CDOP2 Project Plan - Main Document - H-SAF

CDOP-2 Project Plan 

(Main) 

Doc. No: SAF/HSAF/CDOP2/PP/1.0 

Issue: Version 1.0 

Date: 11/12/2012 

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EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility 

on Support to Operational Hydrology 

and Water Management 

(H-SAF) 


(Main document) 

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Reference Number: 

SAF/HSAF/CODP2/PP/1.0 

Issue/Revision Index: Issue 1.0 

Last Change: 11/12/2012 

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DOCUMENT SIGNATURE TABLE 

Name Date Signature 

Prepared by : 

Approved by : 

H-SAF Project Management 

Team 

H-SAF Project Manager 

DOCUMENT CHANGE RECORD 

Issue / 

Revision 

Date 

Description 

0.1 15/02/12 Preliminary version prepared for CDOP-2 Kick Off 

0.2 31/08/12 Updates after SG and Secretariat comments 

0.3 23/11/12 Updates after further iteration with Secretariat 

1.0 11/12/2012 Baseline version approved by Steering Group (CDOP2 SG2) on 11 December 2012





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Index 

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1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 7 

1.1 Purpose of the document ....................................................................................................... 7 

1.2 Structure of the document ..................................................................................................... 7 

1.3 Vision for CDOP-2 .................................................................................................................... 7 

1.4 Overall CDOP-2 logic ............................................................................................................... 8 

1.5 Reference documents ........................................................................................................... 10 

2 Project Management .................................................................................................................... 11 

2.1 H-SAF Products during CDOP-2 ............................................................................................. 11 

2.2 Consortium structure and responsibilities ............................................................................ 20 

2.3 Organizational Elements ....................................................................................................... 22 

2.3.1 Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) .................................................................. 22 

2.3.2 Project Management .................................................................................................... 25 

2.3.3 Project Planning, Coordination and Control ................................................................. 25 

2.3.4 Engineering ................................................................................................................... 26 

2.3.5 Science Management .................................................................................................... 26 

2.3.6 Operations Management .............................................................................................. 27 

2.3.7 Quality Assurance ......................................................................................................... 28 

2.3.7.1 Anomalies and Non Conformance process ............................................................... 28 

2.3.7.2 Configuration and Documentation Management .................................................... 30 

2.3.8 Internal Coordination Mechanisms .............................................................................. 31 

2.3.8.1 Steering Group .......................................................................................................... 31 

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2.3.8.2 Project Team ............................................................................................................. 32 

2.3.8.3 Project Management Team ...................................................................................... 34 

2.3.8.4 Actions Management ................................................................................................ 34 

2.3.9 Interactions with EUMETSAT Secretariat ...................................................................... 35 

2.3.10 Interactions with the CAF, other SAFs, and External Entities ....................................... 35 

2.3.10.1 Interactions: Precipitation Products ..................................................................... 36 

2.3.10.2 Interactions: Soil moisture products ..................................................................... 36 

2.3.10.3 Interactions: Snow products ................................................................................. 37 

2.3.10.4 Joint Precipitation Working Group ....................................................................... 38 

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2.4 Project Scope Management and Planning ............................................................................ 39 

2.4.1 Product Breakdown Structure (PBS) ............................................................................. 39 

2.4.2 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) ............................................................................... 42 

2.4.3 Responsibility Assignment Matrix – Work Packages identification .............................. 47





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2.4.4 Overall Schedule ........................................................................................................... 58 

2.4.5 Project Deliverable Documents .................................................................................... 61 

2.5 User services ......................................................................................................................... 62 

2.5.1 User Documentation ..................................................................................................... 62 

2.5.2 Web portal .................................................................................................................... 62 

2.5.3 User help desk ............................................................................................................... 63 

2.5.4 User tools ...................................................................................................................... 63 

2.5.5 Workshops .................................................................................................................... 64 

2.6 Visiting Scientist Programme ................................................................................................ 64 

2.7 Federated Activities .............................................................................................................. 64 

2.8 Outreach and Training activities ........................................................................................... 65 

3 Engineering Management ............................................................................................................ 66 

3.1 System Engineering Process ................................................................................................. 66 

3.2 Engineering Review Planning ................................................................................................ 69 

3.3 Work Packages list and link to milestones and deliverables ................................................ 74 

3.4 Technical programmatic elements ....................................................................................... 89 

3.4.1 System Configuration and Services Overview .............................................................. 89 

3.4.2 Reuse of existing Infrastructure and needs for CDOP-2 ............................................... 90 

3.4.3 Operational Configuration for CDOP-2 ......................................................................... 90 

3.4.4 System and Product Versioning Approach ................................................................... 91 

3.4.5 Engineering Integration ................................................................................................ 92 

3.4.6 Technical Risk Analysis .................................................................................................. 92 

Appendix A: Glossary ............................................................................................................................ 94





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Tables index 

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Table 1 Products status at end of CDOP entering CDOP-2 ................................................................... 12 

Table 2 Operational products evolution ............................................................................................... 13 

Table 3 New products in development during CDOP-2 ........................................................................ 14 

Table 4 Product status and expected evolution - detail ....................................................................... 19 

Table 5 Composition of the H-SAF Consortium in CDOP-2 ................................................................... 21 

Table 6 Sub-entities and sub-contractors ............................................................................................. 21 

Table 7 Steering Group composition .................................................................................................... 31 

Table 8 Composition of the H-SAF Project Team in CDOP-2 ................................................................ 33 

Table 9 Composition of the H-SAF Project Management Team ........................................................... 34 

Table 10 Financial Officer...................................................................................................................... 34 

Table 11 Interactions with CAF and other SAFs .................................................................................... 36 

Table 12 RAM for Support Functions .................................................................................................... 48 

Table 13 RAM for Development - Precipitation products development .............................................. 49 

Table 14 RAM for Development – Soil Moisture products development ............................................ 50 

Table 15 RAM for Development – Snow products development ......................................................... 50 

Table 16 RAM for Operations – Precipitation products operations ..................................................... 51 

Table 17 RAM for Operations– Soil Moisture products operations ..................................................... 51 

Table 18 RAM for Operations – Snow products operations ................................................................. 52 

Table 19 RAM for Operations – Hydrovalidation Service ..................................................................... 53 

Table 20 RAM for Operations –Validation (Quality Monitoring) Service ............................................. 55 

Table 21 RAM for Operations –Central Operations .............................................................................. 56 

Table 22 Development Work Packages decomposition at fourth level................................................ 58 

Table 23 Programmatic documentation of CDOP-2 ............................................................................. 61 

Table 24 Engineering documentation of CDOP-2 ................................................................................. 61 

Table 25 Project Deliverable Documents for Operation reviews ......................................................... 62 

Table 26 Scientific documentation of CDOP-2 ...................................................................................... 62 

Table 27 Scenarios and relevant products - correspondence .............................................................. 66 

Table 28 Plan of reviews and deliverables for Scenario 2 .................................................................... 68 

Table 29 Plan of reviews and deliverables for Scenario 5 .................................................................... 69 

Table 30 Review Plan - CDOP Backlog................................................................................................... 71 

Table 31 Review Plan - New CDOP-2 Developments ............................................................................ 73 

Table 32 Cooperation with CAF and other SAFs ................................................................................... 92 

Table 33 Risk register ............................................................................................................................ 93





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Figures Index 

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Figure 1 OBS - Top level ........................................................................................................................ 22 

Figure 2 OBS –OBS: Project Management Team .................................................................................. 23 

Figure 3 OBS – OBS: Product generation clusters ................................................................................. 23 

Figure 4 OBS – OBS: Hydrovalidation Service Cluster ........................................................................... 24 

Figure 5 OBS – OBS: Product Validation Service Cluster ....................................................................... 24 

Figure 6 Anomaly process diagram ....................................................................................................... 29 

Figure 7 Configuration management process ....................................................................................... 30 

Figure 8 Reporting Flow ........................................................................................................................ 33 

Figure 9 Product Breakdown Structure: Segment-Oriented View ........................................................ 40 

Figure 10 Product Breakdown Structure: Product/Chain-Oriented View ............................................ 41 

Figure 11 Work Breakdown Structure: Top Level ................................................................................. 42 

Figure 12 WBS: Support Functions ....................................................................................................... 43 

Figure 13 WBS: Development ............................................................................................................... 45 

Figure 14 WBS: Operations ................................................................................................................... 46 

Figure 15 Overall Schedule ................................................................................................................... 60 

Figure 16 System configuration and service diagram ........................................................................... 89





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1 Introduction 

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1.1 Purpose of the document 

This document exposes the Project Plan of the Satellite Application Facility on Support to 

Operational Hydrology and Water Management (H-SAF). It is focused on the H-SAF work programme 

for the Second Continuous Development and Operations Phase (CDOP-2), whose period of duration 

is from 1st of March 2012 to 28th of February 2017. 

The H-SAF objectives for the CDOP-2 phase are here explained in detail: the vision and overall logic 

which is at the basis of the CDOP-2 strategy, the project management and the engineering 

management are enclosed in the “Main” part of this Project Plan; Science Plan, Work Packages 

descriptions and Financial Aspects are included as Annexes of the Project Plan, separated for a 

better readability. 

This Project Plan is a baseline for the CDOP-2 phase, and is tightly based on the results of the H-SAF 

CDOP-2 Proposal. At the same time, this document uses the approach of explaining objectives and 

activities also in terms of expected evolution of the H-SAF system. 

The Plan will be continuously maintained during the whole CDOP-2 period, care of the H-SAF Project 

Management Team (see 2.3.8.3), taking into account the inputs from the Project Team and the 

outcomes of the H-SAF Project Team meetings (see 2.3.8.1), which will trigger the new releases; 

each release will be submitted to the H-SAF Steering Group for endorsement (see 2.3.8.1). 

1.2 Structure of the document 

The document is composed as follows: 

Main Document (this document); 

Annex I: Work Packages Description Sheets; 

Annex II: Science Plan; 

Annex III: Financial Aspects. 

1.3 Vision for CDOP-2 

The H-SAF vision for CDOP-2 relies on the assumption that to H-SAF is committed the theme of 

providing products and services in support of Operational Meteorology, Hydrology, 

Oceanography/Climate and Risk Management following and improving the scientific framework of 

10 years (2005-2015) as approved by the 55 th Council Meeting in 2004. 

That approach aims to accomplish the following relevant requirements: 

extending the limit of the long term vision from 2015 up to the time of new generation of 

EUMETSAT satellites, both geo-stationary and leo-orbiting, concurring to establishing their 

user requirements and potential operational products, 

the future role of the combined numerical models (Hydrological, Meteorological and 

Oceanographic) about estimation and forecast of precipitation, inland waters, sea 

circulation, climate monitoring considering the added value of satellite derived products in 

giving homogeneous mapping of precipitation estimation along land and sea, ground soil 

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the exploitation of a wide range of current and future space missions for meteorology, 

altimetry (ocean and inland water) as from the Sentinel GMES programmes and from extra- 

European agencies programmes (first of all GPM). 

improving of the provided service of on-line product validation/quality monitoring, which 

shall give the level of confidence of the products in such a way to allow its use by decision 

making end users in risk management activities. 

The provision of above mentioned products and services from satellite data is of direct benefit to 

land hydrological community and to the oceanography and climate monitoring activity, i.e. the 

estimation of fresh water input for oceanographic circulation modelling, as one of the most 

important issues of the WMO Commission on Hydrology. In addition to the numerical use of the 

products, the direct use by end users would be improved as well. 

The role of the H-SAF envisaged by this vision would be fully placed within the long term strategy of 

EUMETSAT within the GMES operations. 

1.4 Overall CDOP-2 logic 

In order to sustain its mandate, the H-SAF consortium has been establishing assets and human 

resources for operation and services as part of the distributed EUMETSAT ground segment, and will 

pursue on this approach focusing on the following main objectives: 

to continue on capturing user requirements in a rolling review process, implementing the 

recommendations of WMO CBS regarding Public Weather Services. 

to continue on providing operational high quality level 2/3 products and services, enabling 

qualitative and quantitative exploitation to end user by means of the following classes of 

products: 

o 

o 

o 

precipitation (liquid, solid, rate); 

soil moisture (at large-scale, at local-scale, at surface, in the roots region); 

snow (detection, cover, melting conditions, water equivalent); 

to carry into effect their progressive improvement and augmentation; 

to perform independent product validation (quality monitoring) and assessment of the 

usefulness of the products for water cycle assessment (taking into account oceanographic 

and climate requirements), integration of ground observation, real time floods risk 

management, landslides, avalanches, evaluation of water resources. The operational 

validation of the product requirements (both hydrological and users' ones) requires the 

availability of very demanding ground observations which, are performed by local assets and 

subject to several data policy. To that respect the consortium has enlarged as possible the 

entities to achieve an acceptable ground observation for the validation. 

to develop new products, such as: 

o 

o 

Global time series of surface soil moisture on a predefined grid, a product which is 

strongly requested by the scientific user community due to the large data amounts 

and pre-processing needs of orbital images. It will complement the family of surface 

soil moisture products and be a valuable source for hydrological modelling. 

Root zone Soil Moisture profile index; the root zone soil moisture product, that will 

be provided as an index, will be the first global product of root zone soil moisture 

index available in NRT from satellite data assimilation, and will accomplish the





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o 

interest of the hydrological community since root zone soil moisture is a key 

parameter for ETR estimation and for the hydrological cycle modelling. 

Full disk precipitation fields, by mean of reconstruction of precipitation from MW 

observation and IR in order to improve space and time resolution. Methodologies of 

cloud characterization from VIS and IR will be also carried into effect. In this scenario 

the consortium will support EUMETSAT in the development of global precipitation 

product, and will sustain the subsequent integration with its product over Euro- 

African region. 

Merged land and mountainous Snow Cover, derived from polar orbit imagery (i.e. 

METOP and NOAA/AVHRR for mountainous and flat/forest area) with area extension 

to northern Africa and preparation for MTG 

to provide an efficient user support and training, as well as a viable communication with 

user communities, via a more and more complete web site and a fruitful help desk service 

The accomplishment of the above objectives will be supported by the following evolution strategies: 

on products: 

o 

o 

o 

o 

on services: 

o 

o 

o 

o 

improvement of product performances; 

stepwise extension of area coverage, starting from specific areas of Africa. 

support to definition of requirements for MTG and post-EPS, and scientific 

preparation for the use of data from these future systems, to the extent required by 

related plans; and initial definition of MTG SEVIRI-based products. 

exploiting data from extra-European space programmes and they will become 

available, i.e GPM. 

improving of the Hydrological validation programme, which although participated by 

8 countries for a total of 21 test sites, leaves many uncovered areas in Europe; an 

extension is foreseen, especially in Iberian Peninsula, Great Britain, Scandinavia 

Balkans and, due to the envisaged coverage extension, also Africa, along with the 

differentiation of hydrological models in order to improve the coverage of 

hydrological basins dimensions, geo-morphological situations, and types of 

hydrological regimes. 

consolidation of specific Validation services (also referred to as Quality Monitoring 

and Assessment) composed by on line and off line service; the on line service is 

based on near real-time characterization of the products through the production of 

Quality index (derived from the completeness and quality of the input data used for 

the product generation) and Confidence Index (derived from the combination of 

statistical error parameter computed off line for long products series and the one 

computed for the current product), the off line service is based on the evaluation of 

the product Accuracy using multi-categorical and continuous statistics. 

consolidation and improvement of service activities, such as monitoring of service 

performances minimizing delays and preserving data integrity and harmonization of 

the H-SAF data service within the overall CDOP concept, taking into account also the 

EUMETSAT policy towards GMES. 

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on architecture: 

o 

upgrading of the system architecture: distributed architecture among productgenerating 

participants will be consolidated; ITAF CNMCA infrastructures will be 

upgraded, both for products generation and central services, in order to be able to 

sustain disaster recovery procedure of distributed generation chains. During CDOP-2 

timeframe, assessment of distributed versus centralized architecture for the 

generation chains will also be performed (see section 2.3.2). 

on cooperation: 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

progressive extension of the user community 

provision of support to other SAFs, (Land-SAF, CLIMATE SAF). 

achievement of concrete synergy with other SAFs and CAF implementing the 

combined production strategy between SW development/maintenance/validation 

and operations. 

intensification, in accordance to EUMETSAT policy, of the relationships with other 

SAFs, either through the mutual use of products, or through the definition of 

Federate activities. 

settlement ad running of operational cooperation with other agencies on space 

programmes, i.e. GPM. 

1.5 Reference documents 

[RD 1] Definition of Product Status Categories for the SAF Network. EUM/PPS/TEN/07/0036 - 

Issue v1A dated 14 May 2007 

[RD 2] 

[RD 3] 

[RD 4] 

Process Model for SAF CDOP-2 EUM/PPS/DOC/10/0105 2 Issue 1D 

EUMETSAT - H-SAF Joint Operation Procedure (JOP) / Operational Interface Control 

Document (OICD) - EUM/OPS/ICD/11/2281 

Product Requirement Document Rel. 1.3 SAF/HSAF/PRD/1.3 

[RD 5] Proposal for the Second Continuous Development and Operations Phase (CDOP-2), Rel. 2.0 

[RD 6] 

[RD 7] 

[RD 8] 

H-SAF SM & Snow SAG Terms of References 

H-SAF CDOP2 Configuration Management Plan Rel. 0.1 SAF/HSAF/CDOP2/CMP/0.1 

EUM/PPS/WP/11/0144, SAF Implementation Procedures - Visiting Scientist Programme 

[RD 9] EUM/LAD/DOC/11/0374, SAF CDOP-2 Implementation Procedures - Legal and 

Administrative Aspects 

[RD 10] EUM/PPS/PRC/11/0182, SAF Implementation Procedures - Federated Activity Programme 

[RD 11] EUM/PPS/PRC/11/0186, Progress Monitoring and Control Implementation Procedures for 

SAF CDOP 

[RD 12] EUM/PPS/PRC/12/0030, SAF CDOP-2 Implementation Procedure on SAF Life-Cycle Process 

Model and Engineering Guidelines 

[RD 13] EUM/C/74/11/DOC/12 SAF Financial Status Reporting Procedure





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2 Project Management 

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2.1 H-SAF Products during CDOP-2 

This section provides a summary of the products addressed during CDOP-2, giving information on 

the product families and main characteristics, on the status and expected evolution. 

For details on the H-SAF product requirements for CDOP-2, refer to [RD 4]. 

For detailed description of the scientific aspects of the CDOP-2, see Annex II. 

Next tables show the products initial status and the expected evolution during CDOP-2. 

Product status here exposed are compliant with the Product Status Categories as defined by 

EUMETSAT in document [RD 1]. 

Product ID 

(Chains / Products) 

Exist. GEO and LEO SATs 

Precipitation products 

H01 

H01.1 X 

H02A 

H02A.1 

H02B 

H03A 

H03B 

H04A 

H04B 

H05A 

H05B 

H06 

H15A 

H15B 

H17 

H18 

H19 

H20 

H21 

H22 

Soil Moisture products 

H08 

H14 

H16 

H25 

H27 

Snow products 

H10 

H11 

Products Status at beginning of CDOP-2 

In development Demonstrational Pre-Operational Operational Released Superseeded Discontinued 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

(H) - from CAF 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X





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Product ID 

(Chains / Products) 

H12 

H13 

H31 

H32 

H33 

H34 

H35 

New GEO and LEO SATs 


H40A 

H40B 

H41A 

H41B 

H42A 

H42B 

H50 

Snow products 

H43 

Products Status at beginning of CDOP-2 

In development Demonstrational Pre-Operational Operational Released Superseeded Discontinued 

(H) - from LSA 

SAF 

(H) - from LSA 


(C) Conditioned to the outcomes of CDOP ORR1 

(H) Handover from CAF or LSA SAF 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

C 

C 

(H) - from 

LSA SAF 

Table 1 Products status at end of CDOP entering CDOP-2 

The status evolution of the operational products is exposed in the next table: 

Products 

Product initial status 

during CDOP-2 

upgrade / new release / new version 

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 



H01 op exp. disc. 

H01.1 dev exp op 

H02A op exp. disc. 

