EUMETSAT: METO: HD GOES BUFR IR/WV winds are used operationally and thinned to one wind per 2x2 degree box. Will use hourly data when available. METEO-FRANCE: The winds are used operationally, thinned to one per 2.5 deg. box. DWD: BUFR product on GTS used operationally in thinned dependent) form. Requirement Access and timeliness Yes. Request a parallel dataset be made available when a change of satellite or processing is made to avoid gap in GOES winds during changeover. Sky radiances from GOES-E and GOES-W Availability Available from NESDIS and Contact persons at CIMSS are and and at NESDIS . Usage and plans (by when) ECMWF: Receiving and processing GOES-13 and GOES-15 from CIMSS via ftp. EUMETSAT: METO: Receiving radiances via ftp assimilated in operations. METEO-FRANCE: GOES 13 and 15 radiances received from Exeter. Assimilation experiments have started. DWD: Interest for possible use in our data assimilation system, depending on funding and personal situation. Requirement Access and timeliness Yes in NRT. Request a parallel dataset be made available when a change of satellite or processing is made to avoid gap in GOES radiances during changeover. Digital imagery from GOES-E and GOES-W Availability Not received from NESDIS. GOES-E, GOES-W retransmitted via METEOSAT 0E, which satisfies current European requirements for imagery. Usage and plans (by when) Receive images re-transmitted via METEOSAT/EUMETCAST. EUMETSAT: METO: Receive 8 km resolution full-disk GOES-E and GOES-W images hourly from CMC, Dorval. Data passed on to EUMETSAT. About to transfer to new RMDCN link with CMC. METEO-FRANCE: Involved in EUMETSAT initiative to co-ordinate transfer of these data to European Met. Services via Lannion. DWD: Receive images re-transmitted via METEOSAT/EUMETCAST. Requirement Access and timeliness Yes but currently met by EUMETCAST. Level 0 (GVAR) data from GOES-W and GOES-E
METO: Data assimilated operationally. METEO-FRANCE: Assimilated operationally. DWD: Data assimilated operationally.. Requirement Access and timeliness Yes in real time at a half-hourly frequency. data including humidity where available (e.g. AMDAR etc) Availability Received and used operationally. Usage and plans (by when) ECMWF: Used and assimilated. 70 km thinning applied, one data per model level. EUMETSAT: METO: All available data received, assimilated operationally with a thinning to one report in a 4D box of 100km x 100km x 50hPa x 2hrs. METEO-FRANCE: No studies on humidity observations DWD: Used and assimilated. Activities to use humidity observations. Requirement Access and timeliness Yes. Humidity observations are required. Tropical cyclone data Availability Received in tabular and BUFR form on GTS. ( New Delhi issue Storm warning in plain language). and plans (by when) ECMWF: BUFR messages received from METO are used in EPS targeting. EUMETSAT: METO: Currently use BUFR format bulletins issued by NCEP and plain text TC advisories from NHC, Miami. The former are used in preference to the latter when available. No longer used to create bogus observations for assimilation but still used for validation and in other applications. METEO-FRANCE: These data are used operationally in the ALADIN-Réunion regional model and for other ALADIN overseas domains to create bogus information. DWD: Requirement Access and timeliness Yes, any machineable form, preferably BUFR and enhanced to include radii of stronger winds when applicable. Snow cover analysis Availability NESDIS dataset is available via the Internet at 25 km and 4 km resolution. A product for the S. Hemisphere is also available.
E.1.11 GPM mission E.1.12 OCO-2 mission 2. SATELLITES MAPPED PRODUCTS E.2.1. SSM/I Products 2 - - - - - E.2.1.1 NCEP sea-ice analyses 1 4 1 3 - 2 E.2.2 AVHRR - 4 - - - 2 E.2.2.1 AVHRR/MODIS products 3 2 2 3 - 2 3. GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE PRODUCTS E.3.1 GOES VIS/IR/WV winds 1 1 1 1 - 1 E.3.2 Sky Radiances GOES-E and GOES-W 1 1 2 1 - 1 E.3.3 GOES-E, GOES-W /GMS imagery 3 1 1 1 1 1 E.3.4 Level 0 (GVAR) data from GOES-W and GOES-E - 1 1 1 - 1 4. NON-SATELLITE DATA