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Table of Contents 

1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 5 

1.1 PURPOSE OF THE DOCUMENT ..................................................................................................... 5 

1.2 REPORTING PERIOD ................................................................................................................... 5 

1.3 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS........................................................................................................... 5 

1.4 MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 6 

1.4.1 Processing environment ...................................................................................................... 6 

1.4.2 AVHRR based processing................................................................................................... 6 

1.4.3 Generation of merged products........................................................................................... 6 

1.4.4 ATOVS based processing ................................................................................................... 7 

1.4.5 Generation of products at the top of the atmosphere.......................................................... 7 

1.4.6 SEVIRI based processing.................................................................................................... 7 

1.4.7 Product availability............................................................................................................... 7 

2 STATUS OF DELIVERABLE PRODUCTS .................................................................................... 8 

3 QUALITY OF PRODUCTS............................................................................................................ 12 

4 SERVICE PROVISION STATUS .................................................................................................. 13 

5 LIST AND STATUS OF THE GENERATED SOFTWARE PROBLEM/NON CONFORMANCE 

REPORTS ............................................................................................................................................. 13 

6 MAIN ANOMALIES....................................................................................................................... 14 

7 INTERACTION WITH USERS, USER FEEDBACK ..................................................................... 16 

7.1 DESCRIPTION OF IMPLEMENTED UHD SERVICES........................................................................ 16 

7.2 USER STATISTICS..................................................................................................................... 17 

7.3 FORMAL UHD REQUESTS ......................................................................................................... 22 

7.4 USER PROBLEM REPORT ......................................................................................................... 22 

8 PROVISION OF CM-SAF PRODUCTS ........................................................................................ 23 

9 TRAINING ACTIVITIES JULY 2009 – DECEMBER 2009 ........................................................... 27 

10 INTERACTIONS WITH EUMETSAT......................................................................................... 28 

11 SUMMARY OF CONFIGURATION ITEMS UPDATE............................................................... 28 

12 FUTURE UPDATES AND PLANS............................................................................................ 40 

ANNEX 1: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................ 43 

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List of Tables 

Table 1: Availability of AVHRR-based CM-SAF products covering the baseline area............................ 8 

Table 2: Availability of AVHRR-based CM-SAF products covering the Arctic ........................................ 9 

Table 3: Availability of SEVIRI-based CM-SAF products........................................................................ 9 

Table 4: Availability of merged AVHRR/SEVIRI CM-SAF radiation products ....................................... 10 

Table 5: Availability of GERB and SEVIRI-based CM-SAF products at the top of the atmosphere ..... 10 

Table 6: Availability of ATOVS based CM-SAF products HTW, HLW and HSH................................... 10 

Table 7: Quality management ratios in dependence on the product groups (Cld: Cloud products, Rad: 

radiation products, TOA: top of the atmosphere products, Wap: water vapour and temperature 

products) and the service indicator RT during the last 18 months................................................. 12 

Table 8: Status of implemented CM-SAF services according the Service Specification ...................... 13 

Table 9: Raised Software Problem Reports (SPR), Software Modification Reports (SMR), Non 

Conformance Reports (NCR) and System Change Reports (SCR) concerning the operational 

versions related to the version of change during the last four reporting periods ........................... 14 

Table 10: Statistical information about user access and user feedback during the reporting period.... 17 

Table 11: List of institutions of registered users of CM-SAF products .................................................. 18 

Table 12: Summary of provided data amount during reporting period.................................................. 26 

Table 13: Offline provision of CM-SAF products related to the area of application .............................. 27 

Table 14: Implemented changes concerning CM-SAF products until 30 April 2008 ............................ 29 

Table 15: Implemented changes for AVHRR-based cloud products since 1 May 2008 ....................... 32 

Table 16: Implemented changes for AVHRR-based surface radiation products since 1 May 2008..... 33 

Table 17: Implemented changes for SEVIRI-based cloud products since 1 May 2008........................ 35 

Table 18: Implemented changes for SEVIRI-based surface radiation products since 1 May 2008...... 36 

Table 19: Implemented changes for merged surface radiation products based on AVHRR and SEVIRI 

since 1 May 2008 ........................................................................................................................... 37 

Table 20: Implemented changes for water vapour and temperature products based on ATOVS ........ 37 

Table 21: Implemented changes for TOA products since 1 May 2008 ................................................. 38 

Table 22: Current status of CM-SAF products ...................................................................................... 39 

List of Figures 

Figure 1: Number of registered users since June 2009 ........................................................................ 18 

Figure 2: Membership of CM-SAF users............................................................................................... 18 

Figure 3: UHD enquiries July - December 2009 ................................................................................... 22 

Figure 4: Number of orders for cloud products (a), water vapour products (b), surface radiation 

products (c) and top of the atmosphere products (d), July – December 2009............................... 24 

Figure 5: Distribution of provided products per product group during reporting period ........................ 25 

Figure 6: Number of orders depending on the temporal resolution, July – December 2009 ................ 25 

Figure 7: Number of provided files per user.......................................................................................... 26 

Figure 8 Screenshot of new WUI design allowing a selection of sub-regions and re-projection to 

latitude/longitude grid ..................................................................................................................... 41 

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1 Introduction 

1.1 Purpose of the document 

The purpose of this document is to provide a summary of operational activities within the 

reporting period and to outline the operations activities. Furthermore, a summary of User 

Help Desk (UHD) activities is given. 

1.2 Reporting period 

The reporting period for the 2 nd Operations Report 2009 covers July 2009 until December 

2009 concerning CM-SAF services and products based on different data sources. 

1.3 Applicable Documents 

The predominant part of the CM-SAF documents are so called ‘living documents’ which 

means that they are more or less under permanent revision. The most current version of the 

documents can be found on the CM-SAF web pages: 

http://www.cmsaf.eu → 

Publication & Documentation 

List of reference documents: 

Reference Title Code 

[RD 1] CM-SAF User Manual Products SAF/CM/DWD/UMP/1 

[RD 2] CM-SAF Service Specification SAF/CM/DWD/SeSp/1 

[RD 3] Product User Manual 

SAF/CM/DWD/PUM/CLOUDS 

Clouds 


SAF/CM/FMI/PUM/SAL 

Surface Broadband Albedo 


SAF/CM/DWD/PUM/HTW_SSMI_global_DS 

Vertically Integrated Water 

Vapour from SSM/I 


SAF/CM/DWD/PUM/WVT 

Water Vapour and Temperature 

from ATOVS 

[RD 7] CDOP Product Requirements SAF/CM/DWD/PRD/1 

Document 

[RD 8] Annual Validation Report 2009 SAF/CM/DWD/VAL/OR5 

[RD 9] 2 nd Operations report 2008 SAF/CM/DWD/OpsRep2008/02/1 

[RD 10] 1 st Operations Report 2009 SAF/CM/DWD/OpsRep200901/1 

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1.4 Major achievements 

1.4.1 Processing environment 

After the switch-off of the IBM supercomputers at DWD in mid-January 2009, processing of 

all CM-SAF products calculated at the processing centre DWD had been successfully moved 

to the new processing environment making use of resources at DWD and ECMWF [RD 10]. 

On 30 September 2009 the Power 5 IBM HPC at ECMWF has been switched off and has 

been replaced by an IBM Power 6 HPC system running IBM AIX 5.3. This resulted in a 

second migration to a new processing environment within one year. 

Beside the changing of the operating system mentioned above, several updates have been 

introduced for the CM-SAF products during the reporting period. They are described in more 

detail below. The new version numbers for the products are described in section 11 of this 

report and are also listed on the CM-SAF webpage (www.cmsaf.eu → Data Access → 

Change log) 

1.4.2 AVHRR based processing 

Since September 2009 the AVHRR-based products for the Arctic area are available to our 

users. The corresponding documents as for example the Product User Manuals [RD 3], [RD 

4] can be downloaded from the document section of the CM-SAF webpage. Products have 

been made available from January 2009 onwards. Additionally AVHRR based products for 

the Arctic area have been processed for the time frame of the International Polar Year. 

These data are available for the months October 2007 to April 2008. A detailed description of 

the operational generation of AVHRR-based cloud products at CM-SAF has also been 

published in a peer-reviewed article: Kaspar, F., R. Hollmann, M. Lockhoff, K.-G. Karlsson, 

A. Dybbroe, P. Fuchs, N. Selbach, D. Stein, J. Schulz, 2009: Operational generation of 

AVHRR-based cloud products for Europe and the Arctic at EUMETSAT’s Satellite 

Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM-SAF), Adv. Sci. Res., 3, 45-51. 

