EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Support to

Project Plan – Annex

Work Package Description

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EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility

on Support to Operational Hydrology

and Water Management

(H-SAF)

Project Plan - Annex


Reference Number: SAF/HSAF/PP/3.2

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DOCUMENT SIGNATURE TABLE

Name Date Signature

Prepared by : H-SAF Project Team 15/09/2010

Approved by : H-SAF Project Manager

DOCUMENT CHANGE RECORD

Issue / Revision Date Description

1.0 03/11/2006 Baseline submitted to the Requirements Review on 26-27 April 2006

1.0-Add.1 16/11/2006 Implementation of recommendations from the RR Board

2.0 31/10/2007 Submitted to the Critical Design Review (CDR, 17-18 December 2007)

2.1 08/02/2008 Incorporating remarks from CDR-1 (17-18 December 2007) and further reviews.

2.2 10/04/2008 Re-structured due to remarks from CDR-2 (3-4 March 2008):

3.0 15/09/2010 Baseline version prepared for CDOP (update after CDOP approval)

3.1 25/03/2011 Updated version acknowledging decisions and recommendations of CDOP SG1

3.2 14/07/2011 No changes in the Annex. Revision number changement due to updates in the Main document.




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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 WPD SUMMARY AND DELIVERABLES ..................................................................... 4

1.1 List of Work Packages ........................................................................................... 4

1.2 List of Deliverables .............................................................................................. 13

2 WORK PACKAGE DESCRIPTION SHEETS ............................................................. 15

2.1 Coordination and Central functions (WP1000) .................................................... 15

2.2 Precipitation Products (WP2000) ........................................................................ 30

2.3 Soil Moisture Products (WP3000) ....................................................................... 43

2.4 Snow Products (WP4000) ................................................................................... 54

2.5 Hydrological Programme (WP5000) .................................................................... 73

2.6 Product Validation Programme (WP6000) .......................................................... 87




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1 WPD Summary and Deliverables

1.1 List of Work Packages

The following table shows the list of WPs giving evidence of their level and their

responsible country/institute.

1st Level WP 2

nd Level WP 3

rd Level WP 4

th Level WP Country Institute

1000 - Coordination and Central Functions Italy USAM

1100 Italy CNMCA

1110 Italy CNMCA

1120 Italy CNMCA

1130 Italy USAM

1140 Italy CNMCA

1200 Italy CNMCA

1210 Italy CNMCA

1220 Italy CNMCA

1230 Italy CNMCA

1240 Italy CNMCA

1300 Italy CNMCA

1310 Italy CNMCA

1320 Italy CNMCA

1400 Italy DPC

1410 Italy DPC

1420 Italy DPC

1430 Italy DPC

2000 - Precipitation Products Italy CNMCA

2100 Italy CNMCA

2110 Italy CNMCA

2120 Italy CNMCA

2130 Italy CNMCA

2140 Italy CNMCA

2200 Italy CNMCA

2210 Italy CNMCA




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1st Level WP 2

nd Level WP 3

rd Level WP 4


2220 Italy CNMCA

2230 Italy CNMCA

2240 Italy CNMCA

2300 Italy CNR-ISAC

2310 Italy CNR-ISAC

2320 Italy CNR-ISAC

2330 Italy CNR-ISAC

2340 Italy CNMCA

3000 - Soil Moisture Products Austria ZAMG

3100 Austria ZAMG

3110 Austria ZAMG

3120 Austria TU-Wien

3130 Austria ZAMG

3140 Austria ZAMG

3200 ECMWF ECMWF

3210 ECMWF ECMWF

3220 ECMWF ECMWF

3230 ECMWF ECMWF




3330 ECMWF ECMWF

3340 Austria Météo France

4000 - Snow Products Finland FMI

4100 Finland FMI

4110 Finland FMI

4120 Finland FMI

4130 Finland FMI

4140 Finland FMI

4200 Turkey TSMS

4210 Turkey TSMS




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1st Level WP 2

nd Level WP 3

rd Level WP 4


4220 Turkey TSMS

4230 Turkey TSMS

4240 Turkey TSMS

4300 Finland FMI

4310 Finland FMI

4320 Finland FMI

4330 Finland FMI

4340 Finland FMI

4350 Finland FMI

4400 Finland FMI

4410 Finland FMI

4420 Finland FMI

4430 Finland FMI

4440 Turkey METU

4450 Turkey METU

5000 - The Hydrological Programme Poland IMWM

5100 Poland IMWM

5110 Poland IMWM

5120 Belgium IRM

5130 Bulgaria NIMH

5140 Finland FMI

5150 Germany BfG

5160 Italy DPC

5170 Poland IMWM

5180 Slovakia SHMÚ

5190 Turkey AU,METU,ITU

5200 Poland IMWM

5210 Poland IMWM

5220 Belgium IRM

5230 Bulgaria NIMH

5240 Finland FMI




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1st Level WP 2

nd Level WP 3

rd Level WP 4


5250 Germany BfG

5260 Italy DPC

5270 Poland IMWM

5280 Slovakia SHMÚ

5290 Turkey AU,METU,ITU

5300 Poland IMWM

6000 - The Product Validation Programme Italy DPC

6100 Italy DPC

6101 Italy DPC


6103 Belgium IRM

6104 Bulgaria NIMH

6105 ECMWF ECMWF

6106 Finland FMI

6107 France Météo France

6108 France LATMOS

6109 Germany BfG

6110 Hungary OMSZ

6111 Italy DPC

6112 Italy Uni Ferrara

6113 Poland IMWM

6114 Slovakia SHMÚ

6115 Turkey TSMS

6116 Turkey METU

6117 Turkey ITU

6200 Italy DPC

6201 Italy DPC

6202 Austria ZAMG

6203 Belgium IRM

6204 Finland FMI





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1st Level WP 2

nd Level WP 3

rd Level WP 4


6206 Germany BfG

6207 Hungary OMSZ

6208 Italy DPC

6209 Poland IMWM

6210 Slovakia SHMÚ

6211 Turkey TSMS

6300 Italy DPC

6301 Italy DPC

6302 Belgium IRM

6303 Finland FMI


6305 Germany BfG

6306 Hungary OMSZ

6307 Italy DPC

6308 Poland IMWM

6309 Slovakia SHMÚ

6310 Turkey TSMS

Table 1 WPs list. Stress on WP Level, Country and Institute responsibility

The following table reports responsible people and Institute for each WP as well as the

identification of the Work Package (number and description).

WP Identification and Task Responsible person Institute

WP1000 Coordination and Central functions Costante De Simone USAM

WP1100 Coordination Luigi De Leonibus CNMCA

WP1110 Program Management and Control Luigi De Leonibus CNMCA

WP1120 Engineering and Technical Coordination Flavio Gattari Telespazio

WP1130 Scientific Coordination Paolo Rosci USAM

WP1140 Quality Assurance Emiliano Agosta Telespazio

WP1200 Operations Francesco Zauli CNMCA

WP1210 Operations Coordination Francesco Zauli CNMCA




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WP1220 Operations Monitoring Flavio Gattari Telespazio

WP1230 Centralized Data Services Emiliano Agosta Telespazio

WP1240 Dissemination Leonardo Facciorusso CNMCA

WP1300 User Support Flavio Gattari Telespazio

WP1310 Web Portal Emiliano Agosta Telespazio

WP1320 Help Desk Emiliano Agosta Telespazio

WP1400 User Communities Coordination Silvia Puca DPC

WP1410 User Communities Coordination Silvia Puca DPC

WP1420 User Communities Interaction Silvia Puca DPC

WP1430 Linkage with GMES Silvia Puca DPC

WP2000 Precipitation Products Francesco Zauli CNMCA

WP2100 Observed Products Operations Francesco Zauli CNMCA

WP2110 Observed Products Operations Coordination Francesco Zauli CNMCA

WP2120 Input Data Maintenance Daniele Biron CNMCA

WP2130 Product Generation Davide Melfi CNMCA

WP2140 Algorithm Integration Davide Melfi CNMCA

WP2200 Assimilated Products Operations Alessandro Cheloni CNMCA

WP2210 Assimilated Products Operations Coordination Antonio Agresta CNMCA

WP2220 Input Data Maintenance David Palella CNMCA

WP2230 Product Generation Giuseppe De Vito CNMCA

WP2240 Algorithm Integration Davide Melfi CNMCA

WP2300 Products Continuous Development Alberto Mugnai CNR-ISAC

WP2310 Continuous Development Coordination Alberto Mugnai CNR-ISAC

WP2320 PR-OBS1 and PR-OBS2 Development Stefano Dietrich CNR-ISAC

WP2330 PR-OBS-3, PR-OBS-4 and PR-OBS-6 Development Vincenzo Levizzani CNR-ISAC

WP2340 Assimilated Products Development Lucio Torrisi CNMCA

WP3000 Soil Moisture Products Barbara Zeiner ZAMG

WP3100 Surface Soil Moisture Product Operations Barbara Zeiner ZAMG

WP3110 Surface Soil Moisture Operations Coordination Barbara Zeiner ZAMG

WP3120 ASCAT Soil Moisture Product Support Stefan Hasenauer TU-Wien

WP3130 Product Generation Barbara Zeiner ZAMG




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WP3140 Software and Data Integration Barbara Zeiner ZAMG

WP3200 Soil Wetness Index Products Generation Patricia de Rosnay ECMWF

WP3210 Soil Wetness Index Generation Coordination Patricia de Rosnay ECMWF

WP3220 Input Data Maintenance and Extension Patricia de Rosnay ECMWF

WP3230 Product Generation Patricia de Rosnay ECMWF

WP3300 Product Continuous Development Wolfgang Wagner TU-Wien

WP3310 Continuous Development Coordination Wolfgang Wagner TU-Wien

WP3320 Surface Soil Moisture Products Development Stefan Hasenauer TU-Wien

WP3330 Soil Wetness Index Development Patricia de Rosnay ECMWF

WP3340 Assessment of added value of H-SAF Soil moisture

information for high resolution assimilation

Jean-Christophe

Calvet, Jean-François

Mahfouf

Météo-France

WP4000 Snow Products Matias Takala FMI

WP4100 Flat and Forested Areas Intermediate Products

Operations Matias Takala FMI

WP4110 Flat and Forested Areas Intermediate Products

Operations Coordination Kari Luojus FMI

WP4120 Input Data Maintenance Matias Takala FMI

WP4130 Intermediate Products Generation Matias Takala FMI

WP4140 Algorithm Integration Panu Lahtinen FMI

WP4200 Mountainous Areas Intermediate Products Operations Ali Umran Kömüşcü TSMS

WP4210 Mountainous Areas Intermediate Products Operations

Coordination Ali Umran Kömüşcü TSMS

WP4220 Input Data Maintenance Erdem Erdi TSMS

WP4230 Intermediate Products Generation Aydın Gürol Ertürk TSMS

WP4240 Algorithm Integration Aydın Gürol Ertürk TSMS

WP4300 Products Operations Matias Takala FMI

WP4310 SN-OBS-1 Product Operations Coordination Matias Takala FMI

WP4320 SN-OBS-1 Product Generation (merging) Niilo Siljamo FMI

WP4330 SN-OBS-2 Product Generation Panu Lahtinen FMI

WP4340 SN-OBS-3 Product Generation (merging) Kati Anttila FMI

WP4350 SN-OBS-4 Product Generation (merging) Matias Takala FMI

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WP4410 Continuous Development Coordination Ali Nadir Arslan FMI

WP4420 Flat and Forest Products from Optical Bands

Development Kati Anttila FMI

WP4430 Flat and Forest Products from MW Bands

Development Panu Lahtinen FMI

WP4440 Mountainous Products from Optical Bands

Development

Zuhal AKYÜREK /

Orhan Gökdemir METU

WP4450 Mountainous Products from MW Development Ünal Şorman / Özgür

Beşer METU

WP5000 Hydrological Programme Jadwiga Niedbala IMWM

WP5100 Products evaluation and interfacing with hydrological

models Jerzy Niedbała IMWM

WP5110 Products evaluation and interfacing with hydrological

models Coordination Jerzy Niedbała IMWM

WP5120 Products/model interfacing in Belgium Emmanuel Roulin IRM

WP5130 Products/model interfacing in Bulgaria Georgy Koshinchanov NIMH

WP5140 Products/model interfacing in Finland Kari Luojus FMI

WP5150 Products/model interfacing in Germany Thomas Maurer BfG

WP5160 Products/model interfacing in Italy DPC

WP5170 Products/model interfacing in Poland Jan Nadachowski IMWM

WP5180 Products/model interfacing in Slovakia Marcel Zvolenský SHMÚ

WP5190 Products/model interfacing in Turkey

Arda Şorman (AU) /

TBD (METU) /

Ahmet Öztopal (ITU)

AU, METU, ITU

WP5200 Impact Studies Programme Jadwiga Niedbala IMWM

WP5210 Impact Studies Programme Coordination Jadwiga Niedbala IMWM

WP5220 Impact Studies in Belgium Emmanuel Roulin IRM

WP5230 Impact Studies in Bulgaria Eram Arinyan NIMH

WP5240 Impact Studies in Finland Kari Luojus FMI

WP5250 Impact Studies in Germany Thomas Maurer BfG

WP5260 Impact Studies in Italy DPC

WP5270 Impact Studies in Poland Joanna Kurdziel IMWM

WP5280 Impact Studies in Slovakia Marcel Zvolenský SHMÚ




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WP5290 Impact Studies in Turkey

Aynur Şensoy (AU) /

TBD (METU) /

Ahmet Öztopal (ITU)

AU, METU, ITU

WP5300 Preparation for long term follow-on Jadwiga Niedbala IMWM

WP6000 Product Validation Programme DPC

WP6100 Product Validation and value assessment DPC

WP6101 Product Validation and value assessment Coordination DPC

WP6102 Product Validation and value assessment in Austria Wolfgang Wagner TU-Wien

WP6103 Product Validation and value assessment in Belgium Emmanuel Roulin IRM

WP6104 Product Validation and value assessment in Bulgaria Gergana Kozinarova NIMH

