8th meeting of the Expert Team on Space Systems and Utilization (ET-SSU-8)

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

Meeting Documents

Meeting Report

TUESDAY 19 September 2023

Documents

Chair DAY 1:

09:00

1. OPENING OF THE SESSION

09:00

1.1. Welcome from ET-SSU Chairs and WMO

 

09:15

1.2. Organization of the session (WMO SEC)

 

09:20

1.3. Introduction of participants (Members)

 

09:35

1.4. Approval of the agenda

 

09:45

2. WMO UPDATES RELEVANT TO ET-SSU, incl. Cg-19 outcomes

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

2

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

3. WMO data policy implementation

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)

3

11:45

4. space-based actions for high level guidance

11:45

Space-based actions for High Level Guidance
(Fiona Smith, ET-SSU Chair)

HLG

EGOS-IP

12:30

Lunch break

13:30

5. ESA'S NEW "ESSEO" INITIATIVE

13:30

European Scientists on Spectrum for Earth Observation: preliminary outcomes of the work (Stephen English, online)

5

13:45

6. ET-SSU workplan and task team approach

13:45

ET-SSU Workplan and task team approach (ET-SSU Chairs)

6

14:30

7. DBNET-CG UPDATES

14:30

DBNet-CG: updates and collaboration with ET-SSU
(Mikael Rattenborg, WMO Space Programme)

7

15:00

Coffee Break

15:30

8. CLIMATE RELATED APPLICATIONS

15:30

8.1. GCOS Implementation Plan
(Caterina Tassone, GCOS Secretariat)

8.1

16:00

8.2. Review of observation strategy/vision for Earth Radiation Budget (action A5.10) (Rainer Hollmann, DWD)

8.2pdf

8.2ppt

16:30

9. TRAINING AND EDUCATION

16:30

9.1. VLab Status report 2022 (Bernie Connell, VLab Co-Chair, CIRA/NOAA)

9.1

16:50

9.2. Further development of VLab: ET-SSU perspectives

 

 

 

 

17:00

End of Day 1

 

 

WEDNESDAY 20 September 2023

Documents

Chair DAY 2:

09:00

10. Regional engagement

09:00

10.1. RA I Updates (Sarah Kimani, RAIDEG Chair)

10.1

09:20

10.2. RA II Updates (JaeGwan-Kim on behalf of Dohyeong Kim, Chair of RA II ET-SOA)

10.2

09:40

10.3. RA III/IV Updates (Marcial Garbanzo, SDR III/IV Co-Chair)

10.3

10:00

10.4. RA V Updates (Fiona Smith on behalf of Agnes Lane, Chair of RA V ET-SAT)

10.4

10:20

10.5. RA VI Updates (Stephan Bojinski, EUMETSAT)

10.5

10:40

10.6. Discussion on further collaboration (Members)

 

11:00

Coffee Break

11:30

11. updates on WIGOS

11:30

Updates on WIGOS (Albert Fischer, Director of WIGOS Branch)

11

12:00

Lunch break

13:00

12. Strategic initiatives

13:00

12.1. WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch

13:00

WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch (GGGW) 
(Lars Peter Riishojdaard)

12.1

13:30

12.2. Polar Space Task Group follow on

13:30

Polar Space Task Group (PSTG) follow on
(Rodica Nitu, WMO Cryosphere Watch Project)

12.2

14:00

12.3. UN Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL)

14:00

12.3.1. UN Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL)
(Erica Allis, WMO Disaster Risk Reduction)

12.3.1

14:20

12.3.2. Early Warnings for southern Africa – a WISER funded project (Estelle De Coning, WMO World Weather Research Division)

12.3.2

14:40

12.3.3. NWP products for EW4ALL
(Yuki Honda, WMO Earth System Prediction Division)

12.3.3

15:00

Coffee Break

15:30

12.3.4. Enhancement of satellite data products use for EW4ALL (Di Xian on behalf of Peng Zhang, C-SAT)

12.3.4

15:50

12.3.5. Towards nowcasting in Europe in 2030
(Stephan Bojinski, EUMETSAT)

12.3.5

16:10

12.3.6. Satellite data requirements for Nowcasting
(Jordan Gerth, NOAA and Members)

12.3.6

16:40

12.3.7. Work package for EW4ALL: satellite products/applications, incl. for nowcasting

12.3.7

 

 

17:00

End of Day 2

 

THURSDAY 21 September 2023

Documents

Chair DAY 3:

09:00

13. HYDROLODY RELATED APPLICATIONS

 

09:00

Informed decisions for water management: requirements from satellites (Tommaso Abrate, WMO Earth System Monitoring Division)

13

10:00

14. transition from gts to wis 2.0

 

10:00

EUMETSAT’s transition from GTS to WIS 2.0 (Simon Elliott, EUMETSAT)

14

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

15. OSCAR/SPACE status update

11:00

15.1. OSCAR/Space and WIGOS Station Identifiers (Heikki Pohjola, WMO Space Programme)

15.1

11:30

15.2. OSCAR/Space database content updates and variable sorting criteria (Roger Saunders/ Heikki Pohjola, WMO Space Programme)

15.2

12:00

Action review (WMO Secretariat)

actions

13:00

Next meetings

 

13:15

Closure of the meeting

 

 

 

 

13:30

End of Day 3 and Adjourn

 

 

INF-type document

recent (since ET-SSU-5 in Sept 2022) updates from satellite operators:
(CMA, EUMETSAT, JMA, KMA, NASA, NOAA/NESDIS