In July 2009 changes have been implemented in the processing of the AVHRR based 

products. On 8 July 2009 the provision of NOAA18 AVHRR data has been replaced by 

distribution of NOAA 19 AVHRR data in the EUMETSAT Advanced Retransmission Service 

(EARS). As a consequence an update of the NWC-SAF PPS software became necessary 

and has been implemented. For products from July 2009 onwards the NWC-SAF PPS 

version 2009 is used together with AAPP 6.9 for the pre-processing of the AVHRR data. The 

software for the generation of the COT and CWP products has been updated as well in order 

to fix a bug which has been described in [RD 10] 

As a consequence of these software updates several other AVHRR based products got new 

version numbers as well. According to the CM-SAF versioning approach not only products 

being based on new software but also products being affected by the implemented changes 

get a new version number (see section 11). 

1.4.3 Generation of merged products 

From July 2009 onwards a new version of the merged AVHRR and SEVIRI surface radiation 

products became available. The merging approach has been updated in order to take into 

account the increased area covered by AVHRR data since changing the interface of the input 

data from using data locally received in Offenbach, Germany, to using data received via 

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EARS and EumetCast. As a consequence of the increased spatial coverage of AVHRR 

based products the region where the merging takes place has been extended in the following 

way: The merging is now applied between a slant angle of 60 to 70 degree everywhere on 

MSG disk (corresponds to a circular ring around 0,0 latitude/longitude with a radius of 65 and 

width of 60 to 70 degree north defined at a longitude of zero). Below a slant angle of 60 

degree MSG-SEVIRI based products are used, above 70 degree NOAA/Metop-AVHRR 

based products are utilised and if not present no data values are given. 

1.4.4 ATOVS based processing 

From June 2009 onwards a new version of ATOVS based HTW, HLW and HSH products is 

available to the users. The change includes an upgrade of the processing software. The preprocessing 

of the ATOVS data now makes use of AAPP 6.10, the retrieval of atmospheric 

parameters has been updated to IAPP 3.0b. The main advantage of IAPP 3.0b is the ability 

to handle ATOVS data from NOAA-19 and Metop satellites. Due to problems with some 

instruments, data from NOAA19 and Metop only are used as input for the product generation 

since June 2009 (see section 6 for details). 

1.4.5 Generation of products at the top of the atmosphere 

On 23 rd October 2009 the processing of the GERB data, which is used as input in the top of 

the atmosphere radiation products, has been changed by the GERB team. The adaptation of 

the retrieval software regards a change of a coefficient for the instrument detectors and the 

correction of the cloud retrieval table. The TRS and TET processing and an internally used 

dataset required for the generation of the SIS product are affected by the change of the 

GERB data. This results in a change of the version number for all affected products. For 

TRS and TET products, the version approach was applied in the following way: From 23 rd 

October onwards, the daily mean products are available with the new version number clearly 

identifying the change in the input data. For the monthly mean and monthly mean diurnal 

cycle TRS and TET products the new version number has been used from November 2009 

onwards, for October 2009 the old version number has been kept. However, the user needs 

to be aware that these files include a mix of two versions of GERB data. A corresponding 

service message informing the user is available on the CM-SAF webpage. 

1.4.6 SEVIRI based processing 

SIS and related daily and monthly mean SEVIRI based products use GERB data as input 

and are affected by the change in the GERB processing from 1 November 2009 onwards. 

For the products at the end of October 2009 a GERB-like top of atmosphere albedo based 

on SEVIRI data has been used in the processing as replacement of the GERB based data. 

As a result of the change in input data for the surface radiation products based on SEVIRI, 

the merged products got a new version number from November 2009 onwards as well. 

Section 11 gives more details on the versioning of the affected surface radiation products 

1.4.7 Product availability 

Cloud and radiation products based on AVHRR data covering the baseline area (30°N-80°N, 

60°W-60°E) and the Arctic are available for the reporting period without gaps (see Table 1). 

SEVIRI based cloud and radiation products covering the full MSG disk are available for the 

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reporting period with some gaps due to a safe mode of the satellite (see Table 3 and section 

6). The merged surface radiation products based on AVHRR and SEVIRI have been 

generated completely for the reporting period. 

The ATOVS based products HTW, HLW and HSH have been processed and archived until 

November 2009 (cp. Table 6). The processing of these products for December 2009 requires 

further analysis before the data can be made available to the users. 

TIS, TRS and TET products have been processed and are available to the users until 

November 2009 via the Web User Interface (see Table 5). Gaps in the data are due to a safe 

mode of the Meteosat 9 satellite (section 6). The timeliness requirements are fulfilled for 

these products (see section 2) 

After a period of negative or low key figures for the timeliness requirement at the beginning of 

the reporting period, the processing of all operational products generated in the framework of 

the CM SAF is within the requirements again at the end of the reporting period (cf. Table 7). 

2 Status of deliverable products 

Operational CM-SAF cloud, surface radiation and water vapour products shall be available 

for distribution within two months after the acquisition of the corresponding satellite input 

data. The products at the top of the atmosphere shall be available after four months 

according the definition of PA (cf. also [RD 7]). The figures covering the completeness of the 

products are given in the following tables taking into account the delivery requirements for 

the CM-SAF products. 

Table 1 shows the availability and completeness of the CM-SAF products based on AVHRR 

data for the baseline area in terms of the reporting period. Table 2 gives the corresponding 

availability for the AVHRR based products covering the Arctic area. 

Table 1: Availability of AVHRR-based CM-SAF products covering the baseline area 

Product Period of availability 

daily means 

weekly mean monthly mean monthly mean 

diurnal-cycle 

Completeness 

in % in 

reporting 

period 

CFC 2004/10/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2004/10-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

COT 2004/10/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2004/10-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

CPH 2004/10/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2004/10-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

CTH 2004/10/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2004/10-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

CTP 2004/10/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2004/10-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

CTT 2004/10/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2004/10-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

CTY 2004/10/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2004/10-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

CWP 2004/10/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2004/10-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

SAL n/a 2004/10/04- 2004/10-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

2009/12/31 

SDL n/a n/a 2004/10-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

SIS 2004/10/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2004/10-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

SNL n/a n/a 2004/10-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

SNS 2004/10/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2004/10-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

SOL n/a n/a 2004/10-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

SRB n/a n/a 2004/10-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

Gaps in 

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Product 

Table 2: Availability of AVHRR-based CM-SAF products covering the Arctic 

Period of availability 

daily means 

weekly mean monthly mean monthly mean 

diurnal-cycle 

Completeness 

in % in 

reporting 

period 

CFC 2009/01/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2009/01-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

CTH 2009/01/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2009/01-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

CTP 2009/01/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2009/01-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

CTT 2009/01/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2009/01-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

CTY 2009/01/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2009/01-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

SAL n/a 2009/01/01- 

2009/12/31 

2009/01-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

Gaps in reporting 

period 

Table 3 shows the availability and completeness of the CM-SAF products based on SEVIRI 

data. 

Table 3: Availability of SEVIRI-based CM-SAF products 


Completeness 

in % in 


period 

reporting 

period 

daily means weekly mean monthly mean monthly mean 

diurnal-cycle 

CFC 2005/09/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2005/09-2009/12 2005/09-2009/12 96.9 % no daily mean product for 

15-20 Aug 2009 

COT 2005/09/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2005/09-2009/12 2005/09-2009/12 96.9 % no daily mean product for 

15-20 Aug 2009 

CPH 2007/05/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2007/05-2009/12 2007/05-2009/12 96.9 % no daily mean product for 

15-20 Aug 2009 

CTH 2005/09/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2005/09-2009/12 2005/09-2009/12 96.9 % no daily mean product for 

15-20 Aug 2009 

CTP 2005/09/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2005/09-2009/12 2005/09-2009/12 96.9 % no daily mean product for 

15-20 Aug 2009 

CTT 2005/09/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2005/09-2009/12 2005/09-2009/12 96.9 % no daily mean product for 

15-20 Aug 2009 

CTY 2005/09/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2005/09-2009/12 2005/09-2009/12 96.9 % no daily mean product for 

15-20 Aug 2009 

CWP 2005/09/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2005/09-2009/12 2005/09-2009/12 96.9 % no daily mean product for 

15-20 Aug 2009 

SAL n/a 2005/08/29- 

2009/12/31 

2005/09-2009/12 n/a 96.9 % no weekly mean for 17 

Aug 2009 

SDL n/a n/a 2005/09-2009/12 2005/09-2009/12 100 % none 

SIS 2005/09/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2005/09-2009/12 2005/09-2009/12 96.9% no daily mean product for 

15-20 Aug 2009 

SNL n/a n/a 2005/09-2009/12 2005/09-2009/12 100 % none 

SNS 2005/09/01-2009/12/31 n/a 2005/09-2009/12 2005/09-2009/12 96.9% no daily mean product for 

15-20 Aug 2009 

SOL n/a n/a 2005/09-2009/12 2005/09-2009/12 100 % none 

SRB n/a n/a 2005/09-2009/12 2005/09-2009/12 100 % none 

The gaps in the daily mean products in August 2009 are explained by missing SEVIRI data 

(see section 6). 

