8th meeting of the Expert Team on Space Systems and Utilization (19-21 September 2023)
Date & Time
19-21 September 2023 09:00 - 17:00
Logistics
Venue: WMO headquarters, Room Salle C2 (P1 floor)
Visa support: Visa Assistance Request
Hôtel Eden booking: Online reservation
Recent updates from satellite operators: Template
TUESDAY 19 September 2023 |
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Chair DAY 1: |
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09:00 |
1. OPENING OF THE SESSION |
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09:00 |
1.1. Welcome from ET-SSU Chairs and WMO |
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09:15 |
1.2. Organization of the session (WMO SEC) |
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09:20 |
1.3. Introduction of participants (Members) |
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09:35 |
1.4. Approval of the agenda |
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09:45 |
2. WMO UPDATES RELEVANT TO ET-SSU, incl. Cg-19 outcomes |
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09:45 |
WMO updates relevant to ET-SSU (Natalia Donoho, WMO Space Programme): - Early Warning for All (EW4All) - Global Greenhouse Gas Watch (GGGW) - Cryosphere Services - Plans for the WMO Consultative Meeting on High-level Policy on Satellite Matters: Feb 2024 |
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10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 |
3. WMO data policy implementation |
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11:00 |
WMO data policy implementation (Heikki Pohjola, WMO Space Programme) - Core Satellite Data Workshop (4-7 Dec 2023, WMO HQ) - INFCOM-3 session (15-19 April 2024, WMO HQ) |
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11:45 |
4. space-based actions for high level guidance |
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11:45 |
Space-based actions for High Level Guidance |
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12:30 |
Lunch break |
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13:30 |
5. ESA'S NEW "ESSEO" INITIATIVE |
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13:30 |
European Scientists on Spectrum for Earth Observation: preliminary outcomes of the work (Stephen English, online) |
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13:45 |
6. ET-SSU workplan and task team approach |
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13:45 |
ET-SSU Workplan and task team approach (ET-SSU Chairs) |
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14:30 |
7. DBNET-CG UPDATES |
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14:30 |
DBNet-CG: updates and collaboration with ET-SSU |
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15:00 |
Coffee Break |
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15:30 |
8. CLIMATE RELATED APPLICATIONS |
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15:30 |
8.1. GCOS Implementation Plan |
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16:00 |
8.2. Review of observation strategy/vision for Earth Radiation Budget (action A5.10) (Rainer Hollmann, DWD) |
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16:30 |
9. TRAINING AND EDUCATION |
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16:30 |
9.1. VLab Status report 2022 (Bernie Connell, VLab Co-Chair, CIRA/NOAA) |
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16:50 |
9.2. Further development of VLab: ET-SSU perspectives |
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17:00 |
End of Day 1 |
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WEDNESDAY 20 September 2023 |
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Chair DAY 2: |
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09:00 |
10. Regional engagement |
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09:00 |
10.1. RA I Updates (Sarah Kimani, RAIDEG Chair) |
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09:20 |
10.2. RA II Updates (JaeGwan-Kim on behalf of Dohyeong Kim, Chair of RA II ET-SOA) |
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09:40 |
10.3. RA III/IV Updates (Marcial Garbanzo, SDR III/IV Co-Chair) |
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10:00 |
10.4. RA V Updates (Fiona Smith on behalf of Agnes Lane, Chair of RA V ET-SAT) |
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10:20 |
10.5. RA VI Updates (Stephan Bojinski, EUMETSAT) |
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10:40 |
10.6. Discussion on further collaboration (Members) |
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11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30 |
11. updates on WIGOS |
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11:30 |
Updates on WIGOS (Albert Fischer, Director of WIGOS Branch) |
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12:00 |
Lunch break |
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13:00 |
12. Strategic initiatives |
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13:00 |
12.1. WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch |
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13:00 |
WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch (GGGW) |
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13:30 |
12.2. Polar Space Task Group follow on |
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13:30 |
Polar Space Task Group (PSTG) follow on |
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14:00 |
12.3. UN Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL) |
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14:00 |
12.3.1. UN Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL) |
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14:20 |
12.3.2. Early Warnings for southern Africa – a WISER funded project (Estelle De Coning, WMO World Weather Research Division) |
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14:40 |
12.3.3. NWP products for EW4ALL |
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15:00 |
Coffee Break |
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15:30 |
12.3.4. Enhancement of satellite data products use for EW4ALL (Di Xian on behalf of Peng Zhang, C-SAT) |
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15:50 |
12.3.5. Towards nowcasting in Europe in 2030 |
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16:10 |
12.3.6. Satellite data requirements for Nowcasting |
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16:40 |
12.3.7. Work package for EW4ALL: satellite products/applications, incl. for nowcasting |
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17:00 |
End of Day 2 |
THURSDAY 21 September 2023 |
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Chair DAY 3: |
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09:00 |
13. HYDROLODY RELATED APPLICATIONS |
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09:00 |
Informed decisions for water management: requirements from satellites (Tommaso Abrate, WMO Earth System Monitoring Division) |
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14. transition from gts to wis 2.0 |
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10:00 |
EUMETSAT’s transition from GTS to WIS 2.0 (Simon Elliott, EUMETSAT) |
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10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 |
15. OSCAR/SPACE status update |
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11:00 |
15.1. OSCAR/Space and WIGOS Station Identifiers (Heikki Pohjola, WMO Space Programme) |
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11:30 |
15.2. OSCAR/Space database content updates and variable sorting criteria (Roger Saunders/ Heikki Pohjola, WMO Space Programme) |
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12:00 |
Action review (WMO Secretariat) |
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13:00 |
Next meetings |
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13:15 |
Closure of the meeting |
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13:30 |
End of Day 3 and Adjourn |
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INF-type document
recent (since ET-SSU-5 in Sept 2022) updates from satellite operators:
(CMA, EUMETSAT, JMA, KMA, NASA, NOAA/NESDIS)