SMN Argentina satellite summary. by Estela A COLLINI SHN-SMN

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1 SMN Argentina satellite summary by Estela A COLLINI SHN-SMN

2 Outline (i) Status of satellite data reception (ii) Status of planning to receive new data (from GOES-R and other) (iii) Applications with satellite data involvement (iv) Needs for capacity building and training.

3 Status of satellite data reception Operational Products/Departamento de Pronóstico/Sensores remotos Equipment for GOES reception (installed 2010), receiving on daily basis GOES 13, GVAR system with TERASCAN software from SEASPACE, every 30 m argentine sectorized and every 3 hours full disk.

4 Status of satellite data reception Non Operational/Departamento de Teledetección Non operational (Monday through Friday) remote sensing products from polar orbit satellites The actual equipment since 1994 is an Quorum Communications HRPT Data Capture Engine, with a circular polarized antena, TAC-2 and 3 receiving plates (PC-HRPT AVHRR Data Receiver, PC-HRPT AVHRR Bit/Frame Synchronizer, PC- ST1 SatTracker 1).The software is Qtrack V2.5. Receiving from NOAA series. CLASS NOAA (LAC) 1KM.

5 Status of planning to receive new data (from GOES-R and other) GOES R To update our system to GRB planned for In case of purchase the equipment, it will include all (1-4) the system components of the ANNEX 1 of the Draft Roadmap Version 1.0 The installation of a reception system should include a mass storage system and a good communication network. The development of a new set of algorithms for encoding and compression of large amount of data should be recommended (Big Data issues?) The SMN would exchange with other RAIII and RA IV countries data and metadata and final products. Moreover, the SMN would evaluate to upload the information to GEONETCAST-A.

6 Status of planning to receive new data (from GOES-R and other) GOES R The GOES R reception system products help for nowcasting and emergencies responses: Weather forecasts and warnings Hydrological forecasts, warnings and assessments Disaster mitigation and preparedness Volcanic Ash Detection Search and rescue in open waters. Open sea ice monitoring

7 Status of planning to receive new data (from GOES-R and other) GOES R The GOES R reception system products help to asses: Climate predictions Space weather applications Land monitoring (e.g., for agriculture) Environmental issues Oceanography and marine meteorology Retrieval radiances for use in DAS (Data Assimilation System)

8 Status of planning to receive new data (from GOES-R and other) GEONETCAST-A CONAE: GEONETCAST-A station ( there is no enough documentation about) installed at the the CONAE facilities in the province of Córdoba. The link to the products is

9 Status of planning to receive new data (from GOES-R and other) GEONETCAST-A SMN: Lic Diana Rodriguez is the liaison for GEONETCAST-A, member of the Users and Contents Committee, and actively participate in the GEONETCAST-A Coordination Group. The SMN plans to buy 1 (one) GEONETCAST-A station at the end of GEONETCast-Americas would serve as a backup system. Not a EUMETCast-Americas user, but there is some hardware to convert to GEONETCast-Americas station. SMN is still working on the conversion

10 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products with GOES 13 (Operational) South Atlantic temperature (Mar Argentino temperature) Low stratus & Fog Nephanalysis Hidroestimador ForTraCC

11 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products/applications/goes 13/Sea Surface Temperature

12 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products/applications/goes 13/Operational/Low Stratus & Fog

13 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products/applications/goes 13/Operational/Nephanalysis

14 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products/applications/goes 13/Operational/Hidroestimador Precipitation estimates: Intercomparison among different estimates including GOES 13 Hidroestimador in real time

15 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products/applications/goes 13/Operational/ForTraCC Forecast and Tracking the Evolution of Cloud Clusters (ForTraCC) using GOES IR 10.7 μm imagery 30 min 60 min 90 min Identifies: location, size, Tb min, convective fraction index, expansion rate,speed, direction, time of life, CS stage and classification Developed by DSA/CPTEC -Brazil-

16 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products Polar sat Volcanic Ash Dust Storm SNOW Land Surface Temp NDVI Rio de la Plata Temp. Rio de la Plata Turbidity Fires detection NDXI Fitoplancton

17 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products/applications/polar Sat./Volcanic Ash Ash effective radius,optical deph, mass loading, cloud height, concentration

18 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products/applications/polar Sat./Volcanic Ash October 14-18, 2011 re-suspended VA outbreak episode in Argentina Buenos Aires Volcanic Complex: Cordón Caulle

19 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products/applications/polar Sat./Dust Storm A dust event in Patagonia: The true color (RGB) images from the MODIS sensor onboard of AQUA satellite, shows a dust cloud carried by strong westerly winds sweeping the Argentinian Patagonia FIGURA 4. Aerosol Index Aerosol Index (AI) derived from OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument) sensor on board satellite AURA. Values of AI positives indicates the presence of dust or smoke due to the absorption of UV.