Table 4 shows the availability and completeness of the CM-SAF radiation products based on 

merged AVHRR and SEVIRI data related to the reporting period from July 2009 to December 

2009. 

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Table 4: Availability of merged AVHRR/SEVIRI CM-SAF radiation products 


Completeness 

in % in 


period 

reporting 

period 

daily means weekly mean monthly mean monthly mean 

diurnal-cycle 

SAL n/a n/a 2005/09-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

SDL n/a n/a 2005/09-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

SIS n/a n/a 2005/09-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

SNL n/a n/a 2005/09-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

SNS n/a n/a 2005/09-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

SOL n/a n/a 2005/09-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

SRB n/a n/a 2005/09-2009/12 n/a 100% none 

All merged surface radiation products are available for the reporting period. 

Table 5 shows the availability and completeness of the CM-SAF products at the top of the 

atmosphere based on GERB data and GERB like data, respectively, related to the reporting 

period. 

Table 5: Availability of GERB and SEVIRI-based CM-SAF products at the top of the atmosphere 


daily means weekly 

mean 

monthly mean 

monthly mean 

diurnal-cycle 

Completeness 

in % in period 


reporting 

period 

TET 2004/02/01-2009/11/31 n/a 2004/02-2009/11 2004/02-2009/11 96% no daily mean 

product for 15- 21 

Aug 2009 

TIS 2004/02/01-2009/11/31 n/a 2004/02-2009/11 2004/02-2009/11 100% none 

TRS 2004/02/01-2009/11/31 n/a 2004/02-2009/11 2004/02-2009/11 96% no daily mean 

product for 15- 21 

Aug 2009 

The gaps in the TRS and TET daily mean products in August 2009 are due to missing data 

from Meteosat-9 (see section 6). 

Table 6 shows the availability and completeness of the ATOVS based water vapour and 

temperature products related to the reporting period. 

Table 6: Availability of ATOVS based CM-SAF products HTW, HLW and HSH 


daily means weekly 

mean 

monthly mean 

monthly mean 

diurnal-cycle 

Completeness 

in % 

for 

reporting 

period 

HTW 2004/01/01-2009/11/30 n/a 2004/01-2009/11 n/a 100% none 

HLW 2004/01/01-2009/11/30 n/a 2004/01-2009/11 n/a 100% none 

HSH 2004/01/01-2009/11/30 n/a 2004/01-2009/11 n/a 100% none 


period 

All HTW, HLW and HSH products are available including November 2009. The processing of 

data for December 2009 requires further analysis before the data can be made available to 

the users. A change in configuration of satellites has been introduced in June 2009 (see 

section 1.4.4 and section 6 for more details). 

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Within the framework of quality management of DWD the following key figures were defined: 

Availability of products (Product Availability; PA): 

According to the user requirements the generation and archiving of CM-SAF products 

shall be completed within 60 days (2 months) after the end of the time interval for 

which the product is valid (target date) for all products except TIS, TRS and TET. For 

these products a target date of 120 days is valid. PA is weighted accordingly to reach 

the averaged value. 

PA = target date – date of availability; target date = 60 (120) 

That means PA=60 (120) corresponds to a real time processing and is the maximum 

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Table 7: Quality management ratios in dependence on the product groups (Cld: Cloud products, Rad: 

radiation products, TOA: top of the atmosphere products, Wap: water vapour and temperature 

products) and the service indicator RT during the last 18 months 

PA PA_Cld PA_Rad PA_TOA PA_Wap PC PC_Cld PC_Rad PC_TOA PC_Wap RT 

Target >=0 >=0 >=0 >=0 >=0 >=95% >=95% >=95% >=95% >=95% >=0 

Jul 2008 -1 8 8 -37* -** 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 4 

Aug 2008 9 20 20 -28* 42 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 4 

Sep 2008 9 27 27 -55* 11 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 4 

Oct 2008 26 35 35 -25* 46 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 4 

Nov 2008 38 47 47 5* 55 99% 98% 100% 100% 100% 4 

Dec 2008 45 55 55 35* 52 97% 99% 90% 100% 100% 4 

Jan 2009 -2 -21 -21 65* 1 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 4 

Feb 2009 -10 -19 -19 25* -14 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 3 

Mar 2009 7 -4 -4 43* 15 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 3 

Apr 2009 22 14 14 74* 22 96% 92% 92% 97.6%** 100% 4 

May 2009 25 31 31 39* 20 100 % 100% 100% 100% 100% 4 

June 2009 36 41 41 23* 51 100 % 100% 100% 100% 100% 3 

July 2009 -2 5 14 26* -34 100 % 100 % 100 % 100% 100% 4 

Aug 2009 2 -3 7 18* -5 93 % 94 % 94 % 86 % 100% 3 

Sep 2009 12 2 10 28* 18 100 % 100 % 100 % 100% 100% 4 

Oct 2009 27 11 18 38* 40 100 % 100 % 100 % 100% 100% 4 

Nov 2009 14 21 25 55* 10 100 %- 100 % 100 % 100%- 100% 5 

Dec 2009 - 32 36 - - - 100 % 100 % - - 4 

* The numbers are not normalized and refer to a target of 120 days. In order to calculate the PA for 

the complete system normalized numbers for PA_TOA (relating to 60 days) are applied. 

**TRS and TET data for 17-23 April 2009 have been removed from the database and are no longer 

available to the user (see section 6 for more details) which explains the difference to the numbers 

given in [RD 10]. 

The low PC values in April 2009 and in August 2009 are due to the missing SEVIRI input 

data caused by the safe mode of Meteosat 9 (see also 1 st Operations Report 2009 [RD 10]) 

The low PA value for July 2009 is explained by the delay in processing of ATOVS data which 

was caused by a necessary but at that time unforeseeable update in processing procedures 

due to problems of several sensors. More details are given in section 1.4.4 and section 6. 

The lower key figures in cloud products are due to the required update in the AVHRR 

processing routines which had to be introduced on short notice (see section 1.4.2 and 

section 6) 

3 Quality of products 

The quality of operational CM-SAF products with respect to e.g. accuracy and the status of 

the products as well is described in the “Annual Validation Report 2009” (cp.[RD 8]) . This 

Report is available on the public CM-SAF webpage: 

www.cmsaf.eu → Publication & Documentation 

→ CM-SAF Documentation 

→ Validation Reports. 

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4 Service provision status 

The Service Specification document [RD 2] provides specifications and detailed information 

on the services committed towards the users by the Satellite Application Facility on Climate 

Monitoring (CM-SAF). The table below gives a summary of the status of implemented 

services. 

