5-6 June 2008 CEOS Precipitation Constellation Workshop – Tokyo, Japan

NOAA Status Report to the CEOS Precipitation Constellation

Ralph Ferraro

Center for Satellite Applications & ResearchSatellite Climate Studies Branch

National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service (NESDIS)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Camp Springs, Maryland U.S.A.

Presented by Phil Arkin

Director, Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (CICS)University of Maryland, College Park, MD U.S.A.

5-6 June 2008 CEOS Precipitation Constellation Workshop – Tokyo, Japan

Outline NOAA satellite status and launch schedule Recent NESDIS contributions to CEOS Recent NOAA activities related to GPM Related NOAA R&D/Product Development

5-6 June 2008 CEOS Precipitation Constellation Workshop – Tokyo, Japan

FY 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2111 12 131007 08 09 22 23 24

POES 18

F-18

C-2

Primary Polar Satellite Configuration and Transition Schedule

As of: Jan 08

F-19

MetOp 3

F-20

F-17

F-20’s Orbit Will Be Selected in 2011 Timeframe Based on Ops Needs

DMSP

DMSP

F-20

C-4

EUMETSAT MetOp

MetOp 1 MetOp 2

MetOp 4

POES

POES N’

NPP

C-1

NPOESS

C-3

EOS Aqua

POESMetOpDMSP

NPOESS Satellite AvailableMetOp 4 (not manifested yet)

Early Morning Orbit (0530)

DMSP

Mid Morning Orbit (0730- 1030)

NPOESS

DMSP

MetOp

POES

NPOESS

Afternoon Orbit (1330)

NPP

Time now

Launch

NASA EOS

NPOESS

NPOESS

C-1

5-6 June 2008 CEOS Precipitation Constellation Workshop – Tokyo, Japan

Past Years Contributions to CEOS Contribution, coordination, updates to GEO

SBA tasks– Mostly Water and Climate SBA

Support to Mary Kicza, NESDIS AA, in her role as CEOS SIT lead

Input to CEOS PC work plans, etc.

5-6 June 2008 CEOS Precipitation Constellation Workshop – Tokyo, Japan

Update on GPM Activities at NOAA (1) PMM Science Team

– NOAA continues to provide ~80% support to four NOAA PI’s on NASA’s PMM Science Team

• Ferraro – Satellite precipitation over land• Kuligowski – Use of TRMM data to support NOAA/OHD• Williams – Advanced radar measurements• Xie – CMORPH + gauges

NOAA Steering Group (SG) on space-based precipitation– NOAA organizing its satellite precipitation activities through newly

formed SG • As per 2007 NAS report• Comprised of NESDIS, NWS and OAR • Provides oversight on R&D (PMM projects), interface with NOAA goal teams

(budget and planning process), collaborations with NASA

5-6 June 2008 CEOS Precipitation Constellation Workshop – Tokyo, Japan

Update on GPM Activities at NOAA (2) Recent activities with NASA

– Periodic meetings to discuss• Programmatics• Scientific collaborations

– Algorithm development, especially use of high frequency measurements– Validation, especially NOAA’s Hydrometeorological Testbed (HMT)

– AMSU precipitation algorithm improved/time series reprocessed• Used as input into blended algorithms like 3B42 and CMORPH

– PMM meetings• Science Team• Working Groups• Advisory panels

Representation at other meetings– 3rd TRMM Scientific Conference– 3rd GPM GV Workshop– 7th International GPM Planning Workshop

5-6 June 2008 CEOS Precipitation Constellation Workshop – Tokyo, Japan

NOAA Scientists Contribute to Algorithms Satellite-derived estimates of

precipitation are crucial elements of NOAA’s “business model”– Required to meet NOAA Mission Goals

Operational precipitation products– GOES based – NESDIS heritage– Passive MW

• DMSP EDR’s• Contributed to land component of

NASA’s GPROF algorithm via NASA funded projects

– AMSR-E and TMI• NOAA POES/AMSU based

– Use of high frequency– Snowfall over land

Established and emerging blended GOES and POES– GPCP w/NASA– CMORPH– SCaMPR

5-6 June 2008 CEOS Precipitation Constellation Workshop – Tokyo, Japan

NOAA Climate Prediction Center Developing Merged CMORPH – Gauge Analysis

Requirement: Most accurate and detailed precipitation analysis possible– Use gauges where available; bias-corrected CMORPH elsewhere– Daily totals; 0.25° grid– Tested over China for May – September 2007

Approach:

– CMORPH operational: 60°N - 60°S, 30-minute/8 km

– Averaged to 3-hourly/0.25 ° grid

– Estimate/remove bias– Analyze available gauges– Estimate errors for both

gauge and CMORPH analyses

– Combine with gauge analysis using Optimum Interpolation

August 2, 2007

5-6 June 2008 CEOS Precipitation Constellation Workshop – Tokyo, Japan

5-6 June 2008 CEOS Precipitation Constellation Workshop – Tokyo, Japan

NOAA Satellite Calibration/Validation NESDIS provides

lead on sensor check out and monitoring– Develops innovative

methods to understand sensor anomalies

Leaders in WMO Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS)

5-6 June 2008 CEOS Precipitation Constellation Workshop – Tokyo, Japan

Sensor DataRecords (SDRs)

Data (Direct & Remotely Sensed)

Fundamental Climate Data

Records (FCDRs)

Thematic Climate

Data Records(TCDRs)

Climate Data Records or Homogenized Time Series

Homogenization and Calibration

Time-tagged Geo-Referenced

Converted to Bio-Geophysical

Variables

EnvironmentalData Records

(EDRs)

Converted to Bio-Geophysical

Variables

Climate Data Records

NOAA’s Scientific Data Stewardship (SDS) Program

National Research Council, 2004