WP6105 Product Validation and value assessment in ECMWF Patricia de Rosnay ECMWF

WP6106 Product Validation and value assessment in Finland Panu Lahtinen FMI

WP6107 Product Validation and value assessment in France- 1 Jean-Christophe

Calvet Météo-France

WP6108 Product Validation and value assessment in France- 2 Mehrez Zribi LATMOS

WP6109 Product Validation and value assessment in Germany Thomas Maurer BfG

WP6110 Product Validation and value assessment in Hungary Eszter Lábó OMSZ

WP6111 Product Validation and value assessment in Italy - 1 DPC

WP6112 Product Validation and value assessment in Italy - 2 Federico Porcù UniFerrara

WP6113 Product Validation and value assessment in Poland Bożena Łapeta IMWM

WP6114 Product Validation and value assessment in Slovakia Ján Kaňák SHMÚ

WP6115 Product Validation and value assessment in Turkey- 1 İbrahim Sönmez TSMS

WP6116 Product Validation and value assessment in Turkey- 2 Serdar Sürer METU

WP6117 Product Validation and value assessment in Turkey- 3 Ahmet ÖZTOPAL ITU

WP6200 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback DPC

WP6201 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback Coordination Stefan Hasenauer DPC

WP6202 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Austria Barbara Zeiner ZAMG

WP6203 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Belgium Emmanuel Roulin IRM

WP6204 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Finland Matias Takala FMI

WP6205 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in France Jean-Christophe


WP6206 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Germany Thomas Maurer BfG




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WP6207 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Hungary Eszter Lábó OMSZ

WP6208 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Italy DPC

WP6209 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Poland Monika Pajek IMWM

WP6210 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Slovakia Ján Kaňák SHMÚ

WP6211 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Turkey Aydın Gürol Ertürk TSMS

WP6300 Provision of ground data DPC

WP6301 Provision of ground data Coordination DPC

WP6302 Provision of ground data from Belgium Emmanuel Roulin IRM

WP6303 Provision of ground data from Finland Panu Lahtinen FMI

WP6304 Provision of ground data from France Jean-Christophe


WP6305 Provision of ground data from Germany Thomas Maurer BfG

WP6306 Provision of ground data from Hungary Eszter Lábó OMSZ

WP6307 Provision of ground data from Italy DPC

WP6308 Provision of ground data from Poland Rafał Iwański IMWM

WP6309 Provision of ground data from Slovakia Marián Jurašek SHMÚ

WP6310 Provision of ground data from Turkey İbrahim Sönmez TSMS

Table 2 WPs list. Stress on WP Description and Responsible person and Institute

1.2 List of Deliverables

Event Time Date Document Title Status/comments

KOM &

SG-1,

Start of

CDOP

Kick Off Meeting

+ 1st Steering

Group Meeting

T0+00 Sep-

2010

PP Project Plan Draft for approval

PRD Product Requirements Document Draft for approval

ORR-1

close-out

Operation

Readness

Review, for

products carried-

forward from

Development

Phase (ORR-1).

T0+03 Dec

2010

PRD Product Requirements Document Reference

JOP/OICD Operational Interface Control

Document

Reference

SeSp Service Specification Updated

PUM* User Manual (for each product

group)

Updated

ATBD* Algorithms Theoretical Basis

Document (for each product group)

Updated as

necessary




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VR(b) H-SAF Products Validation Report

versus PRD (for each product

group)

Updated/New

HVR(a) H-SAF Hydrological Validation

Report

Updated/New

ENG Engineering documents Only if updates

proposed

PCR Products

Consolidation

Review, for new

product/s

T0+06

(TBC)

Mar-

2011



New

ENG Engineering documents Reference


SG-2 2st Steering

Group meeting

T0+06 Mar-

2011

OR Operations Report For information

SR Status Report Reference

PRD Product Requirements Document Only if updates

proposed

PP Project Plan Only if updates

proposed


Document

Only if updates

proposed

SeSp Service Specification Only if updates

proposed

OR Operations

Review

T0+12 Sep

2011

OR Operations Reports Last versions

available

QAR(b) H-SAF Products Quality

Assessment Report (for each

product group)

New


Report (for each product group)

Updated

SeSp Service Specification reference


Document

For information

PUM User Manuals Latest version

WS Workshop +

Training Sessions

T0+13 Oct

2011

N/A N/A N/A

ORR-2 Operation

Readness

Review, for new

products (PCR)

any improved

product (new

version) or carry-

T0+18 Feb-

2012




Updated as

necessary

VR(b) H-SAF Products Validation Report

(for each product group)

Updated/New

HVR(a) H-SAF Hydrological Validation Updated/New




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forward from

ORR-1 close-out


SeSp Service Specification Updated

PUM User Manual Updated/New

ENG Engineering documents Only if updates

proposed

FM + SG-

3 / End of

CDOP

Final meeting +

3rd Steering

Group Meeting

T0+18 Feb-

2012

OR 2nd

Operations Report For information

PRD Product Requirements Document Only if updates

proposed

SR Status Report Updated

QAR(b) H-SAF Products Quality

Assessment Report (for each

product group)

For information



For information

SeSp Service Specification Only if updates

proposed

PUM User Manual For information

ENG engineering documents For information

Table 3 List of deliverables

2 Work Package Description sheets

2.1 Coordination and Central functions (WP1000)

WPD

1000 - - Italy

WP1000 Coordination and Central functions

Responsible Institute: Ufficio Generale Spazio Aereo e Meteorologia (USAM).

(extra staff industrial support of Telespazio)

Responsible person: Costante De Simone

Objective of the WP: Coordination of the overall H-SAF project, management of the

Central data services and the User coordination activities.




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Description of the activity:

WP-1000 is composed of WP-1100 (Coordination), WP-1200 (Operations), WP-1300

(User Support) and WP1400 (User Communities). For the activity description, deliverables

and effort see named WPD sheets.

All activities will be performed with extra staff industrial support of Telespazio.

Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

1100

WP1000 (Coordination and Central

functions) - Italy

WP1100 Coordination

Responsible Institute: Centro Nazionale di Meteorologia e Climatologia Aeronautica

(CNMCA).


Responsible person: Luigi De Leonibus

Objective of the WP: General management and coordination of the project, with particular

emphasis on the product operations (WP‟s 2000 to 4000). Secretariat services for

administrative tasks and events organisation.


WP-1100 is composed of WP-1110 (Project Management & Control), WP-1120

(Engineering and Technical Coordination) and WP-1130 (Scientific Coordination). For the

activity description, deliverables and effort see named WPD sheets.


Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012




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WPD

1110


functions) WP1100 (Coordination) Italy

WP1110 Program Management and Control


(CNMCA).


Responsible person: Luigi De Leonibus

Objective of the WP: General management and coordination of the project, with particular

emphasis on the product operations (WP‟s 2000 to 4000). Secretariat services for

administrative tasks and events organisation.




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Description of the activity: The responsible of this WP, the Project manager, coincides

with the Focal point of the Leading Entity mentioned under WP-1100, thus is in charge of

conveying any official documentation to EUMETSAT and represents the Project in the

occasion of the Review meetings.

- General management and coordination of the project;

- Engineering and technical coordination;

- Scientific coordination;

- Operations monitoring and control;

- User support coordination

- Organization of Steering Group, Project Team;

- Management of the Visiting Scientist activities;

- Reporting and communication according SAF network requirements;

- Documentation control;

- Configuration management;

- Coordination of deliverables according to agreements;

- Coordination of web portal and help desk;

- Engineering and technical task coordination;

- Scientific tasks coordination;

- Secretariat services for administrative tasks and events organisation

- coordination of the Product development

- coordination of generation and dissemination areas (WP‟s 2000 to 4000 and WP-

1200)

- secretariat service to the Steering Group


Deliverables: All H-SAF documentation for approval and delivery to EUMETSAT:

- PP, PRD, OICD, JOP, SeSp, OR from On-site management WPs;

- HVR from WP5110;

- VR from WP6110;

- PUM, ATBD from WP1130;

- Engineering documentation from WP1120.




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End time: 3/2012

WPD

1120



WP1120 Engineering and Technical Coordination

Responsible Institute: CNMCA (extra staff industrial support of Telespazio)

Responsible person: Flavio Gattari

Objective of the WP: General coordination of the engineering activities that take place at

the various product generation centres. The WP is responsibility of CNMCA supported by

Industry (Telespazio) for collecting and editing the relevant information from the product

generation centres.


- Provision of 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;

- verification and regression testing for integration of new or improved algorithms into

the operational chains.

- Provision of engineering documentation needed for the Review meetings;

- Configuration management


Deliverables: CMP, SRD, SDD, CRD, CDD, ICD, ASDGD, SIVVP, CVERF, SSVD

(updating) to WP1110

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012




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WPD

1130



WP1130 Scientific Coordination

Responsible Institute: Ufficio Generale Spazio Aereo e Meteorologia (USAM).


Responsible person: Paolo Rosci

Objective of the WP: Coordination of scientific aspects of H-SAF during CDOP


- supervision of scientific tasks related to operations,

- supervision of hydrovalidation validation.

- supervision of product validation

- Visiting Scientist activities coordination

- To assess the product requirements verifying the compliance with the user

requirements also in accordance to the outcome of the product validation activities.


Deliverables: PP, URD, ATBD, VR, HVR, OR to WP1110

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

1140



WP1140 Quality Assurance


(CNMCA)


Responsible person: Emiliano Agosta

Objective of the WP: implementation of quality standards during CDOP.




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WP-1140 covers the activities aimed at guaranteeing the compliance to quality standards

related both to the engineering aspects of the operational chains ant to the documentation

provided. The activity will include following tasks:

- Internal reviews;

- Baseline and version control;

- Documentation management and control;

- Risk management and risk register.


Deliverables: contribution to CMP, SRD, SDD, CRD, CDD, ICD, ASDGD, SIVVP,

CVERF, SSVD (updating) to WP1110

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

1200

WP1000 (Coordination and

Central functions) - Italy

WP1200 Operations


(CNMCA)


Responsible person: Francesco Zauli

Objective of the WP: control and coordination of the overall operations.


WP-1200 is composed of WP-1210 (Operations Coordination), WP-1220 (Operations

Monitoring), WP-1230 (Centralized Data Services) and WP-1240 (Dissemination). For the



Deliverables:




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Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

1210


Central functions) WP1200 (Operations) Italy

WP1210 Operations Coordination


(CNMCA)



Objective of the WP: monitor the service performances and carry out statistics of

products availability and timeliness.


- Coordination of the Monitoring activity on the operations at system level;

- Assessing results of monitoring activity of performance of products availability and

timeliness by WP6200;

- Maintenance of the generation chains;

- Maintenance of the internal and external interfaces for products generation and

validation;

- Maintenance of the centralized data services (e.g. central archive);

- Responsibility on product dissemination activity.

Activities will be performed also with extra staff industrial support of Telespazio.

Deliverables: contribution to system engineering documentation updating (to WP1120),

OR, PUM updating (toWP1110), ATBD updating (to WP1130)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012




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WPD

1220



WP1220 Operations Monitoring


(CNMCA)



Objective of the WP: monitor the service performances and carry out statistics of

products availability and timeliness.


- Monitoring of service performances as they appear to the end-users (availability at

reception, timeliness, intelligibility);

- Collecting reports from the operational users, specifically those operating in NRT

(WP-6200);

- Product quality monitoring and control.


Deliverables: On site operational procedures, Operational Reports (to WP1210),

contribution to system engineering documentation updating (to WP1120), PUM updating

(to WP1130)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

1230



WP1230 Centralized Data Services


(CNMCA)





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Objective of the WP: collection and storing of all H-SAF products at the central archive. It

guarantees the centralized service of archiving and front end to users.


- Guarantee the availability of H-SAF products at the central archive.

- Management of EUMETSAT Data Centre client and interface with central archive

- Exposition of past products and availability to users


Deliverables: Operational interchange of metadata, browse images and orders with

EUMETSAT Data Centre system. Contribution to system engineering documentation

updating (to WP1120), OR (tp WP1110, PUM updating (to WP1130)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

1240



WP1240 Dissemination


(CNMCA)


Responsible person: Leonardo Facciorusso

Objective of the WP: Collecting of all H-SAF products and dissemination through the

various links.




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- Maintenance of EUMETCast dissemination of products

- Maintenance of EUMETSAT Data Centre client interface availability

- Operations management of the front-end interface for product downloading

- Availability of FTP front-end for off-line/on-line product movement and availability to

users


Deliverables: OR on dissemination statistics (to WP1110), Contribution to system

engineering documentation updating (to WP1120), PUM updating (to WP1130)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

1300



WP1300 User Support


(CNMCA)



Objective of the WP: user support making available and continuously updated the H-SAF

web portal and making operative the Help-desk.


- H-SAF web portal continuous updating and improving

- Responsibility for Help-desk availability


Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010




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WPD

1310


Central functions) WP1300 (User Support) Italy

WP1310 Web Portal


(CNMCA)



Objective of the WP: Maintenance of the H-SAF web portal, migrated to

http://hsaf.meteoam.it


- Updating of information on the products and their operational status, documentation,

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

- Maintenance of a restricted area for internal communications;

- Convergence towards EUMETSAT standards related to SAF‟s;

- Management of the contact area for any kind of requests;

- Access control and monitoring of the H-SAF web portal to trace users.


Deliverables: OR on website access and statistics (to WP1110), PUM updating (to

WP1130), Contribution to system engineering documentation updating (to WP1120)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

1320


Central functions) WP1300 (User Support) Italy




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WP1320 Help Desk


(CNMCA)



Objective of the WP: maintenance of the help desk service


- Responsibility for the availability of a local helpdesk at CNMCA;

- Responsibility for addressing each request to the operators.


Deliverables: OR on website access and statistics and on Help desk availability (to

WP1110), PUM updating (to WP1130), Contribution to system engineering documentation

updating (to WP1120)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

1400



WP1400 User Communities Coordination

Responsible Institute: Dipartimento Protezione Civile (DPC)

Responsible person: Silvia Puca

Objective of the WP: Overall Management of H-SAF User Communities. The WP will be

coordinated by the Italian Dipartimento Protezione Civile (DPC), a user entity participant to

the H-SAF Development Phase and well interfaced with similar units in European

countries and with GMES activities, specifically the “Fast Track” with its Emergency

Response Core Service (ERCS).




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WP-1400 is composed of WP-1410 (User Communities Coordination), WP-1420 (User

Communities Interaction) and WP-1430 (Linkage with GMES). For the activity description,

deliverables and effort see named WPD sheets.

Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

1410


Central functions)

WP1400 (User Communities

Coordination) Italy

WP1410 User Communities Coordination



Objective of the WP: manage the interactions with the User area and promotion of its

extension, also in the framework of GMES.


- Maintain contacts and knowledge of GMES follow-on activities

- Promote interaction with GMES users

Deliverables: Reports (to WP1110)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

1420


Central functions)


Coordination) Italy

WP1420 User Communities Interaction




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Objective of the WP: provision of results of the validation activities, intended as

Hydrological validation (WP 5000) and Product validation (WP 6000).


- Guarantee the availability of the result reports coming from validation to EUMETSAT

and Review Boards

- Responsibility of the availability of the results of validation for calibration and

characterisation of the products;

- Responsibility of the availability of the NRT feedback for mission control and

implementation of the OR‟s (Operation Reports);

- Responsibility of the availability of ground data supporting products generation

operations;

- Management of relationship with new users.


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

1430


Central functions)


Coordination) Italy

WP1430 Linkage with GMES



Objective of the WP: Promote the interaction with GMES




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- To keep and update records of the involvement of H-SAF members in GMES

projects;

- To favour the access of H-SAF members in GMES projects being defined;

- To promote new GMES projects aimed at extending and sustain the utilisation of H-

SAF products.


Start time: 12/2010

End time: 3/2012

2.2 Precipitation Products (WP2000)

WPD

2000 - - Italy

WP2000 Precipitation Products


(CNMCA).


Objective of the WP: To coordinate the activities of Precipitation Cluster.


WP-2000 is composed of WP-2100 (Observed Product Operations), WP-2200

(Assimilated Product Operations) and WP-2300 (Product Continuous Development). For

the activity description, deliverables and effort see named WPD sheets.

Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012




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WPD

2100

WP2000 (Precipitation

Products) - Italy

WP2100 Observed Products Operations


(CNMCA).


Objective of the WP: To guarantee the continuous development with the deliverables of

Proposal.


WP-2100 is composed of WP-2110 (Observed Product Operations Coordination), WP-

2120 (Input Data Maintenance), WP-2130 (Product Generation) and WP-2140 (Algorithm

Integration). For the activity description, deliverables and effort see named WPD sheets.

Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

2110


Products)

WP2100 (Observed

products Operations) Italy

WP2110 Observed Products Operations Coordination


(CNMCA).


Objective of the WP: to coordinate the technical activities about the satellite acquisition

data, software integration and testing, product generation and outputting.




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To plan the activities, to define the priorities, to follow all cluster‟s WPs, to attend all

management meetings, to support the H-SAF team of management during the decision

process. To guarantee the correct dialogue between operative resources and research

resources of cluster.

To propose and implement the evolution of hw and sw resources of CNMCA to reach the

target of Proposal. To prepare technical documentation to upgrade receiving stations, sw

suite and hw platforms to manage all satellite data need to output products.

Deliverables: Planning and coordination of activities, minutes, reports, planning,. internal

reports on data availability, internal reports of activities of monitoring, On site operational

procedures, OR, PUM updating (to WP1110), ATBD updating and VR (to WP1130),

system engineering documentation updating (to WP1120)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

2120


Products)

WP2100 (Observed


WP2120 Input Data Maintenance


(CNMCA).

Responsible person: Daniele Biron

Objective of the WP: to assure the acquisition of all satellite data at CNMCA.

Description of the activity: The WP addresses operational meteorological satellites to be

acquired either by direct readout in real-time, or in near-real-time by EUMETCast. NOAA,

Metop and Meteosat data will be acquired both by direct readout and via EUMETCast, for

redundancy. Data from the DMSP will be acquired from UKMO via ftp, waiting the

EUMETCAST dissemination, that will be implemented when ready and to ensure the

acquisition of Terra and Aqua data. To supply the personal dedicated to check of hw

systems. To ensure the skill of people dedicated to H24 monitoring of hw procedures.

Scheduling of training and internal rules to guarantee the activities of monitoring and first

aid during the 24 hours.




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Deliverables: all satellite data need to implement the deliverable products. Internal

procedures and documents. Internal reports on data availability. On site operational

procedures, Operational Reports, OR, PUM updating (to WP2110), contribution to system

engineering documentation updating (to WP1120)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

2130


Products)

WP2100 (Observed


WP2130 Product Generation


(CNMCA).

Responsible persons: Davide Melfi

Objective of the WP: to ensure the operative chains to produce H01-H05

Description of the activity: to manage the output deliverables following proposal

requirements. To manage the monitoring of production on 24 h cycle with human resource.

People will be employed to monitoring the system on 24 hours. Technical activities to

assure the production. Scheduling of training and rules to guarantee the activities of

monitoring and first aid during the 24 hours. To implement development of H-15.

Please Note: For the PR-OBS-4 product a transition from “in development” to “pre-

operational” status is planned during CDOP; until this transition will not be completed, a

no-cost development activity is performed in order to build the operative chain of H04.

After the transition to pre-operational status, the operations activities will be fully performed

as for the others observed products.

Deliverables: Output products (from H01 to H05 and H-15). Internal procedures and

documents. Internal reports of processing activities. On site operational procedures,

Operational Reports, OR, PUM updating (to WP2110), contribution to system engineering

documentation updating (to WP1120), contribution to ATBD updating and VR for H-15 in

development product chain assessment (to WP1130)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012




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WPD

2140


Products)

WP2100 (Observed


WP2140 Algorithm Integration

Responsible Institutes: Centro Nazionale Meteorologia e Climatologia Aeronautica

(CNMCA).

Responsible person: Davide Melfi

Objective of the WP to implement the new releases and upgrade the operative chain of

H01,H05.

Description of the activity: to upgrade the operative chain when the SG approves each

new release for the precipitation team. To guarantee the performances of each new line of

production following the requirements of proposal. To ensure the training of people

dedicated to H24 monitoring of new procedures.

Deliverables: Internal operational procedures, PUM updating (to WP2110), contribution to

system engineering documentation updating (to WP1120), contribution to ATBD updating

and VR for product chain assessment (to WP1130).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

2200


Products) - Italy

WP2200 Assimilated Products Operations


(CNMCA).

Responsible person: Alessandro Cheloni

Objective of the WP to guarantee the operative chains to produce H06 and new

computed products.




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Description of the activity

WP-2200 is composed of WP-2210 (Assimilated Product Operations Coordination), WP-

2220 (Input Data Maintenance), WP-2230 (Product Generation) and WP-2240 (Algorithm

Integration). For the activity description, deliverables and effort see named WPD sheets.

Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

2210


Products)

WP2200 (Assimilated

Products Operations) Italy

WP2210 Assimilated Products Operations Coordination


(CNMCA).

Responsible person: Antonio Agresta

Objective of the WP: to coordinate the technical activities about the maintenance of input

data, software integration and testing, product generation and outputting.


To plan the activities, to define the priorities, to guarantee the correct dialogue between

operative resources and research resources.

To manage the output deliverables following proposal requirements. To manage the

monitoring of production on 24 h cycle with human resource. Scheduling of training and

rules to ensure the activities of monitoring and first aid during the 24 hours.

To propose and implement the evolution of hw and sw resources of CNMCA to reach the

target of Proposal. To prepare technical documentation to upgrade receiving stations, sw

suite and hw platforms to manage all input data needed to output products.

Deliverables: Planning and coordination of activities, minutes, reports, planning,. internal

reports on data availability, internal reports of activities of monitoring, On site operational

procedures, OR, PUM updating (to WP1110), ATBD updating and VR (to WP1130),

system engineering documentation updating (to WP1120)

Start time: 9/2010




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WPD

2220


Products)

WP2200 (Assimilated




(CNMCA).

Responsible person: David Palella


computed products.



Scheduling of training and rules to ensure the activities of monitoring and first aid during

the 24 hours.

Deliverables: Internal reports on data availability. On site operational procedures,

Operational Reports, OR, PUM updating, contribution to system engineering

documentation updating (to WP2210)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

2230


Products)

WP2200 (Assimilated




(CNMCA).

Responsible person: Giuseppe De Vito




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computed products.



Scheduling of training and rules to ensure the activities of monitoring and first aid during

the 24 hours.

Deliverables: Output product (H06); On site operational procedures, Operational Reports,

OR, PUM updating contribution to system engineering documentation updating (to

WP2210)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

2240


Products)

WP2200 (Assimilated



Responsible Institutes: Centro Nazionale Meteorologia e Climatologia Aeronautica

(CNMCA).

Responsible person: Davide Melfi

Objective of the WP to implement the new releases and upgrade the operative chain of

H06.

Description of the activity: to upgrade the operative chain when the SG approves each

new release for the precipitation team. To guarantee the performances of each new line of

production following the requirements of proposal. To ensure the training of people

dedicated to H24 monitoring of new procedures.

Deliverables: Internal operational procedures, PUM updating, contribution to system

engineering documentation updating, contribution to ATBD updating and VR for chain

assessment (to WP2210).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012




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WPD

2300


Products) - Italy

WP2300 Products Continuous Development

Responsible Institutes: CNR-ISAC Istituto di Scienze dell‟Atmosfera e del Clima

Responsible person: Alberto Mugnai

Objective of the WP: To continuously develop more performing precipitation retrieval

products PR-OBS-1 to PR-OBS-6.


WP-2300 is composed of WP-2310 (Continuous Development Coordination), WP-2320

(PR-OBS1 and PR-OBS-2 Development), WP-2330 (PR-OBS3 and PR-OBS-4

Development) and WP-2340 (Assimilated Products Development). For the activity

description, deliverables and effort see named WPD sheets.

Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

2310


Products)

WP2300 (Products

Continuous

Development)-

Italy

WP2310 Continuous Development Coordination

Responsible Institute: CNR-ISAC Istituto di Scienze dell‟Atmosfera e del Clima

Responsible person: Alberto Mugnai

Objective of the WP: To coordinate the scientific and reporting activities concerning

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In particular, this WP will:

- Coordinate all activities concerning algorithm development, calibration and

characterization (with special emphasis on the definition of the error structure of the

products under the different meteorological/environmental/geographic/seasonal

conditions that can be found in Europe);

- Facilitate contacts among the participants and with external entities to exchange

information and needed data;

- Coordinate the interaction with the product validation activity (WP-6100).

Deliverables: Internal operational procedures, Internal reporting, PUM updating,

contribution to system engineering documentation updating (to WP1120), contribution to

ATBD updating and VR for product chain assessment (to WP1130).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

2320


Products)

WP2300 (Products

Continuous

Development)-

Italy

WP2320 PR-OBS-1 and PR-OBS-2 Development

Responsible Institute: CNR-ISAC Istituto di Scienze dell‟Atmosfera e del Clima

Responsible person: Stefano Dietrich

Objective of the WP: To develop, calibrate, and characterize new and more performing

versions of LEO/MW-derived precipitation algorithms (products PR-OBS-1 & PR-OBS-2).

Description of the activity: Further development of products PR-OBS-1 and PR-OBS-2

in order to provide the most accurate precipitation rate measurements that are used by the

combined LEO/MW – GEO/VIS-IR products PR-OBS-3 and PR-OBS-4. In particular, the

main activities that will be carried out are:

- PR-OBS-1:

o Further development and expansion of the Cloud-Radiation Database (CRD) that is used by the Bayesian retrieval algorithm;

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procedures; o Use of further constraints in the retrieval [the so-called Cloud Dynamics and

Radiation Database (CDRD) approach] so as to reduce the retrieval uncertainties;

o Improvement of the screening procedures over particularly unfavourable backgrounds (e.g., snow cover, coastlines, etc.);

o Preventive classification of clouds obtained within PR-OBS-3.

- PR-OBS-2:

o Generation of a new version of the neural network algorithm, that is trained by a dataset which is based on the same simulations used for CRD of PR-OBS-1;

o Improvement of the screening procedures over particularly unfavorable backgrounds (e.g., snow cover, coastlines, etc.);

- PR-OBS-1 & PR-OBS-2:

o Blending of PR-OBS-1 & PR-OBS-2 to provide users with a single product and harmonize the input MW data to be entered into PR-OBS-3, PR-OBS-4 and PR-OBS-6.

o Interaction with the product validation activity (WP-6100)

Deliverables:

- Preliminary versions of the new PR-OBS-1 & PR-OBS-2 algorithms/software @ T0 +

3 months;

- Final versions of the new PR-OBS-1 & PR-OBS-2 algorithms/software @ T0 + 12

months;

- PUM updating, contribution to system engineering documentation updating,

contribution to ATBD updating and VR for product chain assessment (to WP2310).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 12/2011

WPD

2330


Products)

WP2300 (Products

Continuous

Development)-

Italy

WP2330 PR-OBS-3, PR-OBS-4 and PR-OBS-6 Development

Responsible Institutes: CNR-ISAC Istituto di Scienze dell‟Atmosfera e del Clima

Responsible person: Vincenzo Levizzani




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Objective of the WP: To develop, calibrate and characterize new and more performing

versions of combined GEO/IR - LEO/MW precipitation algorithms (products PR-OBS-3,

PR-OBS-4, PR-OBS-6).


Further development of products PR-OBS-3 and PR-OBS-4, as well as development of

new product PR-OBS6, since they are of utmost interest for the end-users because of their

potential applications (e.g., Nowcasting, Hydrology, etc.). In particular, the main activities

that will be carried out are:

- PR-OBS-3 and PR-OBS-6:

o Merging of the different PR-OBS-1 & PR-OBS-2 input data corresponding to various instruments/satellites (blending of MW input data proposed in WP-2310 will certainly help, however, PR-OBS-3 algorithm/software will have to account for the different resolutions, error structures, etc.).

- PR-OBS-4: Product PR-OBS-4 enters the CDOP phase in “in development” status,

thus it will continued to be developed in order to fully assess relevant requirements of

the development phase; this development activity is considered a zero cost activity

for CDOP. After the fulfilment of the “pre-operational” status the following continuous

development activities will be pursued:

o Merging of the different PR-OBS-1 & PR-OBS-2 input data, as for PR-OBS-3;

o Improvement of timeliness – a compromise could consist of generating the products over limited areas (floating within the H-SAF area) in a more timely manner (i.e. trading-off timeliness with completeness of the field).

