:GCOM-W1directbroadcastisturnedonovercertainregions
(includingCONUS).AMSR2processingsoSwarewasobtainedbyNOAAfrom
JAXAandtestedsuccessfully.SoSwarehasnotbeenpubliclyreleased.
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10.Issue:ThegroupnotedthenewdevelopmentofaCSPPGEOcapabilityfor
GOES-R.ThegroupstronglyendorsesthiseffortandencouragesNOAAto
makeitavailabletotheDBcommunityinaUmelyfashion.
Currentstatus:CSPPGEOisgoingstrong;seepostersatITSC-20insession3.
11.Issue:Meteorologicalsatelliteagenciesshouldbeencouragedtoprovide
rouUneglobalunencryptedDBcapabilityandaccompanyingprocessing
so.wareforbothexisUngandnewsystemsandsensors.
AcUon:PromotethisitemtothePSWG(Done).
Currentstatus:Nofurtherac0on.
12.Issue:ThegrouplooksforwardtotheexpectedlaunchofMeteor-MN2
andstronglyencouragestheavailabilityofbothDBdataandaccompanying
sufficientdocumentaUonandso.waretoallowreal-Umeprocessingof
imagerandsounderdata.
AcUon:PromotethisitemtothePSWG(Done).
Currentstatus:Meteor-MN2isinorbit.Ini0alreportonproductevalua0on
wasprovidedatITSC-20byRoshydromet.Wes0llneeddocumenta0onon
transmissionanddataformats,andsoSwaretodecodeandprocessdata.