1. GEO-NETCast Introduction and Live Demonstration Richard Fulton GEO-NETCast Co-Lead National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Satellite and Information Service Silver Spring, Maryland, USA GEO Architecture and Data Committee Meeting Seattle, Washington July 20, 2006

2. Version: 7/18/06 GEO Architecture and Data Committee Meeting, Seattle, Washingtonslide 2 What Is GEO-NETCast? GEO-NETCast is a real-time data dissemination system -- in support of the GEO societal benefit areas -- by which environmental satellite and in situ data, products, and services are transmitted to users through communications satellites and received on affordable receive stations. It is one component of the overall GEOSS architecture.

3. Version: 7/18/06 GEO Architecture and Data Committee Meeting, Seattle, Washingtonslide 3 Typical Receiver Station Configuration - Dedicated personal computer (~ $1000) Data analysis and processing should be done on separate computer(s) - Satellite antenna dish (1-3 m) (~ $300-1200) - DTH receiver card or box (~ $200)

4. Version: 7/18/06 GEO Architecture and Data Committee Meeting, Seattle, Washingtonslide 4 Temporary 1.2m Satellite Dish Installation for this Meeting

5. Version: 7/18/06 GEO Architecture and Data Committee Meeting, Seattle, Washingtonslide 5 Current GEO-NETCast Data Flow to Seattle Usingen, Germany Uplink Hotbird-6 Satellite Paris, France Turnaround NSS-806 Satellite Virginia, USA Turnaround AMC-3 Satellite Seattle, USA NOAA + EUMETSAT Demo Products KuKu FTP CKuKu

6. Version: 7/18/06 GEO Architecture and Data Committee Meeting, Seattle, Washingtonslide 6 EUMETCast South America NSS 806, C-band, EUMETCast HB-6, Ku-band NOAA AMC-3, Ku-band Current Satellite Infrastructure and Coverage Supporting the GEO-NETCast Demonstration

7. Version: 7/18/06 GEO Architecture and Data Committee Meeting, Seattle, Washingtonslide 7 Satellite Coverage Footprint Supporting our Live Seattle Demonstration – Ku band

8. Version: 7/18/06 GEO Architecture and Data Committee Meeting, Seattle, Washingtonslide 8 Sample of GEO-NETCast Demonstration Products from NOAA and EUMETSAT Global Normalized Differential Vegetation Index Global Instability Index Ocean surface wind speed Chlorophyll concentration Cloud Analysis and Cloud Mask Soil moisture Land surface type, albedo, temperature, and radiation fluxes Volcanic ash imagery and advisories Fire and smoke analysis Snow cover, depth, and water content Will be adding in-situ products + products from all GEO societal benefit areas

9. Version: 7/18/06 GEO Architecture and Data Committee Meeting, Seattle, Washingtonslide 9 Major GEO-NETCast Participants GEOSS Data Providers Dissemination Service Manager Satellite Service Providers End Users From Nine GEO Societal Benefit Areas NOAA EUMETSAT WMO Telecomm Vendors

10. Version: 7/18/06 GEO Architecture and Data Committee Meeting, Seattle, Washingtonslide 10 Today’s Live GEO-NETCast Demonstration: Two Objectives: End User demo: –Demonstrate the real-time reception of GEO-NETCast demo products using the 1.2m satellite dish here at the Boeing facility and our portable receiver station Data provider demo: –Demonstrate the ad-hoc transmission using internet FTP of a sample product from Seattle to the satellite uplink facility in Germany, through 3 commercial satellites for broadcast and reception back here by our receive station