6th meeting of the Expert Team on Space Systems and Utilization (23-24 January 2023)

Date & Time

23-24 January 2023  10:00 - 13:00 UTC

Agenda

Meeting Documents

Meeting Report

MONDAY 23 JANUARY 2022

DOCUMENTS

Chair DAY 1: Fiona Smith

Time (UTC)

Agenda item

Docs

10:00

1. OPENING OF THE SESSION

10:00

1.1. Welcome from ET-SSU Chars and WMO

 

10:10

1.3. Introduction of participants (Members)

 

10:25

1.4. Approval of the agenda

Doc 1.4

10:30

2. STATUS OF WMO CORE SATELLITE DATA ACTIVITIES

10:30

WMO Core Satellite Data: Updates on the status 
(H. Pohjola, WMO Space Programme)

Doc 2

10:45

3. WMO GAP analysis

10:45

WMO Gap Analysis for the CGMS Risk Assessment Workshop (H. Pohjola, WMO Space Programme)

Doc 3

11:00

4. COMMERCIAL SATELLITE DATA

11:00

4.1. Developing guidelines for commercial satellite data procurement: a way forward (F. Smith, ET-SSU Chair)

A5.1. ET-SSU: to establish a task team supported by WMO SEC to look into the implementation of the WMO Data Policy, eight principles on data sharing as given in the Annex to Decision 38 (EC-70), CGMS WGIII materials as well as Public–private partnership and Position Paper on Satellite Data Requirements for NWP to consider developing guidelines for commercial satellite data procurement

A5.2. WMO SEC: to define a timeline for the work of the Task Team (A5.1)

Doc 4.1

11:20

4.2. WMO Information Day for Commercial Satellite Data Providers: key outcomes (H. Pohjola, WMO Space Programme)

Doc 4.2

11:30

5. Guidelines on Best Practices for Achieving User Readiness for new Satellite systems

11:30

Best Practices for Achieving User Readiness for New Satellite Systems: endorsement by ET-SSU (M. Rattenborg, WMO Space Programme)

A4.6. Mikael Rattenborg: to lead the team (volunteers: Niels Bormann, Natalia Donoho, Qifeng LU, Christina Moats-Xavier, Jack Kaye) working on the review process of the “Best practices on achieving user readiness for new satellites”

Doc 5.doc

Doc 5.ppt

11:50

COFFEE BREAK

12:00

6. SATELLITE DATA REQUIREMENTS PAPER FOR NOWCASTING

12:00

Satellite data requirements paper for nowcasting: Status
(R. Hollmann, DWD & J. Gerth, NOAA)
A5.4. R. Hollmann & J. Gerth: to prepare a revised version of the outline for the Satellite Data Requirements Paper for Nowcasting based on the WMO definition of nowcasting (limiting it to weather forecasting with lead time up to 6 hours) and send to ET-SSU members as well as regional SDR groups Chairs (via WMO SEC) for their feedback

Doc 6

12:20

7. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEMS (EGOS-IP)

12:20

EGOS-IP: Action review - S1-S35 Space-based observing system

Doc 7

 

 

 

13:00

End of Day 1

 

 

Tuesday 24 January 2022

Documents

Chair DAY 2: Jack Kaye

Time (UTC)

Agenda item

Docs

10:00

8. WMO ROLLING REVIEW AND REQUIREMENTS (RRR) PROCESS

10:00

Background on the Rolling Review of Requirements and its evolution (E. Charpentier, WMO Observing Networks and Measurement Division)

Doc 8

10:20

9. WMO GLOBAL SURVEY ON SATELLITE DATA UTILIZATION

10:20

WMO Global Survey: a way forward (S. Keating, UNSW Sydney)

A5.17. ET-SSU: to establish a Task Team supported by WMO SEC to develop an action plan (including the ways how to ingest this information into RRR) based on a more detailed analysis presented by WMO SEC as well as develop better approaches to be taken for future surveys

Doc 9

10:50

10. introduction from the land applications expert

10:50

Land monitoring and applications: challenges for space-based observations (Isabel Trigo, IPMA, EUMETSAT LSA SAF)

Doc 10

11:20

11. CGMS future direction 2022+

11:20

CGMS future direction 2022+: Climate and Earth System monitoring (K. Holmlund, WMO Space Programme)

Doc 11

11:40

Coffee Break

11:50

12. the upcoming events announcements

11:50

12.1. OSCAR/Space workshop: announcement (H. Pohjola, WMO Space Programme)

Doc 12.1

12:05

12.2. WMO International Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Symposium (K. Holmlund, WMO Space Programme, J. Kaye, NASA)

Doc 12.2

12:20

13. Next ET-SSU meeting

 

12:25

14. ACTION REVIEW

 

12:25

Action review (WMO Secretariat)

Doc 14

12:45

15. Any other business

 

12:45

ET-SSU focal point on capacity building (under SC-ON)

Doc 15

 

 

 

13:00

End of Day 2