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Is unequal weighting significantly better than equal weighting for multi-model forecasting?
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SATOPS Morning Report: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
DOY 144
GOES-12 Imager instrument Cycle slips caused intermittent image degradation from DOY143 10:45z to 11:31z; DOY144 from 02:45z to 03:15z and 09:15z - 09:27z.
GOES-12 Wallops frame breaks due to BER 18:23z - 21:51z.
GOES-13 Wallops frame breaks due to BER 12:16z - 12:19z.
GOES-15 Wallops frame breaks due to BER 11:45z - 11:47z; 18:21z; 22:51z
- DOY144 09:04z.
All POES operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.
Issues with POGO-B covered with call-up passes; no data lost.
All other DMSP operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.
J02 1829z contact at Usingen unsuccessful due to network connectivity problems with the ground station. All data recovered on subsequent revs.
All other JASON-2 operations were nominal over the past 24 hours.
DMSP/ SSMI (SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGE) DATA DELAYED. FNMOC (FLEET NUMERICAL METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC CENTER), MONTEREY, CA. MONTEREY REPORTS THAT THE F-15 REV. 64313 AND REV. 64314 WILL BE DELAYED. REASON UNKNOWN.
ESPC IS NOT RECEIVING THE HRPT (HIGH RESOLUTION PICTURE TRANSMISSION)
DATA FROM THE MONTEREY DIRECT READ-OUT SITE FOR METOP, NOAA-15, 16, 17, 18, AND 19. MONTEREY IS INVESTIGATING.
ESPC IS CURRENTLY NOT DISTRIBUTING ASCAT AND HIGH DENSITY WINDS DATA DUE TO INPUT NCEP MODEL DATA CHANGES. UNDER INVESTIGATION.
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WEEKLY SPACECRAFT EVENTS 22 MAY 2012 THRU 29 MAY 2012 1. IN SCHEDULES POLAR S/C DATE/TIME REV EVENT N-18 22 MAY/0009Z 36086 18SB1DS N-16 22 MAY/0027Z 60134 16SB1DS N-16 22 MAY/0039Z 60134 16MRPSPE N-17 22 MAY/0047Z 51504 SBSWMODE N-17 22 MAY/0147Z 51504 TUESSSE N-18 22 MAY/0151Z 36087 18SBVSSE N-16 22 MAY/0209Z 60135 SBUVSSE (SBUV SWEEP SOLAR MEASUREMENT)N-18 22 MAY/0620Z 36090 MEPCAL18 N-15 22 MAY/0653Z 72917 MEPCAL15 (SEM(MEPED)IFC)N-17 22 MAY/0832Z 51508 SBFLX1DS N-18 22 MAY/0845Z 36091 18LAMP N-15 22 MAY/1400Z 72920 15AMSUB N-16 23 MAY/0015Z 60148 16SB1DS N-16 23 MAY/0027Z 60148 16MRPSPE N-18 23 MAY/0140Z 36101 18SB1DS N-16 23 MAY/0157Z 60149 SBUVSSE (SBUV SWEEP SOLAR MEASUREMENT)N-17 23 MAY/0304Z 51519 17SBVSSE N-18 23 MAY/0322Z 36102 18SBVSSE N-16 23 MAY/0527Z 60151 SBUVWLC N-19 23 MAY/0612Z 16949 MEPCAL19 N-17 23 MAY/0633Z 51521 17SBVWLC N-18 23 MAY/0652Z 36104 18SBVWLC N-16 23 MAY/0737Z 60153 MEPCAL16 (SEM(MEPED)IFC)N-17 23 MAY/0808Z 51522 SBFLX1DS N-16 24 MAY/0003Z 60162 16SB1DS N-16 24 MAY/0015Z 60162 16MRPSPE N-18 24 MAY/0129Z 36115 18SB1DS N-16 24 MAY/0145Z 60163 SBUVSSE (SBUV SWEEP SOLAR MEASUREMENT)N-17 24 MAY/0240Z 51533 17SBVSSE N-18 24 MAY/0311Z 36116 18SBVSSE N-19 24 MAY/0312Z 16961 19SBVSSE N-18 24 MAY/0601Z 36118 18SATCAT N-19 24 MAY/0605Z 16963 19SATCAT N-17 24 MAY/0640Z 51536 MEPCAL17 N-17 24 MAY/0744Z 51536 SBFLX1DS N-16 24 MAY/0839Z 60167 16LAMP N-17 24 MAY/1253Z 51539 SBUVLAMP N-16 25 MAY/0003Z 60176 16MRPSPE N-18 25 MAY/0118Z 36129 18SB1DS N-16 25 MAY/0132Z 60177 16SB1DS N-17 25 MAY/0216Z 51547 17SBVSSE N-18 25 MAY/0300Z 36130 18SBVSSE N-16 25 MAY/0314Z 60178 SBUVSSE (SBUV SWEEP SOLAR MEASUREMENT)N-17 25 MAY/0720Z 51550 SBFLX1DS N-17 26 MAY/0001Z 51560 SATCATH N-18 26 MAY/0107Z 36143 18SB1DS N-16 26 MAY/0120Z 60191 16SB1DS N-16 26 MAY/0132Z 60191 16MRPSPE N-17 26 MAY/0153Z 51561 17SBVSSE N-18 26 MAY/0249Z 36144 18SBVSSE N-16 26 MAY/0302Z 60192 SBUVSSE (SBUV SWEEP SOLAR MEASUREMENT)N-17 26 MAY/0837Z 51565 SBFLX1DS N-18 27 MAY/0055Z 36157 18S