H02A.1 dev exp op 

H02B 

dev 

H03A 

H03B 

pre-op 

dev 

H04A pre-op exp op 

H04B 

dev 

H05A pre-op exp op 

H05B 

dev 

H15A dev exp op exp op 

H15B dev exp op 

H17 dev exp op 

H18 dev exp op





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Products 

Product initial status 

during CDOP-2 

upgrade / new release / new version 

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 






H14 

op 

H16 Handover from CAF exp op 



Snow products 

H10 

op 


H12 pre-op * exp op 

H13 pre-op * exp op 

H31 Handover from LSA SAF exp op 





New GEO and LEO SATs 


H40A dev exp op CDOP-3 

H40B dev exp op CDOP-3 





H50 dev exp op CDOP-3 

Snow products 

H43 dev exp op CDOP-3 

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(*) Conditioned to the outcomes of CDOP ORR 

Table 2 Operational products evolution 

The status of the various products at the end of the CDOP is uneven in terms of consolidation of 

algorithms and methods, and particularly in terms of validation and characterization. 

During CDOP-2 the transition to “Operational” status will be accomplished on scheduled milestones 

by mean of processes (reviews) organized with the EUMETSAT Secretariat depending on the 

progress (see 3.2). Furthermore, an independent hydrological validation programme is assessing the 

impact of these products on hydrological applications (see Annex II). 

For further detail on the planned readiness of the products during CDOP-2, see Table 4. In the 

named table there is also the indication of the envisaged review logic scenario for each product. 

It is noted that the development of 14 new products is envisaged in the framework of CDOP-2 (see 

Table 3). Five of them will be based on MTG instruments (FCI and LI). 

Product group Product ID Product Acronym Product Name 

Precipitation SAFH/H40 PR-OBS-3-FCI Precipitation rate at ground by GEO/IR supported by LEO/MW and





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Product group Product ID Product Acronym Product Name 

MTG Flexible Combined Imager 

Precipitation SAFH/H41 PR-OBS-4-FCI 

Precipitation SAFH/H42 PR-OBS-5-FCI 

Precipitation SAFH/H17 PR-OBS-1 ver2 

Precipitation SAFH/H18 PR-OBS-2 ver3 

Precipitation rate at ground by LEO/MW supported by GEO/IR (with 

flag for phase) and MTG Flexible Combined Imager 

Accumulated precipitation at ground by blended MW+IR and MTG 

Flexible Combined Imager 

Precipitation rate at ground by MW conical scanners (with indication 

of phase) ver. 2 

Precipitation rate at ground by MW cross-track scanners (with 

indication of phase) ver. 3 

Precipitation SAFH/H19 PR-OBS-7 Rainfall intensity from GMI Bayesian algorithm 

Precipitation SAFH/H20 PR-OBS-8 Rainfall intensity from GMI Neural Network algorithm 

Precipitation SAFH/H21 PR-OBS-9 

High frequency MW delineation of cloud areas with new development 

of hydrometeors 

Precipitation SAFH/H22 PR-OBS-10 Snowfall intensity 

Precipitation SAFH/H50 PR-OBS-11 Rainfall intensity from MTG Lightning Imager 

Soil moisture SAFH/H27 SM-ASS-3 

Soil Wetness Index in the roots region retrieved by surface wetness 

scatterometer assimilation method 

Snow SAFH/H34 SN-OBS-1G Snow detection (snow mask) by VIS/IR radiometry of SEVIRI 

Snow SAFH/H35 SN-OBS-1P 

Snow detection (snow mask) and effective snow cover by VIS/IR 

radiometry of AVHRR 

Snow SAFH/H43 SN-OBS-0G_FCI Snow detection (snow mask) by MTG Flexible Combined Imager 

340 

350 

Table 3 New products in development during CDOP-2 

Note for products H40, H41 and H42: 

Precipitation products H40, H41 and H42 will be developed in two version: 

Version “A” (H40A, H41A, H42A): products having the H-SAF area as spatial 

coverage; 

Version “B” (H40B, H41B, H42B): products whose spatial coverage wis the H-SAF 

area extended to Africa and southern Atlantic. 

Note for products H31 and H32: 

The proposed snow products H31 Snow detection for flat land (Polar satellites) and H32 

Snow detection for flat land (Geostationary satellites) are LSA SAF products, which will be 

inserted into H-SAF product list during CDOP-2. Such products are in LSA SAF projection and, 

in particular, H31 is already operational and has users; it is noted that they address end user 

communities which do not interfere with the one interested in H10 and H11. The processing 

and distribution to users of these products will be taken care of by the LSA SAF , whilst H-SAF 

will be in charge of their development and validation. Within H-SAF it is already planned to 

unite the polar satellite based effective snow cover and snow detection products to one 

product during CDOP-2. 

Note for product H11: 

The recent, unexpected failure of the AMSR-E instrument cannot allow to put into 

operations the product H11 SN-OBS-2, due to a formal incompatibility with the product 

characteristics documented for such product up to now. The substitution of the algorithm 

based on AMSR-E with the one based on SSM/I is considered as fully adequate and





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shareable, but it obliges to formally consider the product as “in-development” and to repeat 

the validation applying the SSM/I based product. 

Next table illustrates more details about products status evolution during CDOP-2. For each product, 

its initial status, status of its chain and product scenario (see definition of scenario, [RD 2]) are 

shown, and status evolution is reported in terms of time (relative and absolute) and reviews.

Product Family 

PRECIPITATION 

Scenario 





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ID Acronym Product name 

H01 

H01.1 

H02A 

H02A.1 

H02B 

H03A 

H03B 

H40A 

H40B 

H04A 

PR-OBS-1 

PR-OBS-1 

ver1 

PR-OBS-2A 

PR-OBS-2A 

ver1 

PR-OBS-2B 

PR-OBS-3A 

PR-OBS-3B 

PR-OBS-3- 

FCI-A 

PR-OBS-3- 

FCI-B 

PR-OBS-4A 

Precipitation rate at ground by 

MW conical scanners (with 

indication of phase) 





MW cross-track scanners (with 

indication of phase) [AMSU_MHS 

Neural Network Algorithm] 






indication of phase) [AMSU_MHS 

Neural Network Algorithm] 


GEO/IR supported by LEO/MW 





and MTG FCI 



and MTG FCI 


LEO/MW supported by GEO/IR 

(with flag for phase) 

Prod. 

Type 

NRT 

NRT 

NRT 

NRT 

N.A. 

(O) 

N.A. 

(B) 

N.A. 

(O) 

N.A. 

(B) 

NRT 5 

NRT 

N.A. 

(B) 

NRT 5 

NRT 2 

NRT 2 

NRT 

N.A. 

(B) 

Kick-off 

T0 

1/3/2012 

OPER. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

OPER. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

PRE-OP. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

ORR-1 

Part3 

Closeout 

1 

T0+3 

2012 Q2 

ORR-1 

Part3 

Closeout 

2 

T0+7 

2012 

Q4 

OR-1 

T0+12 

2013 

Q1 

ORR-1 

Part4 

T0+15 

2013 

Q3 

DISC. 

(TBC) 

OPER. 

(TBC) 

DISC 

(TBC) 

OPER 

(TBC). 

PCR 

T0+15 

2013 

Q3 

OR-2 

T0+24 

2014 

Q1 

ORR- 

1 

Part5 

T0+27 

2014 

Q2 

OPER. 

PRE-OP . OPER. 

RR PCR OR-3 

T0+27 

2014 

Q2 

T0+33 

2014 

Q4 

T0+36 

2015 

Q1 

ORR-2 

Part1 

T0+39 

2015 

Q2 

PCR OR-4 PDR 

T0+42 

2015 

Q3 

T0+48 

2016 

Q1 

T0+51 

2016 

Q2 

ORR-2 

Part2 

T0+54 

2016 

Q3 

OPER. 

OPER. 

ORR- 

2 

Part3 

OR- 

5 

T0+60 

2017 Q1


PRECIPITATION 

Scenario 





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H04B 

H41A 

H41B 

H05A 

H05B 

H42A 

H42B 

H15A 

H15B 

H17 

H18 

PR-OBS-4B 

PR-OBS-4- 

FCI-A 

PR-OBS-4- 

FCI-B 

PR-OBS-5A 

PR-OBS-5B 

PR-OBS-5- 

FCI-A 

PR-OBS-5- 

FCI-B 

PR-OBS-6A 

PR-OBS-6B 

PR-OBS-1 

ver2 

PR-OBS-2 

ver2 



(with flag for phase) 



(with flag for phase) and MTG 

FCI 



(with flag for phase) and MTG 

FCI 

Accumulated precipitation at 

ground by blended MW and IR 





and MTG FCI 



and MTG FCI 

Blended SEVIRI Convection area 

/ LEO MW Convective 

Precipitation 

Blended SEVIRI Convection area 

/ LEO MW Convective 

Precipitation 







Prod. 

Type 

NRT 5 

NRT 2 

NRT 2 

NRT 

N.A. 

(B) 

NRT 5 

NRT 2 

NRT 2 

NRT 5 

NRT 5 

NRT 5 

NRT 5 

Kick-off 

T0 

1/3/2012 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

ORR-1 

Part3 

Closeout 

1 

T0+3 

2012 Q2 

PRE-OP. 

ORR-1 

Part3 

Closeout 

2 

T0+7 

2012 

Q4 

OR-1 

T0+12 

2013 

Q1 

ORR-1 

Part4 

T0+15 

2013 

Q3 

OPER. 

PCR 

T0+15 

2013 

Q3 

OR-2 

T0+24 

2014 

Q1 

ORR- 

1 

Part5 

T0+27 

2014 

Q2 

OPER. 

RR PCR OR-3 

T0+27 

2014 

Q2 

T0+33 

2014 

Q4 

T0+36 

2015 

Q1 

ORR-2 

Part1 

T0+39 

2015 

Q2 

PCR OR-4 PDR 

T0+42 

2015 

Q3 

T0+48 

2016 

Q1 

T0+51 

2016 

Q2 

ORR-2 

Part2 

T0+54 

2016 

Q3 

OPER. 

OPER. 

OPER. 

OPER. 

OPER. 

ORR- 

2 

Part3 

OR- 

5 

T0+60 

2017 Q1


PRECIPITATION 

SOIL MOISTURE 

Scenario 





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H19 

H20 

H21 

PR-OBS-7 

PR-OBS-8 

PR-OBS-9 

Rainfall intensity from GMI 

(Global Precipitation 

Measurement - Microwave 

Imager) [Bayesian algorithm] 

Rainfall intensity from GMI 

(Global Precipitation 

Measurement - Microwave 

Imager) [Neural Network algorithm] 

High frequency MW delineation 

of cloud areas with new 

development of hydrometeors 

Prod. 

Type 

Offline 5 

Offline 5 

NRT 5 

H22 PR-OBS-10 Snowfall intensity NRT 5 

H50 PR-OBS-11 Rainfall intensity from MTG LI NRT 2 

H08 

H14 

H16 

SM-DIS-1 

(ex SM- 

OBS-2) 

SM-DAS-2 

(ex SM- 

ASS-2) 

SM-OBS-3 

Small-scale surface soil moisture 

by radar scatterometer [1 km, 

ASCAT/SAR] 

Soil Moisture Profile Index in the 

roots region retrieved by 

surface wetness scatterometer 

assimilation method 

Large-scale surface soil moisture 

by radar scatterometer (25 km, 

ASCAT) [current operational CAF 

product)] 

NRT 

NRT 

NRT 

N.A. 

(B) 

N.A. 

(B) 

N.A. 

(H) 

Kick-off 

T0 

1/3/2012 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

PRE-OP. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

ORR-1 

Part3 

Closeout 

1 

T0+3 

2012 Q2 

OPER. 

ORR-1 

Part3 

Closeout 

2 

T0+7 

2012 

Q4 

OR-1 

T0+12 

2013 

Q1 

ORR-1 

Part4 

T0+15 

2013 

Q3 

OPER. 

PCR 

T0+15 

2013 

Q3 

OR-2 

T0+24 

2014 

Q1 

ORR- 

1 

Part5 

T0+27 

2014 

Q2 

OPER. 

RR PCR OR-3 

T0+27 

2014 

Q2 

T0+33 

2014 

Q4 

T0+36 

2015 

Q1 

ORR-2 

Part1 

T0+39 

2015 

Q2 

PCR OR-4 PDR 

T0+42 

2015 

Q3 

T0+48 

2016 

Q1 

T0+51 

2016 

Q2 

ORR-2 

Part2 

T0+54 

2016 

Q3 

OPER. 

OPER. 

OPER. 

OPER. 

ORR- 

2 

Part3 

OR- 

5 

T0+60 

2017 Q1 

H25 

SM-OBS-4 

ASCAT Large-scale surface soil 

moisture(25 Km) 

Offline 5 

IN 

DEVEL. 

OPER. 

H27 

SM-DAS-3 

(ex SM- 

ASS-3) 

Soil Wetness Index in the roots 

region by scatterometer 

assimilation in a NWP model 

Offline 5 

IN 

DEVEL. 

OPER.


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Scenario 





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H10 

H11 

H12 

H13 

H31 

H32 

H33 

H34 

H35 

H43 

SN-OBS-1 

SN-OBS-2 

SN-OBS-3 

SN-OBS-4 

SN-OBS-0G 

SN-OBS-0P 

SN-OBS-0M 

SN-OBS-1G 

SN-OBS-1P 

SN-OBS- 

0G-FCI 

Snow detection (snow mask) by 

VIS/IR radiometry 

Snow status (dry/wet) by MW 

radiometry 

Effective snow cover by VIS/IR 

radiometry 

Snow water equivalent by MW 

radiometry 

Snow detection for flat land by 

VIS/NIR of SEVIRI [current 

operational SEVIRI based LSA-SAF 

snow product] 

Snow detection by VIS/NIR of 

AVHRR [current in-development 

Metop/AVHRR based LSA-SAF snow 

product] 

Merged MSG and EPS Snow 

Cover [current in-development 

Merged MSG/Seviri-Metop/AVHRR 

based LSA-SAF snow product] 


VIS/NIR of SEVIRI [From H10 + 

H31] 

Snow detection (snow mask) 

and Effective snow cover by 

VIS/NIR of AVHRR [From H12 + 

H32] 


VIS/NIR of MTG FCI 

Prod. 

Type 

NRT 

NRT 

NRT 

NRT 

NRT 

NRT 

NRT 

N.A. 

(O) 

N.A. 

(B) 

N.A. 

(B) 

N.A. 

(B) 

N.A. 

(H) 

N.A. 

(H) 

N.A. 

(H) 

NRT 5 

NRT 5 

NRT 2 

Kick-off 

T0 

1/3/2012 

OPER. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL. 

OPER. 

IN LSA 


IN 

DEVEL. 

IN LSA 


IN 

DEVEL. 

IN LSA 


IN 

DEVEL. 

IN 

DEVEL 

IN 

DEVEL. 

ORR-1 

Part3 

Closeout 

1 

T0+3 

2012 Q2 

ORR-1 

Part3 

Closeout 

2 

T0+7 

2012 

Q4 

PRE- 

OP. 

PRE- 

OP. 

OR-1 

T0+12 

2013 

Q1 

ORR-1 

Part4 

T0+15 

2013 

Q3 

OPER. 

PCR 

T0+15 

2013 

Q3 

OR-2 

T0+24 

2014 

Q1 

ORR- 

1 

Part5 

T0+27 

2014 

Q2 

OPER. 

RR PCR OR-3 

T0+27 

2014 

Q2 

T0+33 

2014 

Q4 

T0+36 

2015 

Q1 

ORR-2 

Part1 

T0+39 

2015 

Q2 

OPER 

(TBC). 

OPER. 

(TBC) 

OPER. 

(TBC) 

PCR OR-4 PDR 

T0+42 

2015 

Q3 

T0+48 

2016 

Q1 

T0+51 

2016 

Q2 

ORR-2 

Part2 

T0+54 

2016 

Q3 

OPER. 

OPER. 

ORR- 

2 

Part3 

OR- 

5 

T0+60 

2017 Q1 

360 

N.A.: not applicable – (O) already in Operations (B) (Backlog) (H) (Handover) 

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2.2 Consortium structure and responsibilities 

The participants to H-SAF in CDOP-2 are the same as in the CDOP with the exception of Romania 

which during CDOP was a candidate for the Visiting Scientists Programme. 

The Leading Entity is the Italian Meteorological Service. It provides the Coordination and Central 

functions from Rome (ITAF SMA-USAM Headquarters) and Pratica di Mare (ITAF CNMCA, the 

National Meteorological Centre). 

Among the participating Institutes, their role reflects the overall technical and organizational 

architecture of the Project , which is based on: 

The Product development and generation area, distributed among five operational centres, 

Italy/ITAF CNMCA for precipitation, Austria/ZAMG and ECMWF for soil moisture, 

Finland/FMI and Turkey/TSMS for snow. 

The User area, composed by two Clusters, one for the Hydrological programme coordinated 

by Poland/IMWM, and one for the Products validation/quality monitoring programme, 

coordinated by Italy/DPC. 

The list of participating Institutes is provided in Table 5; all these Institutes have signed a sub 

agreement with the Leading Entity. All participating Institutes are cooperating entities, contributing 

to the funding. 

No. Acronym Units in the Country Country Role in the Project Responsible to 

01 ZAMG 

Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und 

Geodynamik 

Austria 

02 IRM Institut Royal Météorologique Belgium 

03 NIMH 

04 ECMWF 

National Institute of Meteorology and 

Hydrology 

European Centre for Medium-range 

Weather Forecasts 

Bulgaria 

ECMWF 

Leader for soil moisture 

Contributor for 

Validation and 

Hydrovalidation services 




Contributor for “core” 

soil moisture 

Leading Entity 




05 FMI Finnish Meteorological Institute Finland Leader for snow Leading Entity 

06 

Météo- 

France 

Météo-France 

France 

07 BfG Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde Germany 

08 OMSZ Hungarian Meteorological Service Hungary 

09 

10 DPC 

ITAF SMA- 

USAM /ITAF 

CNMCA 

Servizio Meteorologico 

dell’Aeronautica 

Dipartimento Protezione Civile, 

Presidenza Consiglio Ministri 

Italy 

Italy 








Validation services 

Leading Institute + 

Leader for precipitation 

Leader for Product 

Validation Programme 




EUMETSAT 

Leading Entity





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No. Acronym Units in the Country Country Role in the Project Responsible to 

11 INWM 

Institute of Meteorology and Water 

Management 

Poland 

12 SHMÚ Slovenský Hydrometeorologický Ústav Slovakia 

13 TSMS Turkish State Meteorological Service Turkey 

Leader for Hydrology 

Programme 




Contributor for “core” 

snow 




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Table 5 Composition of the H-SAF Consortium in CDOP-2 

Following table shows the second level participants, which act as sub-entities or subcontractors. 

Sub entities have not signed cooperating agreement directly with the leading entity, but their 

participation will be carried forward through responsibilities towards a participating Institute. 

Sub-entities are cooperating entities, contributing to the funding. 

Sub-contractors were selected according to national rules, and do not contribute to the funding. 

Acronym Institute Country Role in the Project Type Responsible to 

TU-Wien 

Vienna University of Technology, 

Institute of Photogrammetry and 

Remote Sensing 

Austria 

Contributor to Soil 

Moisture cluster 

subentity 

ZAMG 

SC1 Telespazio S.p.A. Italy 

Industrial Firm, 

contributor to 

Engineering and 

Project Control 

subcontractor 

ITAF SMA- 

USAM/ITAF 

CNMCA 

CNR-ISAC 

CNR Istituto di Scienze 

dell’Atmosfera e del Clima 

Italy 

Contributor to 

Precipitation 

cluster 

subentity 

ITAF SMA- 

USAM/ITAF 

CNMCA 

UNIFe 

Ferrara University, Department of 

Physics 

Italy 


Validation cluster 

subentity 

CNR-ISAC 

METU 

Middle East Technical University, 

Civil Engineering Department 

Turkey 


 

subcontractor 

TSMS 

Table 6 Sub-entities and sub-contractors





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2.3 Organizational Elements 

390 

400 

2.3.1 Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) 

In the following figures the Organizational Breakdown Structure for the CDOP-2 phase is depicted. It 

is noted that: 

Top Level includes Project Management and Coordination; central management is under the 

responsibility of ITAF SMA-USAM/ITAF CNMCA, while Product Generation Cluster 

Coordination which is assigned to the Cluster responsible Institutes (ITAF CNMCA for 

Precipitation, ZAMG for Soil Moisture, FMI for Snow, IMWM for Hydrovalidation and DPC for 

Product Validation). Within this organization the engineering support, quality assurance and 

scientific management are included, as well as the Project Management Team (see 2.3.8.3) 

The Product Generation Cluster Organization Units are related to the three Clusters 

developing and generating the products. They are essentially structured in 

Operations/Chains Units and Development Units; the Operations/Chains Units are within the 

operational centres of the meteorological services; the Development Units are within the 

Scientific Institutes (Universities, Research Centres). 

