1. Operations Report 2008 - CM SAF
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Satellite Application Facility on Climate<br />
Monitoring<br />
1 st <strong>Operations</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2008</strong><br />
January <strong>2008</strong> – June <strong>2008</strong><br />
Reference Number:<br />
<strong>SAF</strong>/<strong>CM</strong>/DWD/OpsRep<strong>2008</strong>01/1<br />
Issue/Revision Index: <strong>1.</strong>0<br />
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Document Signature Table<br />
Name Function Signature Date<br />
Author Petra Fuchs Configuration<br />
08/22/08<br />
Manager<br />
Editor<br />
Approval Martin Werscheck Project Manager 08/22/08<br />
Release<br />
Eumetsat<br />
Approval<br />
Distribution List<br />
Internal Distribution<br />
Name<br />
No. Copies<br />
DWD Archive 1<br />
<strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> Board<br />
External Distribution<br />
Company Name No. Copies<br />
EUMETSAT<br />
Public<br />
Document Change Record<br />
Issue/ Date DCN No. Changed Pages/Paragraphs<br />
Revision<br />
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Table of Contents<br />
1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................ 5<br />
<strong>1.</strong>1 Purpose of the document ......................................................................................................... 5<br />
<strong>1.</strong>2 <strong>Report</strong>ing period........................................................................................................................ 5<br />
<strong>1.</strong>3 Applicable Documents.............................................................................................................. 5<br />
<strong>1.</strong>4 Major achievements .................................................................................................................. 5<br />
2 STATUS OF DELIVERABLE PRODUCTS .................................................................... 6<br />
3 QUALITY OF PRODUCTS............................................................................................10<br />
4 SERVICE PROVISION STATUS...................................................................................10<br />
5 LIST AND STATUS OF THE GENERATED SOFTWARE PROBLEM/NON<br />
CONFORMANCE REPORTS...............................................................................................11<br />
6 MAIN ANOMALIES.......................................................................................................13<br />
7 INTERACTION WITH USERS, USER FEEDBACK ......................................................14<br />
7.1 Description of implemented UHD services........................................................................... 14<br />
7.2 User statistics .......................................................................................................................... 15<br />
7.3 Formal UHD requests.............................................................................................................. 19<br />
7.4 User Problem <strong>Report</strong>............................................................................................................... 20<br />
8 PROVISION OF <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> PRODUCTS.........................................................................21<br />
9 TRAINING ACTIVITIES JAN <strong>2008</strong> – JUNE <strong>2008</strong> .........................................................23<br />
10 INTERACTIONS WITH EUMETSAT .........................................................................25<br />
11 SUMMARY OF CONFIGURATION ITEMS UPDATE ................................................25<br />
Annex 1: List of abbreviations ............................................................................................................... 30<br />
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List of Tables<br />
Table 1: Availability of AVHRR-based <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products ...................................................................... 6<br />
Table 2: Availability of SEVIRI-based <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products....................................................................... 7<br />
Table 3: Availability of merged AVHRR/SEVIRI <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> radiation products ........................................ 8<br />
Table 4: Availability of GERB and SEVIRI-based <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products at the top of the atmosphere ...... 8<br />
Table 5: Quality management ratios in dependence on the product groups (Cld: Cloud products, Rad:<br />
radiation products, TOA: top of the atmosphere products, Wap: water vapour and temperature<br />
products) and the service indicator RT during the last 12 months................................................. 10<br />
Table 6: Status of implemented <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> services according the Service Specification ..................... 10<br />
Table 7: Raised Software Problem <strong>Report</strong>s (SPR), Software Modification <strong>Report</strong>s (SMR), Non<br />
Conformance <strong>Report</strong>s (NCR) and System Change <strong>Report</strong>s (SCR) concerning the operational<br />
versions related to the version of change. ..................................................................................... 11<br />
Table 8: Statistical information about user access and user feedback during the reporting period..... 16<br />
Table 9: List of institutions of registered users of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products ................................................... 17<br />
Table 10: Offline provided <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products relating to the area of application .................................. 23<br />
Table 11: Implemented changes concerning <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products until 30 April <strong>2008</strong>............................. 26<br />
Table 12: Implemented changes for AVHRR-based cloud products since 01 May <strong>2008</strong> ..................... 29<br />
Table 13: Implemented changes for AVHRR-based surface radiation products since 01 May <strong>2008</strong>... 29<br />
List of Figures<br />
Figure 1: Number of registered users since January <strong>2008</strong> ................................................................... 16<br />
Figure 2: Membership of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> users............................................................................................... 17<br />
Figure 3: UHD enquiries January – June <strong>2008</strong> ..................................................................................... 20<br />
Figure 4: Number of orders for cloud products (a), water vapour products (b), surface radiation<br />
products (c) and top of the atmosphere products (d), January – June <strong>2008</strong>................................. 22<br />
Figure 5: Number of orders dependent on the temporal resolution, January – June <strong>2008</strong> .................. 23<br />
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1 Introduction<br />
<strong>1.</strong>1 Purpose of the document<br />
The purpose of this document is to provide a summary of operational activities within the<br />
reporting period and to outline the operations activities. Furthermore, a summary of User<br />
Help Desk (UHD) activities is given.<br />
<strong>1.</strong>2 <strong>Report</strong>ing period<br />
The reporting period for this 1 st <strong>Operations</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2008</strong> covers January <strong>2008</strong> until June <strong>2008</strong><br />
concerning <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> services and products based on different data sources.<br />
<strong>1.</strong>3 Applicable Documents<br />
The predominant part of the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> documents are so called ‘living documents’ which<br />
means that they are more or less under permanent revision. The most current version of the<br />
documents can be found on the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> web pages:<br />
http://www.cmsaf.eu →<br />
Documentation<br />
List of applicable documents:<br />
Reference Title<br />
Code<br />
AD 1 <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> User Manual Products <strong>SAF</strong>/<strong>CM</strong>/DWD/UMP/1<br />
AD 2 <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> Service Specification <strong>SAF</strong>/<strong>CM</strong>/DWD/SeSpe/1<br />
AD 3 CDOP Science Plan <strong>SAF</strong>/<strong>CM</strong>/DWD/SP<br />
AD 4 CDOP Product Requirements Document <strong>SAF</strong>/<strong>CM</strong>/DWD/PRD/1<br />
AD 5 2 nd <strong>Operations</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2007 <strong>SAF</strong>/<strong>CM</strong>/DWD/OpsRep200702/1<br />
AD 6 Annual Validation <strong>Report</strong> 2007 <strong>SAF</strong>/<strong>CM</strong>/DWD/VAL/OR3<br />
<strong>1.</strong>4 Major achievements<br />
Cloud and radiation products based on AVHRR data covering the baseline area (30°N-80°N,<br />
60°W-60°E) are available for the reporting period w ith only minor gaps (see Table 1).<br />
SEVIRI based cloud and radiation products covering the full MSG disk are available until end<br />
of April <strong>2008</strong> without any gaps (see Table 2).<br />
With the update of several software routines in May <strong>2008</strong> a new versioning approach has<br />
been introduced at <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong>. In the past the version number of all products has been<br />
changed with any update of the processing environment independent on the influence of the<br />
implemented change on the specific product. This has been changed to a product based<br />
versioning. I. e., only the version number of the affected product is changed, distinguishing<br />
between software update and/or change of input. Details on the current version number of all<br />
products are given in Section 11 and on the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> webpage. Following the change in the<br />
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versioning approach the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> web page has been changed accordingly to accommodate<br />
the information on the different product versions.<br />
The SAL products from May <strong>2008</strong> onwards derived from AVHRR data are based on an<br />
updated software and are released as version 310 (see Table 13). The products SIS, SNS<br />
and SRB are affected by the change in SAL and are therefore distributed with version<br />