Table 8: Status of implemented CM-SAF services according the Service Specification 

requirement 

status 

SS-1 scope on schedule 

SS-2 area on schedule 

SS-3 Product characteristics and accuracy on schedule 

SS-4 availability partly delayed during reporting period, 

but within requirements again at end of 

reporting period 

SS-5 Operations Report on schedule 

SS-6 CM-SAF archive available 

SS-7 Processing of requests on schedule 

SS-8 User information provided 

SS-9 Media of product distribution procedure implemented 

SS-10 Product distribution (single entry point) procedure implemented 

SS-11 Product distribution (product catalogue) available 

SS-12 Product distribution (ordering procedure) procedure implemented 

SS-13 Product distribution (registration) procedure implemented 

SS-14 Product distribution (user information) procedure implemented 

SS-15 Training activities on schedule 

SS-16 Help Desk and User Problem Reporting procedure implemented 

procedure 

SS-17 Help Desk availability on schedule 

SS-18 Availability of CM-SAF web page on schedule 

SS-19 Provision of user service available 

SS-20 Mail box and FAQ list available 

SS-21 Functions of the central CM-SAF WWW site implemented 

SS-22 Access rights implemented 

SS-23 News and other topics available 

SS-24 Documentation Access access available 

SS-25 Meteorological Scientific Developments on schedule 

SS-26 User Service quality monitoring on schedule 

5 List and status of the generated Software Problem/Non Conformance 

Reports 

The following Software Problem Reports (SPR), Software Modification Reports (SMR), Non 

Conformance Reports (NCR) and System Change Reports (SCR) related to the operational 

CM-SAF versions were raised during the last four reporting periods: 

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Table 9: Raised Software Problem Reports (SPR), Software Modification Reports (SMR), Non 

Conformance Reports (NCR) and System Change Reports (SCR) concerning the operational 

versions related to the version of change during the last four reporting periods 

SPR/NCR name SPR/NCR 

date 

SMR/SCR name 

SMR/SCR 

date 

affected 

item 

Implemented 

in SW 

version 

Status 

SPR-0053- 

SMR-0053- 

DWD_S2_merged 19.08.2008 DWD_S2_merged 01.12.2008 Merging 301/SAL 310 closed 

NCR-0002- 

DWD_TOA 11.08.2008 SCR-0002-DWD 27.01.2009 S-TOA 300 closed 

SPR-0054- 

DWD_CTY 19.08.2008 SMR-0054-DWD_CTY 01.09.2008 CTY 320 closed 

SPR-0055- 

DWD_SAL 15.09.2008 SMR-0055-DWD_SAL 17.09.2008 SAL 310 closed 

SPR- 

SMR- 

0001_RMIB_TRS 01.02.2009 0001_RMIB_TRs_TET 01.02.2009 TRS 

SPR- 

SMR- 

0002_RMIB_TET 01.02.2009 0001_RMIB_TRs_TET 01.02.2009 TET 

SPR-0056- 

SMR-0056- 

COT, 

KNMI_CPP 18.05.2009 KNMI_CPP 18.05.2009 CWP 

SPR-0057- 

SMR-0057- 

DWD_CLD_avg_ 05.06.2009 DWD_CLD_avg 25.06.2009 

CFC, 

CTX, 

CTY,CPH, 

COT, 

CWP 320 

301 closed 

301 closed 

320 closed 

The problem and non-conformance reports raised during the last two years are included in 

the table. Older reports can be found in [RD 9] and [RD 10]. 

closed 

6 Main anomalies 

As described in the 1 st Operations Report 2009 [RD 10] Meteosat-9 experienced a safe 

mode on 17 April 2009, 15:52 UTC which was due to a spurious event. The 1 st Operations 

Report 2009 [RD 10] stated that the TRS and TET data are available without gaps during this 

period. However, further analysis of the data has shown a reduced quality of the daily mean 

products for this period. Therefore, the daily mean TRS and TET data for the time period 17- 

23 April 2009 have been removed from the database and are no longer available for the 

user. The monthly mean and monthly mean diurnal cycle TRS and TET for April 2009 can be 

used but are based on a reduced amount of data. A corresponding service message is 

available on the CM-SAF webpage. 

On 8 July 2009 NOAA 18 AVHRR data has been replaced by NOAA 19 AVHRR data in 

EARS. The change had been announced to the STG-OPS working group via email on 5 

June 2009. As no parallel dissemination of AVHRR data from NOAA 18 and NOAA 19 was 

available, there is a change in satellite configuration within the month for the products of July 

2009. In order to be able to handle the new satellite data source in the operational 

processing several software updates described in section 1.4.2 have been introduced. No 

tests of new software and/or configuration from a technical nor scientific point of view was 

possible using both sensors in parallel. The required software changes and updates resulted 

in a delay in the processing of the AVHRR based cloud and surface radiation products during 

the reporting period which is also reflected in the corresponding key figures in Table 7. As a 

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well. However, the processing is well within its specification again for all product groups at 

the end of the reporting period. 

On 15 August 2009, 05:13 UTC a so-called „safe mode“ of Meteosat-9 has been triggered 

due to a spurious event. As a result services had been switched to Meteosat-8. Meteosat-9 

became operational again on 21 August 2009, 0900 UTC. Consequently, no SEVIRI data are 

available from the Meteosat-9 satellite for this time period. Although Meteosat-8 replaced 

Meteosat-9 during this time, the SEVIRI-based CM-SAF cloud and surface radiation products 

have not been calculated during the time frame of the satellite’s safe mode. No daily mean 

products are available for the time period 15 – 20 August 2009. No weekly mean SAL 

product has been calculated for the reference date 17 August 2009. Please be aware that 

the SEVIRI-based monthly mean and monthly mean diurnal cycle cloud and surface radiation 

products for August 2009 as well as the SAL weekly mean product for the reference date 10 

Aug 2009 are based on a reduced amount of data. Due to the safe mode of the satellite and 

therefore missing input data no daily mean TRS and TET products are available for the time 

period 15 – 21 August 2009. The monthly mean and monthly mean diurnal cycle products for 

August 2009 are based on a reduced amount of data. 

Since the beginning of 2009 several NOAA based ATOVS sensors have shown some 

problems. AMSUA1 channel 4 on NOAA16 has been out of service specifications since 

beginning of March 2008, only NOAA15 and NOAA18 ATOVS data have been used to 

generate the HTW, HLW and HSH products. Since 5 February 2009, the status of the HIRS 

instrument onboard NOAA18 has been set to “operational with degraded performance” due 

to increased noise in channel 1 to 10. Since 31 May 2009 the HIRS instrument onboard 

NOAA 15 also shows some problems with the filter wheel and data appears to be corrupted. 

From June 2009 onwards NOAA15 and NOAA18 are not any longer included in the 

processing because NOAA declared the HIRS instrument on both satellites not operational. 

Water vapour products from June 2009 onwards are based on ATOVS data from NOAA-19 

and Metop-A. The change in platforms further required an update of AAPP and IAPP 

software packages (see section 1.4.4). The required software changes and updates resulted 

in a delay in the processing of the ATOVS based water vapour products during the reporting 

period which is also reflected in the corresponding key figures in Table 7. The MHS 

instrument onboard NOAA-19 had some problems due to a decreased gain in the channels 3 

and 4 in 2009. Details on the status of the instruments onboard the NOAA and Metop 

satellites can be found on, e.g., the webpage of the Office on Satellite Operations of the 

NOAA (http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poesstatus/). Details on the effect of the changes and 

described problems of the different sensors are given in the Annual Validation Report 2009 

[RD 8]. 

As described in the 1 st Operations Report 2009 [RD 10], a change in remapping table for 

SEVIRI based cloud products was intended to be introduced from January 2009 onwards. 

However, the change in remapping table has not been properly transferred from the test 

environment to the operational environment. Thus, the change has not taken place yet. 

Furthermore, it also affected the cloud type products generated from AVHRR data. This was 

revealed in the validation of the products. Further information on the effect is given in the 

Annual Validation Report 2009 [RD 8]. This will be corrected as soon as possible. The 

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7 Interaction with users, user feedback 

7.1 Description of implemented UHD services 

The User Help Desk support is based on an open service area of the specific CM-SAF web 

site, which acts as the single entry point for the users interface. The User Help Desk provides 

information and services to the CM-SAF user community and supports the gathering of the 

feedback from users needed to improve the CM-SAF services. The following services are 

provided by the Help Desk: 

• E-Mailbox and FAQ list 

o The e-mail box shall help to solve problems and collect questions of the users 

with CM-SAF products. Besides this it is expected that users will place 

requirements and proposals in order to improve the service and the products 

here. In the course of the time of regular processing of CM-SAF it is anticipated to 

collect questions in FAQ lists which shall be updated regularly. The UHD is also 

accessible via phone or fax. 

• Feedback/User Problem Report 

o The user has the possibility to give feedback either via the contact e-mail box or 

by filling in the form “User Problem Report” (UPR). The UPR form and the contact 

e-mail box are available on the CM-SAF web page. 

• Service messages 

o The CM-SAF web page “Service messages” provides current information 

concerning the provision of CM-SAF products to the users. This regards 

announcements to new products or services as well as messages about technical 

problems or the quality of products. 

• Change log 

o The CM-SAF web page “change log” informs the user on the versioning approach 

of the CM-SAF products. Following the change in the versioning approach from 

May 2008 onwards, this part of the webpage has been adapted accordingly. 