The Validation Service Units reflect the organizational structures of the validation services 

performed in H-SAF : Validation/Quality Monitoring, and Hydrovalidation; the programs are 

under the responsibility of DPC and IMWM respectively, whilst each participating institute 

has the responsibility to contribute, with respect to their competence, to the main 

operational activities. 

The OBS is related to the responsibilities of the tasks performed in the project. 

Organizational Breakdown Structure 

Top level 

EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility in Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management (H-SAF) 

Project Manager 

(USAM) 

Engineering Management 

(Head Engineer, Telespazio) 

Project Planning, Coordination and 

Control 

(PM Officer / Project Controller, 

Telespazio) 

Science Management 

(Science Manager, USAM) 

Project Management Team 

Precipitation 

Cluster 

(PR Cluster Leader, CNMCA) 

Soil Moisture 

Cluster 

(SM Cluster Leader, ZAMG) 

Snow 

Cluster 

(SN Cluster Leader, FMI) 

Hydrovalidation 

Cluster 

(HV Cluster Leader, IMWM) 

Product Validation 

Cluster 

(PV Cluster Leader, DPC) 

Central Operations 

Cluster 

(Operations Manager, CNMCA) 

Product Generation Clusters 

Validation Service Clusters 


410 

Figure 1 OBS - Top level





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In the following figures the further levels of the Organization Breakdown are shown; their 

description will be the subject of next paragraphs. 



(PM, USAM) 


(Head Engineer, Telespazio) 

Project Planning, 

Coordination and Control 

(PM Officer / Project Controller, 

Telespazio) 


(Science Manager, USAM) 

Figure 2 OBS –OBS: Project Management Team 

420 

Product Generation Clusters 

Precipitation Cluster 

Soil Moisture Cluster 

Snow Cluster 

PR Chains Unit 

(CNMCA) 

PR Products 

Development 

SM Chains 

SM Products 

Development 

SN Chains 

SN Products 

Development 

PR Products 

Development Group at 

CNMCA 

(CNMCA) 

SM Observed Products 

Chains Group 

(ZAMG) 


Development 

(TU Wien) 

SN FF Intermediate 

Products 

Chains Group 

(FMI) 


Products Development 

Group 

(FMI) 

PR Products 

Development Group at 

CNR 

(CNR-ISAC) 

SM Assimilated 

Products Chains Group 

(ECMWF) 

SM Assimilated 


(ECMWF) 

SN MA Intermediate 

Products 

Chains Group 

(TSMS) 



Group 

(METU) 

SN Merged Products 

Chains Group 

(FMI) 

SN Merged 


Group 

(FMI) 

Figure 3 OBS – OBS: Product generation clusters





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Hydrovalidation Cluster 

Products Evaluation 

with Hydrological Models 

Impact Studies Programme 

Products Evaluation Group 

in Belgium 

(IRM) 


in Bulgaria 

(NIMH) 

Impact Study Group 

in Belgium 

(IRM) 


in Bulgaria 

(NIMH) 


in Finland 

(FMI) 


in Germany 

(BfG) 


in Finland 

(FMI) 


in Germany 

(BfG) 


in Italy 

(DPC) 


in Poland 

(IMWM) 


in Italy 

(DPC) 


in Poland 

(IMWM) 


in Turkey - 1 

(METU) 


in Turkey - 2 

(AU) 


in Slovakia 

(SHMU) 


in Turkey - 1 

(AU) 


in Turkey - 3 

(ITU) 


in Turkey – 2 

(ITU) 

Figure 4 OBS – OBS: Hydrovalidation Service Cluster 

Product Validation Cluster 

Product Validation and Value Assessment 

Product Monitoring and NRT Feedback 

Provision of Ground Data 

User applications - Impact Validation 

(DPC) 

Prod. Validation Group 

in Austria 

(TU Wien) 


in Belgium 

(IRM) 

Prod. Monitoring Group 

in Austria 

(ZAMG) 


in Belgium 

(IRM) 

Data Provision Group 

in Belgium 

(IRM) 


in Finland 

(FMI) 


in Bulgaria 

(NIMH) 


in Finland 

(FMI) 


in Finland 

(FMI) 


in France 

(MeteoFrance) 


in France 

(MeteoFrance) 


in Germany 

(BfG) 


in France 

(Meteo France) 


in Germany 

(BfG) 


in Germany 

(BfG) 


in Hungary 

(OMSZ) 


in Hungary 

(OMSZ) 


in Italy 

(DPC) 


in Hungary 

(OMSZ) 


in Italy - 1 

(DPC) 


in Italy 

(DPC) 


in Poland 

(IMWM) 


in Poland 

(IMWM) 


in Slovakia 

(SHMU) 


in Italy - 2 

(UniFerrara) 


in Poland 

(IMWM) 


at ECMWF 

(ECMWF) 


in Slovakia 

(SHMU) 


in Turkey 

(TSMS) 


in Slovakia 

(SHMU) 


at ECMWF 

(ECMWF) 


in Turkey 

(TSMS) 


in Turkey - 1 

(TSMS) 



(METU) 



(ITU) 



(OMU) 

Figure 5 OBS – OBS: Product Validation Service Cluster





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440 

450 

460 

2.3.2 Project Management 

The activity of Project Management is organized as depicted in Figure 2 and has in charge the 

activities which provide coordination on the overall H-SAF project accomplishes to the tasks of the 

WBE S-1000 (Support Functions), whose decomposition is shown in 2.4.2., 

Project Management provides general management and coordination of the project, with particular 

emphasis on the product operations. It includes secretariat services for administrative tasks and 

events organization. Main tasks are: 

Support to the Steering Group and coordination of the Project Team; 

Organization of Steering Group meetings and Project Team meetings; 

Organization of Review Meetings and support activities to EUMETSAT Secretariat and 

Review Board; 

Management of the Visiting Scientist activities; 

Reporting and communication according SAF network requirements; 

Documentation control (see section 2.3.7.2) 

Configuration management (see section 2.3.7.2) 

Coordination of deliverables according to agreements; 

Coordination of web portal and help desk (see section 2.4) 

Engineering and technical task coordination (see section 2.3.3) 

Scientific tasks coordination (see section 2.3.5) 

Secretariat services for administrative tasks and events organisation. 

The responsible of this WBE, the Project Manager, acts as Focal point of the Leading Entity in respect 

of EUMETSAT thus is in charge of conveying any official documentation to EUMETSAT and represents 

the Project in the occasion of the Review meetings. The Project manager (and Focal point) is 

provided by ITAF CNMCA. 

This task addresses in general all functional aspects of H-SAF. In particular, it is responsible of the 

coordination of the Product development, generation and dissemination areas and of the secretariat 

service to the Steering Group. 

Specific actions to improve and make easier the coordination of the consortium members shall 

implemented by this task to make simple and effective their cooperation and synchronization. Such 

actions are going to be implemented to reduce coordination costs as well. 

Responsibility of named WPs, as shown in RAM (see 2.4.2) is in charge of ITAF SMA-USAM (Project 

Management) and Telespazio (Project Planning, Coordination and Control). 

2.3.3 Project Planning, Coordination and Control 

This project function will have to coordinate and share scope and responsibilities such as define 

scheduling, revision of milestones and deadlines, revision of costs estimating and budgeting under 

the coordination of the Project Manager and jointly with the Project Team. 

During the CDOP-2 timeframe, the Project Planning, Coordination and Control will accomplish to the 

updating of planning elements by maintaining the Project Plan, and to the reporting function 

towards EUMETSAT by mean of dedicated documents, (Project Status Report, Financial Asset and





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470 

480 

490 

500 

510 

Costs Report). The document acts as the monitoring tool in which clear evidence will be given on the 

status and progress of the Project’s WPs at a given cut off: WPs’ percentage of completion, Man 

Power effort accounting, other costs accounting shall be some of the information included in the 

report. 

The Project Status Report will be regularly updated and delivered twice a year, shortly before the 

scheduled Steering Group meetings; and will be presented to SG for consideration and 

endorsement. 

The Financial Report (Assets and Costs Report) will be delivered once a year: a preliminary release is 

foreseen at the end of the year, the final release is scheduled in the first quarter of each year. 

2.3.4 Engineering 

Within Support Functions (see 2.4.2), Engineering Management provides general coordination of the 

engineering activities that take place at the various product generation centres. 

It provides guidance aiming at harmonising the engineering procedures applied by the product 

generation centres, with special emphasis on the implementation of user-friendly standard codes 

and formats. 

It includes, moreover, the activities of verification and regression testing necessary to ensure correct 

integration of new or improved algorithms into the operational chains. 

This task provides the engineering documentation needed for the Review meetings. Configuration 

management activities, described in section 2.3.7.2, are also coordinated by the Engineering 

Management. 

The WP, as shown in RAM (see 2.4.2), is responsibility of Telespazio. 

2.3.5 Science Management 

Science Management is responsible for the coordination of scientific aspects of H-SAF during CDOP- 

2, among which the supervision of scientific tasks related to continuous development, 

hydrovalidation and product validation. 

It takes care of the revision of all scientific documents delivered and/or maintained during CDOP-2 

and is responsible of the contacts with all participants as far as scientific matters are concerned. 

This task controls the product requirements verifying the compliance with the user requirements. 

Visiting Scientist activities coordination and management is also a prerogative task of the Science 

Management. 

The Scientific Coordination is in charge of the Science Manager, who attends to relevant meetings 

when the case, at SAF Network level 

The Science Manager will also accomplish to the settlement and running of the H-SAF Algorithm 

Group and H-SAF Soil Moisture & Snow Scientific Advisory Group. 

Algorithm Group: 

The H-SAF Algorithm Group is a working group set up during CDOP with the aim of having 

represented the knowledge on algorithm for the H-SAF products. Members are chosen among 

Cluster Leaders, Responsible of Generation Chains or Responsible of product development. The 

Group is under the coordination of the Science Manager, and have organized an Algorithm and 

Validation Forum for each production cluster with the aim of discussing on the algorithms, their 

maturity, their potential evolution, and their associated validation,. 

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The H-SAF Soil Moisture & Snow Scientific Advisory Group is a working group composed by external 

members, chosen among experts from institutes outside the H-SAF consortium, among the user 

communities addressed by H-SAF requirements in the field of soil moisture and snow, with the aim 

of having at least one representative for each product group. For the terms of references of the H- 

SAF SM & Snow SAG see [RD 6] 

520 

530 

540 

550 

2.3.6 Operations Management 

Operations will be constantly monitored during CDOP-2 at both cluster level and centrally, at system 

level. The activities performed at cluster level are included (see 2.4.2) in WBE O-2000 (for 

Precipitation cluster), WBE O-3000 (for Soil Moisture cluster) and WBE O-4000 (for Snow cluster); 

the central operations management activities are included in WE O-7000. 

Cluster operations monitoring will be focused on generation chains, with particular attention on: 

maintenance of the generation chains; 

maintenance of input and auxiliary data for the regular data processing; 

maintenance of internal/external interfaces of the chain; 

monitoring of the validation tasks of the chain products; 

controlling the performance of products availability and timeliness. 

Snow products chains operations will be managed at cluster level under the responsibility of FMI 

(Finland), which will also coordinate the ingestion of intermediate products from TSMS (Turkey) and 

the processing of the merged products, that are the output of the snow cluster. 

Soil moisture products chains operations will be under the responsibility of ZAMG (Austria) and 

ECMWF: ZAMG will coordinate operations of observation products (small scale and large scale), 

ECMWF will coordinate operations of data assimilation products (surface and root zone products 

with continuous daily global coverage). 

Operations management at system level regards centralized data services: 

maintenance of the central archive; 

monitoring and maintenance of the dissemination facilities; 

management and keeping update the web portal; 

controlling the regular processing and resolution of help desk requests. 

The central services as well as the products availability and timeliness will be subject to statistics and 

performance monitoring, focusing on the end-users point of view; operational users will be provided 

of reports in order to make them transparent the availability and timeliness of the H-SAF output. 

All of the H-SAF products will be regularly stored in the Central Archive; within a window of 3 

months products will be also maintained in a front-end area accessible via ftp to the users. 

Product Validation reports and Hydrovalidation reports will be also maintained in a dedicated 

section of the Central Archive, as they are output of the H-SAF operations. 

Satellite raw data will not be collected centrally. 

Responsibility of the product validation reports collecting is of DPC (Italy). 

Hydrovalidation reports generation and collecting will be coordinated by IMWM (Poland). 

Central Archive, Dissemination Service and the remaining central functions will be under the 

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All H-SAF NRT products will be disseminated via EUMETCast in line with the agreed Data Policy for 

Operational SAF Deliverables (EUM/C/53/04/DOC/58 and EUMETSAT Basic Documents, Volume 1). 

A product catalogue will be made available to users through the EUMETSAT Data Centre client 

interface (UMARF Client). All off-line products will be available from the EUMETSAT Data Centre via 

their Metadata Catalogue update in line with the above Data Policy for operational SAF Deliverables. 

Dissemination will be made available also on historical basis, through facilities implemented at ITAF 

CNMCA aimed at the off-line/on-line transfer of archived products. 

Users will be able to request products and download them via FTP in case they are not equipped for 

EUMETCast reception or simply as alternative path. 

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2.3.7 Quality Assurance 

One of the important goals of the CDOP-2 phase is to guarantee the compliance of the quality 

standards related to the following aspects: 

engineering; 

operations; 

science. 

This will be accomplished (see 2.4.2) by the activities in WP S-1320. 

The aim is to ensure that the H-SAF services and outputs will satisfy expectations and objectives of 

this phase. 

Thus products, documentation, reports are object of the quality assessment as well as the services 

provided centrally to the user community. 

The activities will be based on Quality planning, in accordance with the EUMETSAT standards and 

guidelines, including the CDOP-2 process model and the project control aspects. 

There will be internal activities such as internal reviews, version control, documentation 

management which will be part of the overall quality assurance process to be achieved during CDOP- 

2. 

Essential part of the risk assessment will be the reporting system among the organizational 

responsibility identified, such as the Project Manager, the Cluster Leaders, the Head Engineer and 

the Science Manager. 

The WP, as shown in RAM (see 2.4.2), is responsibility of Telespazio. 

2.3.7.1 Anomalies and Non Conformance process 

On the basis of the distributed architecture of the H-SAF system, quality assessment activities 

related to anomalies and non conformances are basically performed at Cluster level. 

Cluster level anomaly process is under the responsibility of the Cluster leader; the main concept is 

that problems are classified as internal problems or problems affecting the H-SAF context as a 

whole, thus affecting the Service Specification. 

Generation centres clusters (2000 for precipitation, 3000 for soil moisture, 4000 for snow products) 

internal problems are mainly related to the facilities and subsystems in charge of pre-processing, 

ingestion and generation of products. 

Process phases from the detection to the closure of the problems are solved internally; reports are 

generated from the cluster and distributed to the H-SAF consortium only in case of problems in the 

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Products performances problem; 

Generation chain defeat of availability (missing production); 

Generation chain decaying performance. 

These problems are visible to users and to EUMETSAT, they undergo to the system anomaly process; 

for the same reasons, problems and anomalies at the central operations and services, such as the 

Central Archive, the Dissemination facilities and the web portal, located at ITAF CNMCA, undergo the 

system anomaly process. 

Next scheme exposes the anomaly process in its main phases, that are: 

Monitoring; 

Detection; 

Tracing 

o 

o 

Processing; 

Reporting; 

Closing. 

Cluster internal tracing 

System anomaly tracing 

act Anomaly Process 

Monitoring 

Detection 

Identification of 

non-conformance 

item 

Cluster Internal Tracing 

Date/time, 

Location, 

Chain, 

subsystem 

Identification of 

Responsible 

Processing 

Closing 

System level anomaly ? 

[Yes] 

Closure 

report 

System Anomaly Tracing 

Reporting 

Cluster, 

Responsible, 

Category, 

Expected 

solution 

Inter-cluster 

reporting 

EUMETSAT 

reporting 

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Figure 6 Anomaly process diagram 

Monitoring of anomalies and problems is systematically performed by each cluster. Once a problem 

is detected, the item is identified and a responsible as well. A cluster internal tracing of the problem 

is always performed. If the problem is classified as “system anomaly”, with effects on other clusters





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or on users or EUMETSAT, a system anomaly tracing is produced with more detailed information. It 

is maintained centrally at ITAF CNMCA. 

In each case, processing and closure of the problem are performed by the identified responsible 

people. 

Reporting of start and end date of the actions is also produced. 

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2.3.7.2 Configuration and Documentation Management 

Such activities are included in WP S-1330. (see 2.4.2) 

During the Development Phase have been identified Configuration Items for the H-SAF system, 

according to CI conventions (EUM/PPS/PRC/06/0125) defined at the Preliminary –Design Review. 

The same hierarchy defined for Configuration Items, mapped into the H-SAF 

subsystem/components/subcomponents, will be considered during CDOP-2. 

Cluster Leaders will be responsible for implementing and maintaining repositories and tools 

supporting the Configuration Management processes. 

There will be a specific work package “Configuration” for the maintenance of a central repository of 

the Configuration Items status concerning version and updates. 

For documentation management a centralized DMS (“Knowledge Tree”, web based) as well a 

centralize archive at ITAF CNMCA will be maintained at context level, for all clusters. 

The approach will follow these simple rules: 

distributed responsibility at Cluster level; 

centralized reporting of Configuration Items evolution and reports. 

act Configuration Management Process 

Configuration Items 

identification 

H-SAF Configuration 

identification at the 

beginning of CDOP-2 

H-SAF CDOP-2 Configuration management 

Configuration status 

monitoring 

Changes management 

Figure 7 Configuration management process 

The identification of the configuration items has been traced and documented during the 

Development Phase; on its basis the H-SAF initial configuration is the one at the beginning of the 

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Configuration status monitoring and changes management is performed in a double way: 

Each cluster maintains its own items’ status through a cluster Configuration Management 

tool; 

Each cluster keeps trace of the items versioning between a formal review and the further 

The overall status monitoring of all of the H-SAF items is performed centrally by collecting 

the changes reported by each cluster. 

Cluster leaders are responsible for the maintenance of the internal Configuration Management tool. 

ITAF CNMCA is responsible for the maintenance of the changes records and the knowledge of the 

baseline system status. 

SVN is the Configuration Management tool currently used for the central operations systems at ITAF 

CNMCA: configuration management and subversion control of central archive functions, 

dissemination functions, web portal files, front-end ingestion, product upload to EUMETCast and 

many other files and software are based on SVN. 

For more details on Configuration and Documentation Management, see [RD 7]. 

2.3.8 Internal Coordination Mechanisms 

2.3.8.1 Steering Group 

The composition of the Steering Group is recorded in following table. 

Name Institute Role 

Giovanni Maresca ITAF USAM Chairperson, Director of Leading Entity 

Lorenzo Sarlo EUMETSAT Member, EUMETSAT SAF Network Manager (Co-chairperson) 

Luigi De Leonibus ITAF USAM Project Manager, Secretary 

Flavio Gattari Telespazio SG Secretariat, Project Management Team 

Volker Gärtner EUMETSAT Member, EUMETSAT OPS Representative 

Jochen Grandell EUMETSAT Member, EUMETSAT MET Representative 

Stefan Nilsson SHMI Member, STG/AFG Representative 

Alexander Jann ZAMG Member, ZAMG Representative 

Lars Isaksen ECMWF Member, ECMWF Representative 

Jouni Pulliainen FMI Member, FMI Representative 

Fatih Demýr TSMS Member, TSMS Representative 

Piotr Struzik IMWM Member, IMWM Representative 

Paola Pagliara DPC Member, DPC Representative 

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Table 7 Steering Group composition 

It is noted that, for efficiency reasons, only the members of the Consortium covering responsibility 

of Product Generation and Operations and of Validation/Hydrovalidation Services (Clusters) plus 

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Generating Chains), are directly represented at Steering Group meetings, whereas the other 

Countries are represented through the leader(s) of the Cluster(s) in which they take part. 