number 301 starting from May <strong>2008</strong><br />
Humidity and temperature products derived from ATOVS onboard the NOAA satellites have<br />
been processed from 2004. The processing is ongoing. The products HTW, HLW and HSH<br />
are built using different combinations of NOAA satellites, depending on the available<br />
satellites in the time period and avoiding known sensor anomalies (e.g., it has been decided<br />
not to use NOAA 16 from March <strong>2008</strong> onwards due to bad performance of one of the AMSU-<br />
A channels).<br />
2 Status of deliverable products<br />
Operational <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> cloud, surface radiation and water vapour products shall be available<br />
for distribution within two months after the acquisition of the corresponding satellite input<br />
data. The products at the top of the atmosphere shall be available after four months<br />
according the definition of PA (cf. also [AD 4]).<br />
Table 1 shows the availability and completeness of the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products based on AVHRR<br />
data in terms of the reporting period.<br />
Table 1: Availability of AVHRR-based <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products<br />
Product<br />
Period of availability<br />
daily means<br />
weekly mean monthly mean monthly mean<br />
diurnal-cycle<br />
Completeness<br />
in % for<br />
reporting<br />
period<br />
CFC 2004/10/01-<strong>2008</strong>/06/30 n/a 2004/10-<strong>2008</strong>/06 n/a 100% none<br />
Gaps in reporting<br />
period<br />
COT 2004/10/01-<strong>2008</strong>/06/30 n/a 2004/10-<strong>2008</strong>/06 n/a 97.3% No daily mean product<br />
for 14-17 Feb <strong>2008</strong><br />
and 13 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
CPH 2004/10/01-<strong>2008</strong>/06/30 n/a 2004/10-<strong>2008</strong>/06 n/a 100% none<br />
CTH 2004/10/01-<strong>2008</strong>/06/30 n/a 2004/10-<strong>2008</strong>/06 n/a 100% none<br />
CTP 2004/10/01-<strong>2008</strong>/06/30 n/a 2004/10-<strong>2008</strong>/06 n/a 100% none<br />
CTT 2004/10/01-<strong>2008</strong>/06/30 n/a 2004/10-<strong>2008</strong>/06 n/a 100% none<br />
CTY 2004/10/01-<strong>2008</strong>/06/30 n/a 2004/10-<strong>2008</strong>/06 n/a 100% none<br />
CWP 2004/10/01-<strong>2008</strong>/06/30 n/a 2004/10-<strong>2008</strong>/06 n/a 97.3% No daily mean product<br />
for 14-17 Feb <strong>2008</strong><br />
and 13 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
SAL n/a 2004/10/04- 2004/10-<strong>2008</strong>/06 n/a 100% none<br />
<strong>2008</strong>/06/30<br />
SDL n/a n/a 2004/10-<strong>2008</strong>/06 n/a 100% none<br />
SIS 2004/10/01-<strong>2008</strong>/06/30 n/a 2004/10-<strong>2008</strong>/06 n/a 100% none<br />
SNL n/a n/a 2004/10-<strong>2008</strong>/06 n/a 100% none<br />
SNS 2004/10/01-<strong>2008</strong>/06/30 n/a 2004/10-<strong>2008</strong>/06 n/a 100% none<br />
SOL n/a n/a 2004/10-<strong>2008</strong>/06 n/a 100% none<br />
SRB n/a n/a 2004/10-<strong>2008</strong>/06 n/a 100% none<br />
The data gaps in the COT and CWP products can be explained by missing or insufficient<br />
input data. This product is based on NOAA 17 data only. The gap in February is due to a<br />
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disturbance in the reception of the NOAA 17 data. In June <strong>2008</strong>, the local antenna to receive<br />
the NOAA data was moved to the new DWD headquarter. Some technical problems resulted<br />
in a loss of some data files.<br />
Table 2 shows the availability and completeness of the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products based on SEVIRI<br />
data related to the reporting period.<br />
Table 2: Availability of SEVIRI-based <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products<br />
Product Period of availability<br />
Completeness<br />
in % in<br />
Gaps in reporting<br />
period<br />
reporting<br />
period<br />
daily means weekly mean monthly mean monthly mean<br />
diurnal-cycle<br />
CFC 2005/09/01-<strong>2008</strong>/04/30 n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 66.5% no products from 01 May<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
COT 2005/09/01-<strong>2008</strong>/04/30 n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 66.5% no products from 01 May<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
CPH 2007/05/01-<strong>2008</strong>/04/30 n/a 2007/05-<strong>2008</strong>/04 2007/05-<strong>2008</strong>/04 66.5% no products from 01 May<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
CTH 2005/09/01-<strong>2008</strong>/04/30 n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 66.5% no products from 01 May<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
CTP 2005/09/01-<strong>2008</strong>/04/30 n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 66.5% no products from 01 May<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
CTT 2005/09/01-<strong>2008</strong>/04/30 n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 66.5% no products from 01 May<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
CTY 2005/09/01-<strong>2008</strong>/04/30 n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 66.5% no products from 01 May<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
CWP 2005/09/01-<strong>2008</strong>/04/30 n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 66.5% no products from 01 May<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
SAL n/a 2005/08/29-<br />
<strong>2008</strong>/06/30<br />
2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 63.6% no products from 01 May<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
SDL n/a n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 66.7% no products from 01 May<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
SIS 2005/09/01-<strong>2008</strong>/04/30 n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 66.5% no products from 01 May<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
SNL n/a n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 66.7% no products from 01 May<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
SNS 2005/09/01-<strong>2008</strong>/04/30 n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 66.5% no products from 01 May<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
SOL n/a n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 66.7% no products from 01 May<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
SRB n/a n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/04 66.7% no products from 01 May<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
The processing of all SEVIRI-based cloud and radiation products is delayed due to<br />
necessary updates in the processing environment (see section 6).<br />
Table 3 shows the availability and completeness of the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> radiation products based on<br />
merged AVHRR and SEVIRI data related to the reporting period.<br />
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Table 3: Availability of merged AVHRR/SEVIRI <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> radiation products<br />
Product<br />
Period of availability<br />
Completeness Gaps in reporting<br />
in % in reporting period<br />
period<br />
daily means weekly mean monthly mean monthly mean<br />
diurnal-cycle<br />
SAL n/a n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/03 n/a 50% no products from 01 April<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
SDL n/a n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/03 n/a 50% no products from 01 April<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
SIS n/a n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/03 n/a 50% no products from 01 April<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
SNL n/a n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/03 n/a 50% no products from 01 April<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
SNS n/a n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/03 n/a 50% no products from 01 April<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
SOL n/a n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/03 n/a 50% no products from 01 April<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
SRB n/a n/a 2005/09-<strong>2008</strong>/03 n/a 50% no products from 01 April<br />
to 30 June <strong>2008</strong><br />
Due to the delay in the processing of the SEVIRI-based products, the processing of the<br />
merged AVHRR/SEVIRI product is delayed as well (see section 6).<br />
Table 4 shows the availability and completeness of the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products at the top of the<br />
atmosphere based on GERB data and GERB like data, respectively, related to the reporting<br />
period.<br />
Product<br />
Table 4: Availability of GERB and SEVIRI-based <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products at the top of the atmosphere<br />
Period of availability<br />
daily means weekly mean monthly mean monthly mean<br />
diurnal-cycle<br />
8<br />
Completeness<br />
in % for period<br />
Gaps in reporting<br />
reporting<br />
period<br />
TET 2004/02/01-2007/08/31 n/a 2004/02-2007/08 2004/02-2007/08 0% no products for<br />
reporting period<br />
TIS 2004/02/01-2007/08/31 n/a 2004/02-2007/08 2004/02-2007/08 0% nol products for<br />
reporting period<br />
TRS 2004/02/01-2007/08/31 n/a 2004/02-2007/08 2004/02-2007/08 0% no products for<br />
reporting period<br />
No data could be processed from September 2007 onwards due to missing CERES input<br />
data (see section 6).<br />
Following the 2 nd Steering Group Meeting of the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> (13-14 March <strong>2008</strong>, Offenbach,<br />
Germany) several changes have been introduced concerning the water vapour and<br />
temperature products. It has been decided to discontinue the production and dissemination<br />
of the SEVIRI-based and SEVIRI/ATOVS merged water vapour products. These products<br />
are no longer available to the user due to a lack of quality of the products for climate<br />
monitoring purposes. Therefore, these products are no longer included in the status tables. It<br />
is envisaged to introduce a new SEVIRI-based water vapour product after a re-evaluation of<br />
a newly developed Product Generator Element by the <strong>SAF</strong>-NWC.<br />
Furthermore, it was decided that the ATOVS-based HTW, HLW and HSH products<br />
generated for the baseline area (Version 200 and 210) shall no longer be distributed. These<br />
will be replaced by the new release of the global products (see section 6), available in August<br />
<strong>2008</strong>. The status on availability and completeness of these products will be added in the 2 nd<br />
<strong>Operations</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2008</strong>.
