1. Indian Ocean Data Coverage Spring 2015 COPC Meeting (NCEP, College Park, MD) May 27-28, 2015 Lamar Russell WG-CSAB Chair

2. 2 COPC and OFCM COPC Action Item 2014-2.2: Brief COES about COPC impacts to operations with the lack of the Indian Ocean region coverage. Background: EUMETSAT planned Meteosat-7 end of life in late 2016 with no replacement causing a gap/impacts on situational awareness/imagery and NWP (Feature Track Wind and Atmospheric Motion Vector). Important area, lack of alternative sources (directed not to use China or Russia data), and polar-orbiting maybe a poor substitute. Dave McCarren briefed COES (11/24/2014) about the DOD Centers concerns COES (and COPC) developed a letter to officially ask NOAA to request the Europeans to move Meteosat 8. COES drafted a letter for the Federal Coordinator to sign. Draft letter was given to the NESDIS IA people going to the CGMS meeting. CSAB recommends closing this action. 2

3. 3 CSAB CSAB Action Item 2014-12.1: CSAB and OD will investigate the quality and potential dissemination capabilities for getting India National Satellite - 3D (INSAT-3D) data. Work concurrently with the other efforts for IODC, but try to assess the level of substitution quality INSAT-3D would be for Meteosat-7. NOAA/STAR requesting assistance evaluating the data and NAVO has agreed to assist and it's a work in progress at NAVO. Additional concerns/unknowns: Latency of delivery (current mechanism takes 11 hours to exchange). Exchange method. Costs. Reliability of data availability for operations. Data quality for atmospheric NWP. 3

4. MTSAT /Himawari-8, 140E

5. Met-10 and MTSAT /Himawari-8, with no Met-7

6. Image quality is absent or degraded on the margins of both Met-10 and Met-7

7. EUMETSAT Option MET 8, 40E Effective coverage will be shifted 17 degrees west, but would easily cover Indian Ocean with no gaps in coverage between Met-10, Met-8, and MTSAT/Himawari 8

8. 8 Outside of COPC Rumors, options, or potential solutions? In the 2016 timeframe, Meteosat-8 might be repositioned around 40°E, to support the acquisition of images in the Western part of the Indian Ocean. This intermediate position would overlap with other satellites. What is the length of service for this option? Estimated 2019 to 2020(?) What role should COPC play or how should we be proactive? 8

9. 9 Questions / Discussion 9