Steering Group Terms of References is part of the agreement between Leading Entity and 

EUMETSAT. 

The Steering Group supervises the progress of the SAF Operations and Continuous Development and 

provides guidelines to ensure that the SAF objectives are met, and that a proper coordination of 

technical, financial and scientific/meteorological/hydrological aspects is performed. 

The H-SAF Steering Group is the programmatic authority that may decide on changes of the project 

planning as well as the corresponding adjustment of the payment plan. 

2.3.8.2 Project Team 

The H-SAF Project Team is the executive body of the Steering Group. It is chaired by the Project 

Manager, who also serves as Executive Secretary of the Steering Group. The composition of the 

Project Team include the Project Management Team (see 2.3.8.3), the Cluster Leaders, one 

responsible for each member of the consortium, and some stable Science experts. However, 

attendance to Project Team meetings is open to supporting experts from both inside and outside the 

Consortium, as appropriate. 

Country Name Institute Role 

Italy Luigi De Leonibus ITAF USAM Project Manager (Chairman) 

Italy Paolo Rosci ITAF USAM Science Manager 

Italy Flavio Gattari Telespazio 

Project Management Officer 

Project Controller 

Italy Emiliano Agosta Telespazio Head Engineer 

Italy Luca Petronzio Telespazio System Engineer 

Italy Silvia Puca DPC Product Validation Cluster Leader 

Italy Francesco Zauli ITAF CNMCA Precipitation Cluster Leader 

Italy Alberto Mugnai CNR-ISAC Precipitation Science Expert 

Austria Barbara Zeiner ZAMG Soil Moisture Cluster Leader 

Austria Stefan Hasenauer TU-WIEN Soil Moisture Science expert 

ECMWF Patricia De Rosnay ECMWF 

Soil Moisture (root zone) Generation 

Chain Responsible 

ECMWF Clement Albergel ECMWF Soil Moisture (root zone) Science expert 

Finland Matias Takala FMI Snow Cluster Leader 

Finland Panu Lahtinen FMI Snow (Flat) Science Expert 

Turkey Aydin Erturk TSMS 

Snow (Mountainous) Generation Chain 

Responsible 

Turkey Zuhal Akyurek METU Snow (Mountainous) Science Expert 

Poland Michal Kasina IMWM Hydrovalidation Cluster Leader 

Belgium Emmanuel Roulin RMI RMI Representative 

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France Jean-Christophe Calvet MeteoFrance Meteo France Representative 

Germany Peter Krahe BfG BfG Representative 

Hungary Judit Kerènyi OMSZ OMSZ Representative 

Slovakia Jan Kanak SHMU SHMU Representative 

Table 8 Composition of the H-SAF Project Team in CDOP-2 

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Possible conflicts that could arise in the course of the CDOP-2 will be solved, in priority level of 

attempt: 

by the Cluster leader, if internal to one Cluster; 

by the Project Team if the conflict is across Clusters or it was not possible to solve it at 

Cluster level; 

by the Steering Group in case of lack of solution at lower level. 

Main interfaces with the PM for the scope and responsibilities definition are: 

ITAF CNMCA for precipitation products; 

ZAMG, TU Wien and ECMWF for soil moisture chains and products; 

FMI and TSMS for snow products; 

DPC for Product Validation (Quality Monitoring) activities; 

IMWM for Hydrovalidation activities. 

The review logic and the schedule of the activities will be under the responsibility of the PM in 

respect of the CDOP-2 Process Model defined by EUMETSAT. 

Considering the distribution of the work in “clusters”, clusters leaders as part of the Project Team 

will report to the PT on behalf of their own internal references. 

The reporting flow is shown in the figure below. 

class Domain Model 

Precipitation 

Cluster Leader 


Soil Moisture 


Project Team 

Steering Group 

Soil Moisture 


Hydrov alidation 




Figure 8 Reporting Flow





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Project Team meetings are scheduled twice a year; if possible they are placed two or three months 

before each relevant project milestone (review), in order to accomplish the necessary monitoring of 

the project and make it possible all relevant corrective actions. 

Inter-cluster meetings are also foreseen for each to emphasize the coordination of technical aspects; 

their frequency shall be approximately once a year. 

A joint Validation (Quality Monitoring)-Hydrovalidation workshop is organized once a year with the 

purpose to monitor and assess the status of the Quality Monitoring and Hydrovalidation services. 

2.3.8.3 Project Management Team 

A Project Management Team is settled, composed by the Project Manager and staff persons 

nominated by PM. It will regularly control the ongoing activities comparing the statement of work 

with the Master Schedule, to be reported to the Steering Group. 

As stated in 2.3.9 and 2.3.10 and in the JOP-OICD (see [RD 3]) Project Management Team is in charge 

of the interactions with EUMETSAT Secretariat and with CAF, other SAFs and other external entities 

or initiatives. 


Italy Luigi De Leonibus ITAF USAM Project Manager 

Italy Paolo Rosci ITAF USAM Science Manager 

Italy Flavio Gattari Telespazio 

Project Management Officer 

Project Controller 

Italy Emiliano Agosta Telespazio Head Engineer 

Table 9 Composition of the H-SAF Project Management Team 

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Furthermore, as staff person nominated by PM, the Financial Officer will perform the activities 

related to financial accounting and control, in the framework of the Support Function WP-S 1210 

and in coordination with the Project Management Team, the EUMETSAT SAF Project Controller and 

the EUMETSAT Accounting Officer. He will accomplish the annual Cost and Asset Reporting, 

according to the SAF Financial Status Reporting Procedure [RD 13]. 


Italy Enrico Conte ITAF CNMCA Financial Officer 

Table 10 Financial Officer 

2.3.8.4 Actions Management 

Actions agreed during Project Team Meetings, Steering Group Meetings, Reviews Meetings and 

bilateral Meetings with EUMETSAT will be tracked by mean of the Action List document, in which 

each action will be numbered, assigned to a responsible person or institute, and associated to a date 

of completion. 

The document will be regularly updated and its presentation and discussion will be in each agenda of 

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750 

760 

2.3.9 Interactions with EUMETSAT Secretariat 

H-SAF will interact with EUMETSAT Secretariat in accordance to the established procedures as 

regards: 

support to EUMETSAT SAF Network Workshops and Coordination Meetings by H-SAF Project 

management team; 

coordinating the H-SAF Science activities with the EUMETSAT SAF Network Science experts; 

coordinating the H-SAF Engineering activities with the EUMETSAT SAF Network Engineering 

experts; 

coordinating the H-SAF financial matters with the EUMETSAT SAF network Project 

Controller; 

cooperating to the requirements definition of the EUMETSAT future Programmes; 

cooperating to the exploitation of EUMETSAT programmes in operations; 

cooperating to the WMO-WIS DCPC role of EUMETSAT as regards H-SAF products and 

services. 

Project Management Team will attend all review meetings scheduled in accordance to the review, as 

well as EUMETSAT SAF Network Workshops and Coordination meetings that will be organized in the 

CDOP-2 timeframe. 

For the detailed procedures refer to the document JOP-OICD (see [RD 3]). 

2.3.10 Interactions with the CAF, other SAFs, and External Entities 

Here below the regular interactions with CAF other entities or initiatives, based on objectives of the 

H-SAF for CDOP-2 on products development, generation and validation which are needed in relation 

to: 

running operations as committed to the H-SAF Consortium within the EUMETSAT ground 

segment both for EUMETSAT proper programmes and third party’s ones (i.e. GMES) where 

appropriate; 

support and coordinate operations with CAF in accordance to the approved JOP and OICD; 

support and coordinate operations with other SAF in accordance to the agreed and 

approved FA, JOP and OICD; 

carrying on cooperation with external entities within the framework of GMP space 

observatory programme, achieving cooperation as Consortium and bilateral agreement 

between H-SAF institute and external Institute; 

supporting the CAF for the WMO-WIS DCPC role of EUMETSAT as regards H-SAF products 

and services. 

For the detailed procedures refer to the document JOP-OICD (see [RD 3]). 

Specific cooperation activities with CAF, other SAFs and external entities are identified as expected 

during CDOP-2 and are summarized in the following table, and details are provided in next 

subsections. 

Objective Description CAF / other SAF 

Use of assimilated Soil 

moisture for LSA 

LSA will use SM-DAS from H-SAF (ECMWF) (multilayer). 

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780 

790 


Evapotranspiration 

LSA will be user of H-SAF products. 

Use of LSA SAF snow 

detection product 

Large scale surface soil 

moisture by radar 

scatterometer 

No cooperation model necessary 

2.3.10.1 Interactions: Precipitation Products 

Cooperation with GPM 

The product is generated by LSA SAF, its maintenance and 

Validation will be carried on by H-SAF. 

The sharing of tasks between H-SAF and LSA-SAF will be 

ruled by a specific “service level agreement”. 

The product is generated at the CAF on behalf of H SAF. 

H-SAF (TU Wien) will support the operations activities 

Table 11 Interactions with CAF and other SAFs 


During the previous phases the consortium contacted the GPM management to discuss a possible 

cooperation. There were several contacts between the SAF and the GPM management in order to 

explore a suitable collaboration framework. The most effective avenue currently being examined is 

an agreement as part of the general EUMETSAT-NASA agreement so that the overall institutional 

and technical aspects are taken into proper consideration. In this context H-SAF aims at becoming a 

user of NASA GPM data on one side and also a direct collaborator of GPM as to the European and 

African scenario on the other. 

The cooperation with GPM will involve the following issues: 

- Validation of GPM products using the SAF’s Precipitation Product Validation network, whcih is 

to be considered an asset for GPM; 

- Development of two H-SAF precipitation products (H19 and H20) making use of the GPM 

Microwave Imager (GMI) data and the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) products and 

data (please refer to WP number D-2240 and D-2245 at pag 8 and 9 in Annex I) with special 

emphasis on the H-SAF area of interest; 

- Expected improvement of the IR (GEO) + MW (LEO) different H-SAF products (H03, H04, H40 

and H41), based on blending and morphing techniques deriving from the availability of GPM 

and related products. 

Moreover, the possibility of including GPM products into the SAF framework and an exchange of 

software are being examined and will be considered for inclusion into the agreement. 

The agreement will be possibly signed during the first semester of 2013 thus setting the necessary 

institutional framework for the cooperation before launch. However, note that the GPM launch date 

is yet to be finalized and thus a thorough planning of algorithm development is currently beyond 

reach. 

CAF 

2.3.10.2 Interactions: Soil moisture products 

Surface Soil Moisture products interaction with CAF 

The main responsibilities of the CAF regarding the large-scale soil moisture product (H16/SM-OBS-3) 

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810 

820 

830 

Operational near-real-time (< 130 min) processing and dissemination of the 25 km ASCAT 

surface soil moisture data in orbit geometry 

Implementation of algorithmic updates and new model parameter data sets delivered by 

TU-Wien 

Reprocessing of complete ASCAT archive in case of Level 1 or Level 2 updates 

Technical user support 

The main responsibilities of TU-Wien in this respect will be: 

Calibration and validation of the ASCAT Level 1 and Level 2 products 

Research and development to continuously improve SM-OBS-3 

Regular reprocessing to generate new model parameter data sets 

Scientific user support 

Global root zone soil moisture products interaction with CAF 

The production of H14 (SM-DAS-2) strongly relies on efficient cross –coordination between CAF and 

H-SAF since it results from assimilation of the CAF product H16 (SM-OBS-3) into the ECMWF Land 

Surface Data Assimilation System. 

In addition at ECMWF the CAF global surface soil moisture product (H16/SM-OBS-3) is continuously 

monitored and results are made available to on the ECMWF web interface in NRT. 

This CAF-SAF synergy activity is highly relevant to provide NRT assessment of the CAF products 

quality at global scale and at regional scale (url: http://www.ecmwf.int/ 

products/forecasts/d/charts/monitoring/satellite/slmoist/ASCAT/). 

Cross coordination between the H-SAF and the Land SAF allows accurate production of 

Evapotranspiration by LSA-SAF by using H-SAF root zone soil moisture product. 

Use of NWP-SAF RTTOV code (Radiative Transfer model for Television Infrared Orbiting Satellite 

(TIROS) Operational Vertical Sounder - TOVS) in the IFS to assimilate radiances will be investigated to 

address the impact of combining observations on the soil moisture index accuracy. Use of the OSI- 

SAF sea ice concentration in the surface analysis in the SM-DAS-2 production chain will also be 

investigated. 

Data assimilation of vegetation parameters is being addressed at ECMWF within the GEOLAND 

project and use of SMOS data is addressed with an ESA project. So, they are not part of the H-SAF 

project. Although the developments conducted in these different projects are completely 

independent and concern different components of the hydrological cycle and different satellite data, 

they all contribute to improve the hydrological cycle representation in the ECMWF LSAS. While 

these developments on the the SM-DAS prodution chain are crucial for H-SAF, positive feedbacks are 

also expected for ECMWF.. This benefits the projects each others by improving the overall quality of 

the IFS and therefore increasing the accuracy of atmospheric forcing used for SM-DAS-2 production 

chain. 

In line with the H-SAF CDOP-2 objectives, soil moisture re-analysis product SM-DAS-3 will provide a 

strong contribution to the ERA-Clim project in support to GMES. 

2.3.10.3 Interactions: Snow products 

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850 

860 

870 

The co-operation with SYKE in the development of the fractional snow cover product is continuing 

informally. It is hoped that also official co-operation will be possible in future validation of the 

product. 

H13/SN-OBS-4: 

The SWE product in the non mountainous areas is related to ESA GlobSnow NRT processing demo. 

SWE product will be developed from demo to full operative system within H-SAF frame. Developing 

includes further improvements with the SWE algorithm. 

H31/SN-OBS-0G and H32/SN-OBS-0P: 

The MSG/SEVIRI SC products and METOP/AVHRR SC product were LSA SAF products during the 

CDOP. These will be produced and distributed using the LSA SAF infrastructure during the CDOP-2. 

They will be processed and distributed by LSA-SAF. Thus the co-operation with LSA-SAF is essential. 

The contact to the weather forecasting users of the product will be kept alive by LSA-SAF. H-SAF will 

take care of the maintenance of the processing codes and support implementation of updated 

versions. LSA-SAF is in charge of the operations. In the future it is seen that all operational 

processing of snow products will take place in H-SAF unless users/EUMETSAT express a different 

wish. Thus this divided development/processing between LSA-SAF and H-SAF is seen as a temporary 

phase. 

H34/SN-OBS-1G and H35/SN-OBS-1P: 

H34/SN-OBS-1G succeeds earlier products H10 and H31 and H35/SN-OBS-1P succeeds products H12 

and H32. 

2.3.10.4 Joint Precipitation Working Group 

A Joint Precipitation Group dedicated to define the road map of federate activities about 

precipitation shall be defined care of H-SAF consortium. The JPWG should be composed by 

representatives of institutes in charge of precipitation parameters from CMSAF, H-SAF, NWCSAF and 

CAF. 

It first of all will define TOR, and the competence of defining and finalizing the relevant federate 

activities, addressed into the CDOP-2 Project Plan of the relevant SAF. 

The H-SAF offers the chairman. 

The JPWG can coordinate the shared activities from the SAFs and CAF, considering the commitments 

of H-SAF, NWCSAF, CMSAF and CAF: 

H-SAF to generate and distribute procipitation products and validation services; 

NWCSAF generation and distribution of portable SW packages for local use; 

CMSAF to generate Climate Data Records; 

CAF to investigate the precipitation on Globe. 

H-SAF can propose the following guidelines for structuring the interactions between H-SAF and Third 

Parties: 

FA on Validation with NWCSAF responsible of PC PPS output provision, H-SAF 

responsible for validation. 

FA with CAF to migrate the service of precipitation on Full Disk region to H03B an to 

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2.4 Project Scope Management and Planning 

2.4.1 Product Breakdown Structure (PBS) 

The Product Breakdown Structure (PBS) represents the objects to be delivered by the Program 

during the CDOP-2 phase, depicted in a hierarchical classification. 

This Structure, in order to address the standard ways of representation and in the same way to 

consider the peculiarities of the H-SAF program, is shown in two different views: a “Segmentoriented” 

view (Figure 9), and a “Product/Chain-oriented view” (Figure 10). 

The first one arranges the objects in the standard decomposition for satellite ground segments, and 

is useful to identify analogies and homologous objects when making comparison with other systems 

(for example other SAFs); the second one is oriented to the peculiarities of SAF Program which gives 

high relevance to the product/chain-oriented approach which helps in the correlation with the 

scientific framework. 

Both structures, going to the description of the function/process level, bring to the definition of the 

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Product Breakdown Structure 

(Segment oriented View) 

Segment on Operational GEO/LEO satellite 

Segment on New GEO satellite 

(MTG) 

Hydrovalidation and 

Quality Assessment 

Services 

Central Services 

Operational Generation 

Chain 

Operational 

Products 

New Products on Existing 

Operational Gen. Chain 

New Generation 

Chain 

New Products 

Hydro 

Validation 

Service 

Products 

Q.A. 

Service 

Central 

Operations 

Project 

Management 

and Coordin. 

Operational Precipitation 

Chains 

Operational 

Precipitation Products 

New Precipitation 

Products 


Chains 


Products 

C-PR-H01 

C-PR-H02 

PR-H01 

PR-H02A 

PR-H02B 

PR-H03B 

PR-H04B 

C-PR-H40 

C-PR-H41 

PR-H40A 

PR-H40B 

C-PR-H03 

C-PR-H04 

PR-H03A 

PR-H04A 

PR-H05B 

PR-H15B 

PR-H17 

C-PR-H42 

C-PR-H50 

PR-H41A 

PR-H41B 

C-PR-H05 

C-PR-H17 

C-PR-H19 

C-PR-H21 

C-PR-H15 

C-PR-H18 

C-PR-H20 

C-PR-H22 

PR-H05A 

Operational Soil 

Moisture Products 

PR-H18 PR-H19 PR-H20 

PR-H21 

PR-H22 

New Soil Moisture 

Products 

PR-H15A 

New Snow Chains 

C-SN-H43 

PR-H42A 

New Snow 

Products 

PR-H42B 

PR-H50 

Operational Soil Moisture 

Chains 

SM-H08 

SM-H14 

SM-H16 

SN-H43 

C-SM-H08 

C-SM-H14 

SM-H25 

SM-H27 

C-SM-H16 

C-SM-H25 

Operational Snow 

Products 

New Snow Products 

C-SM-H27 

SN-H10 

SN-H11 

SN-H12 


Chains 

SN-H13 

SN-H31 

C-SN-H10 

C-SN-H11 

SN-H32 

SN-H34 

C-SN-H12 

C-SN-H13 

Scenarios classification: 

C-SN-H31 

C-SN-H34 

C-SN-H32 

C-SN-H35 

Scenario SN-H35 2 : new product on new chain 

Scenario 5: new product on existing chain 

Operational scenario: existing product on existing chain 

Figure 9 Product Breakdown Structure: Segment-Oriented View





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(Chains/Products-oriented View) 

Generation Chains 

Products 

Hydrovalidation and Quality 

Assessment Services 

Central Services 

Operational Generation 

Chain 


Chains 

New Generation Chain 


Chains 

Operational Products 


Products 

New products 

New Precipitation Products 

Hydro 

Validation 

Service 

Products Q.A. 

Service 

Central 

Operations 


Management 

and Coordin. 