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Within the framework of quality management of DWD the following key figures were defined:<br />
Availability of products (Product Availability; PA):<br />
According to the user requirements the generation and archiving of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products<br />
shall be completed within 60 days (2 months) after the end of the time interval for<br />
which the product is valid (target date) for all products except TIS, TRS and TET. For<br />
these products a target date of 120 days is valid. PA is weighted accordingly to reach<br />
the averaged value.<br />
PA = target date – date of availability; target date=60 (120)<br />
That means PA=60 (120) corresponds to a real time processing and is the maximum<br />
value.<br />
In case PA
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Table 5: Quality management ratios in dependence on the product groups (Cld: Cloud<br />
products, Rad: radiation products, TOA: top of the atmosphere products, Wap: water<br />
vapour and temperature products) and the service indicator RT during the last 12<br />
months<br />
PA PA_Cld PA_Rad PA_TOA PA_Wap PC PC_Cld PC_Rad PC_TOA PC_Wap RT<br />
Target >=0 >=0 >=0 >=0 >=0 >=95% >=95% >=95% >=95% >=95% >=0<br />
Jul 2007 37 54 54 3 -** 100 100 100 100 -** 4<br />
Aug 2007 39 56 56 5 -** 100 100 100 100 -** 3<br />
Sep 2007 55 55 55 -** -** 100 100 100 -** -** 3<br />
Oct 2007 48 48 48 -** -** 100 100 100 -** -** 4<br />
Nov 2007 55 55 55 -** -** 100 100 100 -** -** 4<br />
Dec 2007 56 56 56 -** -** 100 100 100 -** -** 4<br />
Jan <strong>2008</strong> 58 58 58 -** -** 100 100 100 -** -** 4<br />
Feb <strong>2008</strong> 57 57 57 -** -** 99 98 100 -** -** 4<br />
Mar <strong>2008</strong> 58 58 58 -** -** 100 100 100 -** -** 4<br />
Apr <strong>2008</strong> 55 55 55 -** -** 98 100 95 -** -** 4<br />
May <strong>2008</strong> 55* 55* 55* -** -** 49 49 48 -** -** 3<br />
Jun <strong>2008</strong> 35* 35* 35* -** -** 49 49 48 -** -** 5<br />
* These numbers include only the status of the processing of AVHRR-based products<br />
** Not processed<br />
The low PC values for May <strong>2008</strong> and June <strong>2008</strong> are due to the delay in the processing of<br />
SEVIRI-based products (see section 6). The numbers will be updated in the next <strong>Operations</strong><br />
<strong>Report</strong>.<br />
3 Quality of products<br />
The quality of operational <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products with respect to e.g. accuracy and the status of<br />
the products as well is described in the “Annual Validation <strong>Report</strong> 2007” (cp. [AD 6]) . This<br />
<strong>Report</strong> is available on the public <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> webpage:<br />
www.cmsaf.eu → documentation → validation_reports.<br />
4 Service provision status<br />
The Service Specification document [AD 2] provides specifications and detailed information<br />
on the services committed towards the users by the Satellite Application Facility on Climate<br />
Monitoring (<strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong>). The table below gives a summary of the status of implemented<br />
services.<br />
Table 6: Status of implemented <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> services according the Service Specification<br />
requirement<br />
status<br />
SS-1 scope on schedule<br />
SS-2 area on schedule<br />
SS-3 Product characteristics and accuracy on schedule<br />
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requirement<br />
status<br />
SS-4 availability partly delayed<br />
SS-5 <strong>Operations</strong> <strong>Report</strong> on schedule<br />
SS-6 <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> archive available<br />
SS-7 Processing of requests on schedule<br />
SS-8 User information provided<br />
SS-9 Media of product distribution procedure implemented<br />
SS-10 Product distribution (single entry point) procedure implemented<br />
SS-11 Product distribution (product catalogue) available<br />
SS-12 Product distribution (ordering procedure) procedure implemented<br />
SS-13 Product distribution (registration) procedure implemented<br />
SS-14 Product distribution (user information) procedure implemented<br />
SS-15 Training activities on schedule<br />
SS-16 Help Desk and User Problem <strong>Report</strong>ing procedure implemented<br />
procedure<br />
SS-17 Help Desk availability on schedule<br />
SS-18 Availability of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> web page on schedule<br />
SS-19 Provision of user service available<br />
SS-20 Mail box and FAQ list mail box available, provision of FAQ list<br />
planned<br />
SS-21 Functions of the central <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> WWW site implemented<br />
SS-22 Access rights implemented<br />
SS-23 News and other topics available<br />
SS-24 Documentation Access access available<br />
SS-25 Meteorological Scientific Developments on schedule<br />
SS-26 User Service quality monitoring on schedule<br />
5 List and status of the generated Software Problem/Non Conformance<br />
<strong>Report</strong>s<br />
The following Software Problem <strong>Report</strong>s (SPR), Software Modification <strong>Report</strong>s (SMR), Non<br />
Conformance <strong>Report</strong>s (NCR) and System Change <strong>Report</strong>s (SCR) related to the operational<br />
<strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> versions were raised:<br />
Table 7: Raised Software Problem <strong>Report</strong>s (SPR), Software Modification <strong>Report</strong>s (SMR), Non<br />
Conformance <strong>Report</strong>s (NCR) and System Change <strong>Report</strong>s (SCR) concerning the<br />
operational versions related to the version of change.<br />
SPR name SPR date SMR name SMR date affected<br />
item<br />
Implemented<br />
in SW version<br />
SPR-0001-DWD_SIS 27.0<strong>1.</strong>2004 SMR-0001-DWD_SIS 27.0<strong>1.</strong>2004 SIS <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0002-DWD_SIS 28.0<strong>1.</strong>2004 SMR-0002-DWD_SIS 29.0<strong>1.</strong>2004 SIS <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0003-<br />
DWD_S2average<br />
SMR-0003-<br />
27.0<strong>1.</strong>2004 DWD_S2average 29.0<strong>1.</strong>2004 S2-average <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0004-<br />
DWD_S2average<br />
SMR-0004-<br />
28.0<strong>1.</strong>2004 DWD_S2average 29.0<strong>1.</strong>2004 S2-average <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
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SPR-0006-DWD_S2 13.02.2004 SMR-0006-DWD_S2 29.06.2004<br />
Implemented<br />
in SW version<br />
DWD_S2average 13.02.2004 S2-average <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
DM-NWP,<br />
SDL, SOL <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0007-DWD_SIS 13.02.2004 SMR-0007-DWD_SIS 16.02.2004 SIS <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR name SPR date SMR name SMR date affected<br />
item<br />
SPR-0005-<br />
SMR-0005-<br />
DWD_S2average 13.02.2004<br />
SPR-0008-DWD_SOL 13.02.2004 SMR-0008-DWD_SOL 16.02.2004 SOL <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0010-<br />
SMR-0010-<br />
PPSgridaver<br />
DWD_S1S2Lib 03.03.2004 DWD_S1S2Lib 02.07.2004 age <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0011-DWD_SAL 18.03.2004 SMR-0011-DWD_SAL 19.03.2004 SAL <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0013-DWD_SIS 0<strong>1.</strong>06.2004 SMR-0013-DWD_SIS 0<strong>1.</strong>06.2004 SIS <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SMR-0014-<br />
SPR-0014-DWD_S2qc 03.03.2004 DWD_S2qc 03.03.2004 <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0015-DWD_SIS 28.04.2004 SMR-0015-DWD_SIS 28.04.2004 S2-average <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0015-DWD_SIS 28.04.2004 SMR-0015-DWD_SIS 28.04.2004 SIS <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0016-<br />
DWD_MSG-COTCWP<br />
SMR-0016-<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>07.2004 DWD_MSG-COTCWP<br />
MSG-<br />
17.03.2005 COT/CWP <strong>1.</strong>4<br />
SPR-0017-<br />
DWD_TET_TRS<br />
SMR-0017-<br />
13.07.2004 DWD_TET_TRS 30.08.2004 TET, TRS <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0018-DWD_TPW<br />
SMR-0018-<br />
27.07.2004 DWD_TPW 27.07.2004 DM-MSG 2.0<br />
SPR-0019-DWD_LPW 27.07.2004 SMR-0018-DWD_LPW 27.07.2004 DM-MSG 2.0<br />
SPR-0020-DWD_SRB 26.08.2004 SMR-0020-DWD_SRB 26.08.2004 SRB <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0021-DWD_DM-<br />
NWP_pps<br />
SMR-0021-DWD_DM-<br />
30.08.2004 NWP_pps<br />
DM-<br />
30.08.2004 NWP_pps <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0022-<br />
DWD_stx_field<br />
SMR-0022-<br />
30.08.2004 DWD_stx_field<br />
PPSgridaver<br />
30.08.2004 age <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0023-DWD_AM 15.10.2004 SMR-0023-DWD_AM 15.10.2004 Archiver <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0024-DWD_SIS 0<strong>1.</strong>10.2004 SMR-0024-DWD_SIS 0<strong>1.</strong>10.2004 S2-average <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0025-DWD_OPS 3<strong>1.</strong>10.2004 SMR-0025-DWD_OPS<br />