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Europe’s MSG-3 weather satellite is prepared for the next Arianespace Ariane 5 mission
Europe’s MSG-3 weather satellite is prepared for the next Arianespace Ariane 5 mission
May 21, 2012 〓 Ariane Flight VA207
The Meteosat Second Generation-3 (MSG-3) spacecraft for Arianespace’s upcoming dual-passenger Ariane 5 mission is undergoing pre-launch processing at the Spaceport for a June 19 liftoff with the EchoStar XVII broadband services relay satellite.
Validations performed with MSG-3 in the Spaceport’s S5 payload preparation facility include checkout of the satellite’s solar panels, which are installed on eight curved panels around the exterior of this 3.2-meter diameter, spin-stabilized spacecraft.
MSG-3 will be the ninth Meteosat-series weather satellite launched by Ariane vehicles from French Guiana since 1981, and is the no. 3 spacecraft in the second-generation series 〓 following the initial two orbited by Arianespace in August 2002 and December 2005.〓 They are the result of a joint undertaking of the European Space Agency and EUMETSAT (the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites).
With a liftoff mass of approximately 2,000 kg., MSG-3 will operate in geostationary orbit after its deployment by Ariane 5, providing highly detailed imagery of Europe, the North Atlantic and Africa for use by meteorologists and national weather forecasters.〓
The satellite’s primary instrument is the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-red Imager (SEVIRI), which builds images of the Earth’s surface and atmosphere in 12 different wavelengths once every 15 minutes.〓 Four of the 12 SEVIRI channels look at sunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface and clouds, while the remaining eight are designed to monitor thermal infrared wavelengths.
Also carried on MSG-3 is the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument for measurements of radiation originating on Earth from the Sun.〓 The payload is completed by a communic
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Precession Rate:3.68(min/month) Period:102.1(minutes)
19:18:57Inclination Angle:98.7(Deg) Altitude:810(Km)
Precession Rate:-4.48(min/month) Period:101.2(minutes)
16:41:21Inclination Angle:98.5(Deg) Altitude:807(Km)
Precession Rate:0.58(min/month) Period:101.1(minutes)
14:47:21Inclination Angle:98.74(Deg) Altitude:854(Km)
Precession Rate:2.80(min/month) Period:102.12(minutes)
13:32:41Inclination Angle:98.7(Deg) Altitude:870(Km)
Precession Rate:0.23(min/month) Period:102.14(minutes)
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MetOp-B launch postponed
Eumetsat and the European Space Agency (ESA) have been informed by the launch service provider, Starsem, that the launch of the MetOp-B satellite by a Soyuz rocket, scheduled for 23 May from Baikonur, had to be postponed.
The launch has been postponed for some weeks, until appropriate measures are implemented. It is expected to take place in the second half of July.