• Add on products and tools 

o Additional tools, auxiliary data and additional data for using CM-SAF products are 

provided on the pages “Add on products”, “Tools” and “Auxiliary data” in the 

section “Data access” on the CM-SAF webpage to make the access more 

comfortable. 

• Access to CM-SAF technical documentation 

o This is a section for viewing or downloading CM-SAF documentation relevant for 

the end users, e.g., Algorithm Theoretical baseline Documents, User Manual 

Products, Science Plan, Prototype Reports, and Data Output Formats. 

• CM-SAF Scientific Developments 

o Information is provided on the scientific developments and plans as well as 

reports of product improvements and validation results. 

The Help Desk availability is based on a working-hours-five-days-a-week service. Once the 

communication has been received, the User Help Desk team acts as a broker and answers 

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user inquiries itself or forwards the inquiries to those having the according expertise within 

the CM-SAF team. Whereas an immediate electronic response will be generated to notify the 

user of the inquiry receipt, the full reply shall be provided within 5 working days. The inquiry 

and the replies are collected in a dedicated database in order to compile a list of frequently 

asked question. 

7.2 User statistics 

The Help Desk User Support is based on a dedicated CM-SAF web site, which will act as the 

single entry point for the web users interface (WUI). When ordering products the users will 

gain access by means of a password. The Help Desk intends to provide information and 

services to CM-SAF users, as well as to support the gathering of the feedback from users 

needed to improve the CM-SAF services. Therefore, a template for a user’s problem report 

(UPR) is available from the web site in order for a user to depict the problems he/she has 

with the CM-SAF products, CM-SAF operation or suggestions for improvements of the CM- 

SAF system. 

The following table shows some statistics to the user access and the user feedback during 

the reporting period. The number of registered users includes only users not being member 

of the CM-SAF project. 

Table 10: Statistical information about user access and user feedback during the reporting period 

number 

number of registered users 221 

number of new users (2 nd half 2009) 26 

number of orders and provision of CM-SAF products 135 

medium of provision of products FTP 131 

Email 3 

CD 0 

UHD contacts 19 

response to enquiries 

Within 1 working day 

Figure 1 illustrates the development of CM-SAF users since June 2009. Only non-CM-SAF 

members registered as a user are included in the figure. The registration of users via the 

CM-SAF Web User Interface has been possible since September 2004. 

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Trend of user registration since July 2009 

230 

220 

Number of registered users 

210 

200 

19 0 

18 0 

170 

16 0 

Jun 09 Jul 09 Aug 09 Sep 09 Okt 09 Nov 09 Dez 09 

Figure 1: Number of registered users since June 2009 

Figure 2 shows the number of users concerning the application area. A list of the institutions 

of registered users is shown in Table 11. 

Universities 

61 

Members of other 

SAFs 

4 

National 

Meteorological 

Services 

97 

Companies 

14 

Others 

13 

Research Centres 

32 

Figure 2: Membership of CM-SAF users 

Table 11: List of institutions of registered users of CM-SAF products 

Name of INSTITUTION Number of users COUNTRY 

Armstatehydromet 1 Armenia 

ZAMG 3 Austria 

Wegener Centre Graz 2 Austria 

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ANH 1 Azerbaijan 

KU Leuven 2 Belgium 

RMIB 4 Belgium 

MS 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina 

Meterological Service 1 Botswana 

Uni-Botswana 1 Botswana 

NIMH 2 Bulgaria 

FADQ 1 Canada 

Meteorological and Hydrological 

Service 

3 Croatia 

IRB (Institut Ruđer Bošković) 1 Croatia 

MS 1 Cyprus 

AS CR – Nuclear Physics Institute 

of the ASCR 

1 Czech Republic 

CHMI 4 Czech Republic 

Uni – Kopenhagen 1 Denmark 

Danish Meteorological Instiute 2 Denmark 

Finnish Environmental Institute 1 Finland 

Finnish Meteorological Institute 4 Finland 

Finnish Institute of Marine 

Research 

1 Finland 

University of Helsinki 

2 

Finland 

Meteo-France 3 France 

LMD 1 France 

CNES 2 France 

CMP 1 Georgia 

Umweltbundesamt 1 Germany 

Amt für Geoinformationswesen 1 Germany 

BTU Cottbus 3 Germany 

Deutscher Wetterdienst 15 Germany 

DLR 4 Germany 

IFM-GEOMAR 3 Germany 

Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, 

Hamburg 

1 Germany 

THR 1 Germany 

TU – Dresden 1 Germany 

Uni – FU Berlin 4 Germany 

Uni – Bonn 1 Germany 

Uni - Bremen 1 Germany 

Uni – Frankfurt 1 Germany 

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Uni - Hannover 17 Germany 

Uni – Karlsruhe 2 Germany 

Uni – Mainz 1 Germany 

Uni – Marburg 1 Germany 

Uni – Oldenburg 1 Germany 

Uni – Tübingen 1 Germany 

EUMETSAT 3 Germany 

Jörg Fuchs Systemberatung 1 Germany 

EADS 2 Germany 

BAFG 1 Germany 

Private Company 2 Germany 

Meteocontrol 2 Germany 

MPI – Max Planck Institute 3 Germany 

Rainbird 1 Germany 

ZMAW 1 Germany 

Aratos 1 Greece 

HNMS 1 Greece 

University of Ioannina 1 Greece 

Hungarian Meteorological Service 3 Hungary 

OMSZ 1 Hungary 

MET EIRIANN 1 Ireland 

CESI – Centro Elettrotecnico 

Sperimentale Italiano 

1 Italy 

ERSE - ENEA - Research on the 

Electrical System S.p.A. 

1 Italy 

European Commission 1 Italy 

Italian Met. Service 3 Italy 

University of Firenze 2 Italy 

University of Modena and Reggio 

E. 

1 Italy 

University of Rome 2 1 Italy 

Uni – Jerusalem 2 Israel 

Uni – Reading 1 Japan 

Jordan Meteorological Department 3 Jordan 

LHMT 1 Lithuania 

Uni-Vilnius 2 Lithuania 

Hydrometeorological Service 2 Macedonia 

NMS 3 Macedonia 

CRASTE-LF 1 Marocco 

Hydrometeorological Service 1 Moldavia 

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Fed. Uni. Tec 1 Nigeria 

KNMI 4 Netherlands 

TU – Delft 1 Netherlands 

Wageningen University 1 Netherlands 

private company 3 Netherlands 

IMGW 3 Poland 

Space Research Centre 1 Poland 

Uni – Warsaw 1 Poland 

National Meteorological 

Administration 

2 Romania 

MGO 2 Russia 

Bern Uni 1 Switzerland 

Meteomedia AG 1 Switzerland 

Meteoswiss 2 Switzerland 

Meteotest 1 Switzerland 

WMO 1 Switzerland 

ETHZ 1 Switzerland 

Uni – Bern 1 Switzerland 

SHMU 2 Slovakia 

SAWS 1 South Africa 

Uni Chung-nam 1 South Korea 

INM 2 Spain 

Instituto Canario de Ciencias 

Marinas 

1 Spain 

Meteogalicia 1 Spain 

UCLM 1 Spain 

Chalmers Uni 1 Sweden 

SMHI 3 Sweden 

Turkish Met. Service 2 Turkey 

Hadley Centre 2 UK 

Met. Office 3 UK 

King’s College London 1 UK 

NERC ESSC 1 UK 

University Edinburgh 1 UK 

University Reading 3 UK 

UHMI 1 Ukraine 

GMIT - Galway Majo Institute of 

Technology 

2 USA 

University of Colorado 1 USA 

University of Wisconsin 1 USA 

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NOAA 1 USA 

Uni – Maryland 2 USA 

SSEC 1 USA 

Science Systems and Applications, 

Inc. 

1 USA 

Private Company 1 USA 

7.3 Formal UHD requests 

During the reporting period 19 inquiries to the CM-SAF User Help Desk were registered. All 

questions were sent by e-mail. The users received a replay within 1 working day in the 

majority of cases. 

The requests covered different technical aspects of the registration, ordering and data 

provision procedure as well as technical and scientific issues related to the CM SAF 

products. Frequently asked questions are summarised in a dedicated CM SAF web page. 