C-PR-H01 

C-PR-H02 

C-PR-H40 

C-PR-H41 

PR-H01 

PR-H02A 

PR-H02B 

PR-H03B 

PR-H04B 

C-PR-H03 

C-PR-H05 

C-PR-H17 

C-PR-H19 

C-PR-H21 

C-PR-H04 

C-PR-H15 

C-PR-H18 

C-PR-H20 

C-PR-H22 

C-PR-H42 

C-PR-H50 

PR-H03A 

PR-H04A 

PR-H17 

PR-H05A PR-H15A 

PR-H18 PR-H19 PR-H20 

New Snow 

Chains 

PR-H21 PR-H22 PR-H40A 


Products 

C-SN-H43 PR-H40B PR-H41A PR-H41B 

SM-H08 

PR-H05B 

PR-H42A 

PR-H15B 

PR-H42B 

PR-H50 


Chains 

Operational Snow Products 

New Soil Moisture Products 

C-SM-H08 

C-SM-H14 

SN-H10 

SM-H14 

SM-H16 

C-SM-H16 

C-SM-H25 

SM-H25 

SM-H27 

C-SM-H27 


Chains 

C-SN-H10 

C-SN-H12 

C-SN-H31 

C-SN-H11 

C-SN-H13 

C-SN-H32 

Scenarios classification: 

Scenario 2 : new product on new chain 

Scenario 5: new product on existing chain 

Operational scenario: existing product on existing chain 


SN-H11 

SN-H12 

SN-H13 

SN-H31 

SN-H32 

SN-H34 

SN-H35 

SN-H43 

C-SN-H34 

C-SN-H35 

Figure 10 Product Breakdown Structure: Product/Chain-Oriented View





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2.4.2 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 

Work to be performed is represented by the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). 

In order to increase readability, the top-level WBS has been decomposed in three main branches, as 

shown in Figure 11: 

Support Functions: includes all support activities such as Project Management, Project 

Planning, Coordination and Control, Engineering Management and Science Management; 

Development: includes 

Operations: includes operations activities related to Genereation Chains Operations, 

Maintenance, Central Operations and the main H-SAF Services (Product Validation/Quality 

Monitoring and Hydrovalidation). 

Work Breakdown Structure 

Top level 

WBS 

WBS Support 

Functions 

WBS Operations 

WBS Development 

910 

Figure 11 Work Breakdown Structure: Top Level 

920 

Each main branch is decomposed into second level Work Breakdown Elements; their further 

decomposition, by mean of the intersection with OBS given through the Responsibility Assignment 

Matrix (RAM, see 2.4.3) represent the Work Packages. 

WBS related to Support Functions is depicted in Figure 12. Its second level WBEs are related to 

following activities: 

Project Management, 

Project Planning, Coordination and Control, 


Science Management.





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WBS Support Functions 

WBE S-1000 

Project Management and Coordination 

WBE S-1100 

Project Management 

WBE S-1200 



WP S-1300 


WP S-1400 


WP S-1110 


WP S-1210 

Planning, Coordin. 

and Cost Control 

WP S-1310 

Engineering 

WP S-1120 

Cluster Coordination 

WP S-1220 

Documentation 

WP S-1320 

QA & QC 

WP S-1130 


Coordination 

WP S-1330 

Configuration 

WP S-1140 

Linkage to external 

programmes 

Figure 12 WBS: Support Functions 

WBS related to Development is shown in Figure 13; it is further decomposed in the following WBEs: 

Precipitation products development; 

Soil Moisture products development; 

Snow products development. 

930 

WBS relate to Operations is reported in Figure 14. It includes following WBEs: 

Precipitation product Operations; 

Soil Moisture product Operations; 

Snow product Operations; 

These activities are related both on chains (engineering-related activities) and and 

algorithms (science related activities. 

Central Operations, which includes archive, dissemination and user support 

Product Validation (Quality Monitoring) Service; 

Hydrovalidation Service 

940 

It is noted that, in order to maintain traceability with other Program Documents (mainly the CDOP-2 

Proposal and the Financial Reports) the numbering of each WBE includes in its name the following 

prefixes: 

“S” for Support Functions WBEs and WPs;





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“D” for “Development WBEs and WPs; 

“O” for “Operations WBEs and WPs 

The figure in the present paragraph show H-SAF WBS.





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WBS Development 

WBE D-2000 

Precipitation 

products development 

WBE D-3000 

Soil Moisture 


WBE D-4000 

Snow 


WBE D-2100 

New MTG Precipitation 

Chains 

(Engineering - Scenario 2) 

WBE D-2200 


(Algorithms - Scenario 2 / 5) 

WBE D-3200 

New Soil Moisture Products 

(Algorithms - Scenario 5) 

WBE D-4100 

New MTG Snow Chains 


WBE D-4200 



WP D-2110 

C-PR-H40 (A and B) 

WP D-2205 (**) 

PR-H02B 

WP D-3210 

SM-H25 

WP D-4110 

C-SN-H43 

WP D-4210 

SN-H34 

WP D-2120 


WP D-2210 (**) 

PR-H03B 

WP D-2215 (**) 

PR-H04B 

WP D-3220 

SM-H27 

WP D-4220 

SN-H35 

WP D-2130 


WP D-2140 

C-PR-H50 

WP D-2220 (**) 

PR-H05B 

WP D-2230 (**) 

PR-H17 

WP D-2240 (**) 

PR-H19 

WP D-2225 (**) 

PR-H15 

(A and B) 

WP D-2235 (**) 

PR-H18 

WP D-2245 (**) 

PR-H20 

WP D-4230 (*) 

SN-H43 

(*): new MTG product 

Scenario 2 

WP D-2250 (**) 

PR-H21 

WP D-2255 (**) 

PR-H22 

WP D-2260 (*) 

PR-H40 

(A and B) 

WP D-2265 (*) 

PR-H41 

(A and B) 

WP D-2270 (*) 

PR-H42 

(A and B) 

WP D-2275 (*) 

PR-H50 

(*): new MTG product 

Scenario 2 

(**): new product on existing chain 

Scenario 5 

950 

Figure 13 WBS: Development





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WBS Operations 

WBE O-2000 


operations 

WBE O-3000 


operations 

WBE O-4000 

Snow products 

operations 

WBE O-5000 

Hydro Validation 

Service 

WBE O-6000 

Products Validation 

Service 

WBE O-7000 

Central operations 

WBE O-2100 

PR Chains Maintenance 

and Operations 

(Engineering) 

WP O-2110 

C-PR-H01 

WP O-2120 

C-PR-H02 

WBE O-3100 

SM Chains Maintenance 


(Engineering) 

WP O-3110 

C-SM-H08 

WP O-3120 

C-SM-14 

WBE O-4100 

SN Chains Maintenance 


(Engineering) 

WP O-4110 

C-SN-H10 

WP O-4120 

C-SN-H11 

WP O-5100 

Product evaluation with 

hydrological models 

WP O-5200 

Impact Studies 

Programme 

WP O-6100 

Product validation and 

value assessment 

WP O-6200 

Product monitoring and 

NRT feedback 

WP O-7100 

Central Archive 

WP O-7200 

Dissemination Service 

WP O-2130 

C-PR-H03 

WP O-2140 

C-PR-H04 

WP O-3130 

C-SM-16 

WP O-4130 

C-SN-H12 

WP O-4140 

C-SN-H13 

WP O-6300 

Provision of ground 

data 

WP O-7300 

Web Portal 

WP O-2150 

C-PR-H05 

WP O-2160 

C-PR-H15 

WBE O-2200 

PR products Maintenance 

(Algorithms) 

WBE O-3200 

SM Products 

Maintenance 

(Algorithms) 

WBE O-4200 

SN Products 


(Algorithms) 

WP O-6400 

User applications- 

Impact Validation 

WP O-7400 

Help Desk 

WP O-2210 

PR-H01 

WP O-2240 

PR-H04A 

WP O-3210 

SM-H08 

WP O-3230 

SM-H14 

WP O-4210 

SN-H10 

WP O-4240 

SN-H13 

WP O-2220 

PR-H02A 

WP O-2250 

PR-H05A 

WP O-3220 

SM-H16 

WP O-4220 

SN-H11 

WP O-4250 

SN-H31 

WP O-2230 

PR-H03A 

WP O-2260 

PR-H15 

WBE O-3300 

SM-H24 User Services 

WP O-4230 

SN-H12 

WP O-4260 

SN-H32 

WP O-3310 

SW Distribution 

(ZAMG) 

WP O-3320 

SW Toolbox 

(TU Wien) 

Figure 14 WBS: Operations





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960 

970 

2.4.3 Responsibility Assignment Matrix – Work Packages identification 

The relationship with the OBS is detailed in the Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM), in which 

each element describing the scope (Work Breakdown Elements, WBE) is associated to one element 

describing the responsibility (OBS Element, corresponding to Organization Units). 

The intersections represent the Work Packages, that in H-SAF case are coincident to the Cost Control 

Account of the standard definition. 

In any case in which there is only one intersection per column (the overwhelming cases), in order to 

increase readability the Work Package identifier is reported in the column header, and the 

intersection is marked with an “X” sign. In such cases the WP is coincident with the third level 

elements reported in the WBS figures. 

In some cases (limited to and) there are multiple intersections for each column, meaning that the 

relevant activity is actually performed by different Organization Units. This brings to the need of 

defining related Work Packages at fourth level: in such cases the Work Package identifier is therefore 

reported in the intersection field. The fourth level Work Packages thus identified covers the areas of 

the Snow Products Development and Snow Product Operations, where each branch is decomposed 

according to the competence on the Flat/Forested intermediate product, Mountainous intermediate 

product and Merged product, and the area of the Cluster Coordination, where the WBE S-1120 is 

decomposed into: 

WP S-1121 – Precipitation Cluster Coordination 

WP S-1122– Soil Moisture Cluster Coordination 

WP S-1123– Snow Cluster Coordination 

WP S-1124– Hydrovalidation Cluster Coordination 

WP S-1125– Product Validation Cluster Coordination 

In the following tables (from Table 12 to Table 21 ) the H-SAF RAM is depicted





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Management 

Team 



Coodination and 

Control 

Engineering 

Management 



Management 


(WBE S-1100) 

Cluster 

Coordination 

Central 

Operations 

Coordination 


(WBE S-1000) 



(WBE S-1200) 

Planning, 

Coordin. Documenta 

and Cost tion 

Control 

Linkage to 

external 

programmes 

WP S-1110 WBE S-1120 WP S-1130 WP S-1140 WP S-1210 WP S-1220 WP S-1310 

ITAF SMA- 

USAM 

X X 

TELESPAZIO X X 


(WBE S-1300) 

Engineering QA & QC Configuration 

TELESPAZIO X X X 

ITAF SMA- 

USAM 

WP S- 

1320 

Science 

Management 

WP S-1330 WP S-1400 

X 

Precipitation Cluster ITAF CNMCA X (WP -S1121) 

Product Generation 

Clusters 

Soil Moisture Cluster ZAMG X (WP -S1122) 

Snow Cluster FMI X (WP -S1123) 

980 

Validation Service 

Clusters 


Hydrovalidation Cluster IMWM X (WP -S1124) 


Cluster 


Management 

DPC 

ITAF CNMCA 

X (WP -S1125) 

X 

Table 12 RAM for Support Functions





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Precipitation products development 

(WBE D-2000) 

New MTG Precipitation Chains 


(WBE D-2100) 



(WBE D-2200) 

C-PR- 

H40 

C-PR- 

H41 

C-PR- 

H42 

C-PR- 

H50 

PR- 

H02B 

PR- 

H03B 

PR- 

H04B 

PR- 

H05B 

PR- 

H15B 

PR- 

H17 

PR- 

H18 

PR- 

H19 

PR- 

H20 

PR- 

H21 

PR- 

H22 

PR- 

H40 

PR- 

H41 

PR- 

H42 

PR- 

H50 

WP 

D- 

2110 

WP 

D- 

2120 

WP 

D- 

2130 

WP 

D- 

2140 

WP 

D- 

2205 

WP 

D- 

2210 

WP 

D- 

2215 

WP 

D- 

2220 

WP 

D- 

2225 

WP 

D- 

2230 

WP 

D- 

2235 

WP 

D- 

2240 

WP 

D- 

2245 

WP 

D- 

2250 

WP 

D- 

2255 

WP 

D- 

2260 

WP 

D- 

2265 

WP 

D- 

2270 

WP 

D- 

2275 

Precipitation Chains Unit 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

X X X X 

Precipitation 

Cluster 

Precipitation 

Products 

Development 

Precipitation 

Products 

Development 

Group at 

CNMCA 

Precipitation 

Products 

Development 

Group at 

CNR 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

X X X 

CNR- 

ISAC 

X X X X X X X X X X X X 

Table 13 RAM for Development - Precipitation products development





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Soil Moisture products development 

(WBE D-3000) 

New Soil Moisture Products (Algorithm - Scenario 5) 

(WBE D-3200) 

SM-H25 

SM-H27 

Soil Moisture 

Cluster 

Soil Moisture Chains 

Soil Moisture Products 

Development 

SM Observed Products Chains Group 

SM Assimilated Products Chains Group 

ZAMG 

ECMWF 

WP D-3210 WP D-3220 

SM Observed Products Development TU Wien X 

SM Assimilated Products Development ECMWF X 

Table 14 RAM for Development – Soil Moisture products development 

990 

Snow products development 

(WBE D-4000) 

New MTG Snow Chains 


(WBE D-4100) 

New Snow Products (Algorithm - Scenario 2 / 5) 

(WBE D-4200) 

SN FF Intermediate Products Chains Group FMI X (WP -D4111) 

C-SN-H43 SN-H34 SN-H35 SN-H43 

WBE D-4110 WBE D-4210 WBE D-4220 WBE D-4230 

Snow Cluster 

Snow Chains 

Snow Products 

Development 

SN MA Intermediate Products Chains Group TSMS X (WP -D4112) 

SN Merged Products Chains Group FMI X (WP -D4114) 

SN FF Intermediate Products Development Group FMI X (WP -D4211) X (WP -D4221) X (WP -D4231) 

SN MA Intermediate Products Development Group METU X (WP -D4212) X (WP -D4222) X (WP -D4232) 

SN Merged Products Development Group FMI X (WP -D4114) X (WP -D4224) X (WP -D4234) 

Table 15 RAM for Development – Snow products development





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Precipitation 

Cluster 

Precipitation Chains Operations 

Management 

Precipitation 

Products 

Development 


Development at CNMCA 


Development ad CNR 

PR Chains Maintenance and Operations 

(engineering ) 

(WBE O-2100) 

Precipitation products operations 

(WBE O-2000) 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

X X X X X X 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

PR-H01 

WP 

O-2210 

PR products Maintenance 

(algorithms) 

(WBE O-2200) 

PR-H03A 

WP 

O-2230 

C-PR- 

H01 

WP 

O-2110 

C-PR- 

H02 

WP 

O-2120 

C-PR- 

H03 

WP 

O-2130 

C-PR- 

H04 

WP 

O-2140 

C-PR- 

H05 

WP 

O-2150 

C-PR- 

H15 

WP 

O-2160 

PR- 

H02A 

WP 

O-2220 

PR- 

H04A 

WP O 

2240 

PR- 

H05A 

WP O- 

2250 

CNR-ISAC X X X X X 

Table 16 RAM for Operations – Precipitation products operations 

X 

PR-H15 

WP O- 

2260 

SM Chains Maintenance and Operations 

(engineering) 

(WBE O-3100) 

Soil Moisture products operations 

(WBE O-3000) 

SM Products Maintenance 

(algorithms) 

(WBE O-3200) 

SM-H24 User Services 

(WBE O-3300) 

C-SM-H08 C-SM-H14 C-SM-H16 SM-H08 SM-H14 SM-H16 SW distrib. SW Toolbox 

WP O-3110 WP O-3120 WP O-3130 WP O-3210 WP O-3220 WP O-3230 WP O-3310 WP O-3310 

Soil Moisture 

Cluster 

Soil Moisture 

Chains 

Operations 

Management 

Soil Moisture 

Products 

Development 


Chains Operations 

SM Assimilated Products 

Chains Operations 


Development 

SM Assimilated Products 

Development 

ZAMG X X 

ECMWF 

X 

TU Wien X X X X 

ECMWF 

X 

Table 17 RAM for Operations– Soil Moisture products operations





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Snow products operations 

(WBE O-4000) 

SN Chains Maintenance and Operations 

(engineering) 

(WBE O-4100) 

SN Products Maintenance 

(algorithms) 

(WBE O-4200) 

C-SN-H10 C-SN-H11 C-SN-H12 C-SN-H13 SN-H10 SN-H11 SN-H12 SN-H13 SN-H31 SN-H32 

WBE O- 

4110 

WP O- 

4120 

WBE O- 

4130 

WBE O- 

4140 

WBE O-4210 WP O-4220 WBE O-4230 WBE O-4240 WBE O-4250 WBE O-4260 

Snow Chains 

Operations 

Management 


Products Chains Operations 


Products Chains Operations 

FMI 

X (WP O- 

4111) 

TSMS 

X (WP O- 

4112) 

X (WP O- 

4131) 

X (WP O- 

4132) 

X (WP O- 

4141) 

X (WP O- 

4142) 

Snow 

Cluster 

SN Merged Products Chains 

Operations 



FMI 

X (WP O- 

4114) 

X 

X (WP O- 

4134) 

X (WP O- 

4144) 

FMI 

X (WP O- 

4211) 

X (WP O- 

4231) 

X (WP O- 

4241) 

X (WP O- 

4251) 

X (WP O- 

4261) 

Snow Products 

Development 



METU 

X (WP O- 

4212) 

X (WP O- 

4232) 

X (WP O- 

4242) 

X (WP O- 

4252) 

X (WP O- 

4262) 

SN Merged Products 

Development 

FMI 

X (WP O- 

4214) 

X 

X (WP O- 

4234) 

X (WP O- 

4244) 

X (WP O- 

4254) 

X (WP O- 

4264) 

Table 18 RAM for Operations – Snow products operations 

1000





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Hydrovalidation Service 

(WBE O-5000) 

Products evaluation 

with hydrological 

models 


Programme 

Hydrovalidation 

Cluster 

Products Evaluation 

with Hydrological Models 


Programme 

WP 0-5100 WP O-5200 

Product Evaluation Group in Belgium IRM X 

Product Evaluation Group in Bulgaria NIMH X 

Product Evaluation Group in Finland FMI X 

Product Evaluation Group in Germany BfG X 

Product Evaluation Group in Italy DPC X 

Product Evaluation Group in Poland IMWM X 

Product Evaluation Group in Turkey - 1 METU X 

Product Evaluation Group in Turkey - 2 AU X 

Product Evaluation Group in Turkey - 3 ITU X 

Impact Study Group in Belgium IRM X 

Impact Study Group in Bulgaria NIMH X 

Impact Study Group in Finland FMI X 

Impact Study Group in Germany BfG X 

Impact Study Group in Italy DPC X 

Impact Study Group in Poland IMWM X 

Impact Study Group in Slovakia SHMU X 

Impact Study Group in Turkey -1 AU X 

Impact Study Group in Turkey -2 ITU X 

Table 19 RAM for Operations – Hydrovalidation Service





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Cluster 

Products 

validation and 




Product Validation Group in Austria TU Wien X 

Product Validation Group in Belgium IRM X 

Product Validation Group in Bulgaria NIMH X 

Product Validation Group in Finland FMI X 

Product Validation Group in France MeteoFrance X 

Product Validation Group in Germany BfG X 

Product Validation Group in Hungary OMSZ X 

Product Validation Group in Italy -1 DPC X 

Product Validation Group in Italy -2 UniFerrara X 

Product Validation Group in Poland IMWM X 

Product Validation Group in Slovakia SHMU X 

Products Validation Service 

(WBE O-6000) 

Products monitoring 

and NRT feedback 


data 

User applications - 


WP S-6100 WP S-6200 WP S-6300 WP S-6400 

Product Validation Group in ECMWF ECMWF X 

Product Validation Group in Turkey - 1 TSMS X 

Product Validation Group in Turkey - 2 METU X 

Product Validation Group in Turkey - 3 ITU X 

Product Validation Group in Turkey - 4 OMU X 

Products Product Monitoring Group in Austria ZAMG X





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monitoring and 

NRT feedback 

Provision of 

Ground Data 



Products Validation Service 

(WBE O-6000) 

Products monitoring 

and NRT feedback 

Product Monitoring Group in Belgium IRM X 

Product Monitoring Group in Finland FMI X 

Product Monitoring Group in France MeteoFrance X 

Product Monitoring Group in Germany BfG X 

Product Monitoring Group in Hungary OMSZ X 

Product Monitoring Group in Italy DPC X 

Product Monitoring Group in Poland IMWM X 

Product Monitoring Group in ECMWF ECMWF X 

Product Monitoring Group in Slovakia SHMU X 

Product Monitoring Group in Turkey TSMS X 


data 



WP S-6100 WP S-6200 WP S-6300 WP S-6400 

Ground Data Provision Group in Belgium IRM X 

Ground Data Provision Group in Finland FMI X 

Ground Data Provision Group in France MeteoFrance X 

Ground Data Provision Group in Germany BfG X 

Ground Data Provision Group in Hungary OMSZ X 

Ground Data Provision Group in Italy DPC X 

Ground Data Provision Group in Poland IMWM X 

Ground Data Provision Group in Slovakia SHMU X 

Ground Data Provision Group in Turkey TSMS X 

User applications - Impact Validation DPC X 

Table 20 RAM for Operations –Validation (Quality Monitoring) Service





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(WBE O-7000) 

Central Archive Dissemination Service Web Portal Help Desk 

WP O-7100 WP O-7200 WP O-7300 WP O-7400 


Team 

Product Generation 

Clusters 

Validation Service 

Clusters 


Project Planning, Coordination and Control 





Snow Cluster 

Hydrology Service Cluster 

Product Validation Cluster 

ITAF SMA-USAM 

TELESPAZIO 

TELESPAZIO 

ITAF SMA-USAM 

ITAF CNMCA 

ZAMG 

FMI 

IMWM 

DPC 

Central Operations Central Operations Cluster ITAF CNMCA X X X X 

Table 21 RAM for Operations –Central Operations





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1010 

1020 

As previously stated, Work Packages (WP) are identified by crossing the OBS elements with the WBS 

elements, through the RAM above depicted. 