- Preventive classification of clouds: This activity is of greatest importance for PR-

OBS-3 (and possibly PR-OBS-4 and PR-OBS-6) and also for PR-OBS-1 and PR-

OBS-2, because an a-priori knowledge and classification of cloud types would

improve the retrievals, speed them up and reduce errors and uncertainties. Two

approaches will be pursued:

o Use of products from NWC-SAF (e.g., Cloud-type) and CNMCA (Nefodina), and statistical analysis of SEVIRI data to distinguish between convective and non-convective clouds, precipitating and non-precipitating clouds, and to discern cirrus clouds (to be removed from the successive precipitation retrievals);

o Full exploitation of SEVIRI channels that are sensitive to cloud microphysical properties at the cloud top, so as to derive precipitation indexes, combined with the scattering index that is derived from the water vapor channels at 183-GHz of AMSU-B, MHS, and SSMIS, so as to generate a “precipitation mask”.

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Deliverables:

- Preliminary versions of the enhanced PR-OBS-3, PR-OBS-4 and PR-OBS-6

algorithms/software @ T0 + 3 months;

- Final versions of the enhanced PR-OBS-3 & PR-OBS-4 algorithms/software @ T0 +

12 months;

- PUM updating, contribution to system engineering documentation updating,

contribution to ATBD updating and VR for product chain assessment (to WP2310).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 12/2011

WPD

2340


Products)

WP2300 (Products

Continuous Development) Italy

WP2340 Assimilated Products Development


(CNMCA).

Responsible person: Lucio Torrisi

Objective of the WP: continuous development and improvement of accumulated

precipitation and NWP products

Description of the activity: to manage the development activities following the proposal

requirements

Deliverables: new or improved products; PUM updating, contribution to system

engineering documentation updating, contribution to ATBD updating and VR for product

chain assessment (to WP2310).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 12/2011




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2.3 Soil Moisture Products (WP3000)

WPD

3000 - - Austria

WP3000 Soil Moisture Products

Responsible Institute: Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG).

Responsible person: Barbara Zeiner

Objective of the WP: To coordinate the generation and the continuous development of H-

SAF SM products (observed and assimilated)


WP-3000 is composed of WP-3100 (Surface Soil Moisture Product Operations), WP-3200

(Soil Wetness Index Product Generation) and 3300 (Product Continuous Development).

For the activity description, deliverables and effort see named WPD sheets.

Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

3100

WP3000 (Soil Moisture

Products) - Austria

WP3100 Surface Soil Moisture Product Operations



Objective of the WP: Generation of surface soil moisture products SM-OBS-2 and SM-

OBS-3


WP-3100 is composed of WP-3110 (Surface Soil Moisture Operations Coordination), WP-

3120 (ASCAT Soil Moisture Product Support), WP-3130 (Product Generation) and WP-

3140 (SW and Data Integration). For the activity description, deliverables and effort see

named WPD sheets.




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Deliverables: see WP-3110 and 3120.

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

3110


Products)

WP3100 (Surface Soil

Moisture) Austria

WP3110 Surface Soil Moisture Operations Coordination

Responsible Institutes: Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG).

Responsible persons: Barbara Zeiner

Objective of the WP: To coordinate the maintenance of the generation of surface soil

moisture products SM-OBS-2 and SM-OBS-3, as well as re-distribution of SM-ASS-2 and

to progressively update products/system


Management package monitoring and documenting the progress of WPs 3xx0

Deliverables:

- Planning and coordination of activities, minutes, reports. internal reports on data

availability, internal reports of activities of monitoring, on site operational procedures,

OR, PUM updating (to WP1110);

- ATBD updating and VR (to WP1130);

- System engineering documentation updating (to WP1120)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

3120


Products)


Moisture) Austria

WP3120 ASCAT Soil Moisture Product Support




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Responsible Institutes: Technische Universität Wien (TU-Wien)

Responsible persons: Stefan Hasenauer

Objective of the WP:

Off-line updating of the model parameters, algorithms and software support for the near

real-time processor (crucial input for SM-OBS-3).

Off-line updating of the database of disaggregation parameters (crucial input for SM-OBS-

2 generation)


Re-processing of ASCAT and ERS scatterometer backscatter time series for generating a

database holding the input model parameters that are needed for the near real-time

processor at EUMETSAT‟s Central Application Facility for generating the global ASCAT

surface soil moisture product. This work also includes scientific investigations of anomaly

and improved algorithm development of the NRT processing software.

Collecting and processing additional ENVISAT Advanced Aperture Synthetic Aperture

(ASAR) measurements over Europe. Over areas where ASAR Global Monitoring (GM)

mode data are not sufficient, ASAR Wide Swath (WS) data acquired in HH polarisation

may be added to the data base. After processing, the updated parameter files (including

the soil moisture scaling coefficients and the correlation layer) are to be submitted to the

ZAMG H-SAF team which will integrate them into the operational generation chain.

Deliverables:

- Updated parameter database for EUMETSAT CAF (near real-time processor).

- Updated disaggregation parameter database (internal delivery).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

3130


Products)


Moisture) Austria







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Objective of the WP: Maintaining/updating the ASCAT soil moisture generation chain and

the H-SAF soil moisture product distribution chain


- Continuation of segmenting the EUMETSAT global product to extract SM-OBS-3;

- Continuation of the SM-OBS-2 generation over the European H-SAF area and

exploring options to gradually extend the SM-OBS-2 coverage to Africa;

- Reception of ECMWF‟s SM-ASS-2, its post-processing and redistribution.

Deliverables:

Software: Operational H-SAF SM-OBS-2 and SM-OBS-3 generation chain and SM-xxx-x

(re)distribution chain.

Data: SM-xxx-x products.

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

3140


Products)


Moisture) Austria

WP3140 Software and Data Integration



Objective of the WP: Maintaining/updating the ASCAT soil moisture generation chain and

the H-SAF soil moisture product distribution chain


- adapt data formats and service specifications;

- optimise operations so as to reduce computing time, improve timeliness of product

outputting, and further increase robustness of the generation chain;

- assess software modifications proposed by TU-Wien developers as results of WPs

33xx and implement them in the operational ZAMG generation chain(s);

- extend online quality control of products to be outputted.




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Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

3200


Products) ECMWF

WP3200 Soil Wetness Index Products Generation

Responsible Institute: European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

Responsible person: Patricia de Rosnay

Objective of the WP: Continuous production of Soil Wetness Index in the root zone using

improved input data base


WP-3200 is composed of WP-3210 (Soil Wetness Index Generation Coordination), WP-

3220 (Input Data Maintenance and Extension) and WP-3230 (Product Generation). For the


Deliverables: Production of SM-ASS-2

Start time: 3/2011

End time: 3/2012

WPD

3210


Products)

WP3200 (Soil Wetness Index

Product Generation) ECMWF

WP3210 Soil Wetness Index Generation Coordination

Responsible Institute: European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts

(ECMWF).





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Objective of the WP: Extend the inputs of the surface data assimilation system which

produces SM-ASS-2 to improve the quality of the Soil Wetness product.


In order to improve SM-ASS-2 and possibly extend its scope, more data will be put in the

assimilation scheme.

WP 3210: Preparation of consistent input data sets for the land surface data assimilation

system.

WP 3220: Production of SM-ASS-2.

Note: SM-ASS-2 operations non in H-SAF. WP inserted for completeness

Deliverables:

- Planning and coordination of activities, minutes, reports, planning,. internal reports on

data availability, internal reports of activities of monitoring, on site operational

procedures, OR, PUM updating (to WP1110);



Start time: 3/2011

End time: 3/2012

WPD

3220


Products)



WP3220 Input Data Maintenance and Extension


(ECMWF).


Objective of the WP: Extend the inputs of the surface data assimilation system which

produces SM-ASS-2 to improve the quality of the Soil Wetness product.




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Description of the activity: Combined use of ASCAT soil moisture data together with

other land surface data that are available at ECMWF, like SYNOP screen level data and

potentially SMOS brightness temperatures will be investigated. A forward operator will be

developed to match the H-SAF snow water equivalent product (SN-OBS-4) with ECMWF

fields. To this end a long time series including at least one complete annual cycle of snow

water equivalent satellite data is necessary. The SN-OBS-4 product made available during

the development phase will be used to develop a CDF matching with ECMWF‟s

operational snow water equivalent.

In parallel, the use of brightness temperatures of SSMIS channels sensitive to precipitation

to check/force consistency between precipitation and soil moisture will also be investigated

through the Visiting Scientist programme (3 months in CDOP to be continued with 3

months in CDOP-2).

Deliverables:

- Report at T0+18 on “Observation operator for snow water equivalent analysis at

ECMWF”

- Report at T0+18 on “Consistent use of SSMIS channels sensitive to precipitation and

ASCAT soil moisture data in the ECMWF Integrated Forecasting System”

Start time: 3/2011

End time: 3/2012

WPD

3230


Products)





(ECMWF).


Objective of the WP: produce SM-ASS-2




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The production of SM-ASS-2 is based on the use of EUMETSAT surface soil moisture

product in the ECMWF Integrated Forecasting System. Assimilation of ASCAT surface soil

moisture relies on firstly a forward operator (CDF matching) and secondly an Extended

Kalman Filter of the root zone soil moisture. These methodologies have been developed,

tested and implemented during the development phase (2005-2010). For long term

production of SM-ASS-2, as to be conducted for CDOP and continued in CDOP-2,

adjustments of the CDF matching operator will be performed on a regular basis to account

for updates in the incoming surface soil moisture and ECMWF model improvements and

resolution changes. ASCAT surface soil moisture data assimilation will be conducted in

combination with SYNOP screen level data and possibly SMOS data when available.

If the combined use of ASCAT soil moisture together with screen level data and SMOS

data proves to have a positive impact on the forecast it will be used in the operational

ECMWF assimilation system (at ~16 km resolution from 2010). Otherwise an offline suite

will produce SM-ASS-2 using combined SYNOP and ASCAT data at slightly lower

resolution. SM-ASS-2 will be produced at global scale, normalised in Soil Wetness Index,

segmented to the H-SAF CDOP area by ECMWF and released to ZAMG.

Note: SM-ASS-2 operations non in H-SAF. WP inserted for completeness

Deliverables: SM-ASS-2 product data.

Start time: 3/2011

End time: 3/2012

WPD

3300


Products) - Austria

WP3300 Product Continuous Development

Responsible Institutes: Technische Universität Wien (TU-Wien)

Responsible persons: Wolfgang Wagner

Objective of the WP: To coordinate the scientific CDOP developments with respect to H-

SAF soil moisture products.




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(Surface Soil Moisture Development), WP-3330 (Soil Wetness Index Development) and

WP-3340 (Assessment of added value of H-SAF Soil moisture information for high

resolution assimilation). For the activity description, deliverables and effort see named

WPD sheets.

Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

3310


Products)

WP3300 (Product

Continuous Development) Austria


Responsible Institute: Technische Universität Wien (TU-Wien).

Responsible person: Wolfgang Wagner

Objective of the WP: To coordinate the scientific CDOP developments with respect to H-

SAF soil moisture products.


Management package monitoring and documenting the progress of WPs 33x0

Deliverables: Internal operational procedures, Internal reporting, PUM updating,

contribution to system engineering documentation updating (to WP1120), contribution to

ATBD updating and VR for product chain assessment (to WP1130).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

3320


Products)

WP3300 (Product





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WP3320 Surface Soil Moisture Products Development

Responsible Institute: Technische Universität Wien (TU-Wien).

Responsible person: Stefan Hasenauer

Objective of the WP: To accomplish scientific advances on SM-OBS-2 and SM-OBS-3.


- Explore how to use Sentinel-1 SAR data (it is expected that the quality of the scaling

coefficients can be much enhanced);

- Investigating alternative scaling techniques;

- Preparatory studies for a possible extension of SM-OBS-2 to Africa;

- Any other scientific issue that emerges from WPs 5xxx or 6xxx or 3120 and

requires/warrants action.

Deliverables: Document discussing revised/new methods, software or databases

augmenting the ASCAT surface soil moisture products, together with scientific

documentation justifying the potential introduction of the modifications.

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

3330


Products)

WP3300 (Product


WP3330 Soil Wetness Index Development


(ECMWF).


Objective of the WP: Evaluation and diagnostics of the volumetric soil moisture




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Description of the activity: In this workpackage ECMWF will start the development of a

new snow analysis scheme based on an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) approach in order

to use the H-SAF snow water equivalent product SN-OBS-4. This constitutes a major

development which will be performed in the research branch of the ECMWF Integrated

Forecasting System and which will start in CDOP and be completed in CDOP-2. Improving

the snow analysis scheme is of crucial importance to improve the accuracy of the

volumetric soil moisture product in regions covered by snow in winter time. The objective is

to have a prototype of the EKF snow analysis system available at the end of the CDOP.

The system will be tested to use H-SAF snow data in the early stage of the CDOP-2.

Deliverables: Report at T0+18 describing “Method and design of the EKF snow analysis

scheme”.

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

3340


Products)

WP3300 (Product


WP3340 Assessment of added value of H-SAF Soil moisture information for high

resolution assimilation

Responsible Institute: Météo-France

Responsible person: Jean-Christophe Calvet, Jean-François Mahfouf

Objective of the WP: Preparation of the use of a land data assimilation system at high

spatial resolution.




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A Land Data Assimilation System (LDAS) is being developed to assimilate a variety of

Earth Observation data in the new SURFEX modelling platform of Météo-France, including

surface soil moisture and Leaf Area Index, together with ground-based observations such

as screen-level air temperature and humidity.

The objective is to assimilate ASCAT-derived surface soil moisture in SURFEX at high

spatial resolutions (1-10km).

CDOP will be a pre-assimilation, preparation phase, in which a passive monitoring of the

ASCAT SSM products will be implemented, at various spatial resolutions (1km and

12.5km). The SSM products will be compared with SURFEX simulations over France, and

with in situ observations.

This will pave the way for more application-oriented studies in CDOP-2, based on the use

of the LDAS.

It should be noted that there is a synergy with GEOLAND2. The soil moisture product

considered in GEOLAND2 is a root-zone SWI product, derived from ASCAT surface soil

moisture (SSM) products by exponential filtering. Here, SSM will be considered. The focus

will be on hydrological and NWP applications, whereas in GEOLAND2, the focus is on

vegetation monitoring and land carbon fluxes.

