NOAA Direct Broadcast Real-Time Network Status Liam Gumley (CIMSS/SSEC/UW-Madison) Mitch Goldberg (JPSS/NOAA) WMO DBNET Operators Meeting Sept 2016
Overview NOAA antennas for Honolulu, Madison, Miami, and Mayaguez are owned and operated by SSEC. NOAA/SSEC has full control over these antennas. NOAA antennas for Fairbanks and Monterey are owned and operated by UAF and NWS. Partner antennas are owned and operated by other groups: Corvallis (OSU), New York (CCNY), Tokyo (JMA), Edmonton (EC), and Greenbelt (GSFC).
Edmonton
NOAA DB Network Sites Site ATMS CrIS Metop IASI Metop ATOVS NOAA ATOVS Madison Honolulu Miami Mayaguez Monterey Gilmore Creek New York City Corvallis Greenbelt Edmonton Tokyo
#1: Madison Location: Engineering Research Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison (43.072N, 89.411W). Orbital Systems 2.4-meter L/X-band, EOS-FES, DBPS. Onsite maintenance provided by Space Science and Engineering Center. Operational since September 2011. EOS-FES http://eosfes1.ssec.wisc.edu/data/ DBPS: http://bolt.ssec.wisc.edu/products/
Madison Antenna
#2: Honolulu Location: Hawaii Community College Library (21.322N, 157.871W). Orbital Systems 2.4-meter L/X-band, EOS-FES, DBPS. Onsite maintenance provided by National Weather Service Forecast Office. Operational since August 2012. EOS-FES http://soest-hcc2.hcc.hawaii.edu/data/ DBPS: http://soest-hcc1.hcc.hawaii.edu/products/
Honolulu Antenna
#3: Miami Location: NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (25.735N, 80.162W). Orbital Systems 2.4-meter L/X-band with radome, EOS- FES, DBPS. Onsite maintenance provided by NOAA AOML. Operational since September 2014. EOS-FES (not public) DBPS (not public)
Miami Antenna
#4: Mayaguez Location: University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Engineering Research Center (18.211N, 67.137W). Orbital Systems 2.4-meter L/X-band with radome, EOS- FES, DBPS. Onsite maintenance provided by UPR-Mayaguez. Operational since October 2015. EOS-FES: http://eosfes.ece.uprm.edu/data/ DBPS: http://dbps.ece.uprm.edu/products/
Mayaguez Antenna
Remote Antenna Operation and Monitoring SSEC Data Center runs Orbital Systems EOS FES Commander at each antenna site. Hardware status (pedestal, feed, downconverter, demodulators) are all monitored. Pass schedules are set automatically by the EOS-FES based on the priority order set by SSEC. Daily schedules are published at 0 UTC.
SSEC Data Center monitors the status of all NOAA antennas
Daily schedule: Hawaii
Reception Priorities for NOAA Antennas 1. Suomi NPP (and JPSS-1 in spring 2017) 2. Terra and Aqua 3. Metop-A and Metop-B 4. NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 5. GCOM-W1 (#1 at Miami) 6. FY-3B and FY-3C 7. SARAL
Reception Priorities for Partner Antennas Satellite reception schedules at partner antenna sites are set by the local operators. For Monterey, Gilmore Creek, and Corvallis, SNPP is priority #1 (these antennas were funded by NOAA). Monterey and Gilmore Creek both provide SNPP and Metop data. New York City and Greenbelt only provide SNPP data.
Future Antennas #1 X/L-band antenna will be installed at NWS office in Guam by the end of 2016, funded by NOAA/JPSS. It will provide data for DBRTN. Guam
Future Antennas #2 X/L-band antenna will be installed at Hampton University in Virginia by end of 2016, funded by NASA. It will provide data for DBRTN. Hampton
DBRTN Data Flow DBMS DBRTN Processing System FTP/HTTP Metadata Level 0 METOP CCSDS Web API Notification DBRTN Ingest System SNPP RDR NOAA HRPT METOPIZER EPS Level 0 Web API Notification CSPP AAPP AAPP + OPS-LRS FTP ATMS, CrIS SDR ATMS, CrIS SDR AMSU, MHS HIRS L1C IASI EPS L1B IASI, AMSU, MHS, HIRS L1C NESDIS BUFR Converters AAPP BUFR Converter NESDIS BUFR Converter FTP SSEC FTP Site ATMS, CrIS CH 399 CrIS 399 CH, IASI 500 CH + 300 PC, AMSU, MHS, HIRS IASI 616 CH SSEC FTP Site DBRTN Data Flow: Antennas to NCEP and EUMETSAT NOAA/NCEP FTP EUMETSAT
Data Processing Software IASI and ATOVS: AAPP v7.12 and OPS-LRS v7-0+p12. CrIS and ATMS: CSPP SDR v2.2 BUFR conversion for EARS: AAPP v7.12 BUFR conversion for NCEP: NESDIS BUFR library
Data Processing Sequence For all satellites and sensors, the complete pass is processed after it is received. For CrIS and ATMS, the SDRs are created in native 32-sec granules. For IASI, the MMAM TLE data from each pass is used as input for AAPP geolocation. The complete pass is processed as a whole.
