Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

CAMS General Assembly, Athens, 14-16 June 2016

Martin Suttie (ECMWF)

What are the observations acquired for CAMS and how is this done?

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What observations?• Focus on CAMS global system• Composition observations plus meteorological

observations

WMO

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Aerosols

• Current use• NASA AQUA/TERRA MODIS aerosol optical

depth

• Under development/testing• EUMETSAT METOP-A/B Polar Multi-Sensor

Aerosol Optical Properties product (PMAP)• NASA/NOAA SNPP VIIRS aerosol optical

depth• ESA/EUMETSAT Sentinel-3 aerosol optical

depth

earthobservatory.nasa.gov heritagedaily.com

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Reactive Gases

• Current use• NOAA SBUV-2 O3

• NASA AURA MLS O3

• NASA/KNMI AURA OMI O3, NO2 & SO2

• EUMETSAT/O3M SAF METOP-A/B GOME-2 O3, NO2, SO2 & HCHO

• NASA/NCAR TERRA MOPITT CO• EUMETSAT/CNES/LATMOS METOP-A/B IASI

CO

rsc.org livemint.com

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Reactive Gases

• Under development/testing• NASA/NOAA SNPP OMPS O3 • EUMETSAT/CNES/LATMOS METOP-A/B IASI

O3 profiles• EUMETSAT/RAL METOP-A/B GOME-2 O3

profiles• EUMETSAT/CNES/ULB/LATMOS METOP-A/B

IASI V6 CO• ESA Sentinel-5P, some sample data

available

rsc.org livemint.com

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Greenhouse gases

• Current use• JAXA/NIES/SRON GOSAT TANSO CH4 • JAXA/NIES/Univ. Bremen GOSAT TANSO

CO2 • EUMETSAT/CNES/LMD METOP-B IASI CH4

• Under development/testing• NASA OCO-2 CO2

binomicfuel.com mnn.com

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Fire radiative power (FRP)

• Current use• NASA AQUA/TERRA MODIS FRP• EUMETSAT/LSA SAF MSG SEVIRI FRP• NOAA/EUMETSAT LSA SAF GOES-E/W FRP

science.howstuffworks.com ecosmagazine.com

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How do we get the observations?

internet

GTS

EUMETCast

Acquisition (ECPDS)

Ingestion & processing (SAPP)

Data storage (DHS)

Analysis & forecast (CCA/CCB)

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ECMWF Product Dissemination System - ECPDS

• Originally developed for transmitting real-time data to remote machines

• Adapted to acquire data in real-time

• Highly configurable• Browser-based user

interface• Multiple simultaneous

transfers• Monitored by 24/7 shift staff• Analyst call-out when

necessary

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Scalable Acquisition and Pre-Processing - SAPP

• Observations pushed to SAPP from ECPDS

• Decode the various data formats (e.g. BUFR, GRIB, HDF, NetCDF)

• Apply initial quality control• Convert to a consolidated

format before delivering to data assimilation

• Monitored by 24/7 shift staff• Analyst call-out when

necessary

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Example – Polar Multi-Sensor Aerosol Optical Properties (PMAP)

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Example – Polar Multi-Sensor Aerosol Optical Properties (PMAP)

Timeliness (minutes)