In this respect, it is worth mentioning that in the CYMENT project, the initial plan about

focusing on data assimilation expertise failed. At this stage, the plan is to use the available

CYMENT funding for the SMOS CAL/VAL activities (i.e. reading the SMOS data and

comparing them with in situ observations of soil moisture and model simulations); in this

scenario some more synergies with present WP‟s activities are expected.

Deliverables: Report on pre-assimilation comparison of ASCAT SSM products with

SURFEX simulations, and with in situ observations in France.

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

2.4 Snow Products (WP4000)

WPD

4000 - - Finland

WP4000 Snow Products




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Responsible Institute: Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI).

Responsible person: Matias Takala

Objective of the WP: Overall activities in Snow Cluster.


WP-4000 is composed of WP-4100 (Flat and Forested Areas Intermediate Product

Operations), WP-4200 (Mountainous Areas Intermediate Product Operations), WP-4300

(Product Operations) and WP-4400 (Products Continuous Development). For the activity


Deliverables:

- Merged snow products for extended European area:

o SN-OBS-1: Snow detection (snow mask)

o SN-OBS-2: Snow status (dry/wet discrimination)

o SN-OBS-3: Fractional snow cover

o SN-OBS-4: Snow water equivalent

- Input to product documentation

- Training on snow products.

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

4100 WP4000 (Snow Products) - Finland

WP4100 Flat and Forested Areas Intermediate Products Operations



Objective of the WP: Operational generation of intermediate snow products for

flat/forested areas in Finland generation chain. This includes data acquisition, product

generation and algorithm integration activities.




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WP-4100 is composed of WP-4110 (Flat and Forested Areas Intermediate Product

Operations Coordination), WP-4120 (Input Data Maintenance), WP-4130 (Intermediate

Product Generation) and WP-4140 (Algorithm Integration). For the activity description,


Deliverables:

- Operational snow products generated from VIS/IR and MW satellite data for flat and

forested areas

- Input to project documentation

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

4110 WP4000 (Snow Products)

WP4100 (Flat and Forested

Areas Intermediate Products

Operations)

Finland

WP4110 Flat and Forested Areas Intermediate Products Operations Coordination


Responsible person: Kari Luojus

Objective of the WP: The objective of this work package is to manage the operational

generation of intermediate snow products (Snow detection, snow status, snow covered

area and snow water equivalent) for flat/forested areas in Finland generation chain. This

includes data acquisition, product generation and algorithm integration activities.




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- Management of Snow Cluster

- Cluster communications, cluster management and participation to Project Team

meetings

- Coordination of inputs to requested project documentation

- Interfaces with LSA SAF (on SN-OBS-1 product assessment)

- Manage generation of snow products for flat and forested areas:

o SN-OBS-1a (snow recognition in flat and forested areas) o SN-OBS-2 (snow status, wet/dry discrimination) o SN-OBS-3a (fractional snow covered area in flat and forested areas) o SN-OBS-4a (snow water equivalent in flat and forested areas)

- Acquire all necessary data for product generation and development.

- Plan and supervise software implementation, testing and integration to operational

environment.

Deliverables:

- Satellite and ancillary data for the product processing chains

- Data for developmental activities

- Data for product validation and characterisation






Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

PD 4120 WP4000 (Snow Products)



Operations)

Finland





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Objective of the WP: To acquire and pre-process satellite data, as well as other ancillary

data needed for product generation and development.


- Acquire satellite data in real-time via direct read-out and/or in NRT via ftp,

EumetCast, etc.

- Acquire data for development activities

- Acquire data for product validation and characterisation

- Pre-process, rectify, geo-locate etc. acquired data

Deliverables:

- Satellite and ancillary data for the product processing chains

- Data for developmental activities

- Data for product validation and characterisation

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD




Operations)

Finland

WP4130 Intermediate Products Generation

Responsible Institutes: Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI).


Objective of the WP: To generate intermediate flat and forested areas snow products for

the extended European area.




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Description of the activity: Produce the following products for flat and forested areas:

- SN-OBS-1a (snow recognition for flat and forested regions)

- SN-OBS-2 (snow status, wet/dry discrimination)

- SN-OBS-3a (fractional snow cover for flat and forested regions)

- SN-OBS-4a (snow water equivalent for flat and forested regions)

Deliverables:

Snow products for flat and mountainous areas:

- SN-OBS-1a (snow recognition)


- SN-OBS-3a (fractional snow cover)

- SN-OBS-4a (snow water equivalent)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD




Operations)

Finland



Responsible person: Panu Lahtinen

Objective of the WP: Implement the algorithms to the operational processing

environment.


- Implement the developed algorithms to software;

- Test the software;

- Install the software to operational processing environment.




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Deliverables:

- Operational software for product generation;

- Software documentation;

- Input to project documentation.

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

4200 WP4000 (Snow Products) - Turkey

WP4200 Mountainous Areas Intermediate Products Operations

Responsible Institute: Turkish State Meteorological Service (TSMS)

Responsible person: Ali Umran Kömüşcü

Objective of the WP: Operational generation of intermediate snow products for

mountainous areas in Turkish generation chain. This includes data acquisition, product

generation and algorithm integration activities.


WP-4200 is composed of WP-4210 (Mountainous Areas Intermediate Product Operations

Coordination), WP-4220 (Input Data Maintenance), WP-4230 (Intermediate Product

Generation) and WP-4240 (Algorithm Integration). For the activity description, deliverables


Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD


4200 (Mountainous

Intermediate Products

Operations)

Turkey




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WP4210 Mountainous Areas Intermediate Products Operations Coordination


Responsible person: Ali Umran Kömüşcü

Objective of the WP: to coordinate and manage activities covering the generation and

continuous development of Snow Products in mountainous areas


The activities will include coordination and project management of the snow parameters

product development, managing snow product generation chain, conveying official

documentation to H-SAF management, providing the engineering documentation needed

for the Review meetings.

Deliverables:

- Satellite data and information to feed the snow products processing chain






Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD


4200 (Mountainous


Operations)

Turkey



Responsible person: Erdem Erdi

Objective of the WP: to acquire satellite data as an input for product processing chains in

the near-real-time or real-time.




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Description of the activity: The activity addresses the operational meteorological

satellites‟ data to be acquired either by direct readout in real-time, or in near-real-time by

EUMETCast. AVHRR from NOAA and Metop is acquired both by direct-read-out and

EUMETCast. SEVIRI from Meteosat is acquired by EUMETCast. SSM/I and SSMIS from

DMSP are acquired via ftp from the UKMO. Pre-processor for real-time AVHRR is

available; data from EUMETCast and UKMO are already pre-processed. The activity also

addresses data from R&D satellites, specifically EOS Terra and Aqua. MODIS from both

Terra and Aqua and AMSR-E from Aqua are acquired via direct-read-out. NASA-provided

pre-processors are available.

Deliverables: Satellite data and information to feed the snow products processing chain

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD


4200 (Mountainous


Operations)

Turkey

WP4230 Intermediate Products Generation

Responsible Institutes: Turkish State Meteorological Service (TSMS).

Responsible person: Aydın Gürol Ertürk

Objective of the WP: to improve product outputting for:

- SN-OBS-1: Snow detection (snow mask) by VIS/IR radiometry

- SN-OBS-3: Effective snow cover by VIS/IR radiometry

- SN-OBS-4: Snow water equivalent by MW radiometry

Description of the activity: The activities will include keep running operationally the snow

products generation chain on the available facilities, keep in-line and update/upgrade the

facilities whenever necessary, maintain data quality and distribute the products after

quality control. The products refer to mountainous areas, and be merged to those

generated by Finland to cover flat and forested areas. The activities will also cover

optimising operations so as to reduce computing time and improve timeliness of product

outputting; and extending online quality control of products to be outputted.




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Deliverables: Snow Products:

- SN-OBS-1

- SN-OBS-3

- SN-OBS-4

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD


4200 (Mountainous


Operations)

Turkey


Responsible Institutes: Turkish State Meteorological Service (TSMS)


Objective of the WP: TSMS will (with METU support) install the databases, algorithms

and codes provided by METU on the available processing facilities, implement the

software and perform testing and validation.


install and test the instrument processors (if needed) and the ingestion interfaces for new

instruments such as NPP/VIIRS and GCOM-W/AMSR-2 (assuming that these data are

acquired already preprocessed);

- ingesting additional ground-based auxiliary data to be used in support of products

generation

- maintain the software of the currently operational products (continue de-bugging,

implement updates, etc.);

- integrate and test new software resulting from the activity of WP-4300 (Development)

Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012




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WP4300 Products Operations



Objective of the WP: Operational generation of final snow products (Snow detection,

snow status, snow covered area and snow water equivalent). When the case it implies

merged flat/forested and mountainous areas. This includes data acquisition, software

development, product generation (merging) and developmental activities.


WP-4300 is composed of:

- WP-4310 - SN-OBS-1 Product Operation Coordination;

- WP-4320 - SN-OBS-1 Product Generation (Merging);

- WP-4330 - SN-OBS-2 Product Generation;

- WP-4340 - SN-OBS-3 Product Generation (Merging);

- WP-4350 - SN-OBS-3 Product Generation (Merging).

For the activity description, deliverables and effort see named WPD sheets.

Deliverables:

- Operational snow products generated from VIS/IR and MW satellite data for merged

flat/forested and mountainous areas

- Input to project documentation

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD


WP4300 (Products

Operations) Finland




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WP4310 SN-OBS-1 Product Operations Coordination



Objective of the WP: The objective of this work package is to manage the operational

generation of final snow products (Snow detection, snow status, snow covered area and

snow water equivalent). When the case it implies merged flat/forested and mountainous

areas. This includes coordination of data acquisition, software development, product

generation (merging) and developmental activities.


- Manage generation of final snow products

o SN-OBS-1a (snow recognition, merged) o SN-OBS-2 (snow status, wet/dry discrimination) o SN-OBS-3a (fractional snow covered area, merged) o SN-OBS-4a (snow water equivalent, merged)

- For the SN-OBS-3 and SN.OBS-4 products a transition from “in development” to

“pre-operational” status is planned during CDOP; until this transition will not be

completed, a no-cost development activity is performed. After the transition to pre-

operational status, the operations activities will be fully performed as for the other

products.

- Acquire all necessary data for product generation and development.

- Plan and supervise software implementation, testing and integration to operational

environment.

Deliverables:

- Merged snow products for extended European area: SN-OBS-1 (snow recognition)






Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012




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WP4300 (Products

Operations) Finland

WP4320 SN-OBS-1 Product Generation (merging)


Responsible person: Niilo Siljamo

Objective of the WP: To generate final SN-OBS-1 snow products for the extended

European area.


- Produce the SN-OBS-1 product (snow recognition) for merged flat/forested and

mountainous areas:

- Download the corresponding mountainous ("b") versions and combine "a" and "b"

products to merged snow products SN-OBS-1

Deliverables:

Merged snow products for extended European area: SN-OBS-1 (snow recognition)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD


WP4300 (Products

Operations) Finland

WP4330 SN-OBS-2 Product Generation



Objective of the WP: To generate SN-OBS-2 snow product for the extended European

area.


Produce the SN-OBS-2 product (snow status, wet/dry discrimination)




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Deliverables:

Snow products for extended European area: SN-OBS-1 (snow recognition)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD


WP4300 (Products

Operations) Finland



Responsible person: Kati Anttila


European area.


- Produce the SN-OBS-3 product (fractional snow cover) for merged flat/forested and

mountainous areas



Deliverables:

Merged snow products for extended European area: SN-OBS-3 (fractional snow cover)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD


WP4300 (Products

Operations) Finland






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European area.


- Produce the SN-OBS-4 product (snow water equivalent) for merged flat/forested and

mountainous areas



Deliverables:

Merged snow products for extended European area: SN-OBS-4 (snow water equivalent)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD


WP4400 Products Continuous Development

Responsible Institutes: Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)


Objective of the WP: To study possible improvements using new approaches, to calibrate

the products, and to characterise the products and their errors.




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(Flat and Forest Products from Optical Bands Development), WP-4430 (Flat and Forest

Products from Mw Bands Development), WP-4340 (Mountainous Products from Optical

Bands Development), WP-4350 (Mountainous Products from MW Bands Development),

and WP-4360 (Feasibility of high-resolution (SAR). For the activity description,


Please Note: Product SN-OBS-3 and SN-OBS-4 enter the CDOP phase in “in

development” status, thus it will continued to be developed in order to fully assess relevant

requirements of the development phase. After the fulfilment of the “pre-operational” status

the following continuous development activities will be pursued.

Deliverables:

- Possible new algorithms for product retrievals;

- Error structures of the products;

- Inputs to relevant product and project documentation, and to training materials.

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD


WP4400 (Products

Continuous Development) Finland



Responsible person: Ali Nadir Arslan

Objective of the WP: To study possible improvements using new approaches and optical

data not utilised in products using optical data, to calibrate and characterise these

products, and to determine the error structures resulting from the use of optical data.




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- Plan and supervise development activities;

- Case-studies using data and approaches not already utilised in snow parameter

retrievals;

- Calibrate the products;

- Determine the error structures of the products.

Deliverables:

- Possible new algorithms for product retrievals using optical data;

- Error structures of the products where optical data are used;

- Inputs to relevant product and project documentation, and to training materials;

- PUM updating, contribution to system engineering documentation updating (to

WP1120), contribution to ATBD updating and VR for product chain assessment (to

WP1130).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD


WP4400 (Products


WP4420 Flat and Forest Products from Optical Bands Development


Responsible person: Kati Anttila

Objective of the WP: To study possible improvements using new approaches and optical

data not utilised in products using optical data, to calibrate and characterise these

products, and to determine the error structures resulting from the use of optical data.




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- Case-studies using optical data and approaches not already utilised in snow

parameter retrievals;


- Determine the error structures of the products where optical data are used;

- Define the solution for the snow coverage product to make converging LSASAF

product and H-SAF product into one H-SAF product generation chain.

Deliverables:

- Possible new algorithms for product retrievals using optical data;

- Error structures of the products where optical data are used;

- Inputs to relevant product and project documentation, and to training materials.

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD


WP4400 (Products


WP4430 Flat and Forest Products from MW Bands Development



Objective of the WP: To study possible improvements using new approaches and data

not utilised in products using microwave data, to calibrate and characterise the these

products, and to determine the error structures resulting from the use of active and passive

data.