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MetOp-B launch postponed
27 April 2012 PR 12 2012 - Eumetsat and the European Space Agency (ESA) have been informed by the launch service provider, Starsem, that the launch of the MetOp-B satellite by a Soyuz rocket, scheduled for 23 May from Baikonur, had to be postponed. This is due to additional measures required to ensure the availability of safe drop zones for parts of the launcher after lift-off.
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OMPS Continues More Than 30 Years of Ozone Data
02.23.2012 - A new satellite instrument suite is now sending back detailed information about the health of the Earth’s ozone layer, the shield that protects the world’s population from harmful levels of the sun’s ultraviolet radiation. OMPS continues an over three decade-long partnership between NASA and NOAA in studying ozone. OMPS consists of three instruments: the downward-looking nadir mapper and nadir profiler, and a new instrument called the limb profiler.
OMPS data will contribute to observing the recovery of the ozone layer in the coming years. The layer is expected to recover from the effects of the ozone depleting substances like halons or chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) over the coming few decades. This recovery comes as a result of a world-wide agreement in 1987 that phased out the use of these ozone-depleting substances. [read more]
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A ’Blue Marble’ image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA’s most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - Suomi NPP. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012. [read more]
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NOAA-N is the latest polar-orbiting satellite developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA-N will collect information about Earth’s atmosphere and environment to improve weather prediction and climate research across the globe.
05.13.05 - The countdown for NASA窶冱 launch of NOAA-N aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California was terminated at 2 a.m. PDT today.
05.12.05 - NASA’s launch of the NOAA-N polar-orbiting environmental weather satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been postponed an additional 24 hours.
Find out about NOAA-N’s Earth-observing benefits.
NASA’s Earth-observing satellites are equipped with search and rescue features.
NOAA-N’s Orbit
NOAA-N observes a different portion of the Earth’s surface during each orbit.
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MetOp will be Europe’s first polar-orbiting satellite dedicated to operational meteorology. It represents the European contribution to a new cooperative venture with the United States providing data that will be used to monitor our climate and improve weather forecasting.
A new generation of European instruments that offer improved remote sensing capabilities to both meteorologists and climatologists will be carried with a set of ’heritage’ instruments provided by the United States. The new European instruments will augment the accuracy of:
profiles of ozone in the atmosphere MetOp is a series of three satellites to be launched sequentially over 14 years, starting in 2006, and forms the space segment of EUMETSAT’s Polar System (EPS).
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Optical Property Databases for Clouds (non-spherical implied)
Bryan Baum’s data. Ice clouds; Infrared only; specific instruments; a subset of Ping Yang’s data.
Guosheng Liu’s data. Microwave only.
Ping Yang’s data. Infrared only. Delivered to JCSDA and available on request from Fuzhong Weng
Optical Property Databases for Aerosols
Ping Yang’s data. Infrared only. Delivered to JCSDA and available on request from Fuzhong Weng
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RTTOVMulti-sensor *Roger Saunders (UKMO) Eumetsat NWP SAF website
CRTMMulti-sensor *Paul van Delst (NESDIS)Paul van Delst’s web documentation
MSCFASTHIRS,GOES,AIRSLouis Garand (MSC)more details
OSSAIRSJean-Luc Moncet (AER)
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PFAASTHal Woolf (CIMSS)
GastropodAIRSVanessa Sherlock (NIWA) Gastropod website
PCRTMAIRS,IASI,NAST-IXu Liu (NASA)
RTIASIIASIMarco Matricardi (ECMWF)
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4A allows the fast computation of the transmittance of discrete non-scattering atmospheric layers, and of the radiance at a user defined observation level, thanks to the use of a comprehensive database (the atlases) of monochromatic optical thicknesses for up to 43 atmospheric molecular species (Scott and Chédin, 1981). The atlases are created once and for all by using the line-by-line and layer-by-layer model, STRANSAC (Scott, 1974), in its latest 2000 version with up to date spectroscopy from the GEISA spectral line catalogue (Jacquinet-Husson 2009).This concept has been developed by the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD).
