Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites - CGMS
Main outcomes of
Working Group III:
Operational Continuity and
Contingency Planning
CGMS-43, Plenary, agenda item F.4
CGMS-43-WP-32, 22 May 2015
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WG III Participants
Co-chairs: Suzanne Hilding (NOAA) & Peng Zhang (CMA)
Rapporteur: Derek Hanson (NOAA)
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CMA
EUMETSAT
ISRO
JMA
KARI
KMA
NOAA
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NASA
ROSCOSMOS
WMO
IPWG
IROWG
CGMS Secretariat
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Main topics
• Continuity issues and risk analysis
• CGMS baseline and climate architecture
• Socio-economic benefits of space missions
₋ Progress report of the Tiger Team
• Use of R&D missions for operational products
• Database initiatives and requirement analysis
• Proposed update of the HLPP
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Continuity issues and risk analysis
WGIII reviewed and endorsed EUMETSAT’s proposed
roadmap for Indian Ocean Data Coverage
• Share responsibility for region between EUMETSAT, ISRO,
CMA, ROSHYDROMET
• Detailed EUMETSAT presentation to follow this report
• EUMETSAT agreed to propose dissemination plan for
data from Indian Ocean Data Coverage partners
identified in CGMS-43-EUM-14 roadmap, to be reported
and discussed at the first WGIV intersessional (action
passed to WGIV)
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Continuity issues and risk analysis (2)
Early morning orbit gap
• CMA indicated it will soon be able to confirm FY-3E in
early morning, ensuring full sounding capability in
early morning orbit
Altimetry, scatterometry
• SOA-EUMETSAT will continue high-level dialogue on
broadening HY-2 data dissemination
Radio-occultation
• NOAA making progress towards full implementation
of COSMIC-2 (equatorial and polar)
• Updated ECMWF study was presented by EUMETSAT
• CMA will maintain RO measurement on FY-3D/E/F/G
and FY-3 RM
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HLPP Progress
HLPP
– WG III has made significant progress on most of its items in
the HLPP
– WG III endorsed the proposed HLPP 2015-2019
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Summary
• A number of challenges on important issues,
discussed in many previous CGMS meetings, have
seen major progress this year
• Excellent collaboration
– Among CGMS Members
– Linkage with International Science Groups
• Action focused
– Nearly all previous actions were addressed and closed
– New actions are concrete and focused
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