- Case-studies using active and/or passive microwave data and approaches not

already utilised in snow parameter retrievals;


- Determine the error structures of the products where microwave data are used.




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Deliverables:

- Possible new algorithms for product retrievals using microwave data;

- Error structures of the products where microwave data are used;

- Inputs to relevant product and project documentation and training materials.

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD


WP4400 (Products

Continuous Development) Turkey

WP4440 Mountainous Products from Optical Bands Development

Responsible Institutes: Middle-East Technical University (METU)

Responsible person: Zuhal AKYÜREK / Orhan Gökdemir

Objective of the WP: To coordinate the development of the snow products from optical

bands and to perform the tuning process of the algorithms.

Description of the activity: Calibration and characterization activities are considered as

an integral part of product development. So, the products for SN-OBS-1 and 3 rely on

optical bands. The SEVIRI with course but higher temporal resolution for cloud and snow

detection will be used in snow recognition. AVHRR is also expected to provide a great

improvement. The use of higher resolution instrument such as MSI on Sentinel will provide

building the database. The snow products 1 and 3 will be merged to get better accuracy

for the areal snow cover including fractional covered snow areas.

Deliverables:

- SN-OBS-1: Snow detection (snow mask) by VIS/IR radiometry

- SN-OBS-3: Effective snow cover by VIS/IR radiometry

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012




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WP4400 (Products

Continuous Development) Turkey

WP4450 Mountainous Products from MW Development

Responsible Institutes: Middle-East Technical University (METU).

Responsible person: Ünal Şorman / Özgür Beşer

Objective of the WP: To coordinate the development of the snow products from

microwave bands.

Description of the activity: The development in the algorithm to produce SN-OBS-4 will

continue by introducing more channels of AMSR-E. The limitation of optical bands for

cloudy conditions could be eliminated by merging the SN-OBS-3 and SN-OBS-4 products

Deliverables: SN-OBS-4 and blended SN-OBS-4 product

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

2.5 Hydrological Programme (WP5000)

WPD

5000 - - Poland

WP5000 Hydrological Programme

Responsible Institute: Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMWM).

Responsible person: Jadwiga Niedbala

Objective of the WP: To define and coordinate the CDOP Hydrological Programme

aimed at providing user feedback for products developers.


WP-5000 is composed of WP-5100 (Products Evaluation & Interfacing with hydrological

models), WP-5200 (Impact Studies Programme), WP-5300 (Preparation of long term

follow-on). For the activity description, deliverables and effort see named WPD sheets.

Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010




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WPD

5100

WP5000 (Hydrological

Programme) - Poland

WP5100 Products evaluation and interfacing with hydrological models


Responsible person: Jerzy Niedbała

Objective of the WP: Assessing the products usefulness and implementation in

hydrological application.


WP-5100 is composed of WP-5110 (Products Evaluation & Interfacing with hydrological

models coordination) and WPs from WP-5120 to WP-5190 (On-Site activities). For the


Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

5110


Programme)

WP5100 (Products

evaluation and interfacing

with hydrological models)

Poland

WP5110 Products evaluation and interfacing with hydrological models Coordination


Responsible person: Jerzy Niedbała

Objective of the WP: To coordinate the works undertaken in the frame of WP5100 aimed

at assessing the products usefulness and implementation in hydrological application.




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The Hydrological Programme, in the specific field of products evaluation and interfacing

with hydrological models, will be defined in cooperation with the participating teams and its

timetable will be agreed. The reporting system will be decided and managed. Contributions

to the project documents will be created as needed. The facilities for information/data

exchange both within Hydrological Programme and H-SAF Consortium and external users

will be supported and managed when needed.

The reports from WP5100 will be collected, analysed and summarised. The analysis of

products applicability to hydrology will be prepared and the needed interfaces will be

defined. The regular meetings of WP5100 members will be organised and chaired; The

appropriate contributions for project documents will be created and submitted whenever

needed.

Deliverables: Hydrological Programme plan; reports, contributions to the H-SAF

documents; service for information exchange in the part referring to the HP; HVR (to

WP1110); contribution to engineering documentation (to WP1120); bulletin.

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

5120


Programme)

WP5100 (Products



Belgium

WP5120 Products/model interfacing in Belgium

Responsible Institute: Institut Royal Météorologique (IRM).

Responsible person: Emmanuel Roulin

Objective of the WP: Products evaluation and interfacing with the SCHEME hydrological

model.

Description of the activity: The test sites will be enlarged depending on the products: to

most parts of the Scheldt and the Meuse basins for precipitation, to the Ardennes for the

snow, to the loamy region in central Belgium for soil moisture. The products will be

validated at the scale of these new domains. The hydrological validation procedure and

tools will be adapted. New experiments will be prepared (soil moisture and snow

detection).




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Deliverables: Reports on the activity and results, contributions to HVR (to WP5110).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

5130


Programme)

WP5100 (Products



Bulgaria

WP5130 Products/model interfacing in Bulgaria

Responsible Institute: National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH).

Responsible person: Georgy Koshinchanov

Objective of the WP: Preparation of input fields for the hydrological models based on H-

SAF data and ground observations.

Description of the activity: Set of input fields for the hydrological models facilitating the

comparison of the hydrological products resulting from different inputs, such as: ground

data, H-SAF data, combination of them will be prepared. The idea is to use the ground

observations as “true values”, but of point type. The H-SAF data will be used to describe

the spatial variability of the parameters, but as areal type. Interpolation procedure will be

developed to produce fields based on the ground data for the level of the parameters and

H-SAF data for the spatial gradient.


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

5140


Programme)

WP5100 (Products



Finland

WP5140 Products/model interfacing in Finland




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Objective of the WP: To provide interfaces for the data to be ingested in hydrological

models.


- Investigate the current usability of the products in hydrological models;

- Develop interface tools for ingesting snow products to hydrological models.

Deliverables:

- Interface tools for converting snow products to usable format for hydrological models;

- Reports on the activity and results, contributions to HVR (to WP5110).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

5150


Programme)

WP5100 (Products



Germany

WP5150 Products/model interfacing in Germany

Responsible Institute: Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG).

Responsible person: Thomas Maurer

Objective of the WP: Development of interfaces and scaling techniques to incorporate H-

SAF products (accumulated precipitation, volumetric soil moisture, snow water equivalent)

into hydrological models

Description of the activity: Starting from the original product characteristics, reduction

i.e. areal integration for compatibility with model discretisation will be necessary. Fusion

between satellite-derived data (volumetric soil moisture, snow water equivalent) and model

state variables will be necessary. Assimilation schemes will be developed to transfer

information into the model in the most effective way.





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End time: 3/2012

WPD

5160


Programme)

WP5100 (Products



Italy

WP5160 Products/model interfacing in Italy

Responsible Institute: Dipartimento di Protezione Civile (DPC)

Responsible person: TBD

Objective of the WP: Products evaluation and interfacing with hydrological models in Italy

Description of the activity: Application of downscaling and integrated area tools for a

correct interface of the products with the hydrological models.


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 2/2012

WPD

5170


Programme)

WP5100 (Products



Poland

WP5170 Products/model interfacing in Poland


Responsible person: Jan Nadachowski

Objective of the WP: Evaluation of the H-SAF products using hydrological models as well

as defining and developing need interface tools




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Description of the activity: Firstly, the H-SAF products quality will be evaluated in the terms

of their usefulness for hydrological models. Then the way the H-SAF products are

introduced to the hydrological models will be examined. The separate analysis will be

performed for the products that are not the input parameters to hydrological models but

they are calculated by the model. The needed interface tools will be defined and

developed, if possible, in order to introduce the new type of data to the hydrological

models.

Deliverables: analysis, assimilation schemes/plans, reports on the activity and results,

contributions to HVR (to WP5110).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

5180


Programme)

WP5100 (Products



Slovakia

WP5180 Products/model interfacing in Slovakia

Responsible Institute: Slovenský Hydrometeorologický Ústav (SHMÚ).

Responsible person: Marcel Zvolenský

Objective of the WP: Providing a long-term mission control user feedback based on

hydrological model performance using ground and satellite data inputs.

Description of the activity: Realisation of operational running of hydrological models

based on inputs from both ground and satellite precipitation products, creation and building

of the database of hydrological model outputs, statistical processing of database and

retrieval of hydrological model interfacing with input data.

Deliverables: Description/documentation of procedures for precipitation data acquisition

and integration system, description of used operational hydrological models and relevant

modifications necessary for ingest the different input data sources (ground and satellite

precipitation measurements). Description of created database and results of their

statistical processing documented by charts and tables. Final report which will summarize

statistical results and hydrological model interfacing with input data.

Start time: 9/2010




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WPD

5190


Programme)

WP5100 (Products



Turkey

WP5190 Products/model interfacing in Turkey

Responsible Institutes: Anadolu University (AU)

Responsible persons: Arda Şorman (AU) / TBD (METU) /Ahmet Öztopal (ITU)

Objective of the WP: To develop interfaces, which enable to assimilate satellite data in

hydrologic models.

Description of the activity: It will start with the evaluation of the snow products and

precipitation products quality and the use of the products in hydrological models in

mountainous areas for snow products and in the selected test sites for precipitation

products. AU will undertake the task, METU will help in performing the activity in using the

snow products, ITU will undertake the activity for precipitation products.


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

5200


Programme) - Poland

WP5200 Impact Studies Programme






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Objective of the WP: To coordinate the works undertaken in the frame of WP5200 aimed

at:

- validating the quality of H-SAF products using hydrological programme;

- providing feedback for products developers .


WP-5200 is composed of WP-5210 (Impact Studies Programme Coordination) and WPs

from WP-5220 to WP-5290 (On-Site activities). For the activity description, deliverables


Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

5210


Programme)

WP5200 (Impact Study

Programme) Poland

WP5210 Impact Studies Programme Coordination



Objective of the WP: Evaluation of the use of the products (24h cumulated precipitation,

surface soil moisture and snow detection) in the SCHEME hydrological model.


The Hydrological Programme that was developed during H-SAF Development, in the

specific field of the impact studies programme, will be updated to CDOP needs. The

quality of products will be assessed through impact studies run at the selected river basins

and using hydrological models. The results from the impact studies will be analysed and

summarised. The synthetic reports will be created and the feedback for products‟

developers will be given. The service for reports exchange and archiving purposes will be

run.


Start time: 9/2010




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WPD

5220


Programme)


Programme) Belgium

WP5220 Impact Studies in Belgium

Responsible Institute: Institut Royal Météorologique (IRM).


Objective of the WP: Evaluation of the use of the products (24h cumulated precipitation,

surface soil moisture and snow detection) in the SCHEME hydrological model.

Description of the activity: The baseline experiment will consist of the forcing of the

hydrological model with the precipitation PR-OBS-5. The domain will be extended from the

Demer sub-catchments to the whole Scheldt basin and from the Ourthe catchments to the

Meuse basin in Belgium and upstream in France. The use of snow product will depend on

the progresses assessed through the product validation program. New experiment will be

attempted to use jointly precipitation and soil moisture.


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

5230


Programme)


Programme) Bulgaria

WP5230 Impact Studies in Bulgaria

Responsible Institute: National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH).

Responsible person: Eram Arinyan

Objective of the WP: Testing the adequacy of the H-SAF data with different type

hydrological models, comparing the simulation accuracy.




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Description of the activity: Different type of hydrological models will be adapted for this

study: lumped parameter model and distributed parameter model. Versions of those

models calibrated on conventional data sets of ground observations will be used. The input

fields produced in work-package 5102 will be utilized to calculate 3 types of quality criteria:

with application of ground data only; with application of H-SAF data only; combination of

ground and H-SAF data


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

5240


Programme)


Programme) Finland

WP5240 Impact Studies in Finland



Objective of the WP: To determine the impact of snow products when used as a input

data to hydrological models in Kemijoki drainage basin.

Description of the activity: Investigate the effect in hydrological model(s) when snow

products are used as input data.


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

5250


Programme)


Programme) Germany

WP5250 Impact Studies in Germany






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Objective of the WP: Exploring the benefits of H-SAF satellites products (accumulated

precipitation, volumetric soil moisture, snow water equivalent) in existing hydrological

models

Description of the activity: The hydrological validation of H-SAF products will be carried

out by means of the existing hydrological model of the Rhine river basin. The performance

of the accumulated precipitation product will be compared to applying primary ground-

based information sources such as rain gauge network and radar. The benefit of

volumetric soil moisture and snow water equivalent satellite products will be explored by

assimilating this information into the hydrological model (updating of initial condition or

replacing of computed state variables) and subsequent comparison of model skills with

and without satellite products.


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

5260


Programme)


Programme) Italy

WP5260 Impact Studies in Italy



Objective of the WP: Impact study in Italy

Description of the activity: Use of Italian test site to study the products impact in the

hydrological models running at DPC for catchments of different sizes


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012




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WPD

5270


Programme)


Programme) Poland

WP5270 Impact Studies in Poland


Responsible person: Joanna Kurdziel

Objective of the WP: Evaluation of the H-03 product using the Modelling Platform and

MIKE11 NAM model for selected river catchments

Description of the activity: The H-03 product aggregated to 1 hour cumulative

precipitation will be used as the input data for two hydrological models: Modelling Platform

and MIKE11 NAM in order to simulate the outflow from Sola and Czarna catchments. The

obtained hydrograms will be then compared with the observations as well as the

hydrograms calculated using standard precipitation data. The impact studies may include

other products depending on the results of activities undertaken in the frame WP

„Products/model interfacing in Poland‟


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

5280


Programme)


Programme) Slovakia

WP5280 Impact Studies in Slovakia


Responsible person: Marcel Zvolenský

Objective of the WP: Impact studies on performance of satellite derived precipitation data

in hydrological modelling of runoff on selected test catchments.




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Description of the activity: Studies of typical hydrological characteristics in selected test

catchments – influence of soil, forest, terrain, cultivation and other characteristics on model

performance using database from WP-5107. Compare influence of using only ground

based data and satellite data as inputs to hydrological model on hydrological

characteristics. Creation of relevant tables/charts documented performance of model in

selected test catchments, identification of added values of satellite data on performance of

hydrological models, preparation of final report on impact studies in selected test

catchments.

Deliverables: Description of typical hydrological characteristics of selected test

catchments, results of influencing model performance using ground based and satellite

precipitation data as input, report on impact studies for selected test catchments.

