1. ASIA-PACIFIC RARS DEVELOPMENTS (Regional ATOVS Retransmission System) Gary Weymouth 8th Meeting of APSDEU, Montreal, Canada, 8-10 October 2007

2. Acknowledgements David Griersmith, Anthony Rea, international contributors, SpBOS staff

3. WMO RARS-Implementation group meeting 3-4 July 2007 Attended by Japan, China, Korea, Argentina, EUMETSAT, Australia Aim for 90% coverage of globe by RARS

4. Some notes from WMO RARS and IGDDS Implementation Group meetings 3-6 July 2007 -(WMO RARS) ‘AP-RARS Coordinator to approach relevant HRPT operators with the objective of expanding coverage in the Central and South Pacific’ -(WMO RARS) Suggested RARS filename change (Z->W?) (BoM has changed station IDs to lower case, and ‘CPT’ to ‘mel’); Implement metadata standards(?) -(WMO IGDDS) JMA, BoM and KMA to express their requirements for proposed additions to the FengYunCast dissemination schedule. To discuss at APSDEU-8 to obtain a consolidated regional proposal for CMA. -Importance of installing the latest version of the AAPP software was emphasised.

5. APSDEU-7 RARS has increased ATOVS real time data access and use in N Hem with major positive NWP impact Redundancy of RARS data an issue, however at present, data timeliness is the most important issue NOAA to look into RARS data from Honolulu metop processing – ATOVS and ASCAT

6. Key developments AP-RARS now effectively operational Now receiving ATOVS data from Siyowa (Japan, Antarctica)

7. Key Developments March 2007 - Singapore data successfully received in Melbourne April 2007 – Singapore data switched through to JMA Tokyo via GTS Hong Kong and New Zealand have successfully produced BUFR encoded level-1c files suitable for RARS. New Zealand data sent by FTP to The Bureau, then onto GTS. test data sent from Korea NWP SAF provides QC for RARS data

8. 12 hours of RARS AMSUB/MHS data

9. ASIA-Pacific RARS Status Processing/Dissemination Centre HRPT stations from which data are made available from the Centre Comments TokyoTokyo Kiyose Syowa, Antarctica Seoul Korea Beijing, Guangzhou and Urumiji MelbourneMelbourne Crib Point Darwin Perth Singapore New Zealand Hong Kong expected by end of 2007.

12. Pacific data gap high priority to fill gap important stations: –Fiji (Australia to complete approx mid 2008) –Hawaii –Guam –Tahiti

13. New Station Summary -1 CountryStationsStatus re Asia-Pacific RARS AustraliaCasey and Davis, Antarctica, TownsvilleAntarctic Communications bandwidth is still an issue – not likely to be resolved in the short term due to cost. However we hope to provide RARS ATOVS data from Davis early 2008, and from Casey early 2009. Data from a new installation in Townsville should be available in mid 2009. Canadan/aHave expressed interest in accessing Asia-Pacific region ATOVS data PhilippinesQuezon CityStation requires an upgrade plus AAPP New ZealandMetService station yet to be upgraded; NIWA station operational Metservice have agreed to contribute to RARS FijiNandi – upgrade of station required and possible by early 2008 FMS is committed to contributing to RARS. Station will be upgraded in early 2008

14. New Station Summary - 2 CountryStationsStatus re Asia-Pacific RARS USAHonolulu Western Samoa Guam Request for data exchange with Melbourne has been made AntarcticaDumont D’Urville McMurdo Station operators yet to be contacted pending coverage requirement Tahiti Station operator yet to be contacted pending coverage requirement RussiaVladivostokTest exchange of data with Melbourne has not yet been organised Hong Kong (China)Hong KongStation is ready and running AAPP. Data exchange will commence later in 2007

15. Projected Status – June 2008 Processing/Dissemination Centre HRPT stations from which data are made available from the Centre Comments TokyoTokyo Kiyose Syowa, Antarctica Seoul Korea Beijing, Guangzhou and Urumiji MelbourneMelbourne Crib Point Darwin Perth Davis Singapore New Zealand Hong Kong Fiji Davis subject to bandwidth. Top priority satellites and instruments?

16. MetOp Progress JMA have made significant progress in this regard, commencing MetOp-A Processing at Kiyose. Significant milestones reached have been: –Test Reception of MetOp since March 1, 2007; –Test Processing since March 16 2007; –Operational Reception and Processing since May 25 2007 using AAPP v6.3; –Upgrade to AAPP v6.4 on May 31 2007 at Kiyose and Syowa Stations; and –Generation of data ready for AP-RARS in BUFR format (ATOVS) since July 4 2007.

17. Benefits to NWP Significant improvements to short cut-off analyses have been demonstrated at JMA using AP-RARS data. Impact experiments within the Bureau ’ s regional and global models have also clearly demonstrated the value of timely data.