20 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products/applications/polar Sat./SNOW Snow Forecasts for Andes border crossing To be included in the Climatic Services web page (SMN)

21 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products/applications/polar Sat./LST and NDVI

22 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products/applications/polar Sat./Rio de la Plata turbidity and temp

23 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products/applications/polar Sat./Fires Detection

24 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products/applications/polar Sat./NDXI

25 Applications with satellite data involvement Current products/applications/polar Sat./Fitoplancton

26 Needs for capacity building and training Forecast Offices challenges The goal of the training plan is to ensure that forecasters are ready to integrate GOES-R data and products into forecast and warning operations from the beginning of GOES-R operations. (from GOES-R Training Plan for NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Forecasters; LeRoy Spayd Jr.., NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD, 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology, August 2016). After forecasters complete the training modules they should be able to: 1)understand the differences between legacy GOES and GOES-R observations; 2) interpret and utilize GOES-R ABI imagery and derived products in the preparation of NWS forecasts and warnings; 3) utilize the GLM in forecast and warning operations; and 4) understand the fundamentals of Red-Green-Blue (RGB) satellite product techniques and apply these to the identification of meteorological phenomena.

27 Needs for capacity building and training Rationalize the use of this huge and sparse amount of information Creating an orientative web page (Semantic Web? ) with a searching menu ordered (among others) by Personnel qualification (level of knowledge) Type of product User needs Type of event

28 Needs for capacity building and training Classroom courses: Must convene international experts on the operation as well processing of satellite equipment and imagery respectively. Therefore, it is recommended that they should take place at some country in the region with regional scope. Argentina as an unique Spanish speaking South American Centre of Excellence is willing to house them. Training material language: The need of spanish/portuguese translations it is strong institutions technicians, researchers and forecasters requirement

29 Needs for capacity building and training Each country Meteorological Service should Send at least two Forecasters/Supervisors to in-situ training (1-3 months) to return with the enough expertise to attend the forecasts challenges for developing the tasks of a SOO (Science and Operation officer). Pre launch (hopefully) and post launch training. Creation of a similar to NCEP South American desk oriented to remote sensing? The SOO in his/her country will be in charge of the reception of the equipment, supervising the installation, verification that it works properly and establish a fluent comunication with the vendor. The SOO must be the liaison between the Research and Development group and the Operational personnel. (Science into Operations)

30 Needs for capacity building and training Each country should Send a young scientist graduate on Atmospheric Science to a Proving Ground and Training Center in the USA, with the aim to research about this matter. PhD candidates under collaborative programas between RAIII & IV countries and USA universities?

31 Needs for capacity building and training I) SMN Course of Environmental Teledetection (Already described in the presentation about regional needs) RECOMMENDATION: To update this agenda for future courses with the help of GOES R experts Polar new generation of satellites (NPP, JPSS1, TERRA y AQUA) and Geostationary (GOES-R) II)Development of Conceptual Models about the new generation of polar satellites and GOES R. English/Spanish/Portuguese

32 Needs for capacity building and training III) Development of Train the Trainer online courses about the new generation of polar satellites and GOES R. English/Spanish/Portuguese IV) SSEC University of Wisconsin workshop: SMN will restart the conversations by November 2016 with the aim to coordinate the organization of this event for some time during Regional scope.

33 Needs for capacity building and training Promote RA III & IV the course Sensoramiento Remoto de la Atmósfera desde el Espacio" Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Oceános (DCAO)/FCEyN University of Buenos Aires (UBA) (already described in the regional needs presentation) Postgraduate course in spanish for graduate students on Atmospheric Science and related disciplines.

34 Questions/Conclusions/Suggestions Create a Regional Center for the RAIII and RA IV respectively, for the reception and training. RA III and IV Forum for discussion A Consortium among the countries from each RA?. To provide an unified basic training for: Technical personnel about the reception equipment installation, operation and maintenance. Technical personnel about the storage of large amount of data. Forecasters of different regions, who will apply what they have learnt to develop new products customized for the needs of each country Technical personnel/forecaster for the implementation of GEONETCAST-A

35 Questions/Conclusions/Suggestions Create a Regional Center for the RAIII and RA IV respectively for the reception and training. A Consortium among the countries from each RA?. To provide experts guidance Researchers who wants to investigate new applications.

36 Questions/Conclusions/Suggestions Each country of the RA III and RA IV must have at least one GEONETCAST-A station as a backup system. The amount of GEONETCAST-A stations should be installed at each country depending on (?): The country extension. The communication facilities for each location. The locations more isolated (Argentinean Patagonia for example) The personnel available Others

37 Many thanks for your attention

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