It is noted that, according to scope management standards, each WP related to the development of 

new chains or new products is further decomposed into fourth level Work Packages which reflect 

the distinct phases of related life cycle tasks, as follow: 

Analysis; 

Design; 

Implementation; 

Test. 

Such fourth level WPs are not explicitly reported in the previously shown structures in order to keep 

the scheme as more readable as possible. In any case, such decomposition will be considered in the 

scheduling of the activities (section 2.4.4), whilst cost items will be associated to the aggregated WP. 

The following table provides the complete list of fourth level Work Packages, where the rightindented 

items are referred to WPs obtained as further decomposition of the “parent” WP, as above 

explained. 

WP ID 

WP 2110 

WP 2120 

WP 2130 

WP 2140 

WP 2210 

WP 2220 

WP 2230 

WP 2240 

WP 2250 

WP 2111 

WP 2112 

WP 2113 

WP 2114 

WP 2121 

WP 2122 

WP 2123 

WP 2124 

WP 2131 

WP 2132 

WP 2133 

WP 2134 

WP 2141 

WP 2142 

WP 2143 

WP 2144 

WP 2211 

WP 2212 

WP 2213 

WP 2214 

WP 2221 

WP 2222 

WP 2223 

WP 2224 

WP 2231 

WP 2232 

WP 2233 

WP 2234 

WP 2241 

WP 2242 

WP 2243 

WP 2244 

WP 2251 

WP 2252 

WP 2253 

WP 2254 

WP Title 

New Precipitation Chains - C-PR-H40 

New Precipitation Chains - C-PR-H40 – Analysis 

New Precipitation Chains - C-PR-H40 – Design 

New Precipitation Chains - C-PR-H40 – Implementation 

New Precipitation Chains - C-PR-H40 – Test 


New Precipitation Chains - C-PR-H41- Analysis 

New Precipitation Chains - C-PR-H41– Design 

New Precipitation Chains - C-PR-H41- Implementation 

New Precipitation Chains - C-PR-H41- Test 











New Precipitation Products - PR-H17 

New Precipitation Products - PR-H17– Analysis 

New Precipitation Products - PR-H17– Design 

New Precipitation Products - PR-H17– Implementation 

New Precipitation Products - PR-H17– Test 




















New Precipitation Products - PR-H21– Test





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WP ID 

WP 2260 

WP 2270 

WP 2280 

WP 2290 

WP 2295 

WP 3210 

WP 3220 

WP 4110 

WP 4210 

WP 4220 

WP 4230 

WP Title 


WP 2261 


WP 2262 


WP 2263 


WP 2264 



WP 2271 


WP 2272 


WP 2273 


WP 2274 



WP 2281 


WP 2282 


WP 2283 


WP 2284 



WP 2291 


WP 2292 


WP 2293 


WP 2294 



WP 2295.1 


WP 2295.2 


WP 2295.3 


WP 2295.4 


New Soil Moisture Products - SM-H25 

WP 3211 

New Soil Moisture Products - SM-H25– Analysis 

WP 3212 

New Soil Moisture Products - SM-H25– Design 

WP 3213 

New Soil Moisture Products - SM-H25– Implementation 

WP 3214 

New Soil Moisture Products - SM-H25– Test 

New Soil Moisture Products - SM-H27 

WP 3221 

New Soil Moisture Products - SM-H27– Analysis 

WP 3222 

New Soil Moisture Products - SM-H27– Design 

WP 3223 

New Soil Moisture Products - SM-H27– Implementation 

WP 3224 

New Soil Moisture Products - SM-H27– Test 

New Snow Chains - C-SN-43 

WP 4111 

New Snow Chains - C-SN-43– Analysis 

WP 4112 

New Snow Chains - C-SN-43– Desing 

WP 4113 

New Snow Chains - C-SN-43– Implementation 

WP 4114 

New Snow Chains - C-SN-43– Test 


WP 4211 


WP 4212 


WP 4213 


WP 4214 



WP 4221 


WP 4222 


WP 4223 


WP 4224 


New Snow Products - SN-H43 

WP 4231 

New Snow Products - SN-H43– Analysis 

WP 4232 

New Snow Products - SN-H43– Desgin 

WP 4233 

New Snow Products - SN-H43– Implementation 

WP 4234 

New Snow Products - SN-H43– Test 

Table 22 Development Work Packages decomposition at fourth level 

2.4.4 Overall Schedule 

CDOP-2 will start with the end of the CDOP, on 1 March 2012, and will end on 28 February 2017, 

with the foreseen start of CDOP-3. The overall schedule of development is reported in following 

figures:





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Figure 15 Overall Schedule





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2.4.5 Project Deliverable Documents 

This section describes the H-SAF documents that are planned to be produced during CDOP-2. All 

documents will be accessible from the H-SAF web site. 

Programmatic documents for the CDOP-2 phase, related to planning, coordination and control are 

reported in the following table: 

Acronym 

PP 

PRD 

SeSpe 

JOP-OICD 

CMP 

PSR 

FR 

Document 

Project Plan 

Product Requirement Document 

Service Specifications 

Joint Operation Procedure (JOP) - Operational Interface Control Document (OICD) 

Configuration Management Plan 

Project Status Report 

Financial Report (Assets and Costs Report) 

Table 23 Programmatic documentation of CDOP-2 

Engineering documentation foreseen for the CDOP-2 phase is here listed: 

Acronym 

SRD 

SDD 

CRD 

CDD 

CVERF 

ICD 

SDD 

SIVVP 

SRD 

SSVD 

SVERF 

PPR 

SVALF 

DOF 

PPR 

Document 

System Requirements Document 

System Design Document Concept Document 

Component Requirements Document 

Component Design Document 

Component Verification File 

Interface Control Document 

System Design Document 

System Integration, V&V Plan 

System Requirements Document 

System/Software Version Document 

System Verification File 

Product Prototype Report 

System Validation File 

Data/Product Output Format 

Product Prototype Final Report 

Table 24 Engineering documentation of CDOP-2 

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For the deliverables and associated milestones planned for products that follow the engeenering 

process Scenarios (Scenario 2 and Scenario 5) see 3.1 

For the Operation Reviews yearly planned during CDOP-2, the deliverables are presented in the 

following table: 

Review Documentation under Review Status 

OR 

Operation 

Review 

Operations Report 

Annual Quality Assessment 

Baseline 

Baseline 

Table 25 Project Deliverable Documents for Operation reviews 

2.5 User services 

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2.5.1 User Documentation 

The following table lists the scientific documentation foreseen to be provided: 

Acronym Document 

PUM Product User Manual 

PVR Product Validation Report 

ATBD Algorithms Theoretical Baseline Document 

PRD Product Requirements Document 

Table 26 Scientific documentation of CDOP-2 

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There are also documents linked to the operations and the services provided during the whole 

period. These are: 

Service Specification Document 

Operation Procedures availability (internal to the Consortium, for each operational node); 

Operations Report 

Annual Quality Assessment (included as section of the Operation Report), written by 

Validation groups and approved and delivered by Validation Coordinator (assessment of 

Product quality against Service Specification for operational and pre-operational products) 

synchronized with Operation Reports. 

The H-SAF documents produced during CDOP-2 will be accessible from the H-SAF web site. 

2.5.2 Web portal 

One of the fundamental central service for the H-SAF users is the web portal: it will be continuously 

maintained and evolved during CDOP-2 following the project phases and it will be subject to 

refinements and improvements whenever considered useful for the user community and the 

consortium as well. 

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1090 

1100 

1110 

The web portal will contain information on the products and their operational status, 

documentation, information on Visiting scientist, overview about SAF and the H-SAF partners. 

A restricted area will be maintained for internal communications. 

A contact area will be managed for any kind of requests. Moreover, an access control and 

monitoring of the H-SAF web portal will be achieved in order to trace users. 

The validation results will be made available as reports via web interface with possibility to give 

feedback. 

Calibration methods and product characterization as well as quality indicators are part of the meta 

data content, but also available as web documents with time line showing the evolution of the 

products. 

Teaching material is available from the H-SAF web site, and is progressively growing. 

A web site holds general information (including certain basic project documents) as well as nearreal-time 

quick looks of H-SAF products. 

The maintenance of the web site will follow the approach of making the site always updated with 

the project phases: this means to upload documentation (baseline and draft), product snapshots, 

events description and to make visible the result of the ongoing validation services activities. 

2.5.3 User help desk 

A user help-desk service is provided during CDOP-2. It is located at ITAF CNMCA and it is web-based, 

embedded in the H-SAF web portal. 

There is a specific section in the web portal which guides the user to address its request to the most 

appropriate responsibility area of the H-SAF programme. 

The users are able to address the typology of their own request among: 

products quality; 

products requirements; 

performance, reliability and availability of the generation chains; 

programme and organization; 

validation services. 

The web site acknowledges the request and forward it to the appropriate responsible person or 

expert. 

A track of the requests and the consequent actions and feedback will be kept. 

2.5.4 User tools 

Small-scale surface soil moisture by radar scatterometer software toolbox 

It is foreseen the provision of a small software package (converter) to allow users the handling of the 

H-SAF soil moisture products. The software shall facilitate simple conversion for the users to extract 

surface soil moisture maps for their selected catchments or time periods of interest themselves. 

Activity will include distribution of the small software toolbox packages to the interested hydrology 

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2.5.5 Workshops 

One comprehensive open workshop will be organised, approximately two years after the start of 

CDOP-2. The main objectives of the open workshop will be: 

to review the status of algorithms in an international environment, and check whether new 

ideas and approaches have emerged, particularly in view of the advent of the GPM and 

NPOESS; 

to analyze the status of products validation and characterization, and of the hydrological 

assessments (the envisaged date will allow to consolidate the product validation activity and 

collect the results from a sufficient number of hydrological experiments); 

to review the status of techniques to interface H-SAF products and hydrological models, and 

of possible activities on model optimization for assimilating H-SAF products at best; 

to promote the use of H-SAF products and attract interest for expanding the user 

community during CDOP-2 phase and follow-on. 

The open workshop is envisaged to last 4-5 days, and will involve nearly all Units operating in H-SAF, 

under the leadership of Project Management, supported by the Science Manager and Project 

Science experts. 

A series of inter-cluster meetings will be jointly organized for each of the themes of the clusters 

(Precipitation, Soil moisture, Snow, Product Validation and Hydrovalidation). The inter-cluster 

meetings will be scattered along the 5 years (2012 -2017) by decisions of PT and considering the 

interest expressed by EUMETSAT and end users. It is envisaged that one 2-3 days workshop per 

cluster will be organized for each year of CDOP-2 duration, for an envisaged total of around 15 intercluster 

meetings. 

2.6 Visiting Scientist Programme 

Proposal for support from Visiting scientists can be put forward by: 

the development teams of the Product Generation Clusters in support of specific shortduration 

tasks; 

the Hydrological Cluster in support of activities for product/model interfacing ; 

the Product Validation (Quality Monitoring) Cluster in support of activities for quality 

assessment; 

the same Units and/or any Cluster for exploratory inter-SAF activities. 

As in the CDOP, the procedure will be started by a proposal from an H-SAF Unit, to be analysed by 

the Project Team and recommended to the Steering Group for approval. 

2.7 Federated Activities 

H SAF project includes unallocated resources for Fedarated Activities. Proposals for FAs will be 

submitted to the Steering Group according to the process described in the Implementation 

Procedures [RD 10] 

The FAs anticipated are : 

FA1 with NWC SAF on the validation of NWC SAF data; 

FA2 with EUMETSAT Central Facilities on the cooperation in precipitation related 

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2.8 Outreach and Training activities 

In the Development Phase and CDOP an Education and Training programme was included in the 

Hydrological validation programme. Dedicated workshops were organized, aiming at illustrating how 

to use precipitation products, soil moisture products and snow products for hydrological purpose. 

Special emphasis was placed in explaining the nature of remote sensing observations, and the care 

to be applied when using them. After the initial workshops, re-training was performed by exploiting 

remote-learning systems. Teaching material is available from the H-SAF web site, and is 

progressively growing. 

Training activities will continue during CDOP-2 by exploiting the structures set in place. It will be up 

to the development teams to trigger re-training sessions whenever a product is updated or 

improved or replaced by a new release. H-SAF will produce from its products training workshops and 

from the training sessions which will be held during the H-SAF general WS. The mentioned materials 

will be constituted by DVD, CD on mini courses. 

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3 Engineering Management 

3.1 System Engineering Process 

System engineering activities and the project lifecycle of CDOP-2 are dependent on the scenarios 

involved, with reference to the SAF CDOP-2 Process Model depicted by EUMETSAT (see [RD 2]). 

The review logic of the H-SAF CDOP-2 involves the following scenarios: 

Scenario 2: Developing new Operational Chains for new satellites 

Scenario 5: Product Evolution based on Existing Operational Chains 

The following table shows the correspondence among products and relevant scenarios: 

Scenario 

Relevant products 

2 Precipitation: H40, H41, H42, H50 

Snow: H43 

5 Precipitation: H17, H18, H19, H20, H21, H22 

N/A 

(products already in operations or 

CDOP backlog) 

Soil moisture: H25, H27 

Snow: H34, H35 

Precipitation: H01, H02, H03, 0H4, H05, H15 

Soil Moisture: H08, H14, H16 

Snow: H10, H11, H12, H13, H31, H32 

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Table 27 Scenarios and relevant products - correspondence 

Operations related to products that enter to CDOP-2 in a “operational” status can be seen as 

services which not require development of new chains, algorithms or parts of the H-SAF system 

itself. 

Scenario 2 involves products whose reference operational satellite input data is MTG and its 

instruments FCI and LI. The development of new generation chains is planned as well as the 

algorithm for the products generation. 

The main system engineering activities are for this scenario are: 

Product requirements analysis; 

Generation chain requirements analysis; 

Identification of system requirements; 

Preliminary design of the generation chain. 

Further steps are planned for the CDOP-3 phase. 

Regarding software engineering activities, for scenario 2 it is planned the development of the new 

software for what concern: 

Algorithm (scientific software development); 

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1210 

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Analysis, design and test of the software is included in the system engineering activities above 

explained. 

Scenario 5 involves products whose generation chains have been already developed during previous 

phases, but the product are still in development and/or they have to be validated in order to 

promote them to operational status. 

Activities for these products are basically on scientific aspects (e.g.: verification of algorithms and of 

product quality). However, in order to assess that the architecture and the design are updated and 

no regressions happened on the system, a set of verification and validation tasks is planned. 

Regarding software engineering activities, for scenario 5 it is only expected the improvement of the 

algorithm software for the generation of the products, following the indications of the validation 

services. 

For each product the following activities are foreseen: 

maintenance of the system baseline documentation throughout the project lifecycle; 

monitoring all internal and external interfaces of the system; 

coordinating the activities related to the new generation chains (design / test/ integration) 

to be integrated into the H-SAF overall system; 

supervising the infrastructure of the operational services. 

During CDOP-2, the following common services will be provided: 

Web portal 

Central archiving of the H-SAF products 

UMARF Catalogue 

Supporting dissemination service via EUMETCast 

Products under the scenario 2 have to follow the plan of reviews and deliverables depicted in Table 

28, although during CDOP-2 this review process ends with the PDR (Preliminary Design Review); 

Further reviews are planned for the CDOP-3 phase. 

Review Doc Documentation under Review Status 

PRD Product Requirements Document Baseline 

CMP Configuration Management Plan Preliminary 

RR Requirement Review PP Project Plan Preliminary 

SRD System Requirements Document Preliminary 

SDD System Design Document Concept Document Preliminary 

ATBD Algorithms Theoretical Baseline Document Preliminary 

CRD Component Requirements Document Preliminary 

CMP Configuration Management Plan Baseline 

CDD Component Design Document Preliminary 

PDR Preliminary Design Review CVERF Component Verification File 

Preliminary 

ICD Interface Control Document Preliminary 

SDD System Design Document Baseline 

SIVVP System Integration, V&V Plan 

Preliminary 

SRD System Requirements Document Baseline





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ATBD Algorithms Theoretical Baseline Document Baseline 

CRD Component Requirements Document Baseline 

CDD Component Design Document Baseline 

CDR 

SIRR 

STRR 

SVRR 

ORR 

Critical Design Review 

System Integration 

Readiness Review 

System Test Result Review 

System Validation Result 

Review 

Operations Readiness 

Review 

CVERF Component Verification File 

Baseline 

ICD Interface Control Document Baseline 

PP Project Plan Update 

SDD System Design Document Update 

SIVVP System Integration, V&V Plan 

Baseline 

SSVD System/Software Version Document Preliminary 

SVERF System Verification File 

Preliminary 

PRD Product Requirements Document Update 

Report of cal/val, Prototype, etc. 

Status Report 

CDD Component Design Document Update 

ATBD Algorithms Theoretical Baseline Document Update 


Update 

PPR Product Prototype Report Preliminary 


Preliminary 

SSVD System/Software Version Document Baseline 

PPR Product Prototype Report Baseline 


Baseline 

SVALF System Validation File 

Preliminary 

Scientific VAL document/ report 

Preliminary 

DOF Data/Product Output Format Preliminary 

PPR Product Prototype Final Report Update 

UM User Manual Preliminary 

SSD Service Specification Doc Preliminary 


Baseline 


Baseline 

DOF Data/Product Output Format Baseline 

PUM Product User Manual Baseline 


Update 

SSD Service Specification Doc Baseline 

Operation procedures availability 

Baseline 

Table 28 Plan of reviews and deliverables for Scenario 2 

Products under the scenario 5 will follow the following plan of reviews and deliverables: 


PCR 

Product Consolidation 

Review 

ATBD Algorithms Theoretical Baseline Document Baseline 

PRD Product Requirements Document Baseline 

SVVP System Verification and Validation Plan Baseline





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ORR 

Operation Readiness 

Review 

SRD System Requirement Document Baseline 

ACDD Architecture and Design Document Baseline 

Eng Regression Test Report 

Scientific Validation Report 

Baseline 

Baseline 

PUM Product User Manual Baseline 

Service Specification 

Operation procedures availability 

Table 29 Plan of reviews and deliverables for Scenario 5 

Baseline 

Baseline 

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3.2 Engineering Review Planning 

For the Scenario 2 the following reviews are foreseen: 

Requirement Review (RR). Main Review Objective: 

Assess the Requirements and their feasibility in order to release the Requirement Baseline 

(System and Products) 

Confirmation of the Technical and Programmatic feasibility of the system concepts 

Preliminary Design Review (PDR). Main Review Objective: 

Assess the Preliminary Design Definition in order to release the Design Baseline 

Assess the Preliminary Component Requirement and their feasibility 

Assess the Test Planning adequacy 

Further reviews (CDR, SIRR, STRR, SVRR, ORR) for this products are foreseen during CDOP-3 

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For the Scenario 5 the following reviews are foreseen: 

Product Consolidation Review (PCR). Main Review Objective: 

Assess the requirements and their feasibility in order to release the Product (and system if 

needed) Requirements baseline 

Assess the Detailed Design Definition in order to release the Detailed Design Baseline (if 

needed) 

Assess the ATBD in order to release the scientific baseline 

Assess the test Planning. 