The temporal distribution of CM-SAF User Help Desk inquiries in the second half of 2009 is 

shown in Figure 3: 

7 

6 

Number of enquiries 

5 

4 

3 

2 

1 

0 

Jul 09 Aug 09 Sep 09 Okt 09 Nov 09 Dez 09 

Figure 3: UHD enquiries July - December 2009 

7.4 User Problem Report 

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8 Provision of CM-SAF products 

All CM-SAF products are provided via Web User Interface (WUI). The following figures 

demonstrate, which CM-SAF products were ordered by the users during the reporting period 

July to December 2009 divided by the subsystems. Where applicable the number of ordered 

product is also shown separately for each data source (cp. Figure 4 a) and c)). 

Figure 4 b) shows the provision of the operational water vapour products based on ATOVS 

data and the allocation of the SSM/I based climatological data set as well. 

a) Number of ordered cloud products 

40 

Number of orders 

30 

20 

10 

0 

CFC COT CPH CTH CTP CTT CTY CWP 

Products 

SEVIRI AVHRR Sum of products 

b) Number of ordered water vapour products 

6 


4 

2 

0 

HLW/ATOVS HSH/ATOVS HTW/ATOVS HTW/SSM/I 

Products 

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c) Number of ordered surface radiation products 


30 

25 

20 

15 

10 

5 

0 

SAL SDL SIS SNL SNS SOL SRB 

Products 

SEVIRI AVHRR merged Number of products 

d) Number of ordered top of the atmosphere products 

4 


3 

2 

1 

0 

TET TIS TRS 

Products 

Figure 4: Number of orders for cloud products (a), water vapour products (b), surface radiation 

products (c) and top of the atmosphere products (d), July – December 2009 

The distribution of products per group based on the number of provided files shows that 

cloud products have the highest percentage (48 %) followed by surface radiation products 

(33 %), while TOA and water vapour products with 12 % and 7 %, respectively, show much 

smaller numbers (cf. Figure 5). However, when looking at these numbers one has to take 

into account that the total number of products per group is different. 

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7% 

12% 

48% 

cloud products 

surface radiation products 

watervapour products 

TOA products 

33% 

Figure 5: Distribution of provided products per product group during reporting period 

Concerning the temporal resolution monthly mean products were ordered in the majority of 

cases (53%), 32 % of the orders concern daily mean products, 8 % are monthly mean diurnal 

cycle products and 9% of the orders are related to the SAL weekly mean product. This is 

shown in Figure 6. 

80 

70 

60 

number of orders 

50 

40 

30 

20 

10 

0 

daily mean 

monthly mean diurnal 

cycle 

monthly mean 

w eekly mean 

temporal resolution 

Figure 6: Number of orders depending on the temporal resolution, July – December 2009 

In total the CM-SAF users ordered about 19.7 GB of CM-SAF products during the second six 

months of 2009. Twenty-eight different users ordered data during this time period with an 

average amount of 700 MB of data. The largest data request during this time period amounts 

to approximately 6.3 GB. Nineteen different products have been ordered by the users in 

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which most of the users requested the cloud fractional cover (CFC) products based on 

AVHRR. The described number of ordered data amount is summarized in Table 12. 

Table 12: Summary of provided data amount during reporting period 

Data amount in GB 

Ordered data amount in total 19.7 

Average data amount per user 0.7 

Maximal data amount per user 6.3 

Figure 7 gives an overview on the distributed data amount per user classified by the number 

of provided files. In the current reporting period key users with more than 1000 ordered files 

(related to daily mean products) come from the Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service and 

the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy. A large number of monthly 

mean products (240 files) was ordered by an user from the Technical University of Cottbus. 

>2000 

weekly mean, monthly mean, monthly mean diurnal cycle 

daily mean 

number of files per user 

1000-2000 

501-1000 

101-500 

11-100 

all files 

0-10 

0 5 10 15 20 25 

number of cases 

Figure 7: Number of provided files per user 

The provision of the SSM/I based water vapour data set is not considered in Figure 7. Key 

user for these products is the University of Bremen with 7604 provided files. 

In addition to formal orders of products via the WUI the colleagues of the CM-SAF also 

received requests for CM-SAF products offline. This concerns CM-SAF products for different 

time periods or special formats. The following table gives a review of the offline provided 

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Table 13: Offline provision of CM-SAF products related to the area of application 

Product Time period Customer Application area 

SIS 

SAL 

SDL 

SNS 

SIS 

CFC 

COT/CWP 

SIS, SAL, 

CFC, CTP 

Monthly mean since 

02/2006 following 

MSG based, 

continuous provision 

Monthly mean in 

special format, 

continuously, 

MSG based 

Daily and monthly 

mean products based 

on MSG, continuously 

Based on MSG, 

continuously 

Monthly mean 

products based on 

MSG, converted to 

NetCDF-format, 

continuously 

DWD (department of 

Research and 

Development) 

DWD (Regional Bureau 

of Climatological 

Expertise) 

DWD 

Danish Meteorological 

Institute (DMI) 

ArmStateHydroMet, 

Armenia 

Validation of the models 

of numerical weather 

prediction 

Maps of radiation for 

enterprises of solar 

energy 

Operational climate 

monitoring 

Cloud verification of 

HIRLAM NWP 

Operational climate 

monitoring 

Some offline provided products have been converted into NetCDF-format before distribution 

of the data as an additional service to our users. 

Beside the provision of CM-SAF end products, several users requested instantaneous CM 

SAF products with a higher temporal and spatial resolution. The CM SAF provided data in 

high resolution with an amount of approximately 3 TB to the users during the reporting 

period. They were distributed according to the DWD data policy. 

9 Training activities July 2009 – December 2009 

Understanding the need and the request of users for more background information and 

training opportunities the SAF on Climate Monitoring (CM-SAF) initiated the work package 

“User Training” with the beginning of the Continuous Operations and Development Phase 

(CDOP). The goals of the CM-SAF training activities are an improved visibility of CM-SAF 

and to inform (potential) users and atmospheric scientists (esp. climatologists) about CM- 

SAF products and activities as well as getting feedback from the users. 

The goals of the CM-SAF training activities are 

• To enhance the use of satellite data in climate monitoring and climate analysis 

• To train an appropriate handling of satellite data and usage of information derived 

from satellite data 

• To intensify a widespread / common use and knowledge of the CM-SAF products 

• To enhance and establish international networks on a working level 

• To establish a lively dialogue with users (and using it as a source of ideas for 

products enhancements) 

The main intended audience of the training activities are: 

• Climate Scientists (in universities and other research institutes) 

• Climatologists in National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) 

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• Students 

where the main focus will be on Climate Scientists and Climatologists. 

From 1 July 2009 until 31 December 2009 the following training activities took place: 

- As mentioned in the previous Operations Reports ([RD 9], [RD 10]) the showcase 

project “The application of CM-SAF data for monitoring of climate system over 

Armenia” with the Armenian Meteorological Service (ArmStateHydroMet) was 

established in 2008. Within the reporting period the first draft of the showcase report 

(submitted to CM-SAF in 06/2009) has been revised by Diana Hovhannisyan, 

representative of ArmStateHydroMet, in close cooperation with CM-SAF. In particular 

the comparison between the monthly mean surface observations of the surface 

incoming solar radiation (SIS) and the corresponding CM-SAF products has been 

improved. The final report of the showcase has been submitted to CM-SAF in 

November 2009. 

- Participation in the Advanced Moodle Workshop from 3 to 4 September 2009 at 

EUMETSAT, Darmstadt. During the course, the use of advanced features of Moodle 

was presented and practiced. The application of Quizzes, Wikis, Assignments and 

other Moodle features will be very useful for future training acitvities of CM-SAF. 

10 Interactions with EUMETSAT 

CM-SAF members have continuous contact with EUMETSAT. Beside the direct email 

contacts between the CM-SAF and EUMETSAT colleagues, representatives of CM-SAF 

visited the following events and participated in the following activities: 

• 21-25 Sep 2009 Eumetsat Conference, Bath, UK including GSICS workshop 

• 3-4 December 2009 CDOP II workshop at EUM HQ; Darmstadt 

• 4 December 2009 Reprocessing meeting at EUM HQ; Darmstadt 

• 8-9 Dec POST-EPS Mission Definition Review at EUM HQ 

• 17 Dec 2009 EUM Working Group on Climate (Climate Resolution Implementation 

Plan) at EUM HQ; Darmstadt 

11 Summary of configuration items update 

The implementation of changes concerning the operational CM-SAF version products is 

shown in the next tables. From the start of CM-SAF until 30 April 2008, the version number 

of all products has been changed with any update of the processing environment (whether 

the product was affected or not). With effect of 1 May 2008 the versioning approach has 

been revised to a product based versioning. I. e., only the version number of the affected 

product is changed. Two cases are distinguished and cause a modification of the version 

number: 

1. Update of the software used in the processing (change in 2 nd digit) 

2. The input for the processing of the product has changed (change in 3 rd digit) 

Therefore, separate tables for the different product groups (clouds, surface radiation, water 

vapour, radiation at the top of the atmosphere) are given for all changes in the processing 

after May 2008. The tables below are also provided on the CM-SAF webpage. 

