1 CEOS-CGMS Working Group Climate), 5-7 March 2014, Darmstadt, Germany EUMETSAT AGENCY REPORT Jörg Schulz

2 CEOS-CGMS Working Group Climate), 5-7 March 2014, Darmstadt, Germany Current EUMETSAT satellites METOP-B JASON-2 METEOSAT-10METEOSAT-9 METEOSAT-7 METOP-A (98.7° incl.) EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM Kept in its nominal mid-morning sun synchronous orbit at 817km altitude as part of the EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) JASON-2 (66° incl.) OCEAN SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY Kept in its nominal non- synchronous low Earth orbit at 1,336km altitude, in support of the Ocean Surface Topography Mission. METEOSAT-7 (57.5° EAST) INDIAN OCEAN DATA COVERAGE Operated in support of the Indian Ocean Data Coverage (IODC) mission, bridging an observational gap in this region METEOSAT-8 (3.5° EAST) METEOSAT FULL DISC IMAGERY Back-up Meteosat full disk service over the European continent, Africa and parts of the Atlantic and Indian oceans. (IODC TBD) METEOSAT-9 (9.5° EAST) RAPID SCANNING SERVICE (RSS) Positioned at 9.5° East delivering the Rapid Scanning Service (RSS) over Europe and adjacent seas. METOP-A METEOSAT-8 METOP-B (98.7° incl.) EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM Successfully launched into low Earth orbit on 17 September Same orbital plane as Metop-A, phased min. apart. Prime satellite since April METEOSAT-10 (0°) METEOSAT FULL DISC IMAGERY Prime Meteosat full disc imagery service over the European continent, Africa and parts of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans from 0° longitude.

CEOS-CGMS Working Group Climate), 5-7 March 2014, Darmstadt, Germany METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION METEOSAT THIRD GENERATION EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM (EPS) METEOSAT-8 METEOSAT-9 METEOSAT-10 MSG-4/METEOSAT-11* MTG-I-1 : IMAGERY MTG-S-1: SOUNDING MTG-I-2: IMAGERY MTG-I-3: IMAGERY MTG-S-2: SOUNDING MTG-I-4: IMAGERY METOP-A METOP-B METOP-C EPS-SECOND GENERATION (EPS-SG) METOP-SG: SOUNDING AND IMAGERY METOP-SG: MICROWAVE IMAGERY JASON JASON-2 JASON-3 JASON CONTINUITY OF SERVICE (JASON-CS) YEAR... Operational services call for long term commitments... Mandatory Programmes Optional Programmes YEAR... METEOSAT FIRST GENERATION METEOSAT-7

CEOS-CGMS Working Group Climate), 5-7 March 2014, Darmstadt, Germany EUMETSAT Climate Monitoring Activities: How & Who  Climate Monitoring Implementation Plan  Prioritised Secretariat’s activities  Dependence on external funding e.g. From European Union  Satellite Application Facility (SAF) on Climate Monitoring & contributions from other SAFs  SAF federated activities, reprocessing coordination  Activities embedded in/articulated with cooperative projects  WMO GSICS and SCOPE-CM projects  EU FP-7 Projects: CORE-CLIMAX, ERACLIM 1/2, QA4ECV,  ESA CCI

CEOS-CGMS Working Group Climate), 5-7 March 2014, Darmstadt, Germany Scope of EUMETSAT Climate Monitoring Activities  Re-calibration and cross calibration of historical data (GSICS, SCOPE-CM)  Production of Fundamental Climate Data Records;  Production of Thematic Climate Data Records (QA4ECV);  Delivery to users/projects with documentation, support to scientific validation;  Support to international projects (ERA-CLIM 1/2, SCOPE-CM)  Development of methods for maturity/quality/capacity assessment (CORE-CLIMAX, QA4ECV)  International coordination: WMO, architecture, CEOS-CGMS

CEOS-CGMS Working Group Climate), 5-7 March 2014, Darmstadt, Germany 2013/2014 Data Record Releases PlatformsInstrumentsParameterPeriod 2013 Available at: and navigator.eumetsat.int Metop-AASCATBackscatter L1b DMSP F8-F15SSM/IBrightness Temperature FCDR1987 – 2008 Metop-AAVHRRPolar AMVs2007 – 2012 NOAA-15 -Metop-AATOVSTemperature and Humidity1999 – 2011 NOAA-6, 8, 10,15-19, Metop-AAVHRRCloud prop., surface radiation1982 – 2009 Meteosat Second Generation 8 and 9SEVIRICloud prop., surface radiation2004 – 2011 Meteosat First Generation 2-7MVIRISurface irradiation Meteosat First Generation 2-7MVIRISurface Albedo Meteosat Second Generation 8 and 9GERBTop of Atmosphere Radiation planned Meteosat 2-10MVIRI and SEVIRIIR channel radiances FCDR DMSP F08-F19SSM/I and SSMISBrightness Temperature FCDR Metop-A, COSMIC, CHAMPGRAS, IGOR, ect.Bending Angle L1b FCDRs Meteosat Second Generation SEVIRIAMV, All Sky Radiance Meteosat First Generation 2-10MVIRI and SEVIRICloud Prop., surface radiation

CEOS-CGMS Working Group Climate), 5-7 March 2014, Darmstadt, Germany WCRP-EUMETSAT Climate Symposium 2014 A world-leading event on climate, following the release of IPCC 5 th Assessment Report Hosted in Darmstadt on October 2014 Supported by the EC, ESA, NASA, NOAA, JAXA Expected attendance : 600 participants Slide: 7