1. Masaya Takahashi on behalf of Kazumi Kamide
13. GSICS and climate 13.2 GSICS collaboration with SCOPE-CM – Current status at JMA and proposals for further collaboration
Masaya Takahashi on behalf of Kazumi Kamide
Meteorological Satellite Center,
Japan Meteorological Agency
GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2-3 June 2016

2. GSICS/SCOPE-CM Collaboration
Excellent collaboration concept between GSICS and SCOPE-CM incl. ISCCP!
From minutes of SEP-10 in March 2015
GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2-3 June 2016

3. JMA calibration activities relevant to SCOPE-CM
JMA has contributed to SCOPE-CM activities
SCM-03: Land surface albedo from geostationary satellites (LAGS)
One of the member agencies (M.Takahashi and A. Okuyama)
Has been a member (A. Okuyama) since the initiative’s establishment
Progress: delayed due to it internal priority and resources
SCM-06: Inter-calibration of passive imager observations from time-series of geostationary satellites (IOGEO)
One of the member agencies (M. Takahashi)
SCM-09: Sustained production of ISCCP cloud products
SCM-10: AMVs and CSR/ASRs from historical meteorological GEO/LEO satellites
Lead agency (K. Shimoji)
Re-calibrated L1 data by IOGEO project would be useful for re-processing of AMV/CSR/ASR for NWP re-analysis projects
GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2-3 June 2016

4. Situations on climate activities at JMA
Priority
Less user requirements have resulted in low priority
More promotion effort by satellite section should be done
Re-processing of past L1 data is to be done with the highest priority as satellite operator responsibility
Other activities would also be performed, but depending on resources
Resources
No official groups/sections for climate satellite products
Staffs involved with Cal/Val or L2-product development for operational purpose also need to work on climate fields
GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2-3 June 2016

5. Lessons learned from GSICS activities – Possible solutions to accelerate the collaboration
Membership, Communication
Not only inter-agency communication but INTRA-AGENCY communication in the agency is very important if GSICS members are not involved with relevant SCM projects (e.g. IOGEO)
Web meetings
Many actions at the web meeting in September 2013
Follow-up of action status and further meetings would be important
User feedbacks at GSICS User’s Workshop
Sharing knowledge such as codes and documents
Between GSICS and SCM projects
Amongst SCM project members: very helpful for agencies with less experience
GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2-3 June 2016

6. Thank you
GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2-3 June 2016

7. Summary of GSICS web meeting – GSICS Requirements from SCOPE-CM Phase 2 Proposals
Held on 27 September, 2014:
15 Attendees: CMA, EUMETSAT, JMA, KMA, NOAA, SHMI
Topics:
Introduction to SCOPE-CM (Marie Doutriaux Boucher)
AVHRR FCDR (Karl-Göran Karlsson) – 2 actions
IOGEO (Rob Roebeling) – 2 actions
Land Surface Albedo from GEO (Alessio Lattanzio) – 2 actions
ISCCP (Ken Knapp) – 2 actions
Most actions are related to information/data/code exchange between GSICS and SCM projects
GSICS-EP-17, Biot, 2-3 June 2016