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Table 14: Implemented changes concerning CM-SAF products until 30 April 2008 

Version Operational centre Sources valid from implemented changes 

1.0 RMIB 

(TOA products) 

1.1 RMIB 


Data source: 

METEOSAT- 

8/GERB and 

CERES data 

Data source: 

METEOSAT- 

8/GERB and 

CERES data 

01.12.2004 to 

31.03.2006 

01.04.2006 to 

31.10.2006 

N/a 

- Gerb data from 

released version 

- Replacement of 

missing Gerb pixels by 

Gerb-like ones instead 

of image per 

- image 

- Change of geolocation 

(correction of bugs, 

now exactly 45km x 

45km) 

- New fields giving 

percentage of Gerb / 

Gerb-like / Ceres data 

needed to 

- compute each pixel 

value in the final 

products 

1.2 RMIB 


1.3 DWD 

(Cloud products 

and Surface 

radiation products) 

1.4 DWD 


and Surface 


Data source: 

METEOSAT- 

8/GERB and 

CERES data 

Data source: 

NOAA/AVHRR 

Based on SAF- 

NWC software 

PPS 1.0 

Data source: 

NOAA/AVHRR 


NWC software 

PPS 1.0 

01.01.2006 to 

30.04.2007 

01.01.2005 to 

31.03.2005 

01.04.2004 to 

31.07.2005 

- introduction of a 

correction to the 

thermal flues from 

GERB and GERB-like 

products 

N/a 

- Change of averaging 

routine: 

o Limits for cloud 

products have 

been changed: 

o Daily mean: at 

least 6 slots 

per tile (except 

for COT/CWP 

products) 

o Monthly mean: 

at least 20 daily 

mean 

- Improvement in 

allocation of NWP data 

files (update of 

aix_job_stx_field and 

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aix_job_stx_field_mm) 

- COT/CWP version 1.0 

was implemented 

- Avhcal.txt version 12 

was implemented 

(update of calibration 

coefficients for NOAA- 

17) 

- Update of 

pps_runutils.py 

according to SMR- 

0155-INM (NWC-SAF) 

1.5 DWD 


and Surface 


1.6 DWD 


and Surface 


Data source: 

NOAA/AVHRR 


NWC software 

PPS 1.0 

Data source: 

NOAA/AVHRR 


NWC software 

PPS 1.1 

01.08.2005 to 

31.12.2006 

01.01.2007 to 

30.08.2007 

- change from 32 x 32 

pixel per tile to 45 x 45 

pixel per tile in the 

clouds processing to 

fix the error of 

artefacts in the end 

products (straight lines 

across sub-areas) 

- elimination of box 

gradients near the 

coastlines in SOL and 

SDL images 

- Hardware change from 

IBM Power3 to IBM 

Power5 

- change from SAF- 

NWC Software PPS 

1.0 to SAF-NWC 

software PPS 1.1 

- change to AAPP 5.3 

- Update of SAL 

processing (SAL now 

available both over 

land and ocean, Data 

over ocean are based 

on model. SAL 

processing uses 

Corine/USGS land use 

map as background 

data. 

- Change of COT/CWP 

software version 

V2.2.2 (Enhanced 

look-up tables w. r. t. 

optical properties of 

especially ice clouds; 

Inclusion of surface 

albedo maps based on 

MODIS white-sky 

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albedo maps; optional 

recalibration of 

AVHRR radiances of 

channels 1-3 relative 

to corresponding 

MODIS radiances 

(switched on) 

2.0 DWD 

(Cloud products, 

Surface radiation 

products and 

Humidity products) 

Data source: 

MSG/SEVIRI 

based on SAF- 

NWC software 

MSG 1.1 

and 

NOAA/ATOVS 

01.09.2005 to 

31.01.2006 

N/a 

2.1 DWD 



products and 


Data source: 

MSG/SEVIRI 


NWC software 

MSG 1.2 

and 

NOAA/ATOVS 

01.09.2005 to 

09.05.2007 

Change of SAF-NWC 

software from MSG 1.1 to 

MSG 1.2 

3.0 

DWD 



products and 


DWD 


and Surface 


Data source: 

MSG/SEVIRI 


NWC software 

MSG 1.2 

and 

NOAA/ATOVS 

NOAA/AVHRR 


NWC software 

PPS 1.1 

Data source: 

NOAA/AVHRR 


NWC software 

PPS 1.1 NWP 

remapping 

corrected (see 

service 

message 20) 

01.05.2007 

till today 

01.09.2007 

till today 

- Area extension of 

SEVIRI processing to 

full disk 


software version 

V2.2.2 

- New ATOVS 

processing based on 

IAPP 

- AVHRR/SEVIRI 

merging for surface 

radiation products. 

- NWP remapping 

corrected (see service 

message 20) 

- Update of SAL 

processing (inclusion 

of OSI-SAF sea ice 

mask for retrieval of 

snow and sea ice 

albedo over ocean) 


software version for 

AVHRR (V2.2.2 1 ) 

RMIB 


METEOSAT- 

9/GERB1 and 

CERES data 

01.05.2007 

till today 

Products based on 

GERB1 data 

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Table 15 and Table 16 show the status of changes for AVHRR-based cloud and surface 

radiation products since 01 May 2008. 

Table 15: Implemented changes for AVHRR-based cloud products since 1 May 2008 

Line Vers. 

Operating 

Centre 

1 300 DWD NOAA/ 

AVHRR 

2 310 DWD NOAA+ 

Metop/A 

VHRR 


Metop/A 

VHRR 


Metop/A 

VHRR 


Metop/A 

VHRR 


Metop/A 

VHRR 


Metop/A 

Source Product Area Valid Implement changes 

All cloud 

products 

CFC, 

CTY, 

CTT, 

CTH, 

CTP, 

CPH 

COT, 

CWP 

CFC, 

CTH, 

CTP, 

CTT, 

CTY 

CFC, 

CTY, 

CTT, 

CTH, 

CTP, 

CPH 

COT, 

CWP 

CFC, 

CTH, 

baseline 01 Sep 2007- 

31 Dec 2008 

baseline 01 Jan 2009 - 

30 Jun 2009 

baseline 01 Jan 2009 - 

30 Jun 2009 

Arctic 01 Jan 2009 - 

30 Jun 2009 

baseline 01 Jul 2009 

till today 

baseline 01 Jul 2009 

till today 

Arctic 01 Jul 2009 

till today 

See Table 14 

- Implementation of 

NWC-SAF SW 

package PPS 2008, 

- Processing of 

NOAA (EARS) and 

Metop(EUMETCast) 

data in satellite 

projection, 

- migration to new 

processing 

environment 


new SW version 

(v2.3), 



Metop (EUMETCast) 


projection, 


processing 

environment, 

changed input (see 

line 2) 

- first version of 

products, based on 

same routines as 

corresponding 

products covering 

baseline area 

- implementation of 

new SV version 

(PPS v2009,) 

- NOAA 18 data 

replaced by NOAA 

19 data on 8 July 

2009 


new SW version 

(v2.4) 

- Changed input (see 

line 4) 

- Same changes as 

for corresponding 

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Operating 

Centre 


VHRR 

CTP, 

CTT, 

CTY 

products for 

baseline area (line 

5) 

Table 16: Implemented changes for AVHRR-based surface radiation products since 1 May 2008 

Line Vers. 

