GEONETCast Implementation Group

GEONETCast: Delivery global data and observations

Presented by:Sally Wannop – EUMETSATEU’s Speaker Corner at GEO-X, Geneva, Jan 2014

What is GEONETCast?

• GEONETCast is a distribution system for environmental satellite data and products using commercial TV satellites and low cost, off-the-shelf reception technology

• GEONETCast is a part of GEO Task – IN-04: GEOSS Communication Networks

GEONETCast Partners

• Services operated by & data exchanged via 3 GEONETCast Network Centres (GNCs):

CMA (CMACast, covers Asia and parts of the Pacific)

EUMETSAT (EUMETCast, covers Europe, Africa, and the Americas)

NOAA (GEONETCast Americas, covers the Americas and Caribbean)

• International GEONETCast Implementation Group– Bi-weekly teleconferences– Coordinate cooperative efforts, outreach and share

information• NOAA/NESDIS

• CMA

• EUMETSAT

• WMO

• VITO on behalf of EC

GEONETCast Implementation Group

Reception Station Equipment

DVB PCI Card

EKU

Antenna PC(s)

Software

DVB USB

DVB Router

Supporting SBAs• Established delivery of data in support

of Societal Benefit Areas (SBAs) in particular:– Weather (228 data collections)– Water (80 data collections)– Agriculture (162 data collections)– Climate (135 data collections)

• Full list of products via the Product Navigator

Product Navigator

Key Features:

Metadata descriptions, data provider and data access information;

Includes all GEONETCast products;

Uses open standards (e.g. OGC, Inspire) for catalogue interoperability with other organisations;

Interoperable with the GEO Web Portal.

http://navigator.eumetsat.int

Data Provider Engagement– Each GNC works directly with its regional data

providers:• Satellite data from, e.g. NASA, INPE, ESA, CNES, JAXA,

JMA, ISRO, …etc• Products from regional projects & agencies, e.g. SERVIR,

US EPA, RANET, MESA, AGRICAB, Copernicus Global Land, WMO community, ….etc

– A central GEONETCast Feedback Form is the starting point for all new data requests

– Each GNC has its own process for the inclusion of new data streams on GEONETCast

Global User Community

2562 users

229 users

2957 users

120 users

User Engagement– Each GNC works directly with its regional

Users (a user base of over 5800), e.g.• WMO provides guidance and coordination of

meteorological user requests• Ocean application community (e.g. Copernicus

MyOcean)• Wider environmental data community (e.g. Global

Forest Observation Initiative (GFOI))• Agricultural applications (e.g. VITO, Belgium)• R&D community (e.g. ITC, Netherlands, SAGEO,

Americas)

GEONETCast & GCI• Data discovery is provided by the Product Navigator

which interfaces with the GCI:- A Portal which is fully compliant with:

- ISO Metadata standards & OGC Catalogue Services- INSPIRE- WMO core profile

- GEOSS DataCore entries are being identified

• GEONETCast and the Product Navigator are GEOSS registered components and services

• Prototyping a dissemination service for the GEO-DAB

GEONETCast & Capacity Building

Training Channel• Improve access to training

material - especially where Internet connectivity is limited

• Place training material with the data

• GEONETCast Training Channels are open to all data providers

• For EUMETCast: • Pilot service for

EUMETCast-Africa started mid-2013

• Plans to use it for AGRICAB & MESA projects in Africa

• Expand to Europe and Americas after successful pilot

Recent Accomplishments

• New stations deployed throughout the system (around 20 per month)

• Shared user management between EUMETCast & CMACast for users of exchanged data

• GEONETCast broadcast bandwidth increased in Europe to accommodate new satellites & products

• New links with the International Charter ‘Space & Major Disasters’

• Start of Training Channel services

An International agreement among participating Space Agencies to provide space-based data and information in support of relief efforts during emergencies caused by major disasters

Disaster Charter Side Event

Challenges for the future

• Increased data volumes arising form new satellite programmes and increased user demands for EO data

• Enhance participation in EU projects to improve GEONETCast exposure in the environmental R&D community

• Enhance coverage to regions without access to GEONETCast (work with US AID/UCAR RAPIDCast Pilot Program, over the Pacific Ocean)

GNC-A - Contacts and Links

• CMACast – wangcf@cma.gov.cn

http://wisportal.cma.gov.cn/wis/jsp/cmacast.jsp

• EUMETCast – ops@eumetsat.int

http://www.eumetsat.int

• GEONETCast-Americas Paul.Seymour@NOAA.Gov

http://www.geonetcastamericas.noaa.gov/

• GEO - http://www. geonetcast.com