DM-<br />
3<strong>1.</strong>10.2004 NWP_pps <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0026-DWD_HCP-<br />
PGE<br />
SMR-0026-<br />
14.12.2004 DWD_HCP-PGE 14.12.2004 HCP-PGE 2.0<br />
SPR-0027-DWD_HCP-<br />
PGE<br />
SMR-0027-<br />
14.12.2004 DWD_HCP-PGE 14.12.2004 HCP-PGE 2.0<br />
SPR-0028-DWD_S2 0<strong>1.</strong>1<strong>1.</strong>2004 SMR-0028-DWD_S2 02.1<strong>1.</strong>2004 n/a <strong>1.</strong>3<br />
SPR-0029-DWD_DM-<br />
ATOVS<br />
SMR-0029-DWD_DM-<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>02.2005 ATOVS 0<strong>1.</strong>02.2005 DM-ATOVS 2.0<br />
SPR-0030-DWD_HCP-<br />
PGE<br />
SMR-0030-<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>02.2005 DWD_HCP-PGE 0<strong>1.</strong>02.2005 HCP-PGE 2.0<br />
SPR-0031-DWD_HCP-<br />
PGE<br />
SMR-0031-<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>02.2005 DWD_HCP-PGE 0<strong>1.</strong>02.2005 HCP-PGE 2.0<br />
SPR-0032-DWD_HCP-<br />
PGE<br />
SMR-0032-<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>02.2005 DWD_HCP-PGE 0<strong>1.</strong>02.2005 HCP-PGE 2.0<br />
SPR-0033-DWD_S1 02.02.2005 SMR-0033-DWD_S1 10.08.2005 PPS-NWC <strong>1.</strong>5<br />
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SPR name SPR date SMR name SMR date affected<br />
item<br />
Implemented<br />
in SW version<br />
SPR-0034-DWD_OPS 24.02.2005 SMR-0034-DWD_OPS 03.04.2005 3rdPartySW <strong>1.</strong>4<br />
SPR-0035-<br />
DWD_S1S2Lib<br />
SMR-0035-DWD-<br />
02.03.2005 S1S2Lib<br />
PPSgridaver<br />
06.04.2005 age <strong>1.</strong>4<br />
SPR-0036-DWD_HCP-<br />
PGE<br />
SMR-0036-<br />
03.03.2005 DWD_HCP-PGE 03.03.2005 HCP-PGE 2.0<br />
SPR-0037-DWD_OPS 04.04.2005 SMR-0037-DWD_OPS 04.04.2005 PPS-NWC <strong>1.</strong>4<br />
SPR-0038-DWD_S2 13.06.2005 SMR-0038-DWD_S2 13.06.2005 SOL, SDL <strong>1.</strong>5<br />
SPR-0039-DWD_SAL 15.06.2005 SMR-0039-DWD_SAL 15.06.2005 SAL 2.0<br />
SPR-0040-<br />
SMR-0040-DWD-<br />
PPSgridaver<br />
DWD_S1S2Lib 29.07.2005 S1S2Lib 02.08.2005 age <strong>1.</strong>5<br />
SPR-0041-DWD_SAL 15.06.2005 SMR-0041-DWD_SAL 15.0<strong>1.</strong>2006 SAL <strong>1.</strong>6 and 2.1<br />
SPR-0042-DWD_SIS 0<strong>1.</strong>08.2005 SMR-0042-DWD_SIS 10.0<strong>1.</strong>2006 SIS <strong>1.</strong>6 and 2.1<br />
SPR-0044-<br />
SMR-0044-<br />
DWD_SIS_iatm 27.07.2006 DWD_SIS_iatm 3<strong>1.</strong>07.2006 SIS <strong>1.</strong>6 and 2.1<br />
SPR-0046-DWD_s2qc 28.07.2006 SMR-0046-DWD_s2qc 3<strong>1.</strong>07.2006 SIS 2.1<br />
SPR-0047-<br />
DWD_prep4rad<br />
SMR-0047-<br />
3<strong>1.</strong>07.2006 DWD_prep4rad 3<strong>1.</strong>07.2006 DAM.S2 <strong>1.</strong>6<br />
SPR-0048-<br />
DWD_emissivity<br />
SMR-0048-<br />
3<strong>1.</strong>07.2006 DWD_emissivity<br />
Auxiliary<br />
3<strong>1.</strong>07.2006 data <strong>1.</strong>6<br />
SPR-0049-<br />
DWD_SDL_SOL<br />
SMR-0049-<br />
23.08.2006 DWD_SDL_SOL 2<strong>1.</strong>04.2007 S2-average 3.0<br />
SPR-0050-DWD_AM 25.08.2006 SMR-0050-DWD_AM 2<strong>1.</strong>10.2007 AM 3.0<br />
MSG-<br />
NCR-0001-DWD_CPH 2<strong>1.</strong>08.2006 SCR-0001-DWD_CPH 05.0<strong>1.</strong>2007 COT/CWP 3.0<br />
SPR-0052-DWD_SAL 24.10.2007 SMR-0052-DWD_SAL 26.10.2007 SAL SAL 310<br />
6 Main anomalies<br />
As reported in [AD 5] the TIS, TRS and TET products are only available until August 2007<br />
due to “late availability” of CERES data. Unfortunately, the data is still not available. Thus,<br />
the products could not be processed. A service message has been issued to inform the user.<br />
Additionally, a Non Conformance <strong>Report</strong> has to be raised.<br />
The processing of all SEVIRI-based cloud and radiation products is delayed due to<br />
necessary updates in the processing environment. Products are available until end of April<br />
<strong>2008</strong>. The radiation products being merged from AVHRR and SEVIRI products are only<br />
available until April <strong>2008</strong> due to the stop in the processing of the SEVIRI-based products.<br />
The change in the processing environment is required due to necessary adaptations in<br />
connection with the change of the radiance definition for SEVIRI channels by Eumetsat.<br />
Details on the changes can be found in Introduction of MSG level <strong>1.</strong>5 Effective Radiance<br />
Definition. With this update also some other software modules will be changed. It is planned<br />
that the updated processing environment becomes operational again in September <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
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The products from May <strong>2008</strong> onwards will be reprocessed and made available to the user as<br />
soon as possible thereafter. However, it is already known that there will be some gaps in the<br />
SEVIRI-based <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products as no input data are available due to a safe mode transition<br />
on Meteosat-9 on 13 May <strong>2008</strong>. Data had been distributed in a pre-operational mode from 16<br />
May <strong>2008</strong> to 19 May <strong>2008</strong>, with Meteosat 9 becoming operational again on 19 May <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
<strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> plans to use the data from the pre-operational mode as well to keep the data gap<br />
as small as possible.<br />
The distribution of the ATOVS based humidity products has been delayed to August <strong>2008</strong> in<br />
order to implement additional improvements in the processing environment following further<br />
validation of the products. Not only the data gap from September 2006 onwards as reported<br />
in the 2 nd <strong>Operations</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2007 [AD 5] has been filled but also data from January 2004<br />
onwards will be available by the end of August <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
7 Interaction with users, user feedback<br />
7.1 Description of implemented UHD services<br />
The User Help Desk support is based on an open service area of the specific <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> web<br />
site, which acts as the single entry point for the users interface. The User Help Desk provides<br />
information and services to the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> user community and supports the gathering of the<br />
feedback from users needed to improve the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> services. The following services are<br />
provided by the Help Desk:<br />
• E-Mailbox and FAQ list<br />
o<br />
The e-mail box shall help to solve problems and collect questions of the users<br />
with <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products. Besides this it is expected that users will place<br />
requirements and proposals in order to improve the service and the products<br />
here. In the course of the time of regular processing of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> it is anticipated to<br />
collect questions in FAQ lists which shall be updated regularly (at present not yet<br />
available). The UHD is also accessible via phone or fax.<br />
• Feedback/User Problem <strong>Report</strong><br />
o<br />
The user has the possibility to give feedback either via the contact e-mail box or<br />
by filling in the form “User Problem <strong>Report</strong>” (UPR). The UPR form and the contact<br />
e-mail box are available on the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> web page.<br />
• Service messages<br />
o<br />
The <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> web page “Service messages” provides current information<br />
concerning the provision of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products to the users. This regards<br />
announcements to new products or services as well as messages about technical<br />
problems or the quality of products.<br />
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• Change log<br />
o<br />
The <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> web page “change log” informs the user on the versioning approach<br />
of the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products. Following the change in the versioning approach from<br />
May <strong>2008</strong> onwards, this part of the webpage has been adapted accordingly.<br />
• Add on products and tools<br />
o<br />
Additional tools for using <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products are provided on the page “Add on<br />
products and tools” to make the access more comfortable.<br />
• Access to <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> technical documentation<br />
o This is a section for viewing or downloading <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> documentation relevant for<br />