Contributions to HVR (to WP5210).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

5290


Programme)


Programme) Turkey

WP5290 Impact Studies in Turkey

Responsible Institutes: Anadolu University (AU)

Responsible persons: Aynur Şensoy (AU) / TBD (METU) /Ahmet Öztopal (ITU)

Objective of the WP: To perform the hydrological impact study.

Description of the activity: The study undertaking during the development phase will

continue. Selected test sites will be utilized for impact works. AU will perform the impact

study using snow products, ITU will use the precipitation products. , METU will help in

performing the activity in using the snow products


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End time: 3/2012




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WPD

5300


Programme) - Poland

WP5300 Preparation for long term follow-on



Objective of the WP: To investigate the possibilities of cooperation between H-SAF and

other bodies in order to promote H-SAF products

Description of the activity: The preparatory work aimed at identifying the possible

cooperation with other bodies (such as inter-SAF activities) and research opportunities will

be conducted. Additional financial resources will be recognized.

This task is performed by IMWM in cooperation with DPC as leader of WP‟s 1220

(Relationships with new users) and 1230 (Linkage with GMES projects)


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

2.6 Product Validation Programme (WP6000)

WPD

6000 - - Italy

WP6000 Product Validation Programme



Objective of the WP: product validation and user coordination


WP-6000 is composed of WP-6100 (Product Validation and value assessment), WP-6200

(Product Monitoring and NRT feedback), and WP-6300 (Provision of ground data). For the


Deliverables:




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WPD

6100

WP6000 (Product Validation

Programme) - Italy

WP6100 Product Validation and value assessment



Objective of the WP: Products validation


WP-6100 is composed of WP-6101 (Product Validation and value assessment

Coordination) and WPs from WP-6102 to Wp-6118 (On Site activities). For the activity


Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6101


Programme)

WP6100 (Product

Validation and value

assessment)

Italy

WP6101 Product Validation and value assessment Coordination



Objective of the WP: Coordination of product validation




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- to structure the product validation activities by assigning responsibility to operational

users. In addition, the capability of operational users to provide NRT feedback for

mission monitoring, and their facilitated access to local observing network, will be

exploited.

- to develop a common validation programme with the groups involved

- to collect the results from the various groups and performs summary analyses to be

submitted to the official project Reviews;

- to provide the validation results documentation to products developers to support

calibration and product characterisation activities.

In addition to the validation (i.e. comparison between satellite measurements and ground

truth), the WG will assess the actual value of H-SAF products in application additional to

Hydrology, specifically management of emergencies from heavy precipitation, forest fires,

treats to transport and communication, hazards in coastal areas, etceteras.

Deliverables: Reports on the activity and results, contributions to VR (to WP1110).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6102


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

Austria

WP6102 Product Validation and value assessment in Austria

Responsible Institute: Technische Universität Wien (TU-Wien)

Responsible person: Wolfgang Wagner

Objective of the WP: Validation of soil moisture products with a focus on SM-OBS-2,

either operational or in development versions intended for future release




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- organise a database of the information utilised for the validation activities, and of the

results;

- perform summary analyses to be submitted to the official project reviews;

- provide the validation results in appropriate and timely form to the relevant H-SAF

collaborators to support calibration and characterisation activities of products being

developed or updated.


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6103


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

Belgium

WP6103 Product Validation and value assessment in Belgium

Responsible Institute: Institut Royal Météorologique (IRM)


Objective of the WP: Provide results of the validation of different products.

Description of the activity: The products will be validated using the tools set up during

the development phase. Precipitation rate will be compared with radar data adjusted with

automatic raingauge data; cumulated precipitation will be compared with (automatic and

daily) raingauge data. Snow detection will be validated using the reports of synoptic

stations and from the “TELECLIM” network. The snow products will also be compared with

the snow water equivalent simulated with the SCHEME hydrological model. Surface soil

moisture will be compared with the water content of the soil layer of the SCHEME

hydrological model. If any, measurement of field experiments will be used as well. Some of

the procedures developed during the previous phase will be improved.


Start time: 9/2010




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WPD

6104


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

Bulgaria

WP6104 Product Validation and value assessment in Bulgaria

Responsible Institute: National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH)

Responsible person: Gergana Kozinarova

Objective of the WP: Determination of the products adequacy, the usefulness of their

application, defining range of conditions where the use of the H-SAF products is

preferable.

Description of the activity: Classification of cases will be defined where the H-SAF

products are sufficiently adequate and accurate and the quality criteria reached by the

Hydrological Simulation models are sufficiently good. Those cases will be searched

between the types of weather and synoptic situations generating significant time and

space variations in to the hydrological outputs. Conclusions will be made on the limitations,

if any in H-SAF products applications


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6105


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

ECMWF

WP6105 Product Validation and value assessment in ECMWF

Responsible Institute: European Centres for Medium-range Weather Forecasts

(ECMWF)





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Objective of the WP: Validation of SM-ASS-1.

Description of the activity: The root zone soil moisture product SM-ASS-1 will be

evaluated. Two approaches will be used for this validation activity. Firstly a continuous

monitoring will be provided from our operational suite as it as been implemented during the

H-SAF development phase. Diagnostics will be provided to investigate ECMWF and

ASCAT surface soil moisture characteristics. In addition monitoring of the SM-ASS-1

production suite will be performed, including analysis departures of the surface soil

moisture. Secondly, SM-ASS-1 will be evaluated against ground measurements of soil

moisture for several sites representing different bioclimatic conditions over Europe and

West Africa. Since ground soil moisture data are not available in near real time, validation

will be performed for the past periods in 2008 or 2009 for which soil moisture data are

available. SMOSMANIA network will be used as well as the AMMA-Mali (Sahel) network

through the visiting scientist programme in collaboration with the AMMA team.

Deliverables: Operational monitoring of ASCAT surface soil moisture, reports on the

activity and results, contributions to VR (to WP6101)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6106


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

Finland

WP6106 Product Validation and value assessment in Finland



Objective of the WP: To validate snow products in Finland, and to asses the value of the

products for end-users.




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The following snow products will be validated in Finland:

- SN-OBS-1 (snow detection)


- SN-OBS-3 (fractional snow cover)

- SN-OBS-4 (snow water equivalent)

Automatic validation will be implemented, if feasible in the frame of available validation

data. Where this is not possible, other types of data are used, e.g. data from external

sources and measurement campaigns, taking advantage of the first version of automatic

validation of SN-OBS-1 and SN-OBS-2 which are already implemented for the area of

Finland using snow depth (snow recognition) and air-temperature combined with snow

depth (snow status) measured at weather stations (approximately 100-200 reports per

day). The system shall output the standard contingency table (correct positives, correct

negatives, false hits, false negatives) and also calculate automatically several statistical

indices (probability of detection, false alarm ratio, Heidke skill score, to name just a few).

This validation is done on monthly basis so that there is enough data to get meaningful

statistical figures. The automatic validation of fractional snow covered area (SN-OBS-3)

and snow water equivalent (SN-OBS-4) might not be possible, as no suitable automatic

measurements are made (snow depth is used as a input to SN-OBS-4, thus can not be

used as validation data).

Comparison work will be carried out for the Sodankylä region by comparing the H-SAF

product with ENVISAT ASAR and Radarsat derived snow products. Also the PolarView

product from Norwegian mountains could be basically compared with the H-SAF product.

The use of air-borne imagery from field campaigns are planned to be used to validate

snow recognition and fractional snow cover products. Value assessment will be based on

feedback from users.


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6107


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

France




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WP6107 Product Validation and value assessment in France - 1


Responsible person: Jean-Christophe Calvet

Objective of the WP: Verification of soil moisture products with in situ soil moisture

observations in France


The ASCAT SSM products will be compared with the in situ observations of the surface

soil moisture (at 5cm depth) of the SMOSMANIA network in southern France and the

measurements performed by LATMOS near Paris. The high resolution soil moisture

observations performed in situ, near Toulouse, for the SMOS CAL/VAL (CAROLS project),

will be used, also. The root-zone soil moisture simulated by SURFEX in WP-3330 will be

compared with the SMOSMANIA observations of the root-zone soil moisture (at 30cm).


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6108


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

France

WP6108 Product Validation and value assessment in France - 2

Responsible Institute: Laboratoire ATmospheres, Milieux, Observations Spatiales

(LATMOS).

Responsible person: Mehrez Zribi

Objective of the WP: Verification of soil moisture products with in situ soil moisture

observations in France


Contribution of LATMOS to the verification of ASCAT products.

WP is actually managed by MF, who will collaborate with LATMOS in the installation and

maintenance of soil moisture stations near Paris.




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Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6109


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

Germany

WP6109 Product Validation and value assessment in Germany



Objective of the WP: Continue to carry out the established common validation

procedures

Description of the activity: Validation will be run routinely as agreed in the common

validation strategy, based on the established operational tools. Methods are based on

categorisation. Data performances are analysed for selected classes and

geographic/climatic/seasonal situations by essentially automatic methods, such providing

standard quality indexes


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6110


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

Hungary

WP6110 Product Validation and value assessment in Hungary

Responsible Institute: Hungarian Meteorological Service (OMSZ)

Responsible person: Eszter Lábó




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Objective of the WP: Continuous validation of the precipitation products produced within

the H-SAF consortia. The products will be compared to the data of the Hungarian radar

network.

Description of the activity: The data of H-SAF has to be downloaded; the radar data has

to be stored, upscaled, and processed in order to be able to be compared to satellite

pixels. The continuous and multicategorical scores will be calculated for each month from

the data generated from the satellite and radar files. Besides, case studies for different

kind of precipitation events in Hungary will be carried out. This means the visualization of

the H-SAF files along with other satellite products such as e.g. Cloud Type.

Deliverables: Tables with the monthly statistical parameters will be provided. Visualization

of the Multicategorical statistics will be provided through charts. Reports containing

images, description of the case studies, and conclusion as contributions to VR (to

WP6101).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6111


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

Italy

WP6111 Product Validation and value assessment in Italy - 1



Objective of the WP: Continuous validation of the precipitation products using ground

data as radar and rain gauges.


- Application of up scaling techniques for comparing satellite precipitation with ground

data;

- Monthly evaluation of continuous and multi-categorical scores using radar and rain

gauges data;

- Analysis of case studies for different kind of precipitation events




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Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6112


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

Italy

WP6112 Product Validation and value assessment in Italy - 2

Responsible Institute: University of Ferrara (UniFerrara)

Responsible person: Federico Porcù

Objective of the WP:

- To organize a national database of the information used for validation activities;

- To compare precipitation products with reference precipitation fields giving a

measure of the discrepancies;

- To contribute to the evaluation of different skill indicators;

- To provide validation reports.




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In Italy the reference precipitation field is based on hourly data of raingauges belonging to

the “Rete Fiduciaria” and made available by the DPC. The number of stations is ranging

from 1500 to 1700 depending on the months. The point-like gauges data will be gridded

onto a 5x5 km grid using the Barnes objective analysis.

Different up-scaling and down-scaling techniques will be applied to match the 5x5 km

gauges map with the different satellite products, as agreed within the H-SAF validation

group.

A group of standard statistical indicators will be used to describe the error structure of the

products, as selected during the past activities of the H-SAF validation group. The impact

of diurnal and seasonal cycle, orography and coastlines on the product quality will be also

evaluated.

With reference to the organization of a H-SAF data base for rain gauges and weather

radars it should be noted that it would be extremely useful and also during CDOP 1, as

already started in the Development Phase, attempts to have it will be continued. Difficulties

are in the fact that long historical series of data are considered as “sensitive data” from the

different countries and not made available. Only data for special case studies are collected

Deliverables:

Validation reports, produced any time the management and the scientific groups (or

developers) will decide that a new validation campaign is requested, or anytime that the

validation group decides that there is a need for further studies, as contributions to VR (to

WP6101).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6113


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

Poland

WP6113 Product Validation and value assessment in Poland

Responsible Institute: Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMWM)

Responsible person: Bożena Łapeta




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Objective of the WP: Evaluation of the quality of precipitation and snow products

Description of the activity: The precipitation and snow products will be validated using

ground data as well as the methods and tools developed during development phase.

Precipitation products will be compared with the data from automatic rain gauges and

radar data. The snow products will be validated against the data form Polish snow posts.

For eye-ball validation the Meteosat RGB channel 1/3/9i composition is planned to be

used.

Deliverables: Validation results (statistical scores, graphs, etc.) as contributions to VR (to

WP6101).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6114


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

Slovakia

WP6114 Product Validation and value assessment in Slovakia


Responsible person: Ján Kaňák

Objective of the WP: Regular validation of precipitation products using SHMÚ

precipitation ground and radar network data.

Description of the activity: Regular postprocessing of H-SAF precipitation products

including downscaling and areal integration, comparison of processed data against SHMÚ

ground based precipitation measurements, radar network measurements and integrated

precipitation data sources. Creation and evaluation of continuous and multicategorical

statistics on monthly base. Selection of significant rain events with high precipitation rates

and preparation of cases studies.

Deliverables: Results of continuous and multicategorical statistics on monthly base in a

form of tables and charts. Documentation of selected case studies on heavy rain in a form

of presentations and reports, as contributions to VR (to WP6101).

Start time: 9/2010




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WPD

6115


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

Turkey

WP6115 Product Validation and value assessment in Turkey - 1


Responsible person: İbrahim Sönmez

Objective of the WP: comparison between satellite measurements and ground truth of

soil moisture products for the pilot sites selected at H-SAF area

Description of the activity: perform product validation to support calibration and

characterisation activities of products being developed or updated.

The validation will be performed with a different data set (ground observations, satellite

data) which are not used in the calibration of the algorithms. An independent validation of

the usefulness of the products will be performed with the available statistical methods.


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6116


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

Turkey


Responsible Institutes: Middle East Technical University (METU)

Responsible persons: Serdar Sürer

Objective of the WP: Comparison between snow products and ground observations

(snow depth)




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Description of the activity: Performing the most urgent task of the validation activity is to

support tuning processing algorithms and software by enabling improved calibration.

Therefore, this first phase will be performed in close contact with snow product developer

by using field observations and common validation methods.




The use of Envisat (ASAR) data in the validation of snow products (especially for the

fractional snow cover product) will be considered as depending on their availability and

access to the data.


