1. SAR Weather SARWeather is partly funded by NORA and FP7 Ólafur Rögnvaldsson – IMR/UiB Áslaug Friðriksdóttir – Sjá Bárður Niclasen – UFI Einar M. Einarsson – IMR/UI Fannar F. Jónsson – IO Haraldur Ólafsson – UI/UiB Jian-Wen Bao – NOAA/ESRL Jóhanna Símonardóttir – Sjá Jón Dal Kristbjörnsson – IO Hálfdán Ágústsson – IMR/UI Marius O. Jonassen – IMR/UiB María Edwardsdóttir – IMR Símon E. Vilhjálmsson – IMR/RU Þór Sigurðsson – IMR/RU Örnólfur E. Rögnvaldsson – IMR

2. Development SARWeather is a joint research project led by IMR/Belgingur, in collaboration with NOAA/ESRL, the University of Bergen, the University of the Faroe Islands, and the private companies IO and Sjá. To ensure maximum usability for SAR operators, SARWeather has been developed in close collaboration with ICE-SAR and the Civil Protection Department of the Icelandic Police. SARWeather is funded in part by grant number 550-025 (Vejrtjeneste for Søberedskab) from NORA and by the European Commission under the 7th Community Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (GalileoCast). GalileoCast is managed by GSA, the European GNSS Supervisory Authority. SAR Weather

3. History of SARWeather in one slide! Weather forecasts and the importance of high resolution SARWeather and SUMO Integration of SUMO data with SARWeather System schematics Demonstration of SARWeather Future development SAR Weather

4. 2007: Idea emerges 2007: Flight of the SUMO 2007-2008: Lobbyism, applications, etc. etc. 2009: Cash starts flowing 2009-2010: Code like the wind May 2010: GDACS annual meeting Spring 2010: USAR conference in Abu Dhabi January 2010: Haiti Spring/summer 2010: Eruption in Mt. Eyjafjallajökull

5. SAR Weather Importance of high resolution Global forecasts 15-50 km grid Belgingur forecasts 27-9-3 km grid

6. SAR Weather Importance of high resolution Snæfellsnes at 9km resolution. Max height 300m And at 1km resolution. Max height 1260 m

7. SAR Weather Importance of high resolution

8. SAR Weather Why not always use 1km resolution? Need 1000-times more CPU power to simulate a 1 km resolution forecast than a 10 km one for the same region!

9. Modifications done to the original SUMO plane Data transmitted to data base New microcomputer (Gumstix) 3G/GSM modem All weather sensors moved from the original (Tiny2) microcomputer to the new one Opens up for two additional sensors to be connected to the Tiny2 (e.g. gyros for improved handling) SAR Weather SARWeather and SUMO

10. SUMO data 3D-VAR or 4D-VAR SUMO data via Obs Nudging www.belgingur.is post processing SAR Weather SARWeather and SUMO

11. Integration of SARWeather and SUMO SAR Weather

12. Integration of SARWeather and SUMO SAR Weather

13. Integration of SARWeather and SUMO SAR Weather

14. Integration of SARWeather and SUMO SAR Weather

15. Integration with other systems GalileoActive GDACS MapAction System schematics SAR Weather

16. Future development Wave module for coastal waters and large lakes Distribution module for airborn pollutant SAR Weather

17. I want you to Get Lost! SAR Weather