1. GMES atmospheric environmental services
A component of Europe’s Global Monitoring
for Environment and Security initiative
which also provides services for land and ocean
will move from research to operational funding
The atmospheric programme comprises
developing operational space-based observation of constituents
strengthening the provision of complementary in-situ observations
developing and operating associated data and information services
A 48-partner EC-funded project called MACC
provides pilot core monitoring services
will support downstream services for specific sectors
is coordinated by ECMWF

2. The GMES Sentinel satellite missions/instruments
Land and ocean
Launches from 2011
Sentinel 2
Land
Launches from 2012
Sentinel 3
Land, ocean and some atmosphere
Launches from 2013
Sentinel 5 precursor
Atmosphere
(UV/VIS/NIR/SWIR - Polar)
Launch 2014
Sentinel 4
on MTG-S
(UV/VIS/NIR - Geostationary)
Launches from 2017
Sentinel 5
on post-EPS
Launches from 2020

3. Range of GMES services
Atmosphere, ocean and land services each have some
climate-service components
A regulation for initial operational services ( ) is going through European Parliament/Council procedures
Regulation includes provision for a climate-change monitoring service in addition to the atmosphere, ocean and land services
Climate service may
include the climate elements provided by the atmosphere, ocean and land services
include additional elements, among them global and regional reanalysis
Full operational range of services expected from 2014

4. GMES atmospheric environmental services
Services related to the chemical and particulate content of the atmosphere
Based on global and regional processing, adapting the data assimilation and forecasting approaches of numerical weather prediction
Includes:
Near-real-time global and regional production streams
Delayed-mode global stream (~six months lag)
Global reanalysis for past decade (with regional air-quality assessments)

5. Structure of atmospheric service

7. Aerosol optical depth at 550nm Total column carbon monoxide
From retrospective analysis for
Aerosol optical depth at 550nm
Total column carbon monoxide
July 2003
July 2004
July 2005
July 2006
July 2007

8. Real-time aerosol forecasts
MACC dust aerosol optical depth

9. Dust aerosol optical depth
H+72 valid
00UTC 23 September
H+48 valid
00UTC 23 September
H+24 valid
00UTC 23 September
Jeff Schmaltz, NASA