the end users, e.g., User Manual Products, Science Plan, Prototype <strong>Report</strong>s, and<br />
Data Output Formats.<br />
• <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> Scientific Developments<br />
o<br />
Information is provided on the scientific developments and plans as well as<br />
reports of product improvements and validation results.<br />
The Help Desk availability is based on a working-hours-five-days-a-week service. Once the<br />
communication has been received, the User Help Desk team acts as a broker and answers<br />
user inquiries itself or forwards the inquiries to those having the according expertise within<br />
the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> team. Whereas an immediate electronic response will be generated to notify the<br />
user of the inquiry receipt, the full reply shall be provided within 5 working days. The inquiry<br />
and the replies are collected in a dedicated database in order to compile a list of frequently<br />
asked question (FAQ; not yet implemented).<br />
7.2 User statistics<br />
The Help Desk User Support is based on a dedicated <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> web site, which will act as the<br />
single entry point for the web users interface (WUI). When ordering products the users will<br />
gain access by means of a password. The Help Desk intends to provide information and<br />
services to <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> users, as well as to support the gathering of the feedback from users<br />
needed to improve the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> services. Therefore, a template for a user's problem report<br />
(UPR) is available from the web site in order for a user to depict the problems he/she has<br />
with the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products, <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> operation or suggestions for improvements of the <strong>CM</strong>-<br />
<strong>SAF</strong> system.<br />
The following table shows some statistics to the user access and the user feedback during<br />
the reporting period. The number of registered users includes only users not being member<br />
of the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> project.<br />
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Table 8: Statistical information about user access and user feedback during the reporting<br />
period<br />
number<br />
number of registered users 137<br />
Number of new users (1st and 2nd quarter <strong>2008</strong>) 22<br />
number of sessions 64<br />
number of orders and provision of <strong>CM</strong><strong>SAF</strong> products 80<br />
medium of provision of products FTP 62<br />
Email 9<br />
CD 0<br />
UHD contacts 18<br />
response to enquiries<br />
Within 1 working day<br />
Figure 1 illustrates the development of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> users since January <strong>2008</strong>. Only non-<strong>CM</strong>-<br />
<strong>SAF</strong> members registered as a user are included in the figure. The registration of users via<br />
the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> Web User Interface has been possible since September 2004.<br />
Trend of user registration since January <strong>2008</strong><br />
140<br />
135<br />
Number of registered users<br />
130<br />
125<br />
120<br />
115<br />
110<br />
Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar08 Apr 08 May08 Jun 08<br />
Figure 1: Number of registered users since January <strong>2008</strong><br />
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Figure 2 shows the number of users concerning the application area.<br />
Universities<br />
41<br />
Members of other<br />
<strong>SAF</strong>s<br />
4<br />
National<br />
Meteorological<br />
Services<br />
59<br />
Companies<br />
4<br />
Others<br />
12<br />
Research Centres<br />
17<br />
Figure 2: Membership of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> users<br />
Table 9: List of institutions of registered users of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products<br />
Name of INSTITUTION Number of users COUNTRY<br />
ZAMG 3 Austria<br />
Wegener Centre Graz 2 Austria<br />
ANH 1 Azerbaijan<br />
RMI 2 Belgium<br />
MS 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina<br />
NIMH 2 Bulgaria<br />
FADQ 1 Canada<br />
Meteorological and Hydrological<br />
Service<br />
3 Croatia<br />
IRB (Institut Ruñer Bošković) 1 Croatia<br />
MS 1 Cyprus<br />
CHMI 1 Czech Republic<br />
Uni - Kopenhagen 1 Denmark<br />
Danish Meteorological Instiute 1 Denmark<br />
Finish Environmental Institute 1 Finland<br />
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Finnish Meteorological Institute 2 Finland<br />
University of Helsinki 1 Finland<br />
Meteo-France 3 France<br />
LMD 1 France<br />
Umweltbundesamt 1 Germany<br />
Amt für Geoinformationswesen 1 Germany<br />
BTU Cottbus 1 Germany<br />
Deutscher Wetterdienst 9 Germany<br />
DLR 3 Germany<br />
IFM-GEOMAR 1 Germany<br />
Helmut-Schmidt-Universität,<br />
Hamburg<br />
1 Germany<br />
THR 1 Germany<br />
TU - Dresden 1 Germany<br />
Uni - FU Berlin 3 Germany<br />
University of Hanover 21 Germany<br />
Uni - Bonn 1 Germany<br />
Uni - Frankfurt 1 Germany<br />
EUMETSAT 4 Germany<br />
Jörg Fuchs Systemberatung 1 Germany<br />
EADS 1 Germany<br />
BAFG 1 Germany<br />
HNMS 1 Greece<br />
University of Ioannina 1 Greece<br />
Hungarian Meteorological Service 2 Hungary<br />
OMSZ 1 Hungary<br />
MET EIRIANN 1 Irland<br />
Italian Met. Service 4 Italy<br />
University of Firenze 1 Italy<br />
University of Modena and Reggio<br />
E.<br />
1 Italy<br />
University of Rome 2 1 Italy<br />
Uni - Reading 1 Japan<br />
Jordan Meteorological Department 4 Jordan<br />
LHMT 1 Lituania<br />
Hydrometeorological Service 3 Macedonia<br />
NMS 3 Macedonia<br />
CRASTE-LF 1 Marocco<br />
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Name of INSTITUTION Number of users COUNTRY<br />
Hydrometeorological Service 1 Moldavia<br />
KNMI 3 Netherlands<br />
TU - Delft 1 Netherlands<br />
Wageningen University 1 Netherlands<br />
IMGW 3 Poland<br />
Space Research Centre 1 Poland<br />
Uni - Warsaw 1 Poland<br />
National Meteorological<br />
Administration<br />
3 Romania<br />
MGO 2 Russia<br />
Meteomedia AG 1 Switzerland<br />
Meteotest 1 Switzerland<br />
WMO 1 Switzerland<br />
ETHZ 1 Switzerland<br />
SHMU 1 Slovakia<br />
INM 1 Spain<br />
Instituto Canario de Ciencias<br />
Marinas<br />
1 Spain<br />
UCLM 1 Spain<br />
SMHI 1 Sweden<br />
Turkish Met. Service 1 Turkey<br />
Met. Office 1 UK<br />
King’s College London 1 UK<br />
NERC ESSC 1 UK<br />
University Edinburgh 1 UK<br />
University Reading 2 UK<br />
UHMI 1 Ukraine<br />
University of Wisconsin 1 USA<br />
NOAA 1 USA<br />
Uni - Maryland 3 USA<br />
SSEC 1 USA<br />
Science Systems and Applications,<br />
Inc.<br />
1 USA<br />
7.3 Formal UHD requests<br />
During the reporting period 18 inquiries to the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> User Help Desk were registered. 13<br />
questions were sent by e-mail and 5 telephone calls were registered. The user received a<br />
replay within 1 working day in the majority of cases.<br />
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The requests covered different technical aspects of the registration, ordering and data<br />
provision procedure as well as scientific issues of the products.<br />
The temporal distribution of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> User Help Desk inquiries in the first half of <strong>2008</strong> is<br />
shown in Figure 3:<br />
9<br />
Number of enquiries<br />
8<br />
7<br />
6<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
0<br />
Jan08 Feb08 Mar08 Apr08 May08 Jun08<br />
Figure 3: UHD enquiries January – June <strong>2008</strong><br />
7.4 User Problem <strong>Report</strong><br />
User Problem <strong>Report</strong>s were not raised during the reporting period.<br />
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8 Provision of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products<br />
<strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products are provided via Web User Interface (WUI). The following figures<br />
demonstrate, which <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products were ordered by the users during the reporting period<br />
January to June <strong>2008</strong> divided by the subsystems.<br />
a) Number of ordered cloud products<br />
12<br />
Number of orders<br />
10<br />
8<br />
6<br />
4<br />
2<br />
0<br />
CFC COT CPH CTH CTT CTY CWP<br />
Products<br />
b) Number of ordered water vapour products<br />
5<br />
Number of orders<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
0<br />
HLW HSH HTW<br />
Products<br />
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c) Number of ordered surface radiation products<br />
Number of orders<br />
35<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
0<br />
SAL SDL SIS SNL SNS SOL SRB<br />
Products<br />