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6117


Programme)

WP6100 (Product


assessment)

Turkey


Responsible Institute: Istanbul Technical University (ITU)

Responsible person: Ahmet ÖZTOPAL

Objective of the WP: to carry out validation activities.

Description of the activity: The most urgent task of the validation activity is to support

tuning processing algorithms and software by enabling improved calibration. Therefore,

this first phase will be performed in close contact with precipitation product developer by

using rain gauges and common validation methods. The errors for all precipitation

products which are distributed by H-SAF will be informed them and validation will be run

routinely.








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Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6200


Programme) - Italy

WP6200 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback



Objective of the WP: Products monitoring for testing operational features


WP-6200 is composed of WP-6201 (Product Monitoring and NRT feedback Coordination)

and WPs from WP-6202 to Wp-6211 (On Site activities). For the activity description,


Deliverables

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6201


Programme)

WP6200 (Product

Monitoring and NRT

feedback)

Italy

WP6201 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback Coordination



Objective of the WP: Coordination of products monitoring for testing operational features




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- receiving the H-SAF products in NRT for operational use;

- recording operational features such as actual arrival, timeliness, intelligibility;

- providing end-users‟ quality assessment.

- It is noted that, for each Country, the specific products to be monitored and the

content of data provision will be defined at a later stage in the Project Plan delivered

at a later stage., and may be initially of rather limited size, possible to grow in the

course of CDOP.

- Provision of a standard bulletin for the documentation of developed local procedures

for acquisition, visualisation and inspection (visual and automatic) of operationaly

received H-SAF and other SAFs products, of the description of database containing

collected information about products acquisition, completeness, timeliness and

quality, of the statistical results and relevant conclusions on obtained results

Deliverables: Filled WP-6200 standard bulletin, VR (to WP1110), contribution to

engineering documentation (to WP1120) .

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6202


Programme)

WP6200 (Product

Monitoring and NRT

feedback)

Austria

WP6202 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Austria

Responsible Institute: Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG)


Objective of the WP: Provision of feedback on the technical and scientific aspects of

operationally transmitted H-SAF products




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- Establishing a reception chain of H-SAF products, recording operational features

such as actual arrival and timeliness

- Decoding and local visualization, inspection of examples, provision of end-users‟

quality assessment

Deliverables: Filled WP-6200 standard bulletin, contribution to VR (to WP6201)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6203


Programme)

WP6200 (Product

Monitoring and NRT

feedback)

Belgium

WP6203 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Belgium



Objective of the WP: Monitoring of the products relevant for operational use in Belgium,

feedback in near real time.

Description of the activity: A number of products will be received in NRT for operational

use, their operational features will be recorded, a first quality assessment will be

performed and a feedback provided to CNMCA. This workpackage will require to set-up

automatic procedures to help the monitoring of the products. For this activity, potential

partners will be contacted like the Weather Bureau of IRM in charge of severe weather

warnings and Regional Authorities in charge of floods and droughts and with whom IRM

has a long standing collaboration.

Deliverables: Filled WP-6200 standard bulletin after collection from partners and

evaluation of their content, contribution to VR (to WP6201)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012




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WPD

6204


Programme)

WP6200 (Product

Monitoring and NRT

feedback)

Finland

WP6204 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Finland

Responsible Institute: Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)


Objective of the WP: To monitor products and provide NRT feedback of the status of the

processing chain.


All parts of the processing chain are monitored, namely: SN-OBS-1 (Land-SAF -> H-SAF

conversion and merging of flat and mountainous products), SN-OBS-2 (snow status

product generation), SN-OBS-3 (generation of non-mountainous product and merging with

mountainous product) and SN-OBS-4 (generation of non-mountainous product and

merging with mountainous product), and the availability of input data from EumetCAST, ftp

interfaces, WMO-GTS, direct-acquisition.

The status of every part is reported to log files after every step taken.

Operational features, such as time of data arrival and product timeliness are recorded.

Deliverables: Input to project documentation on availability, timeliness, etc., filled WP-

6200 standard bulletin, contribution to VR (to WP6201)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6205


Programme)

WP6200 (Product

Monitoring and NRT

feedback)

France

WP6205 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in France






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Objective of the WP: NRT monitoring of the quality of the ASCAT soil moisture products

Description of the activity: NRT acquisition of the SMOSMANIA data and comparison

with the ASCAT soil moisture products. With respect to the activity carried out in the

framework of VS Proposal in progress within Development Phase, that intends to perform

a first assessment on a limited period of 8 months, present activity assesses regularly the

quality on the ASCAT products.


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6206


Programme)

WP6200 (Product

Monitoring and NRT

feedback)

Germany

WP6206 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Germany

Responsible Institute: Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG)


Objective of the WP: Monitoring of the performance of the H-SAF data distribution

system

Description of the activity: Acquisition, installation and operation of a satellite reception

station and processing software. Establishment of a processing and reporting workflow.


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6207


Programme)

WP6200 (Product

Monitoring and NRT

feedback)

Hungary




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WP6207 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Hungary



Objective of the WP: Reception of the H-SAF precipitation products in operational

environment; assessment of the quality of the products

Description of the activity: The EuMetCast reception system at the Hungarian

Meteorological Service has to be modified in order to receive H-SAF products in real-time.

H-SAF precipitation products will be received operationally. Reception failures, timeliness

will be recorded. H-SAF products will be stored. The products will be investigated

according to the nominal size of each product, and the existence of their auxiliary data.


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6208


Programme)

WP6200 (Product

Monitoring and NRT

feedback)

Italy

WP6208 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Italy



Objective of the WP: products monitoring for testing operational features

Description of the activity: The activities are focused on:

- receiving the H-SAF products in NRT;

- recording operational features such as actual arrival, timeliness, intelligibility;

- developing of procedures for a correct visualisation of the products;

- testing the products reliability into the DPC operational procedures.


Start time: 9/2010




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End time: 3/2012

WPD

6209


Programme)

WP6200 (Product

Monitoring and NRT

feedback)

Poland

WP6209 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Poland


Responsible person: Monika Pajek

Objective of the WP: Monitoring of the products relevant for operational use in Poland,

feedback in near real time.

Description of the activity: All operational H-SAF products will be received in NRT from

EUMETCAst system, their operational features will be recorded, a first quality assessment

will be performed and a feedback provided to CNMCA. This work package will require to

set-up automatic procedures to help the monitoring of the products. Assessment of

products timeliness, completeness, and rough errors will be reported.

Deliverables: Monthly reports and warnings in case of product absence (in WP-6200

standard bulletin), contribution to VR (to WP6201).

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6210


Programme)

WP6200 (Product

Monitoring and NRT

feedback)

Slovakia

WP6210 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Slovakia

Responsible Institute: Slovenský Hydrometeorologický Ústav (SHMÚ)

Responsible person: Ján Kaňák




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Objective of the WP: Operation of EUMETCast receiving station and regular receiving

and postprocessing of H-SAF and other SAFs products with the aim of monitoring the

performance of reception oriented to control delivering and overall quality of products.

Description of the activity: Maintainance of existing EUMETCast receiving equipment

and its extension for increasing number of distributed products thrue EUMETCast system.

Development of postprocessing and control routines for H-SAF and other SAFs products

which enable us to monitor and record time of arrival and completeness of producst.

Development of local procedures for visualisation of H-SAF products, operation of these

procedures and their use for visual inspection of products quality. Development of local

procedures for automatic inspection of products quality and their operation. Creation of

database containing collected information about products acquisition, completeness,

timeliness and quality, statistical processing and evaluation of database.

Deliverables: Documentation of developed local procedures for acquisition, visualisation

and inspection (visual and automatic) of operationaly received H-SAF and other SAFs

products. Description of database containing collected information about products

acquisition, completeness, timeliness and quality. Statistical results and evaluation of

collected information in a form of tables, charts and relevant conclusions on obtained

results, filling a bulletin and delivery to WP6210 as a contribution to mission monitoring;

contribution to VR (to VP6210)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6211


Programme)

WP6200 (Product

Monitoring and NRT

feedback)

Turkey

WP6211 Product Monitoring and NRT feedback in Turkey



Objective of the WP: to monitor operational effectiveness of the products and perform

initial quality assessment




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Description of the activity: The activities will cover receiving the H-SAF products in NRT,

generally via EUMETCast, for operational use; recording operational features such as

actual arrival, timeliness, intelligibility; providing end-users‟ quality assessment; and filling

a bulletin and sending to CNMCA to contribute to mission monitoring.


Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6300


Programme) - Italy

WP6300 Provision of ground data



Objective of the WP: Provide ground observation to support H-SAF product generation or

quality control.


WP-6300 is composed of WP-6301 (Provision of ground data Coordination) and WPs from

WP-6302 to Wp-6310 (On Site activities). For the activity description, deliverables and

effort see named WPD sheets.

Deliverables:

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6301


Programme)

WP6300 (Provision of

ground data) Italy

WP6301 Provision of ground data Coordination




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Objective of the WP: Coordiation of the provision of ground observation to support H-SAF

product generation or quality control.


To discuss with Partners the availability and provision of ground observations such as

meteorological radar data, soil moisture profiles and snow depth over Europe for H-saf

products generation and quality control. These data can include data not otherwise

accessible, such as measurements made during field campaigns.

Deliverables: report on the availability and quality of ground data, contribution to OR (to

WP 1110), contribution to engineering documentation (to WP1120) contribution to VR (to

WP1130)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6302


Programme)


ground data) Belgium

WP6302 Provision of ground data from Belgium




quality control.

Description of the activity: Provision of raingauge and radar data, (soil moisture profile),

and snow depth.

Deliverables: data for validation purpose; report on the availability and quality of ground

data, contribution to OR and VR (to WP 6301)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012




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WPD

6303


Programme)


ground data) Finland

WP6303 Provision of ground data from Finland

Responsible Institute: Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)


Objective of the WP: To provide in-situ data from Finland to validation cluster. These data

can include data not otherwise accessible, such as measurements made during field

campaigns.

Description of the activity: Provide otherwise in-accessible data for validation purposes

to other participants in the validation cluster, e.g. measurements made during field

campaigns.



Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6304


Programme)


ground data) France

WP6304 Provision of ground data from France



Objective of the WP: Provision of in situ soil moisture observations for the verification of

the ASCAT soil moisture products

Description of the activity: Soil moisture profiles (5cm, 10cm, 20cm, 30cm) of the

SMOSMANIA soil moisture network in southern France, will be made available to H-SAF




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Deliverables: Soil moisture observations in southern France; report on the availability and

quality of ground data, contribution to OR and VR (to WP 6301)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6305


Programme)


ground data) Germany

WP6305 Provision of ground data from Germany

Responsible Institute: Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG)


Objective of the WP: Provision of combined ground station and radar-based

(precipitation) or combined ground station and model-based (snow) data fields for

Germany

Description of the activity: Aggregation of original data products as available from our

partner DWD (combined ground station and radar-based precipitation product and

combined ground station and model-based snow data product). Provision of this data via

ftp every three month (subject to clearance by DWD and signing of a user declaration).

Deliverables: gridded data products for validation purpose; report on the availability and

quality of ground data, contribution to OR and VR (to WP 6301)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6306


Programme)


ground data) Hungary

WP6306 Provision of ground data from Hungary






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Objective of the WP: Provision of Hungarian radar data corresponding to the same time

periods as the H-SAF precipitation products

Description of the activity: Hungarian meteorological radars have instantaneous

precipitation products over Hungary every 15 minutes. This data will be provided for H-

SAF developers in binary files for the periods requested so that they can integrate in the

product development algorithms. Accumulated precipitation data is also produced by

radars in Hungary, 12-hourly and 24-hourly sums are gauge-adjusted. This data will be

equally provided to the H-SAF consortia for periods requested by developers.

Deliverables: Instantaneous and accumulated radar information over the territory of

Hungary for the periods requested by developers of H-SAF precipitation products. Time

periods can be selected by day, or by precipitation events in Hungary. Report on the

availability and quality of ground data, contribution to OR and VR (to WP 6301)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6307


Programme)


ground data) Italy

WP6307 Provision of ground data from Italy




quality control.

Description of the activity: To discuss with Partners the availability and provision of

ground observations such as meteorological radar data, soil moisture profiles and snow

depth over Europe for H-saf products generation and quality control. These data can

include data not otherwise accessible, such as measurements made during field

campaigns.



Start time: 9/2010




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WPD

6308


Programme)


ground data) Poland

WP6308 Provision of ground data from Poland


Responsible person: Rafał Iwański

Objective of the WP: Provision of selected measurements and observations done by

Polish observation network at IMWM for calibration of H-SAF precipitation and snow

products.

Description of the activity: Selected and relevant for the given meteorological situations

data from Polish radar, Automatic Telemetric Stations (ATS), synoptic stations and snow

posts networks will be prepared and provided to satellite products developers in order to

support high quality calibration activities.

Deliverables: Radar, snow and ATS precipitation datasets for validation purpose; report

on the availability and quality of ground data, contribution to OR and VR (to WP 6301)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6309


Programme)


ground data) Slovakia

WP6309 Provision of ground data from Slovakia

Responsible Institute: Slovenský Hydrometeorologický Ústav (SHMÚ)

Responsible person: Marián Jurašek

Objective of the WP: Online delivery of precipitation intensities measured by automatic

raingauge network and radar network of SHMÚ to be available for generation of H-SAF

precipitation products.




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Description of the activity: Development of procedures which will collect, pack and

distribute via dedicated link to dedicated server precipitation intensity data provided by

SHMÚ automatic raingauge network and SHMÚ radar network in near real time.

Deliverables: Documentation which will describe network of automatic raingauge network

and radar network of SHMÚ, online FTP (or other dedicated) service which will deliver in

operational mode near real time data to dedicated server where these data will be used by

algorithms and procedures for generation of H-SAF precipitation products; data for

validation purpose; report on the availability and quality of ground data, contribution to OR

and VR (to WP 6301)

Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012

WPD

6310


Programme)


ground data) Turkey

WP6310 Provision of ground data from Turkey


Responsible person: İbrahim Sönmez

Objective of the WP: to provide ground observations to support H-SAF products

generation or quality control

Description of the activity: Provision of ground data from rain gauge readings at frequent

intervals (i.e. as close as possible to instantaneous measurement); meteorological radar;

soil moisture profile from specially equipped sites; and snow depth from specially equipped

snow fields or courses.



Start time: 9/2010

End time: 3/2012




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