Adequate tools are required to perform reliable radiative transfer modelling calculations to meet the needs of communities involved in understanding the atmospheres of the Earth and other planets. Among these tools compilations of spectroscopic parameters are used for a vast array of applications and especially for planetary atmospheric remote sensing. Consequently, there is an acute need for comprehensive, trustworthy and operational interactive spectroscopic databases to benefit the research in direct and inverse radiative transfer. In this context, since over three decades, the ARA (Atmospheric Radiation Analysis) group at LMD (Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, France) has developed GEISA (Gestion et Etude des Informations Spectroscopiques Atmosphériques: Management and Study of Atmospheric Spectroscopic Information), a computer accessible database system [Chédin et al. (1982), Husson et al. (1992), Jacquinet-Husson et al.(1999,2008, 2009), designed to facilitate accurate and fast forward, calculations of atmospheric radiative transfer using a line-by-line and (atmospheric) layer-by-layer approach. This effort has proven to be beneficial to the atmospheric scientific community participating in direct and inverse radiative transfer studies.
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The Thermodynamic Initial Guess Retrieval (TIGR) data set, in its latest version, is a climatological library of about 2300 representative atmospheric situations selected by statistical methods from 80,000 radiosonde reports [Chédin et al., 1985; Achard, 1991; Chevallier et al., 1998]. Each situation is described by its temperature, water vapor and ozone profiles (40 levels from 1013 hPa to 0.05 hPa). The ozone profile is specified from the UGAMP ozone climatology [Li and Shine, 1995], taking into account the latitude, longitude and time of each situation archived in TIGR. For each atmospheric situation, a surface temperature is generated as the sum of the temperature of the atmosphere at the lowest level and a random number with zero mean and a standard deviation of 4K. Finally, the situations in TIGR are stratified by a hierarchical ascending classification into five airmass types (tropical, temperate -midlat1-, cold temperate and summer polar -midlat2-, Northern Hemisphere very cold polar -polar1-, winter polar -polar2-), depending of their virtual temperature profiles [Achard, 1991; Chédin et al., 1994].
Clear sky transmittances, brightness temperatures and Jacobians (partial derivatives of the brightness temperature with respect to temperature, gas concentration for H2O, O3, CO2, N2O CO, CH4, etc... surface temperature and emissivity, etc.) for all channels of the instrument considered (TOVS, AIRS, IASI, AMSU, etc.) are then computed for each situation archived using the fast line-by-line 4A model in its latest version 2000 [Scott et al., 2002]. For TOVS, for example, calculations are performed [Chédin et al., 1985] for 10 viewing angles, between 0°(nadir) and 60°(the maximum value for angular scanning), for 19 values of surface pressure (up to about 500 hPa) for elevated terrains, and for two surfa
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3I
Improved Initialization Inversion
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Introduction : The Improved Initialization Inversion (3I) system
Spaceborne radiometers observe spectral radiances that are emitted or backscattered by the atmosphere and the surface into the direction of the satellite. For the derivation of atmospheric and surface geophysical variables from the radiance spectrum, retrieval algorithms are required that comprise all steps needed to translate instrument data into the final products. These steps include the simulation of observed radiances and brightness temperatures with forward radiative transfer models, the ingestion of auxiliary databases, the inversion process to obtain geophysical products, and the generation of gridded products.
The 3I method was developed at LMD for this purpose and has been extensively discussed in the literature. For its complete description, the reader is referred to Chédin and Scott (1984, 1985), Chédin et al. (1985, 1989, 1994), and Chédin (1988). An updated overview of the method used for reanalyzing of the TOVS observations for the TOVS-Pathfinder Path-B dataset is given here (Scott and al. (1999)).
The 3I inversion algorithm is a direct, non-iterative, physical statistical method. It uses data from the HIRS (infrared) and MSU (microwave) radiometers.
Description of 3I
Calibration and collocation
Starting from the level 1B data, HIRS and MSU observations are calibrated using coefficients provided by NOAA following the procedures set forth in the NOAA Polar Orbiter User s Guides.
The spatial resolution of 3I retrievals is a compromise between the spatial resolutions of the HIRS and MSU sounders. A 3 x 2 (at the edges of an orbit), or 3 x 3, or 3 x 4 (at nadir) array of HIRS spots is grouped together and collocated with the nearest MSU spot(s). Such boxes represent a surface of nearly 100 x 100 km2, and retrievals are perfor
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The POES satellite system offers the advantage of daily global coverage, by making nearly polar orbits roughly 14.1 times daily. Since the number of orbits per day is not an integer the sub orbital tracks do not repeat on a daily basis, although the local solar time of each satellite’s passage is essentially unchanged for any latitude. Currently in orbit we have a morning and afternoon satellite, which provide global coverage four times daily. The POES system includes the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and the Tiros Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS).