d) Number of ordered top of the atmosphere products<br />
Number of orders<br />
7<br />
6<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
0<br />
TET TIS TRS<br />
Products<br />
Figure 4: Number of orders for cloud products (a), water vapour products (b), surface radiation<br />
products (c) and top of the atmosphere products (d), January – June <strong>2008</strong><br />
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Concerning the temporal resolution monthly mean products were ordered in the majority of<br />
cases. This is shown by Figure 5.<br />
90<br />
80<br />
number of orders<br />
70<br />
60<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
daily mean<br />
monthly mean<br />
diurnal cycle<br />
monthly mean<br />
w eekly mean<br />
temporal resolution<br />
Figure 5: Number of orders dependent on the temporal resolution, January – June <strong>2008</strong><br />
In addition to formal orders of products via the WUI the colleagues of the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> also<br />
received requests for <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products offline. This concerns <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products for different<br />
time periods or special formats. The following table gives a review of the offline provided<br />
products.<br />
Table 10: Offline provided <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products relating to the area of application<br />
Product Time period Customer Application area<br />
SIS<br />
SAL<br />
SDL<br />
SNS<br />
SIS<br />
CFC<br />
Monthly mean since<br />
02/2006 following<br />
MSG based,<br />
continuous provision<br />
Monthly mean in special<br />
format, continuously,<br />
MSG based<br />
Daily and monthly mean<br />
products based on MSG,<br />
continuously<br />
DWD (department of<br />
Research and<br />
Development)<br />
DWD (Regional Bureau<br />
of Climatological<br />
Expertise)<br />
DWD<br />
Validation of the models of<br />
numerical weather<br />
prediction<br />
Maps of radiation for<br />
enterprises of solar energy<br />
Operational climate<br />
monitoring<br />
9 Training activities Jan <strong>2008</strong> – June <strong>2008</strong><br />
Understanding the need and the request of users for more background information and<br />
training opportunities the <strong>SAF</strong> on Climate Monitoring (<strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong>) initiated the work package<br />
“User Training” with the beginning of the Continuous <strong>Operations</strong> and Development Phase<br />
(CDOP). The goals of the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> training activities are an improved visibility of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong><br />
and to inform (potential) users and atmospheric scientists (esp. climatologists) about <strong>CM</strong>-<br />
<strong>SAF</strong> products and activities as well as getting feedback from the users.<br />
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The goals of the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> training activities are<br />
• To enhance the use of satellite data in climate monitoring and climate analysis<br />
• To train an appropriate handling of satellite data and usage of information derived<br />
from satellite data<br />
• To intensify a widespread / common use and knowledge of the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products<br />
• To enhance and establish international networks on a working level<br />
• To establish a lively dialogue with users (and using it as a source of ideas for<br />
products enhancements)<br />
The main intended audience of the training activities are:<br />
• Climate Scientists (in universities and other research institutes)<br />
• Climatologists in National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS)<br />
• Forecasters<br />
• Students<br />
where the main focus will be on Climate Scientists and Climatologists.<br />
From 1 January <strong>2008</strong> until 30 June <strong>2008</strong> the following training activities took place:<br />
- Participation at EUMETSATs Moodle-Workshop in January <strong>2008</strong>. It is planned to<br />
use Moodle to support the <strong>2008</strong> GCOS Workshop on “The use of Satellite Data for<br />
Climate Applications” which will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from November 3 rd<br />
<strong>2008</strong> until November 7 th <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
- As mentioned in the 2 nd <strong>Operations</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2007 (section 9) a showcase on the "The<br />
Use of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> Data for Climate Applications" was initiated. Six Meteorological<br />
Services of the WMO Region VI applied for the showcase. The committee, which<br />
consisted of representatives from <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong>, EUMETSAT and WMO selected Armenia<br />
to receive the funds for the showcase.<br />
A member of the <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> team visited Armstatehydromet in June <strong>2008</strong>. During his<br />
visit a working plan was elaborated. The work on the showcase project, entitled as<br />
“The application of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> data for monitoring of climate system over Armenia”, is<br />
currently going on. First results are expected by the end of <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
- As a contribution to EUMeTRAIN <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> is currently developing a CAL-Module on<br />
“Climate Monitoring with Satellite Data”. A first idea on the contents of this Module<br />
was presented at the EUMeTRAIN Porject-Team-Meeting Meeting in March <strong>2008</strong> in<br />
Langen. It is planned to present the CAL at the next EUMeTRAIN Project team-<br />
Meeting in Lisbon in October <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
- As in 2007, a 1 day seminar on <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> activities and products was held at the<br />
Meteorological Institute of Hannover University in May <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
- Preparations for the <strong>2008</strong> GCOS Workshop on “The use of Satellite Data for<br />
Climate Applications” which will take place from November 3 rd until November 7 th in<br />
Dubrovnik, Croatia are going on.<br />
Outlook July <strong>2008</strong> – December <strong>2008</strong>:<br />
- Participation at the EumetCAL Workshop in Toulouse, August 25 th to August 28 th .<br />
- Poster Presentation on <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> training activities at the <strong>2008</strong> EUMETSAT<br />
Conference in Darmstadt, September <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
- Two-day Workshop on <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products at DWD in September <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
- Presentation of the CAL-Module for EUMeTRAIN in October <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
- GCOS Workshop “The use of Satellite Data for Climate Applications”, November 3 rd<br />
to November 7 th <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
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10 Interactions with EUMETSAT<br />
<strong>CM</strong><strong>SAF</strong> members have continuous contact with EUMETSAT. Beside the direct email<br />
contacts between the <strong>CM</strong><strong>SAF</strong> and EUMETSAT colleagues, representatives of <strong>CM</strong><strong>SAF</strong><br />
visited the following events:<br />
• 10 Jan <strong>2008</strong>: <strong>SAF</strong> Network Workshop including MTG planning and interaction with<br />
Canada<br />
• 14-15 Jan <strong>2008</strong>: <strong>SAF</strong> Coordination workshop at EUMETSAT, Darmstadt<br />
• 26 Feb <strong>2008</strong>: GSCICS collaboration meeting at DWD, Offenbach<br />
• 28-29 Feb. <strong>2008</strong>: 3 rd <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> <strong>Operations</strong> Review at DWD, Offenbach<br />
• 14 March <strong>2008</strong>: Program Committee for EUMETSAT conference / <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> Member<br />
is Convener for Climate session<br />
• 15-16 April <strong>2008</strong>: R/SSC-<strong>CM</strong> Planning Meeting with participation from WMO, <strong>CM</strong>A,<br />
JMA, NOAA, GCOS, ESA. Five pilot activities were planned for the global network of<br />
R/SSC-<strong>CM</strong>. <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> is participating in 4 of them.<br />
• 29-30 May <strong>2008</strong>: PMET (Post-EPS Mission Expert Team)-6 Meeting; presenting<br />
recommendations from the ITWG-ATOVS working group on climate to the<br />
EUMETSAT PMET team.<br />
• 18-19 June <strong>2008</strong>: African contribution to the activities related to the R/SSC-<strong>CM</strong><br />