Operation Readiness Review (ORR), aimed to assess the Validation result and readiness to deliver 

the Products. 

In the H-SAF CDOP-2 plan there are two ORR reviews and none PCR. The basements of this planning 

are: 

the two ORRs are occasions for the product status evolution, formally recognized; they are 

planned with a reasonable distance in order to fit with possible divergent maturity growth of 

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the PCR is in general aimed to the assessment of the algorithms major changes, that require 

a review for requirements, design and scientific aspects; currently no major changes are 

foreseen for product algorithms; in case it happened PCR can be planned on specific cases. 

Each of the scenarios foreseen also, for SAF Operations, periodic Operation Review (OR) for NRT, 

Off-line and SW Deliverable. They are planned yearly with the objective of assess the performance 

and adequacy of operations in the reported period against the service specification and JOP/OICD. 

Next tables shows the Review Plan and the implications for products, divided in two group: CDOP 

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CDOP Backlog 

Project end Items 

Process 

Model 

Scenario 

Reviews Plan 

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 



H03A 

H04A 

H05A 

H15A 


H08 

Snow products 

H11 

H12 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

N/A 

ORR1 

part4 

ORR1 

part4 

ORR1 

part4 

ORR1 

part5 

ORR1 

part5 

ORR1 

part5 

ORR1 

part5 

H13 

N/A 

ORR1 

part5 

Table 30 Review Plan - CDOP Backlog





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New CDOP-2 Developments 


(as per Product Tree) 

Process 

Model 

Scenario 


2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 




H02B 5 PCR ORR 





H17 5 PCR ORR 

H18 5 PCR ORR 

H19 5 PCR ORR 

H20 5 PCR ORR 

H21 5 PCR ORR 

H22 5 PCR ORR 


H16 5 PCR ORR 

H25 5 PCR ORR 

H27 5 PCR ORR





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New CDOP-2 Developments 


(as per Product Tree) 

Process 

Model 

Scenario 


2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 


Snow products 

H34 5 PCR ORR 

H35 5 PCR ORR 

New GEO SATs 


H40A 2 RR PDR 

H40B 2 RR PDR 

H41A 2 RR PDR 

H41B 2 RR PDR 

H42A 2 RR PDR 

H42B 2 RR PDR 

H50 2 RR PDR 

Snow products 

H43 2 RR PDR 

Table 31 Review Plan - New CDOP-2 Developments





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3.3 Work Packages list and link to milestones and deliverables 

In the life cycle model previously described, all Work Packages have links with the foreseen milestones and are planned to provide deliverables as input to 

each milestone. Following table gives a synoptic view of the complete Work Package list, with all the links to related milestones: Scenario 2 or Scenario 5 

milestones for Development Work Packages, Scenario 5 or Operations milestones for Oparations Work Packages. For Support Functions Work Packages 

only the deliverables are reported, which are to not related to life cycle milestones but to planned formal events (Project Team Meetings, Steering Group 

Meetings). 

ID Title Institute 

Clust 

er 

WP Type 

Scen 

ario 

Scenario 2 

Milestones 

Scenario 5 

Milestones 

Operations Reviews 

Deliverables 

S-1110 Project Management 

S-1121 

S-1122 

S-1123 

S-1124 

S-1125 


Coordination 


Coordination 

Snow Cluster 

Coordination 

Hydrovalidation Cluster 

Coordination 


Cluster Coordination 

S-1130 


Coordination 

S-1140 

Linkage to external 

programmes 

S-1210 

Planning, Coordination 

and Cost Control 

ITAF SMA- 

USAM 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

ZAMG 

FMI 

IMWM 

DPC 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

ITAF SMA- 

USAM 

Telespazio 

S-1220 Documentation Telespazio 

S-1310 Engineering Telespazio 

S-1320 QA & QC Telespazio 

PR 

SM 

SN 

HV 

PV 

CO 

Support 

Functions 

Support 

Functions 

Support 

Functions 

Support 

Functions 

Support 

Functions 

Support 

Functions 

Support 

Functions 

Support 

Functions 

Support 

Functions 

Support 

Functions 

Support 

Functions 

Support 

Functions 

N.A. All milestones All milestones All Project Deliverables (for supervision and approval) 

N.A. All milestones All milestones 







Contribute to Project Plan, PRD, PSR, Financial Report, 

Operations Report, PUMs, PVRs, HVRs 





(1) Contribute to Project Plan, PRD, PSR, Financial 

Report, Operations Report, PUMs, PVRs, HVRs 

(2) HVR (for ORRs) 

(1) Contribute to Project Plan, PRD, PSR, Financial 

Report, Operations Report, PUMs, PVRs, HVRs 

(2) PVRs (for ORRs) 



N.A. All milestones All milestones Project Plan, PRD, PSR, Financial Report 




SRD, SDD, CRD, ACDD, SVVP, SIVVP, CMP, PP, PRD, 

CDD, ICD 


CDD, ICD 


CDD, ICD





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Clust 

er 

WP Type 

Scen 

ario 

Scenario 2 

Milestones 

Scenario 5 

Milestones 


Deliverables 

S-1330 Configuration Telespazio 

S-1400 Science Management 

D-2110 

D-2120 

D-2130 

D-2140 

D-2205 

D-2210 

D-2215 

D-2220 

D-2225 

D-2230 


Chain C-PR-H40 








Product H02B 


Product H03B 


Product H04B 


Product H05B 


Product H15B 


Product H17 

ITAF SMA- 

USAM 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

Support 

Functions 

Support 

Functions 

PR Development 2 




CNR-ISAC PR Development 5 



ITAF 

CNMCA 




N.A. All milestones All milestones CMP 


(1)RR [2014 Q2], 

(2)PDR [2016 Q2] 

(1)RR [2014 Q2], 

(2)PDR [2016 Q2] 

(1)RR [2014 Q2], 

(2)PDR [2016 Q2] 

(1)RR [2014 Q2], 

(2)PDR [2016 Q2] 

(1) PCR [2014 Q4], (2) 

ORR Part2 [2016 Q3] 

(1) PCR [2014 Q4], (2) 


(1) PCR [2014 Q4], (2) 


(1) PCR [2014 Q4], (2) 


(1) PCR [2014 Q4], (2) 


(1) PCR [2015 Q3], (2) 


(1) Contribute to PRD 

(2) all Scientific documents (for supervision and 

approval) 

(3) Contribute to PP (for the Science Plan) and PSR (for 

VS and FA) 

(1) Contribute to Engineering documents for product 

chain C-H40) 


chain C-H41) 


chain C-H42) 


chain C-H50) 

(1) ATBD-02B, Contribute to Engineering documents 

for product H02B), (2) PVR-02B, PUM-02B, DOF-02B, 

Contribute to SVERF (execution of non regression 

tests) 




tests) 




tests) 




tests) 




tests) 

(1) ATBD-17, Contribute to Engineering documents for 

product H17), (2) PVR-17, PUM-17, DOF-17, 

Contribute to SVERF (execution of non regression





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Clust 

er 

WP Type 

Scen 

ario 

Scenario 2 

Milestones 

Scenario 5 

Milestones 


Deliverables 

tests) 

D-2235 

D-2240 

D-2245 

D-2250 

D-2255 

D-2260 

D-2265 

D-2270 

D-2275 

D-3210 

D-3220 


Product H18 


Product H19 


Product H20 


Product H21 


Product H22 


Product H40 


Product H41 


Product H42 


Product H50 


Product H25 


Product H27 








ITAF 

CNMCA 

ITAF 

CNMCA 



TU Wien SM Development 5 

ECMWF SM Development 5 

(1)RR [2014 Q2], 

(2)PDR [2016 Q2] 

(1)RR [2014 Q2], 

(2)PDR [2016 Q2] 

(1)RR [2014 Q2], 

(2)PDR [2016 Q2] 

(1)RR [2014 Q2], 

(2)PDR [2016 Q2] 

(1) PCR [2015 Q3], (2) 


(1) PCR [2015 Q3], (2) 


(1) PCR [2015 Q3], (2) 


(1) PCR [2015 Q3], (2) 


(1) PCR [2015 Q3], (2) 


(1) PCR [2015 Q3], (2) 


(1) PCR [2015 Q3], (2) 





tests) 




tests) 




tests) 




tests) 




tests) 


H40), (2) ATBD-40 


H41), (2) ATBD-41 


H42), (2) ATBD-42 


H50), (2) ATBD-50 




tests) 




tests)





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Clust 

er 

WP Type 

Scen 

ario 

Scenario 2 

Milestones 

Scenario 5 

Milestones 


Deliverables 

D-4111 

D-4112 

D-4114 

D-4211 

D-4212 

D-4214 

D-4221 

D-4222 

D-4224 

D-4231 

D-4232 

New MTG Snow Chain C- 

SN-H43 (FF Intermediate 

Product) 


SN-H43 (MA 

Intermediate Product) 


SN-H43 (Merged 

Product) 

New Snow Product H34 

(FF Intermediate 

Product) 


(MA Intermediate 

Product) 


(Merged Product) 



Product) 



Product) 





Product) 



FMI SN Development 2 

TSMS SN Development 2 



METU SN Development 5 







(1)RR [2014 Q2], 

(2)PDR [2016 Q2] 

(1)RR [2014 Q2], 

(2)PDR [2016 Q2] 

(1)RR [2014 Q2], 

(2)PDR [2016 Q2] 

(1)RR [2014 Q2], 

(2)PDR [2016 Q2] 

(1)RR [2014 Q2], 

(2)PDR [2016 Q2] 

(1) PCR [2015 Q3], (2) 


(1) PCR [2015 Q3], (2) 


(1) PCR [2015 Q3], (2) 


(1) PCR [2015 Q3], (2) 


(1) PCR [2015 Q3], (2) 


(1) PCR [2015 Q3], (2) 



chain C-H43) 


chain C-H43) 


chain C-H43) 

(1) FF contribute to ATBD-34 , Contribute to PRD (FF 

requirements of product H34), (2) FF contribute to 

PVR-34, PUM-34 and DOF-34, Contribute to SVERF 

(execution of non regression tests) 

(1) MA contribute to ATBD-34 , Contribute to PRD (MA 

requirements of product H34), (2) MA contribute to 



(1) ATBD-34 , Contribute to PRD (requirements of 

merged product H34), (2) PVR-34, PUM-34, DOF-34, 


tests) 

(1) FF contribute to ATBD-35 , Contribute to PRD (FF 

requirements of product H35), (2) FF contribute to 



(1) MA contribute to ATBD-35 , Contribute to PRD (MA 

requirements of product H35), (2) MA contribute to 



(1) ATBD-35 , Contribute to PRD (requirements of 

merged product H35), (2) PVR-35, PUM-35, DOF-35, 


tests) 


H43), (2) ATBD-43 (FF contribute) 


H43), (2) ATBD-43 (MA contribute)





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O-2110 

O-2120 

O-2130 

O-2140 

O-2150 

O-2160 

O-2210 

O-2220 

O-2230 

O-2240 

O-2250 



Precipitation Chain C- 

H01 Maintenance and 

Operations 



Operations 



Operations 



Operations 



Operations 



Operations 

Precipitation Product 

H01 Maintenance 


H02A Maintenance 








ITAF 

CNMCA 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

PR Operations 5 






CNR-ISAC PR Operations 5 




ITAF 

CNMCA 


(1)RR [2014 Q2], 

(2)PDR [2016 Q2] 

(1) ORR1 Part5 [2013 

Q4] 

(1) ORR1 Part5 [2013 

Q4] 

(1) ORR1 Part4 [2013 

Q2] 

(1) ORR1 Part5 [2013 

Q4] 

(1) ORR1 Part5 [2013 

Q4] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-2 [2014 Q1], OR-3 [2015 

Q1], OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 

[2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 


H43) 

Contribute to Operation Report 



(1) Contribute to PVR (for ORRs); (2) Contribute 

to Operations Report (for ORs, updated twice a 

year) 



year) 



year) 






year) 


to Operations Report (for ORs, updated twice a





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year) 

O-2260 

O-3110 

O-3120 

O-3130 

O-3210 

O-3220 

O-3230 

O-3310 

O-3320 

O-4111 

O-4112 



Soil Moisture Chain C- 


Operations 



Operations 



Operations 

Soil Moisture Product 






Soil Moisture Software 

H24 User Services - 

Software Distribution, 

Support 

Soil Moisture Software 

H24 User Services - 

Software Toolbox 

Snow Chain C-H10 (FF 


Maintenance and 

Operations 

Snow Chain C-H10 (MA 



ZAMG SM Operations 5 

ECMWF SM Operations 5 

TU Wien SM Operations 5 


ECMWF SM Operations 5 


ZAMG SM Operations N.A. 

TU Wien SM Operations N.A. 

FMI SN Operations 5 

TSMS SN Operations 5 

(1) ORR1 Part4 [2013 

Q2] 

(1) ORR1 Part4 [2013 

Q2] 

(1) ORR1 Part4 [2013 

Q2] 

(1) PCR [2013 Q2], 

(2) ORR1 Part5 [2013 

Q4] 

(1) ORR1 Part4 [2013 

Q2] 

(1) ORR1 Part3 [2012 

Q1] 

(1) PCR [2013 Q2], 

(2) ORR1 Part5 [2013 

Q4] 

OR-2 [2014 Q1], OR-3 [2015 

Q1], OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 

[2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 [2016 

Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 [2016 

Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 



year) 



year) 



year) 

(1) ATBD16 (for PCR); (2) Contribute to PVR (for 

ORRs); (3) Contribute to Operations Report (for 

ORs, updated twice a year) 



year) 



year) 



year) 


Contribute to Operation Report





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O-4114 


Operations 

O-4120 

O-4131 

O-4132 

O-4134 

O-4141 

O-4142 

O-4144 

O-4211 



Operations 




Operations 




Operations 




Operations 




Operations 




Operations 




Operations 

Snow Product H10 (FF 












(1) ORR1 Part4 [2013 

Q2] 

(1) ORR1 Part3 [2012 

Q1] 

(1) ORR1 Part3 [2012 

Q1] 

(1) ORR1 Part3 [2012 

Q1] 

(1) ORR1 Part5 [2013 

Q4] 

(1) ORR1 Part5 [2013 

Q4] 

(1) ORR1 Part5 [2013 

Q4] 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-2 [2014 Q1], OR-3 [2015 

Q1], OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 

[2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-2 [2014 Q1], OR-3 [2015 

Q1], OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 

[2017 Q1] 

OR-2 [2014 Q1], OR-3 [2015 

Q1], OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 

[2017 Q1] 

OR-2 [2014 Q1], OR-3 [2015 

Q1], OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 

[2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 




year) 



year) 



year) 



year) 



year) 



year) 



year) 


O-4212 Snow Product H10 (MA TSMS SN Operations 5 OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 Contribute to Operation Report





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O-4214 

O-4220 

O-4231 

O-4232 

O-4234 

O-4241 

O-4242 

O-4244 

O-4251 

O-4252 

O-4254 



Snow Product H10 








Snow Product H12 (MA 


































(1) ORR1 Part4 [2013 

Q2] 

(1) ORR1 Part3 [2012 

Q1] 

(1) ORR1 Part3 [2012 

Q1] 

(1) ORR1 Part3 [2012 

Q1] 

(1) ORR1 Part5 [2013 

Q4] 

(1) ORR1 Part5 [2013 

Q4] 

(1) ORR1 Part5 [2013 

Q4] 

(1) PCR [2014 Q4], (2) 


(1) PCR [2014 Q4], (2) 


(1) PCR [2014 Q4], (2) 


Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-2 [2014 Q1], OR-3 [2015 

Q1], OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 

[2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-2 [2014 Q1], OR-3 [2015 

Q1], OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 

[2017 Q1] 

OR-2 [2014 Q1], OR-3 [2015 

Q1], OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 

[2017 Q1] 

OR-2 [2014 Q1], OR-3 [2015 

Q1], OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 

[2017 Q1] 

OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 

Q1] 

OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 

Q1] 

OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 

Q1] 




year) 



year) 



year) 



year) 



year) 



year) 



year) 



year) 



year) 


to Operations Report (for ORs, updated twice a





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year) 

O-4261 

O-4262 

O-4264 

O-5110 

O-5120 

O-5130 

O-5140 

O-5150 

O-5160 

O-5170 










Products evaluation with 

hydrological models - 

Activities in Belgium 



Activities in Bulgaria 



Activities in Finland 



Activities in Germany 



Activities in Italy 



Activities in Poland 






IRM HV Operations 

NIMH HV Operations 

FMI HV Operations 

BfG HV Operations 

DPC HV Operations 

IMWM HV Operations 

METU HV Operations 

(1) PCR [2014 Q4], (2) 


(1) PCR [2014 Q4], (2) 


(1) PCR [2014 Q4], (2) 


(1) ORR1 Part 4 and 

Part 5 

(2) ORR2 Part1, 

Part2 and Part3 


Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 

OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 

Q1] 

OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 

Q1] 

OR-4 [2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 

Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 



year) 



year) 



year) 

(1) Contribute to Hydrological Impact Validation 

Report; (2) Contribute to Operations Report 

(updated twice a year) 

















Report; (2) Contribute to Operations Report





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O-5171 

O-5172 

O-5210 

O-5220 

O-5230 

O-5240 

O-5250 

O-5260 

O-5270 

Activities in Turkey - 1 








Programme - Test sites 

in Belgium 



in Bulgaria 



in Finland 



in Germany 



in Italy 



in Poland 



in Slovakia 

AU HV Operations 

ITU HV Operations 

IRM HV Operations 

NIMH HV Operations 

FMI HV Operations 

BfG HV Operations 

DPC HV Operations 

IMWM HV Operations 

SHMU HV Operations 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 



[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] (updated twice a year) 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 



























(updated twice a year)





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O-5280 

O-5281 

O-6110 

O-6115 

O-6120 

O-6125 

O-6130 

O-6135 

O-6140 

O-6145 



in Turkey - 1 



in Turkey - 2 

Product Validation and 

Value Assessment - 

Activities in Austria 



Activities in Belgium 



Activities in Bulgaria 



Activities in Finland 



Activities in France 



Activities in Germany 



Activities in Hungary 



AU HV Operations 

ITU HV Operations 

TU Wien PV Operations 

IRM PV Operations 

NIMH PV Operations 

FMI PV Operations 

MeteoFra 

nce 

PV 

Operations 

BfG PV Operations 

OMSZ PV Operations 

DPC PV Operations 


Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 







(1) PVR (for ORRs); (2) Contribute to Operations 

Report (for ORs, updated twice a year) 














Report (for ORs, updated twice a year)





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Deliverables 

O-6146 

O-6150 

O-6160 

O-6165 

O-6170 

O-6171 

O-6172 

O-6173 

O-6210 

Activities in Italy -1 



Activities in Italy -2 



Activities in Poland 



Activities in Slovakia 



Activities in ECMWF 













Product Monitoring and 

NRT Feedback - Activities 

in Austria 

UniFerrara PV Operations 

IMWM PV Operations 

SHMU PV Operations 

ECMWF PV Operations 

ITU PV Operations 

METU PV Operations 

TSMS PV Operations 

OMU PV Operations 

ZAMG PV Operations 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 



[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 























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O-6215 

O-6220 

O-6225 

O-6230 

O-6235 

O-6240 

O-6245 

O-6250 

O-6255 

O-6260 



in Belgium 



in Finland 



in France 



in Germany 



in Hungary 



in Italy 



in Poland 



in ECMWF 



in Slovakia 





MeteoFra 

nce 

PV 

Operations 





ECMWF PV Operations 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

























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Milestones 


Deliverables 

O-6310 

O-6315 

O-6320 

O-6325 

O-6330 

O-6335 

O-6340 

O-6345 

O-6350 

in Turkey 

Provision of ground data 

- Activities in Belgium 


- Activities in Finland 


- Activities in France 


- Activities in Germany 


- Activities in Hungary 


- Activities in Italy 


- Activities in Poland 


- Activities in Slovakia 


- Activities in Turkey 



MeteoFra 

nce 

PV 

Operations 










Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 




Part 5 



[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 























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Milestones 


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O-6400 



O-7100 Central Archive 

O-7200 Dissemination Service 

O-7300 Web Portal 

O-7400 Help Desk 


ITAF 

CNMCA 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

ITAF 

CNMCA 

CO 

CO 

CO 

CO 

Operations 

Operations 

Operations 

Operations 


Part 5 



OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

OR-1 [2013 Q1], OR-2 [2014 

Q1], OR-3 [2015 Q1], OR-4 

[2016 Q1], OR-5 [2017 Q1] 

User Applications Impact Report 

Contribute to Operations Report (updated twice 

a year) 


a year) 


a year) 


a year)





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3.4.1 System Configuration and Services Overview 

Three major areas can be distinguished within the H-SAF system context: 

Product generation area 

Central area 

Validation services area 

cmp CDOP Architecture 

Validation Services Area 

Product Generation Area 

«subsystem» 

Snow Parameters 

«service» 

Hydro Validation 

«service» 


TSMS (Turkey) 

FMI (Finland) 

Central Systems and Infrastructures 

ZAMG (Austria) 

«subsystem» 

Soil Moisture 

ECMWF (UK) 

«subsystem» 

Offline Monitoring 

Front-end 

Central Archiv e 

UMARF Client 

«subsystem» 

Precipitation 

CNMCA (Italy) 

EUMETSAT area 

EUMETCast 

UMARF 

Figure 16 System configuration and service diagram 

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They can also be seen as subsystems interfaced to the EUMETSAT area for dissemination purposes. 

