EUMETSAT

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EUMETSAT

• Monitoring weather and climate from space

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Overview

• EUMETSAT role in reinforcing Europes
  contribution to GEO
• Member of GEO, EU HLWG
• Contribution to GEO, through CGMS, CEOS
• GEONETCast and related projects
• Capacity Building Africa
• Future perspective

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EUMETCast Overview
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EUMETCast Coverage
HB-6, Ku-Band Coverage
AB-3, C-Band Coverage
NSS 806, C-Band Coverage
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Generic EUMETCast Solution
EUMETCast (DVB) Standard Hardware - indicative
costs C-band antenna
LNB/Feedhorn, Antenna
1000 EUR
2 x PC, Hard Disk, Ethernet
2000 EUR
DVB PCI Card
100 EUR
EUMETCast Client Software
60 EUR
EUMETCast Key Unit (EKU)
40 EUR
3200 EUR
Total (2 PCs)
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GEONETCast

• Objective Global Coverage for near-real time
  data dissemination
• Accessible for user in remote area or with poor
  internet capacities
• Cooperation between NOAA, CMA, EUMETSAT, WMO

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Global Coverage
95 of the worldwide population covered by
GEONECast
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GEONETCast Data excange
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GEONETCast Overview

• GEONETCast is a good way to access earth
  observation data
• Operational or project data dissemination
• High data volumes are involved
• Data timeliness and availability are important
• A number of users could benefit from the same
  data
• Regular data extraction is required
  (hourly,daily,weekly)
• Data is needed in low infrastructure areas or
  areas of no or limited network (e.g. Internet)
  availabilities

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Data Provider Engagement

• Each region working directly with its data
  providers
• In addition to CMA, EUM and NOAA data, data from
  SERVIR, USEPA, RANET, INPE, AMESD, TAMSAT, SAWS,
  COMET etc is available on GEONETCast
• A number of EU Environment and ICT projects
  include use of GEONETCast DevCoCast, AIDA,
  MIA-VITA, AEGOS
• A concept for the use of GEONETCast in training
  and disaster alert and response applications is
  being developed
• A prototyping exercise using DANTE to provide
  data exchange links is planned for later this
  year.

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User Engagement

• Each region working directly with its Users
• In Europe there are about 2350 EUMETCast stations
  deployed
• In Africa, there are about 150 EUMETCast stations
  deployed
• In the Asia/Pacific region, there are approx 200
  FENGYUNCast stations
• In the Americas there are about 50 stations
  deployed.

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GEONETCast GCI

• GEONETCast is interfaced to the GCI using the
  EUMETSAT EO Portal which is
• A one-stop-shop EO Portal which is fully
  compliant with
• ISO Metadata Application Profile v1.0
  (ISO19115/19119)
• ISO 19139 v1.0 (XML encoding of ISO 19115/19119)
• OGC Catalogue Services CSW 2.0.2 interface
  (internetworking with other catalogues)
• INSPIRE
• WMO core profile
• It allows end-users to discover and access EO
  data
• GEONETCast and the Portal are GEOSS registered
  components and services
• GEONETCast catalogue extract is delivered to all
  Users.

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GEONETCast GCI
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DevCoCast FP7 projectGEONETCast applications
for and by Developing Countries

• Involving Developing Countries in the GEONETCast
  initiative and sets up a strong user and provider
  base.
• The DevCoCast project will disseminate existing
  environmental added-value data (both in-situ and
  satellite) from various sources in Africa, South-
  and Central America, Asia and also Europe via
  GEONETCast to a broad range of end-users in
  Developing Countries.
• Duration 3 years
• Started 1st May 2008
• Partners
• 5 from Africa
• 7 from South America
• 8 from Europe

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AÏDA FP7 projectAssessment of ICT for DM in
Africa Best practices Information Sharing

• Acquiring and sharing knowledge about affordable
  ICT (Information and Communication Technologies)
  solutions in support of Disaster Risk Management
  (DM) in Africa
• GEONETCast as a contribution to an alert system
• Duration 2 years Started 1st June 2008
• Partners
• 4 from Africa
• 4 from Europe
• 2 Other FP7 projects
• MIA-VITA GEONETCast to contribute to the
  dissemination of volcanologic data
• AEGOS GEONETCast to contribute to the
  dissemination of georessources information

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CBERS dissemination through GEONETcast

• Cape Town Ministerial Summit 2007 announcement
• CBERS data free for Africa and Caribbean
• EUMETSAT and CSIR started technical discussion on
  the dissemination of CBERS products in SADC
  region (end of 2008 2009)
• To be expanded to other African Region

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EUMETSAT Activities in Africa

• EUMETSAT commitment to support African Users is
  part of EUMETSAT long term strategy
• Long term commitment for data coverage of Africa
  ( 2035)
• Real-time dissemination of the data products to
  Africa (EUMETCast)
• Training
• 80 experts trained per year
• 3 training centres (Niamey, Nairobi, Pretoria)
• Strong link with Users (User Forum, Help desk)
• In-kind support to EDF programmes (PUMA, AMESD,
  post-AMESD, GMES Africa)

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The PUMA 2002-2006

• Preparation for the Use of Meteosat second
  generation in Africa (PUMA)
• Provided
• 53 African countries (and 5 Regional Centres)
  receive in real-time EUMETSAT data (PUMA
  receiving stations)
• 350 African technicians are trained on the use
  and maintenance of PUMA receiving stations
• 6 Pilot Projects (Outlook activities) have
  prepared the continuation of the project (AMESD)

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AMESD (2007-2012)

• African Monitoring of the Environment for
  Sustainable Development
• Provides
• Maintenance and enhancement of the PUMA receiving
  stations (continuity)
• Capacity building infrastructure and training
• Coherent use of Earth Observation data for
  Environmental issues
• Five regional thematic applications
• Cropland and rangeland monitoring (West Africa)
• Water management for fluvial transportation
  (Central Africa)
• Land degradation and natural habitat conservation
  (East Africa)
• Environment and natural resources management
  (Southern Africa)
• Costal and marine monitoring (Indian ocean)

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AMESD programme

• African Monitoring of the Environment for
  Sustainable Development
• Finance by European Development Fund (EDF),
• Lead by the African Union Commission
• Supported by the ACP Secretariat, ECOWAS, IGAD,
  CEMAC, SADC and COI
• Technical work started in October 2007
• A continuation of PUMA through the maintenance
  and enhancement of the operational data
  acquisition capacities deployed in Africa
• A massive and coherent use of EO data for
  Environmental issues
• Five regional thematical application (one in each
  five RECs) implemented on a regional and national
  networking implementation basis
• An important programme of capacity building on
  infrastructure and training
• www.amesd.org

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AMESD political awareness 29 April 2009
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Key success factors

• Demand-driven (users at the heart)
• Capacity Building project
• African ownership
• Sustainable dimension
• Long-term commitment
• gt Ingredients also for the GMES Africa
  initiative

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Future perspective

• Consolidating GEONETCast
• continue broadening the scope of data available
  on GEONETCast (bandwidth issue) in cooperation
  with EC and EU data providers
• Interface the other GEOSS elements (GCI,
  Capacity, SBAs)
• Strengthening the link with Africa
• GMES Africa
• Link with other initiative (SERVIR Africa, CBERS
  data dissemination)

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EUMETSAT

• Monitoring weather and climate from space