Initiative Workshop - Workshop with wide participation from Africa on the topic of<br />
climate monitoring –representing <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> and showing involvement of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> in<br />
R/SSC-<strong>CM</strong> and how African countries may benefit from it.<br />
11 Summary of configuration items update<br />
The implementation of changes concerning the operational <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> version products is<br />
shown in the next tables. From the start of <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> until 30 April <strong>2008</strong>, the version number<br />
of all products has been changed with any update of the processing environment (whether<br />
the product was affected or not). With effect of 1 May <strong>2008</strong> the versioning approach has<br />
been revised to a product based versioning. I. e., only the version number of the affected<br />
product is changed. Two cases are distinguished and cause a modification of the version<br />
number:<br />
<strong>1.</strong> Update of the software used in the processing (change in 2 nd digit)<br />
2. The input for the processing of the product has changed (change in 3 rd digit)<br />
Therefore, separate tables for the different product groups (clouds, surface radiation, water<br />
vapour, radiation at the top of the atmosphere) are given for all changes in the processing<br />
after May <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Table 11 gives a summary of all changes in the products until 30 April <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
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Table 11: Implemented changes concerning <strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong> products until 30 April <strong>2008</strong><br />
Version Operational centre Sources valid from implemented changes<br />
<strong>1.</strong>0 RMIB<br />
(TOA products)<br />
<strong>1.</strong>1 RMIB<br />
(TOA products)<br />
Data source:<br />
METEOSAT-<br />
8/GERB and<br />
CERES data<br />
Data source:<br />
METEOSAT-<br />
8/GERB and<br />
CERES data<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>12.2004 to<br />
3<strong>1.</strong>03.2006<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>04.2006 to<br />
3<strong>1.</strong>10.2006<br />
N/a<br />
• Gerb data from released<br />
version<br />
• Replacement of missing<br />
Gerb pixels by Gerb-like<br />
ones instead of image<br />
per<br />
• image<br />
• Change of geolocation<br />
(correction of bugs, now<br />
exactly 45km x 45km)<br />
• New fields giving<br />
percentage of Gerb /<br />
Gerb-like / Ceres data<br />
needed to<br />
• compute each pixel<br />
value in the final<br />
products<br />
<strong>1.</strong>2 RMIB<br />
(TOA products)<br />
<strong>1.</strong>3 DWD<br />
(Cloud products<br />
and Surface<br />
radiation products)<br />
<strong>1.</strong>4 DWD<br />
(Cloud products<br />
and Surface<br />
radiation products)<br />
Data source:<br />
METEOSAT-<br />
8/GERB and<br />
CERES data<br />
Data source:<br />
NOAA/AVHRR<br />
Based on <strong>SAF</strong>-<br />
NWC software<br />
PPS <strong>1.</strong>0<br />
Data source:<br />
NOAA/AVHRR<br />
Based on <strong>SAF</strong>-<br />
NWC software<br />
PPS <strong>1.</strong>0<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>0<strong>1.</strong>2006 to<br />
30.04.2007<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>0<strong>1.</strong>2005 to<br />
3<strong>1.</strong>03.2005<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>04.2004 to<br />
3<strong>1.</strong>07.2005<br />
• introduction of a<br />
correction to the thermal<br />
flues from GERB and<br />
GERB-like products<br />
N/a<br />
- Change of averaging<br />
routine:<br />
Limits for cloud<br />
products have been<br />
changed:<br />
- Daily mean: at least<br />
6 slots per tile<br />
(except for<br />
COT/CWP products)<br />
- Monthly mean: at<br />
least 20 daily mean<br />
- Improvement in allocation<br />
of NWP data files (update of<br />
aix_job_stx_field and<br />
aix_job_stx_field_mm)<br />
- COT/CWP version <strong>1.</strong>0was<br />
implemented<br />
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Version Operational centre Sources valid from implemented changes<br />
- Avhcal.txt version 12 was<br />
implemented (update of<br />
calibration coefficients for<br />
NOAA-17)<br />
- Update of pps_runutils.py<br />
according to SMR-0155-INM<br />
(NWC-<strong>SAF</strong>)<br />
<strong>1.</strong>5 DWD<br />
(Cloud products<br />
and Surface<br />
radiation products)<br />
<strong>1.</strong>6 DWD<br />
(Cloud products<br />
and Surface<br />
radiation products)<br />
Data source:<br />
NOAA/AVHRR<br />
Based on <strong>SAF</strong>-<br />
NWC software<br />
PPS <strong>1.</strong>0<br />
Data source:<br />
NOAA/AVHRR<br />
Based on <strong>SAF</strong>-<br />
NWC software<br />
PPS <strong>1.</strong>1<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>08.2005 to<br />
3<strong>1.</strong>12.2006<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>0<strong>1.</strong>2007 to<br />
30.08.2007<br />
- change from 32 x 32 pixel<br />
per tile to 45 x 45 pixel per<br />
tile in the clouds processing<br />
to fix the error of artefacts in<br />
the end products (straight<br />
lines across sub-areas)<br />
- elimination of box gradients<br />
near the coastlines in SOL<br />
and SDL images<br />
- Hardware change from IBM<br />
Power3 to IBM Power5<br />
- change from <strong>SAF</strong>-NWC<br />
Software PPS <strong>1.</strong>0 to<br />
<strong>SAF</strong>-NWC software PPS<br />
<strong>1.</strong>1<br />
- change to AAPP 5.3<br />
- Update of SAL<br />
processing (SAL now<br />
available both over land<br />
and ocean, Data over<br />
ocean are based on<br />
model. SAL processing<br />
uses Corine/USGS land<br />
use map as background<br />
data.<br />
- Change of COT/CWP<br />
software version V2.2.2<br />
(Enhanced look-up<br />
tables w. r. t. optical<br />
properties of especially<br />
ice clouds; Inclusion of<br />
surface albedo maps<br />
based on MODIS whitesky<br />
albedo maps;<br />
optional recalibration of<br />
AVHRR radiances of<br />
channels 1-3 relative to<br />
corresponding MODIS<br />
radiances (switched on))<br />
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Version Operational centre Sources valid from implemented changes<br />
2.0 DWD<br />
(Cloud products,<br />
Surface radiation<br />
products and<br />
Humidity products)<br />
Data source:<br />
MSG/SEVIRI<br />
based on <strong>SAF</strong>-<br />
NWC software<br />
MSG <strong>1.</strong>1<br />
and<br />
NOAA/ATOVS<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>09.2005 to<br />
3<strong>1.</strong>0<strong>1.</strong>2006<br />
N/a<br />
2.1 DWD<br />
(Cloud products,<br />
Surface radiation<br />
products and<br />
Humidity products)<br />
Data source:<br />
MSG/SEVIRI<br />
based on <strong>SAF</strong>-<br />
NWC software<br />
MSG <strong>1.</strong>2<br />
and<br />
NOAA/ATOVS<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>09.2005 to<br />
09.05.2007<br />
Change of <strong>SAF</strong>-NWC<br />
software from MSG <strong>1.</strong>1 to<br />
MSG <strong>1.</strong>2<br />
see also service message 8<br />
3.0<br />
DWD<br />
(Cloud products,<br />
Surface radiation<br />
products and<br />
Humidity products)<br />
DWD<br />
(Cloud products<br />
and Surface<br />
radiation products)<br />
Data source:<br />
MSG/SEVIRI<br />
based on <strong>SAF</strong>-<br />
NWC software<br />
MSG <strong>1.</strong>2<br />
and<br />
NOAA/ATOVS<br />
NOAA/AVHRR<br />
based on <strong>SAF</strong>-<br />
NWC software<br />
PPS <strong>1.</strong>1<br />
Data source:<br />
NOAA/AVHRR<br />
Based on <strong>SAF</strong>-<br />
NWC software<br />
PPS <strong>1.</strong>1 NWP<br />
remapping<br />
corrected (see<br />
service<br />
message 20)<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>05.2007 till<br />
today<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>09.2007 till<br />
today<br />
- Area extension of<br />
SEVIRI processing to full<br />
disk<br />
- Change of COT/CWP<br />
software version V2.2.2<br />
- New ATOVS processing<br />
based on IAPP<br />
- AVHRR/SEVIRI merging<br />
for surface radiation<br />
products.<br />
- NWP remapping<br />
corrected (see service<br />
message 20)<br />
- Update of SAL<br />
processing (inclusion of<br />
OSI-<strong>SAF</strong> sea ice mask<br />
for retrieval of snow and<br />
sea ice albedo over<br />
ocean)<br />
- Change of COT/CWP<br />
software version for<br />
AVHRR (V2.2.2 1 )<br />
RMIB<br />
(TOA products)<br />
METEOSAT-<br />
9/GERB1 and<br />
CERES data<br />
0<strong>1.</strong>05.2007 till<br />
today<br />
Products based on GERB1<br />
data<br />
Table 12 and Table 13 show the status of changes for AVHRR-based cloud and surface<br />
radiation products since 01 May <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