18. NWP Benefits at JMA Without AP-RARS With AP-RARS a) b) c)

19. more on AP-RARS at JMA JMA has been exchanging ATOVS data via the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) with Australia, China, Republic of Korea and Singapore for the Asia-Pacific RARS (A-P RARS). JMA has been providing ATOVS data received at two stations, Kiyose in Japan and Syowa Station in Antarctica. JMA started using RARS data in its operational global data assimilation in February 2007. RARS data has positive impact on JMA’s NWP analysis and forecast. JMA is going to receive and provide MetOp/ATOVS data for A-P RARS in addition to NOAA/ATOVS data. For supporting users, JMA will open a dedicated website to provide operational information about ATOVS data received at Kiyose and Syowa Station. As of August 2007, ATOVS data from nine stations are available at JMA.

21. KOREA METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION KMA Activities for AP-RARS Jae-Dong Jang & Jae-Myun Shim jmshim2@kma.go.kr Environmental & Meteorological Satellite Division Korea Meteorological Administration

22. APSDEU-8/10-12 October 2007/CMC, Canada Korea Meteorological Administration Brief History The NOAA-16 ATOVS data had been received and processed for the purpose of test and research from 2001 to 2004 From 2004 to 2005, NOAA ATOVS data have been used for daily forecast and numerical weather prediction model operationally It was discussed at APSDEU-6 that ATOVS data would be exchange in Asia-Pacific area It was decided that Tokyo and beijing would be the intra-regional data centers KMA finished to produce ATOVS BUFR data to be exchanged with JMA by August 2006 Routine exchange between Seoul and Tokyo is performed since 20 September 2006

23. APSDEU-8/10-12 October 2007/CMC, Canada Korea Meteorological Administration Current Status at KMA Exchange of ATOVS BUFR data between KMA and JMA - ATOVS AAPP L1C (HIRS, AMSU-A, AMSU-B, MHS) - Telecommunication : GTS between Seoul and Tokyo at a speed of 16kbps - Data from Seoul to Tokyo : 1 HRPT station (Seoul) - Data from Tokyo to Seoul : 4 HRPT station (1 Japan, 3 China) Speeding up the production of ATOVS BUFR data by revising the data processing procedure  less than 25 minutes including receiving time ATOVS data are currently used for Numerical Weather Prediction model as well as Weather Analysis. SATEM (satellite temperature and humidity sounding) data achieved via GTS are used operationally for Global Spectral Model of Numerical Weather Prediction also. Exchanged ATOVS data would be used for regional NWP model to improve weather forecast

24. APSDEU-8/10-12 October 2007/CMC, Canada Korea Meteorological Administration Future Plan of KMA Department of Satellite in KMA will be moved to Korea Meteorological Satellite Center(KMSC), 70km South-east of Seoul by June 2008 A MetOp receiving station will be setup at KMSC by the end of 2007 - MetOp ATOVS Level 1c data will be produced by AAPP v6.4 in December 2007 Upgrade of current MESDAS-2 (including NOAA HRPT receiving system) in 2008.

25. APSDEU-8/10-12 October 2007/CMC, Canada Korea Meteorological Administration Propositions from KMA Producing ATOVS data User’s guide for end users such as numerical modelers Developing Advance dissemination method for RARS data - A-P HRPT data loads too much burden on the KMA-JMA GTS network - ?Internet FTP, ?Fengyuncast Sharing Fengyuncast dissemination plan - Dissemination of AVHRR, MTSAT HRIT, FY-3A, Terra/Aqua, EARS data

26. APSDEU-8/10-12 October 2007/CMC, Canada Korea Meteorological Administration Satellite data assimilation plan of KMA Sensor20072008200920102011 NOAA HIRS○ NOAA AMSU-A○ NOAA AMSU-B △ ○ AMV○ RARS △ ○+ EARS QuikSCAT / ASCAT○/ ● MODIS Polar Wind○ METOP AMSU-A● METOP AMSU-B △ SSM/I △ ○ Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Radiance △ ○ COMS/METE O + GOES GPS occultation △△ ○ AIRS/IASI △△ ○ TMI △ ○ ○ ○ operation △ Developing; ● Possible but not received Red: New data from EUMETSAT,Blue:Replace to EUMETSAT

27. part of CMA report from RARS-IG 1

29. Bureau of Meteorology Key Relevant Developments Townsville L-band L-band upgrade

30. Developments - ABoM BoM and CSIRO research partnership ‘ Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research (CAWKR)’ BoM adopting UKMO NWP system –drivers: 4D-Var better use of more satellite data

31. FengYunCast system at Crib point

33. USB Ingestor Migration Plan USB connected digital receiver Linux-based software HP Workstation Linux Industrial PC ISA-bus Card RX-6000 Internal and external documentation. Version control. Sustainability into the future.

34. USB Ingest Migration Plan Staged Rollout over the next 12 months –MTSAT-1R HiRID stops in March 2008 –METOP is available now and our customers are demanding it –Additional short-term resources being brought in to complete work

35. A few discussion points & plans pacific data gap: Fiji, Hawaii, Guam, other sites invite India to be involved in AP-RARS? (Fill data gap? Already run AAPP.) formalise testing process for RARS data? (eg new sites, installation of new versions of bufr, AAPP etc.) Avoid sending bad data for NWP assimilation. BoM to set up AP-RARS website 2007/8