Products generation area is composed of 5 processing centres physically deployed in 5 different 

countries; these are: 

for precipitation products: ITAF CNMCA (Italy) 

for soil moisture products: ZAMG (Austria), ECMWF (UK) 

for snow products: TSMS (Turkey), FMI (Finland) 

Central area provides systems for archiving and dissemination; located at ITAF CNMCA (Italy), it is 

interfaced with the product area through a front-end, in charge of product collecting.





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A central archive is aimed to the maintenance of the H-SAF products; it is also located at ITAF 

CNMCA, as well as the UMARF client which is in charge of publishing the products catalogue. 

Validation services provided by H-SAF consists of: 

Hydrovalidation of the products using models; 

Product validation. 

Both services are based on country-specific activities such as impact studies (for hydrological study) 

or product validation and value assessment. 

Hydrovalidation service is coordinated by IMWM (Poland), which is also responsible of collecting 

reports and sending them to the central archive. 

Product validation service is coordinated by DPC (Italy). 

3.4.2 Reuse of existing Infrastructure and needs for CDOP-2 

Systems and infrastructures during CDOP-2 will continue to reflect the architecture adopted since 

the Development Phase, based on distributed product generation centres and centralized systems 

for archiving and dissemination. 

Considering the period of duration of the operations, it is foreseen an upgrade of the systems in 

charge of the data processing, even if without substantial changes. FMI, ZAMG and TSMS plan to 

allocate resources with this aim. 

Concerning the central services at ITAF CNMCA, systems in charge of archiving products will be 

extended in their storage capacity. 

3.4.3 Operational Configuration for CDOP-2 

The configuration of the operational activities during CDOP-2 is composed of the following main 

elements: 

Product generation centres; 

Validation services; 

Central Archive; 

Dissemination Service; 

Web portal; 

Help Desk. 

The product generation centres are geographically distributed, located in Italy ad ITAF CNMCA, in 

Austria at ZAMG, in UK at ECWMF, in Finland at FMI, in Turkey at TSMS. 

All of them can achieve autonomously the tasks connected to the generation of the H-SAF products: 

raw data ingestion, processing, quality control, product upload to the central archive. 

The validation services are performed by many different countries, under the coordination of DPC 

(Italy) for the product validation activities and IMWM (Poland) for the hydrovalidation activities. 

Results of validation activities, in terms of documents and reports, are uploaded into the web portal 

in a specific section dedicated to these services. 

All products generated in the products generation centres are concentrated into the Central Facility 

at ITAF CNMCA, Pratica di Mare, Italy. Generation centres upload products systematically into the 

ftp front-end at ITAF CNMCA and this is responsible for storing them in the Central Archive.





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The Near-Real-Time Dissemination Service is also provided by ITAF CNMCA; a server is dedicated to 

the upload of the products to the EUMETCast uplink server in the EUMETSAT Data Centre at the 

disposal of the scientific community and other off-line users. 

In this respect it is noted that: 

all H-SAF NRT products will be disseminated via EUMETCast in line with the agreed Data 

Policy for Operational SAF Deliverables (EUM/C/53/04/DOC/58) and EUMETSAST Basic 

Documents, Volume 1; 

all off-line products will be available from the EUMETSAT Data Centre via their Metadata 

Catalogue update in line with the above Data Policy for operational SAF Deliverables. 

Products are centrally stored and available also in “on-line” basis: for a period of 3 months products 

are made available to users on ftp servers for near-real-time access. Further they are moved to the 

archive and definitely deleted from the on-line ftp area. 

The Web portal and the web-based Help Desk is located at ITAF CNMCA as a central service. 

3.4.4 System and Product Versioning Approach 

The architectural design achieved during the Development Phase defined the concept H-SAF as a 

System in terms of “integration of subsystems/components/parts”, following an engineering 

approach. 

Local generation centres and Central facilities was subject to this kind of specification and specific 

Configuration Items were identified, among: 

Data Acquisition and Pre-processing components; 

Product Generation components; 

Quality Control components; 

Product Delivery components; 

Dissemination facilities. 

This approach led to the definition of a system version and the consequent versioning approach, 

which will be carried on also during CDOP-2. 

The main trigger event for a new version of the H-SAF system and its subsystems will be the 

development, test and integration of a new generation chain. 

Improvements of the central facilities with effects on end-users requirements will generate new 

subversion of the system. 

Products performed by H-SAF during CDOP-2 will be, in principle, well defined as well as their 

version since the beginning. 

The products status evolution will be linked to the project lifecycle and to the foreseen review. So, 

for instance, products evolving from “in development” to “operational” status are well identified as 

well as the tentative milestone when it will be foreseen to happen, the ORR review. Further reviews 

can be planned in case for some products will be assessed that they have not reached a sufficient 

maturity. 

Following this approach, only minor versions will be eventually considered in the intermediate 

periods: case by case it will be considered the opportunity of making them undergo to the validation 

tasks, with the objective of eventual promote them to major product review, so worth to be 

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3.4.5 Engineering Integration 

Cooperation with CAF, other SAFs and external entities are summarized in the following table: 



quality monitoring 

Precipitation 

validation/ 

assessment 

products 

quality 

Use of assimilated Soil 

moisture for LSA 

Evapotranspiration 

Use of LSA SAF snow 

detection product 

Large scale surface soil 

moisture by radar 

scatterometer 

Precipitation H-SAF continuous quality monitoring will also 

include NWC precipitation products. 

NWC GEO products will be produced at the H-SAF facilities, 

NWC LEO products will be provided by NWC SAF 

H-SAF Validation infrastructure will be used for NWC SAF 

precipitation product validation / product quality 

assessment. 

Implementation of NWC SAF MSG software at H-SAF, for 

PPS, NWC SAF will provide data to H-SAF 

LSA will use SM-DAS from H-SAF (ECMWF) (multilayer). 

LSA will be user of H-SAF products. 

No cooperation model necessary 

The product is generated by LSA SAF, its maintenance and 

Validation will be carried on by H-SAF. 

The sharing of tasks between H-SAF and LSA-SAF will be 

ruled by a specific “service level agreement”. 

The product is performed by CAF. 

H-SAF (TU Wien) will support the operations activities 

Table 32 Cooperation with CAF and other SAFs 

NWC SAF 

(Model 1) 

NWC SAF 



CAF 

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3.4.6 Technical Risk Analysis 

Following table depicts the risk register for CDOP-2. 

Risk Implications Mitigation actions Level 

Satellite 

unavailability 

HW failure 

SW failure 

unavailability of the 

new satellite data due 

to delays of the 

relevant programmes 

(e.g. NPP, Sentinel-1, 

ASAR, GCOM-W) 

unaivalability of hw 

resources in products 

generation chains; 

possible interruption 

of products 

generation 

possible interruption 

of products 

generation due to 

blocking software 

malfunction 

Reassessment of the activity schedule 

For SM products dataset availability, the 

parameters from the longest available datasets 

at that moment (which is 8+ years) will be 

used. 

1. physical redundancy of dedicated hw 

resources 

2. adoption of UPS systems 

1. Operator recovery procedures (NRT 

mitigation 24/7) 

2. Analist and sistemist recovery action 

(offline mitigation) 

high 

low 

low





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Risk Implications Mitigation actions Level 

Development 

delay 

Dissemination 

Disaster 

recovery 

Archiving 

failure 

Web site 

unaivailability 

human 

resources 

not accomplishment 

of product readiness 

in line with 

programme schedule 

unavailability of 

dissemination service 

due to failure of TLC 

lines 

1. algorithm assessment and replacement 

2. recovey with additional time 

3. re-planning, events re-scheduling 



2. maintenence support by service 

company (offline mitigation) 

non handled: program is not inserted in the institutes’ essential core 

services – not affordable with reference to costs/benefits 

unavailability of 

archived data due to 

storage failure 

Web information 

unavailability of due 

to hw failure or sw 

malfunction 

programme 

inefficiencies due to 

unaivalability of 

dedicated and trained 

human resources 

physical redundancy by mean of dinamical 

supports 

1. physical redundancy of dedicated hw 

resources 



3. Analist and sistemist recovery action 

(offline mitigation) 

1. staff turnover plans of relevant 

institutes 

2. best effort basis for unplanned 

unavailability 

Table 33 Risk register 

medium 

low 

low 

low 

low 

low





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Appendix A: Glossary 

AAPP 

ADEOS 

ALOS 

AMIR 

AMSR 

AMSR-E 

AMSU-A 

AMSU-B 

ASAR 

ASCAT 

ASI 

ATBD 

ATDD 

ATMS 

ATOVS 

AU 

AVHRR 

BAMPR 

BfG 

BRDF 

BVA 

CASE 

CBA 

CBSD 

CDA 

CDD 

CDR 

CESBIO 

CETP 

CI 

CMIS 

CMP 

CNMCA 

CNR 

CNRM 

CNRS 

COM 

CORBA 

COTS 

AVHRR and ATOVS Processing Package 

Advanced Earth Observation Satellite (I and II) 

Advanced Land Observing Satellite 

Advanced Microwave Imaging Radiometer 

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (on ADEOS-II) 

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - E (on EOS-Aqua) 

Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit - A (on NOAA satellites and EOS-Aqua) 

Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit - B (on NOAA satellites up to NOAA-17) 

Advanced SAR (on ENVISAT) 

Advanced Scatterometer (on MetOp) 

Agenzia Spaziale Italiana 

Algorithms Theoretical Baseline Document 

Algorithms Theoretical Definition Document 

Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (on NPP and NPOESS) 

Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (on NOAA and MetOp) 

Anatolian University 

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (on NOAA and MetOp) 

Bayesian Algorithm for Microwave Precipitation Retrieval 

Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (German Hydrological Institute) 

Bi-directional Reflectance Distribution Function 

Boundary Value Analysis 

Computer Aided System Engineering 

Component-Based Architecture 

Component-based Software Development 

Command and Data Acquisition (EUMETSAT station at Svalbard) 

Component Design Document 

Critical Design Review 

Centre d’Etudes Spatiales de la BIOsphere (of CNRS) 

Centre d’études des Environnements Terrestres et Planétaires (of CNRS) 

Configuration Item 

Conical-scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder (on NPOESS) 

Configuration Management Plan 

Centro Nazionale di Meteorologia e Climatologia Aeronautica 

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche 

Centre Nationale de la Recherche Météorologique (of Météo-France) 

Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique 

Component Object Model 

Common Object Request Broker Architecture 

Commercial-off-the-shelf





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CRD Component Requirement Document 


CVS Concurrent Versions System 

DCOM Distributed Component Object Model 

DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program 

DOF Data Output Format 

DPC Dipartimento della Protezione Civile 

E&T Education and Training 

EARS EUMETSAT Advanced Retransmission Service (station) 

ECMWF European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts 

ECSS European Cooperation on Space Standardization 

EGPM European contribution to the GPM mission 

EOS Earth Observing System 

EPS EUMETSAT Polar System 

ERS European Remote-sensing Satellite (1 and 2) 

ESA European Space Agency 

EUR End-User Requirements 

FA Federated Activity 

FAR False Alarm Rate 

FCI Flexible Combined Imager (referred to a satellite instrument, e.g. MTG) 

FMI Finnish Meteorological Institute 

FOC Full Operational Chain 

GEO Geostationary Earth Orbit 

GIS Geographical Information System 

GMES Global Monitoring for Environment and Security 

GMI Global Precipitation Measurement – Microwave Imager 

GOMAS Geostationary Observatory for Microwave Atmospheric Sounding 

GOS Global Observing System 

GPM Global Precipitation Measurement mission 

GPROF Goddard Profiling algorithm 

GTS Global Telecommunication System 

HMS Hungarian Meteorological Service 

HRU Hydrological Response Unit 

H-SAF SAF on support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management 

HSB Humidity Sounder for Brazil (on EOS-Aqua) 

HTML Hyper Text Markup Language 

HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol 

HUT/LST Helsinki University of Technology / Laboratory of Space Technology 

HV Hydrovalidation (referred to Hydro Validation Cluster and Service) 

HVR Hydrological Validation Review 

HYDRO Preliminary results of Hydrological validation 

HYDROS Hydrosphere State Mission





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IC WS Inter-Cluster Workshop (referred to a Project meeting) 

ICD Interface Control Document 

ICT Information and Communication Technology 

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 

IFS Integrated Forecast System 

INF Progress reports in between meetings 

INWM Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (of Poland) 

IPF Institut für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung 

ISAC Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima (of CNR) 

ISO International Standards Organization 

IT Information Technology 

ITAF Italian Air Force – Aeronautica Militare Italiana 

ITU Istanbul Technical University 

JPS Joint Polar System (MetOp + NOAA/NPOESS) 

J2EE Java 2 Enterprise Edition 

KIDS Kestrel Interactive Development System 

KOM Kick-Off Meeting 

LAI Leaf Area Index 

LAN Local Area Network 

LEO Low Earth Orbit 

LI 

Lightning Imager (referred to a satellite instrument, e.g. MTG) 

LIS Lightning Imaging Sensor (on TRMM) 

LLS Lower Level Specifications 

LOC Lines Of Code 

LST Solar Local Time (of a sun-synchronous satellite) 

MARS Meteorological Archive and Retrieval System 

MetOp Meteorological Operational satellite 

METU Middle East Technical University (of Turkey) 

MHS Microwave Humidity Sounder (on NOAA N/N’ and MetOp) 

MIMR Multi-frequency Imaging Microwave Radiometer 

MODIS Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer (on EOS Terra and Aqua) 

MSG Meteosat Second Generation 

MTBF Mean Time Between Failure 

MTG Meteosat Third Generation 

MTTR Mean Time To Repair 

MVIRI Meteosat Visible Infra-Red Imager (on Meteosat 1 to 7) 

N/A Not Available 

N.A. Not Applicable 

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 

NDI Non-developmental Items 

NIMH National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (of Hungary)





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NMS 

NOAA 

NPOESS 

NPP 

NRT 

NWP 

OAR 

OBS 

OFL 

OM 

OMG 

OMU 

OO 

OPS 

ORB 

OR 

ORR 

OWL 

PAC 

PALSAR 

PBS 

PCR 

PDR 

PM 

PMT 

POD 

POP 

PP 

PR 

PRD 

PT 

PUM 

PV 

QoS 

R&D 

RCS 

RMI 

RR 

RT 

SAAM 


SAG 

National Meteorological Service 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organisation (intended as a satellite series) 

National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System 

NPOESS Preparatory Programme 

Near-Real Time 

Numerical Weather Prediction 

Options Analysis for Reengineering 

Organization Breakdown Structure 

Off-line 

Offline Monitoring (referred to Offline Monitoring Subsystem items, e.g.: components) 

Object Management Group 

Ondokuz Mayis University 

Object Oriented 

Operational Product Segment 

Object Request Broker 

Operations Review (referred to a Project review) 

Operations Readiness Review (referred to a Project review) 

Web Ontology Language 

Prototype Algorithm Code 

Phased Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (on ALOS) 


Product Consolidation Review (referred to a Project review) 

Preliminary Design Review (referred to a Project review) 



Probability Of Detecion 

Precipitation Observation Production 

Project Plan 

Precipitation (referred to H-SAF Precipitation Cluster.) 

Product Requirement Document 

Project Team 

Product User Manual 

Product Validation (referred to H-SAF Product Validation Cluster and Service) 

Quality of Service 

Research and Development 

Revision Control System 

Royal Meteorological Institute (of Belgium) 

Requirements Review (referred to a Project review) 

Real Time 

Simulation, Analysis and Modeling 

Satellite Application Facility 

Science Advisory Group





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SAOCOM Argentinean Satellite for Observation and Communication 

SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar 

SA/SD Structured Analysis / Structured Design 

SC Snow Cover (referred to Snow products) 

SCA Snow Covered Area 

SCAT Scatterometer (on ERS-1 and 2) 

SCM Source Configuration Management 

SD Snow depth 

SDAS Surface Data Assimilation System 

SDD System Design Document 

SEVIRI Spinning Enhanced Visible Infra-Red Imager (on MSG) 

SG Steering Group 

SHW State Hydraulic Works of Turkey 

SHFWG SAF Hydrology Framework Working Group 

SHMI Slovakian Hydrological and Meteorological Institute 

SIRR System Integration Readiness Review (referred to a Project review) 

SIVVP System Integration, Verification & Validation Plan 

SLA Service-Level Agreements 

SM Science Manager 

SM Soil Moisture (referred to H-SAF Soil Moisture Cluster) 

SMMR Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (on SeaSat and Nimbus VII) 

SMOS Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity 

SN Snow Parameters (H-SAF Snow Cluster) 

SOA Service-Oriented Architecture 

SQL Structured Query Language 

SR System Requirement 

SRD System Requirements Document 

SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave / Imager (on DMSP up to F-15) 

SSMIS Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (on DMSP starting with F-16) 

SSVD System/Software Version Document 

STRR System Test Results Review (referred to a Project Review) 



SVRR System Validation Results Review (referred to a Project Review) 

SWE Snow Water Equivalent 

SYKE Finnish Environment Institute 

TBC To be confirmed 

TBD To be defined 

TC Test Case 

TLE Two-line-element (telemetry data format) 

TMI TRMM Microwave Imager (on TRMM) 

TP Test Procedure





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TR 

TRMM 

TSMS 

TU Wien 

U-MARF 

UML 

UR 

URD 

VIIRS 

VS 

WBE 

WBS 

WMO 

WP 

WPD 

WS 

XMI 

XML 

ZAMG 

Test Report 

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission 

Turkish State Meteorological Service 

Technische Universität Wien 

Unified Meteorological Archive and Retrieval Facility 

Unified Modelling Language 

User Requirement 

User Requirements Document 

Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (on NPP and NPOESS) 

Visiting Scientist 

Work Breakdown Element 

Work Breakdown Structure 

World Meteorological Organization 

Work Package 

Work Package Description 

Workshop 

XML (eXtensible Markup Language ) Metadata Interchange 

eXtensible Markup Language 

Zentral Anstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

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