Daily EARS BUFR Volumes SNPP CrIS: 1.3 GB SNPP ATMS: 0.1 GB Metop-A: Metop-B: 0.1 GB 0.3 GB
Latency Statistics For each pass processed, the DBRTN system tracks 1. Start time of pass 2. Notification time (DBRTN notified that data are ready) 3. Archive time (DBRTN finished ingesting and archiving) 4. Processing start time (Processing server started L1) 5. Processing end time (Processing server finished L1) 6. Delivery time (Products delivered to FTP site) The following plots show times from start of pass to delivery (they include the time taken for the satellite pass itself).
Madison: ATMS
Madison: CrIS
Madison: IASI
Honolulu: ATMS
Honolulu: CrIS
Honolulu: IASI
Percentage of LEO sounder data used as a function of latency Percent Used 100.0 90.0 80.0 70.0 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 S-NPP JPSS GOAL NAM GFS Hourly 140 90 80 60 45 30 15 Latency (Minutes)
Cumulative Distribution of Latency for NWS receiving RARS AMSU-A data GDAS dump of AMSU-A RARS centered on 2016090212 (obs time window 9 to 15z) 5 GTS gateway nodes are meeting goal of 95% of data within 20 minutes: Australia, EUMETSAT, Japan, South Korea, and Brazil. NOAA RARS data is provided by EUMETSAT, Sample size Min. minutes Max. minutes ammc bawx eums nzgp rjtd rksl sbbr vhhh wsss 5340 5931 90005 4050 15477 9750 13640 3540 5130 8.07 17.436 4.74 17.244 6.42 8.136 5.736 21.072 17.736 22.302 37.104 28.476 43.608 23.634 22.5 27.036 74.736 48.636
EARS Pilot Service NOAA DB network will provide ATMS, CrIS, and IASI data in AAPP BUFR format to EUMETSAT by the end of 2016 for dissemination via EARS as a pilot service. Agreement between EUMETSAT and NOAA has been signed. Duration of pilot service will be two years. BUFR products from SSEC processing have been verified against the corresponding EARS products.
EARS Pilot Service Details Pilot Service for Regional Products from CIMSS Geographical Coverage Satellites supported Product Processing Product Segmentation Products via EUMETCast Europe Timeliness via EUMETCast Products via RMDCN/GTS Archived in EUMETSAT As provided by the stations in Gilmore Creek, Madison, Miami and Mayaguez, see Figure 2. SNPP, JPSS, Metop. As defined for the existing EARS-IASI, EARS-ASCAT, EARS-ATMS, EARS-CrIS services, but performed by CIMSS. One file per station per pass. IASI, ATMS, CrIS and potentially ASCAT. Product content and formatting as defined for the existing EARS-IASI, EARS-ASCAT, EARS-ATMS, EARS-CrIS services. Target 30 minutes. None None. Table 1 Service Specification
Data usage at NCEP ATMS, CrIS, and IASI BUFR files from the NOAA DB network are now routinely ingested by NCEP. Note: these are NESDIS-specific BUFR formats. Code to handle IASI, CrIS, and ATMS from the NOAA DB network is now a part of NCEP's GSI assimilation system. NCEP is planning to IASI, CrIS, and ATMS from the NOAA DB network in the Global Forecast System. Regional rapid-refresh models will follow. NCEP is also planning to use IASI, CrIS, and ATMS from DBNET (formerly RARS).
Other Applications The NOAA antennas at Honolulu, Madison, Miami, and Mayaguez provide real-time imagery from VIIRS, AVHRR, and MODIS via onsite processing. Images are converted to AWIPS format and delivered to National Weather Service Forecast Offices across the USA. ARGOS DCS data are received from NOAA-18/19, Metop- A/B, and SARAL at Honolulu, Madison, Miami, and Mayaguez and delivered to CLS in real time. GCOM-W1 is received and processed in real time at AOML Miami and imagery is provided to the National Hurricane Center (coming soon from Mayaguez).
Storm centered imagery from AOML Miami: Tropical Storm Julia 2016/09/15 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 89GHz SNPP VIIRS DAY/NIGHT