Because of the polar orbiting nature of the POES series satellites, these satellites are able to collect global data on a daily basis for a variety of land, ocean, and atmospheric applications. Data from the POES series supports a broad range of environmental monitoring applications including weather analysis and forecasting, climate research and prediction, global sea surface temperature measurements, atmospheric soundings of temperature and humidity, ocean dynamics research, volcanic eruption monitoring, forest fire detection, global vegetation analysis, search and rescue, and many other applications.
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The NOAA-N Prime spacecraft will launch from a Delta II 7320-10C Space Launch Vehicle, Boeing Satellite Systems.
The NOAA-N Prime satellite main body dimensions measure: 4.2 meters (13.75 feet) long, 1.88 meters (6.2 feet) diameter.
The NOAA-N Prime satellite Solar array dimensions measure: 2.73 meters by 6.14 meters (8.96 feet by 20.16 feet); 16.76 square meters (180.63 square feet).
The NOAA satellites carry seven scientific instruments, two search and rescue instruments and a data recording system.
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Image above: This NOAA-19 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/3) Automatic Picture Transmission (APT) image was taken in by Fred E. Piering from orbit 4 on February 6, 2009 at 1814 Zulu Time (1:14 p.m. EST). APT imagery has nearly equal geometric resolution of 4 km (2.4 mile) along the scan line. Photo credit: Fred E. Piering
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The NOAA-N Prime Mission
The NOAA-N Prime satellite, built for NASA by Lockheed Martin, will improve weather forecasting and monitor environmental events around the world. NOAA-N Prime is the fifth and last in the current series of five polar-orbiting satellites with improved imaging and sounding capabilities.
The satellite will collect meteorological data and transmit the information to NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service, which processes the data for input to the National We
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NOAA-N, -P Supplement: A Listing of links with specific changes for the NOAA-N and -P spacecraft.
Section 3.9: Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) [For NOAA-N and -P only]
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The NOAA KLM User’s Guide (September 2000 revision) is a document that describes the orbital and spacecraft characteristics, instruments, data formats, etc. of the NOAA-K through NOAA-M polar orbiter series of satellites. In addition, the NOAA-N and NOAA-N’ spacecraft are also described in the NOAA-N,-N’ Supplement (see link below). Listed below are links to the HTML versions of the individual chapters.
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Disclaimer: A Disclaimer from the Author/Editor of the NOAA KLM User’s Guide.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations: A Listing of Acronyms and Abbreviations used in the NOAA KLM User’s Guide.
List of Figures: A Listing of all Figures in the NOAA KLM User’s Guide.
List of Tables: A Listing of all Tables in the NOAA KLM User’s Guide.
NOAA-N, -N’ Supplement: A Listing of links with specific changes for the NOAA-N and -N’ spacecraft.
Amendments: A Listing of all Revisions made to the NOAA KLM User’s Guide.
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Section 1.0: Introduction to the NOAA KLM System
Section 1.1: The NOAA KLM Concept
Section 1.2: NOAA KLM Spacecraft Characteristics
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Section 2.0: NOAA Polar Satellite Navigation and Earth Location
Section 2.1: Navigating the Polar Satellites
Section 2.2: Earth Locating the Polar Satellite Data
Section 2.3: Navigation and Earth Location Processing Within NOAA
Section 2.4: Interpolating the Level 1b Earth Location Data
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Section 3.0: Description of the NOAA KLM Sensor Package
Section 3.1: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/3 (AVHRR/3)
Section 3.2: High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS)
Section 3.3: Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A)
Section 3.4: Advanced Microware Sounding Unit - B (AMSU-B)
Section 3.5: Space Environment Monitor (SEM-2)
Section 3.6: Data Collection System/2 (DCS/2)
Section 3.7: Search and Rescue Satellite (SARSAT) Instrument
Section 3.8: Solar Backsc