MONITORING WEATHER AND CLIMATE FROM SPACE

GEONETCast Capacity Building (EUMETCast part)

Presented by T. Jacobs (VITO) on behalf of EUMETSAT

GEO Capacity Building, 4th May 2015, Geneva

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Outline

• CB support in Europe

• CB support in Central Asia

• CB support in Africa

• Training Channel

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EUMETCast coverage

EUMETCast Users Worldwide as of 30 June 2014

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Outline

• CB support in Europe

• CB support in Central Asia

• CB support in Africa

• Training Channel

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CB in Europe – DAWBEE: Data Access for Western Balkan and Eastern Europe

• Infrastructure• 11 EUMETCast stations (called DAWBEE stations) • Installed in / maintained by National Meteorological Services of

• Albania, Bosnia&Herzegovina, Montenegro, FYR Macedonia, Kosovo• Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine

• Installed in 2010 & upgraded in 2014 (DVB-S2)• Data visualisation tool provided by Slovakia meteorological services

• Training• On-site during installation• Courses organized on a regular basis since 2010 (class-room + distance)• Data used for marine, weather, agriculture, water management

• Partnership with meteo services of Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania

• Funding: EUMETSAT + EU IPA

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DAWBEE stations & training

Installation & training in Montenegro

Installation & training in Ukraine

Training @ EUMETSAT (Oct 2010)

Training @ EUMETSAT (April 2014)

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Outline

• CB support in Europe

• CB support in Central Asia

• CB support in Africa

• Training Channel

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CB in Central AsiaSADCA - SAtellite Data access for Central Asia

• Infrastructure• 5 EUMETCast stations (called SADCA stations)• Installed in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan,

Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan in 2014• TSMS software

• Training• Local training during installation• Training course conducted in Turkey

• Partnership with Turkish State Meteorological Service (TSMS)

• Funding: EUMETSAT + TSMS, support from TIKA

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SAtellite Data access for Central Asia (SADCA)

SADCA antenna in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan TSMS Software for SADCA station

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Outline

• CB support in Europe

• CB support in Central Asia

• CB support in Africa• EU-AU development• R&D projects & partnerships

• Training Channel

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EUMETCast – Africa: status & approach

• EUMETCast available over Africa since ~2004

• Bandwidth: 2.55Mbps net (3.6 Mbps raw data rate)

• Around 250 users, with 300-400 stations

• Types of users:• National meteo services, regional/continental climate services (ICPAC, ACMAD, etc.)

• Regional entities, often with training mandates (AGRHYMET, RCMRD, etc.)

• MoA, MoE and related national entities, UN branch offices

• Fire management services (e.g. AFIS)

• Universities and research centers

• Private people and private sector (few)

• Demand-driven: real policy and user needs

• Capacity building projects

• User ownership

• Long-term commitment and sustainability

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EU-AU Development

Funding EDF-8, 11M€ EDF-9, 21M€ EDF-10, 37M€

When 2001-2006 2007-2013 2013-2017

Implemented KMS AUC (5 RICs) AUC (6 RICs + ACMAD)

Infrastructure

53 PUMA stations

53 PUMA upgraded+ 58 environmental

Maintain + upgrade all PUMA/AMESD stations+ 3 PUMA+ ~50 new MESA stations

Training 350 1000 First courses started. Plans to use Training Channel

Services Meteo: 6 pilots Meteo + Environment + ClimateEUMETSAT provides in-kind contribution

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R&D projects

Funding EU FP6, ~600K€ EU FP7, ~2M€ EU FP7, ~4M€

When 2005-2008 2008-2011 2011-2015

Focus Pre-ops SPOT/VGT dissemination

GEONETCast & broad training, land + marine

Agriculture & forest management applications

GEONETCast

Pioneer: agriculture + environmental use in Africa

Versatility (data types, local providers) + tools

Continuity in Africa + higher resolution + tools

Receivers Support only 5 Africa (marine), 4 South America, 1 China (pilot)

3 stations: Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Kenya

Training 4 international WS, on product use

300+ experts in 10 international WS & 2 online courses

47 WS, with 2 international WS specifically on GEONETCast data access

Support to other CB activities (e.g. ITC, SAGEO, INPE)

Links to other GEO activities• Capacity Building (ID-02 task)• Agriculture (AG-01 task) • GEOGLAM via related FP7-SIGMA project

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GEONETCast in

Tsavo Park, KenyaJune 2012

2iE, Burkina FasoNov 2012

OSS, TunisiaOct 2013 & Aug 2014

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Copernicus Global Land Service

Freely accessible, global datasets on EUMETCast

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Copernicus Global Land Service (2)

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Outline

• CB support in Europe

• CB support in Central Asia

• CB support in Africa

• Training Channel

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EUMETCast Training Channel

• Dissemination of training material and data

• EUMETSAT & Third-Party providers

• Setup and tests in 2012 / 2013• Pilot service for EUMETCast-

Africa started in April 2014• To be expanded to Europe and

Americas after successful pilot

• Available for use by the MESA project and its GMES-Africa successor

• Concept note written in AGRICAB project

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Training Channel - preview

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