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Table 12: Implemented changes for AVHRR-based cloud products since 01 May <strong>2008</strong><br />
Line Version<br />
Operating<br />
Centre<br />
1 300 DWD NOAA/<br />
AVHRR<br />
Source Product Area Valid Implement changes<br />
All cloud<br />
products<br />
baseline 01 Sep 2007<br />
till today<br />
See Table 11<br />
Table 13: Implemented changes for AVHRR-based surface radiation products since 01 May<br />
<strong>2008</strong><br />
Line Version Operating<br />
Centre<br />
Source Product Area Valid Implement changes<br />
1 300 DWD NOAA/<br />
AVHRR<br />
2 300 DWD NOAA/<br />
AVHRR<br />
3 310 DWD NOAA/<br />
AVHRR<br />
4 301 DWD NOAA/<br />
AVHRR<br />
5 301 DWD NOAA/<br />
AVHRR<br />
6 301 DWD NOAA/<br />
AVHRR<br />
SDL,<br />
SOL,<br />
SNL<br />
SAL,<br />
SIS,<br />
SNS,<br />
SRB<br />
baseline 01 Sep 2007<br />
till today<br />
baseline<br />
01 Sep<br />
2007- 30<br />
April <strong>2008</strong><br />
SAL baseline 01 May<br />
<strong>2008</strong> till<br />
today<br />
SIS baseline 01 May<br />
<strong>2008</strong> till<br />
today<br />
SNS baseline 01 May<br />
<strong>2008</strong> till<br />
today<br />
SRB baseline 01 May<br />
<strong>2008</strong> till<br />
today<br />
See Table 11<br />
See Table 11<br />
Update of software (SMAC<br />
correction for snow pixels<br />
removed, as the Manalo-<br />
Smith algorithm already<br />
accounts for atmospheric<br />
effects; water albedo<br />
normalized to 60° sun zenith<br />
angle (SZA), SZA<br />
processing limit in product<br />
should now remove all nonvalid<br />
pixels, whether land,<br />
sea or sea ice; some minor<br />
bug fixes having no or<br />
negligible effect on the final<br />
product.<br />
Changed input, see line 3<br />
Changed input, see lines 3<br />
and 4<br />
Changed input, see line 5<br />
As mentioned in Section 5 a new release of ATOVS based humidity and temperature<br />
products will become available by the end of August <strong>2008</strong>. In the same time frame the<br />
processing of all SEVIRI-based products will be set up again. Changes concerning these<br />
products will be added to the tables in the 2 nd <strong>Operations</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
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Annex 1: List of abbreviations<br />
Abbreviation<br />
A.D.<br />
AM<br />
AMSU<br />
ANH<br />
ATOVS<br />
AVHRR<br />
BFG<br />
BTU<br />
CD<br />
CDOP<br />
CERES<br />
CFC<br />
CHMI<br />
<strong>CM</strong><br />
<strong>CM</strong>A<br />
<strong>CM</strong>-<strong>SAF</strong><br />
COT<br />
CPH<br />
CRASTE-LF<br />
CTH<br />
CTP<br />
CTT<br />
CTY<br />
CWP<br />
DLR<br />
DM<br />
DOP<br />
DWD<br />
EADS<br />
e.g.<br />
EPS<br />
ETHZ<br />
EUMETSAT<br />
FADQ<br />
FAQ<br />
FTP<br />
FU<br />
GERB<br />
GSICS<br />
HCP<br />
HLW<br />
HNMS<br />
H-<strong>SAF</strong><br />
HSH<br />
HTW<br />
Meaning<br />
Applicable Dokuments<br />
Archive Manager<br />
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit<br />
Azerbaijan National Hydrometeorological<br />
Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder<br />
Advanced Very High Resolution Receiver<br />
Federal Institute of Hydrology (Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde / BfG, Koblenz)<br />
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus<br />
Compact Disk<br />
Continuous Development and <strong>Operations</strong> Phase<br />
Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System<br />
Fractional Cloud Cover<br />
Czech Hydrometeorological Institute<br />
Climate Monitoring<br />
Chinese Meteorological Agency<br />
Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring<br />
Cloud Optical Thickness<br />
Cloud (Thermodynamic) Phase<br />
Le Centre Régional Africain des Sciences et Technologies de l'Espace en<br />
Langue Français<br />
Cloud Top Height<br />
Cloud top pressure<br />
Cloud Top Temperature<br />
Cloud Type<br />
Cloud (Liquid) Water Path<br />
(German Aerospace Centre)<br />
Data Manager<br />
Detailed <strong>Operations</strong> Proposal<br />
Deutscher Wetterdienst (German MetService)<br />
European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company<br />
for example<br />
European Polar System<br />
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich<br />
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites<br />
La Financière agricole du Québec<br />
Frequently Asked Questions<br />
File Transfer Protocol<br />
Freie Universität<br />
Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget<br />
Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System<br />
Humidity Composite Product<br />
Layered water vapour in 5 layers<br />
Hellenic National Meteorological Service<br />
Satellite Application Facility on support to operational Hydrology and water<br />
management<br />
Specific humidity and temperature at 6 pressure levels<br />
Vertical integrated water vapour information<br />
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Abbreviation<br />
IFM-Geomar<br />
i.e.<br />
INGW<br />
INM<br />
IRB<br />
ITWG<br />
JMA<br />
KNMI<br />
LHMB<br />
LMD<br />
LPW<br />
Met Eiriann<br />
METEOSAT<br />
MGO<br />
MS<br />
MSG<br />
MTG<br />
n/a<br />
NCR<br />
NERC ESSC<br />
NIMH<br />
NMS<br />
NOAA<br />
NWC<strong>SAF</strong><br />
OMSZ<br />
OpsRep<br />
OR<br />
PA<br />
PC<br />
PGE<br />
PMET<br />
PPS<br />
PRD<br />
RMIB<br />
R/SSC<br />
RT<br />
<strong>SAF</strong><br />
SAL<br />
SCR<br />
SDL<br />
SeSpe<br />
SEVIRI<br />
SHMI<br />
SIS<br />
SMHI<br />
SMR<br />
SNL<br />
Meaning<br />
The Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of Kiel<br />
that is<br />
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management<br />
(National Institute for Meteorology; Spanish MetService)<br />
Institut Ruder Boskovic<br />
International TOVS Working Group<br />
Japan Meteorological Agency<br />
Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute<br />
Lithuanian Board for Hydrometeorology<br />
Laboratoire Météorologie Dynamique<br />
Layered Precepitable Water<br />
Meteorological Service Ireland<br />
Meteorological Satellite<br />
Main Geophysical Observatory<br />
Meteorological Service<br />
Meteorological Satellite Second Generation<br />
MeteoSat third generation<br />
Not applicable<br />
Non Conformance <strong>Report</strong><br />
Natural Environment Research Council<br />
Environmental Systems Science Centre<br />
The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (of Romania)<br />
National Meteorological Service<br />
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration<br />
<strong>SAF</strong> in Support to Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting<br />
Meteorological Service of Hungary<br />
<strong>Operations</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
Operation Reviews<br />
Product Availability<br />
Product Completeness<br />
Product Generating Element<br />
Post-EPS Mission Expert Team<br />
Polar Platform System<br />
Product Requirement Document<br />
Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium<br />
Regional Specialized Satellite Centre<br />
Response Time<br />
Satellite Application Facility<br />
Surface Albedo<br />
System Change <strong>Report</strong>s<br />
Surface Downward Long-Wave Radiation<br />
Service Specification<br />
Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager<br />
Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute<br />
Solar Incoming Surface Radiation<br />
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute<br />
Software Modification <strong>Report</strong><br />
Surface Net Long-Wave Radiation<br />
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Abbreviation<br />
SNS<br />
SOL<br />
SP<br />
SPR<br />
SRB<br />
SSEC<br />
TET<br />
TIS<br />
TOA<br />
TRS<br />
TU<br />
UCLM<br />
UHD<br />
UHMI<br />
UK Met Office<br />
UMP<br />
UPR<br />
UR<br />
URD<br />
V3<br />
ValRep<br />
WMO<br />
WUI<br />
WWW<br />
ZAMG<br />
Meaning<br />
Surface Net Short-Wave Radiation<br />
Surface Outgoing Long-Wave radiation<br />
Sience Plan<br />
Software Problem <strong>Report</strong>s<br />
Surface Radiation Budget<br />
Space Science and Engineering Center<br />
Emitted Thermal Radioactive Flux at the Top of the Atmosphere<br />
Incoming Solar Radioactive Flux at the Top of the Atmosphere<br />
Top of the Atmosphere<br />
Reflected Solar Radioactive Flux at the Top of the Atmosphere<br />
Technische Universität<br />
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha<br />
User Help Desk<br />
Ukraine Research Hydrometeorological Institute<br />
United Kingdom Meteorological Office<br />
User Manual Products<br />
User Problem <strong>Report</strong><br />
User Requirement<br />
User Requirement Document<br />
Versioning<br />
Validation <strong>Report</strong><br />
World Meteorological Organization<br />
Web User Interface<br />
World Wide Web / World Weather Watch (WMO)<br />
Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (Austrian MetService)<br />
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