(H-SAF) PROJECT PLAN - Version 2

H-SAF Project Plan 2.0, October 2007 - Update PP-2.2, 10 April 2008 - Chapter 2 (From the Development Proposal) Page 30
The End-users (both the operational services and the scientific institutes in charge of the Hydrological
validation programme) will not have direct visibility of the R&D activity, except that, with successive
releases, the product quality will improve and/or new products could be introduced. As shown in Fig. 5,
the elements of the R&D programme could be:
• augmented database of the a-priori information supporting the retrieval algorithm;
• the results of calibration/validation programme (continuous through the whole project);
• introduction of advanced radiative transfer models or retrieval algorithms;
• availability of new satellites or instruments (a number will come into service during 2005-2010);
• feed back from End-users, particularly the Hydrological validation programme.
2.7 The Work Breakdown Structure
The first two levels of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) are shown in WBS-01.
EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility in Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management (H-SAF)
WP-1000
Coordination
Italy
WP-1100
Management
WP-1200
Data service
WP-1300
Engineering
WP-2000 WP-3000 WP-4000 WP-5000 WP-5100
Precipitation Soil moisture Snow parameters Hydro validation Products training
Italy Austria Finland Poland Poland + Several
WP-2100 WP-3100 WP-4100 WP-5200 WP-5300
Observation Surface Flat lands, forests Impact study 1 Impact study 2
Italy Austria Finland Belgium Finland
WP-2200 WP-3200 WP-4200 WP-5400 WP-5500
Computation Roots Mountains Impact study 3 Impact study 4
Italy ECMWF Turkey France Germany
WP-2300 WP-3300 WP-4300 WP-5600 WP- 5700
Product validation Product validation Product validation Impact study 5 Impact study 6
Italy + Several Austria + Several Finland + Several Italy Poland
WP- 2400 WP- 3400 WP- 4400 WP- 5800 WP- 5900
Developments Developments Developments Impact study 7 Impact study 8
Italy + Several Austria + Several Finland + Several Slovakia Turkey
WBS-01 - First two levels of the H-SAF WBS.
The principles of the WBS are as follows:
• the “core” tasks of generating new observational products are assigned to Italy for precipitation,
Austria for soil moisture, and Finland for snow parameters (with support from Turkey);
• the tasks of generating computed products are assigned to Italy and ECMWF;
• the product validation tasks and the development tasks are spread among several countries in
addition to those providing the pre-operational service;
• the hydrological validation programme, though internally coordinated (by Poland), will in effect
consist of a series of experiments performed in several countries according to local hydrological
situations and needs;