Operating 

Centre 


AVHRR 


AVHRR 


AVHRR 


AVHRR 


AVHRR 


AVHRR 


Metop/ 

AVHRR 


SDL, 

SOL, 

SNL 

SAL, 

SIS, 

SNS, 

SRB 

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31 Dec 2008 


30 April 2008 

SAL baseline 01 May 2008– 

31 Dec 2008 

SIS baseline 01 May 2008 – 

31 Dec 2008 

SNS baseline 01 May 2008 – 

31 Dec 2008 

SRB baseline 01 May 2008 – 

31 Dec 2008 

SIS baseline 01 Jan 2009 – 

30 June 2009 

See Table 14 

See Table 14 

Update of software 

(SMAC correction for 

snow pixels removed, 

as the Manalo-Smith 

algorithm already 

accounts for 

atmospheric effects; 

water albedo 

normalized to 60° sun 

zenith angle (SZA), SZA 

processing limit in 

product should now 

remove all non-valid 

pixels, whether land, 

sea or sea ice; some 

minor bug fixes having 

no or negligible effect 

on the final product. 

Changed input, see line 

3 

Changed input, see 

lines 3 and 4 

Changed input, see line 

5 



MetOp (EUMETCast) 


projection, 

- changed input (see 

Table 15), 


processing 

environment 

8 311 DWD NOAA+ SAL baseline 01 Jan 2009 – - Processing of




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Line Vers. 

Operating 

Centre 


Metop / 

AVHRR 


Metop / 

AVHRR 


Metop / 

AVHRR 


Metop / 

AVHRR 


Metop / 

AVHRR 


Metop / 

SNS baseline 01 Jan 2009 – 

30 Jun 2009 

SOL baseline 01 Jan 2009 – 

30 Jun 2009 

SDL baseline 01 Jan 2009 – 

30 Jun 2009 

SNL baseline 01 Jan 2009 – 

30 Jun 2009 

SRB baseline 01 Jan 2009 – 

30 Jun 2009 

30 Jun 2009 NOAA (EARS) and 



projection, 


Table 15), 


processing 

environment 



MetOp 

(EUMETCast) data 

in satellite 

projection, 


line 7 and 8), 


processing 

environment 





projection, 


Table 15), 


processing 

environment 





projection, 


Table 15), 


processing 

environment 





projection, 




processing 

environment 



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Operating 

Centre 


AVHRR 


Metop / 

AVHRR 


Metop / 

AVHRR 


Metop / 

AVHRR 


Metop / 

AVHRR 


Metop / 

AVHRR 


Metop / 

AVHRR 


Metop / 

AVHRR 


Metop / 

AVHRR 

SAL Arctic 01 Jan 2009 – 

30 Jun 2009 

SIS baseline 01 Jul 2009 

till today 

SAL baseline 01 Jul 2009 

till today 

SNS baseline 01 Jul 2009 

till today 

SOL baseline 01 Jul 2009 

till today 

SDL baseline 01 Jul 2009 

till today 

SNL Baseline 01 Jul 2009 

till today 

SRB baseline 01 Jul 2009 

till today 



projection, 




processing 

environment 

- first version of 

product, based on 

same configuration 

as SAL in baseline 

area (line 8) 


Table 15 


Table 15) 


line 14 and 15) 


Table 15 


Table 15 


line 17 and line 18) 


line 16) 


Metop / 

AVHRR 

SAL Arctic 01 Jul 2009 

till today 

- Same changes as 

for SAL in baseline 

area (line 15) 

Table 17 and Table 18 show the status of changes for SEVIRI-based cloud and surface 

radiation products since 01 May 2008. 

Table 17: Implemented changes for SEVIRI-based cloud products since 1 May 2008 

Line Vers. Operating 

Centre 

Source Product Area Valid Implement 

changes 

1 310 DWD MSG2/S 

EVIRI 

CFC, 

CTY, 

CTT, 

CTH, 

CTP 

MSG disk 01 May 2008- 

31 Dec 2008 


new radiance 

definition at 

Eumetsat 

- upgrade to NWC- 

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Operating 

Centre 


EVIRI 


EVIRI 


changes 

COT, 

CPH, 

CWP 

MSG disk 01 May 2008– 

31 Dec 2008 

All MSG disc 01 Jan 2009 

till today 

SAF SW package 

MSG2008 


new radiance 

definition at 

Eumetsat 

- changed input 

(see line 1) 

- upgrade to new 

SW version (v2.3) 

Migration to new 

processing 

environment 

Table 18: Implemented changes for SEVIRI-based surface radiation products since 1 May 2008 

Line Vers. 

Operating 

Centre 


EVIRI 


EVIRI 


EVIRI 


EVIRI 


EVIRI 


EVIRI 


changes 

SIS, 

SNS, 

SOL, 

SDL, 

SNL, 

SRB 

MSG disk 01 May 2008- 

31 Dec 2008 

SAL MSG disk 01 May 2008 – 

31 Dec 2008 

SIS, 

SNS, 

SRB 

SAL, 

SOL, 

SDL, 

SNL 

MSG disk 01 Jan 2009 - 

31 Oct 2009 

MSG disk 01 Jan 2008 

till today 

SIS MSG disk 01 Nov 2009 

till today 

SNS MSG disk 01 Nov 2009 

till today 


new radiance 

definition at 

Eumetsat 

- changed input 

(intermediate CM- 

SAF products 

required as input, 

e.g. CFC; product 

depending) 


new radiance 

definition at 

Eumetsat 


Table 17, CFC) 

- upgrade to new 

SW version 

(v2.20) 


processing 

environment 


processing 

environment 

Changed input 

(change in TOA 

reflectance) 

Change input (see line 

5) 

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Operating 

Centre 


EVIRI 


changes 

SRB MSG disk 01 Nov 2009 

till today 

Change input (see line 

6) 

Table 19 describes the changes implemented for the merged surface radiation products 

based on AVHRR and SEVIRI since 1 May 2008. 

Table 19: Implemented changes for merged surface radiation products based on AVHRR and SEVIRI 

since 1 May 2008 

Line Vers. 

Operatin 

g Centre 


AVHRR 

and MSG/ 

SEVIRI 


AVHRR 

and MSG/ 

SEVIRI 


AVHRR 

and MSG/ 

SEVIRI 


AVHRR 

and MSG/ 

SEVIRI 


AVHRR 

and MSG/ 

SEVIRI 


AVHRR 

and MSG/ 

SEVIRI 


changes 

SAL MSG disk 01 May 2008- 

31 Dec 2008 

SIS, 

SNS, 

SOL, 

SDL, 

SNL, 

SRB 

SAL, 

SIS, 

SNS, 

SOL, 

SDL, 

SNL, 

SRB 

SAL, 

SOL, 

SDL, 

SNL 

SIS, 

SNS, 

SRB 

SIS, 

SNS, 

SRB 

MSG disk 01 May 2008 – 

31 Dec 2008 

MSG disk 01 Jan 2008 - 

30 Jun 2009 

MSG disk 1 July 2009 

till today 

MSG disk 1 July 2009 

till 31 Oct 2009 

MSG disk 01 Nov 2009 

till today 

Changed input (See 

Table 16 and Table 

18) 



18) 



18) 

New version of 

merging routine 

New version of 

merging routine and 


Table 16) 

Changed input (see 

Table 18) 

Table 20 includes the list of changes implemented for the ATOVS-based products. 

Table 20: Implemented changes for water vapour and temperature products based on ATOVS 

Line Vers. 

Operating 

Centre 


changes 

1 300 DWD NOAA/A HTW, Global 01 Jan 2004 – First release 

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Operating 

Centre 


changes 

TOVS 

2 310 DWD NOAA/A 

TOVS 

3 320 DWD NOAA 

and 

Metop/AT 

OVS 

HLW, 

HSH 

HTW, 

HLW, 

HSH 

HTW, 

HLW, 

HSH 

31 Dec 2008 

Global 01 Jan 2009 - 

31 May 2009 

Global 01 Jun 2009 

till today 

migration to new 

processing 

environment and 

update of metadata 

- Software updated 

to AAPP v6.10 for 

pre-processing 

and IAPP v3.0b 

(dev. at Univ. of 

Wisconsin) for 

retrieval 

- ATOVS Level 1c 

data from Metop 

and NOAA 

satellites are used 

(no N15 and N18 

data used as 

HIRS instrument 

on both satellites 

declared as “not 

operational“ by 

NOAA) 

Table 21 includes the list of changes implemented for the TOA products. 

Table 21: Implemented changes for TOA products since 1 May 2008 

Line Vers. 

Operating 

Centre 

1 300 RMIB Diarad/Vir 

go 

2 301 RMIB MSG/GE 

RB and 

CERES 

3 302 RMIB MSG/GE 

RB and 

CERES 


changes 

TIS 

TRS, 

TET 

TRS, 

TET 

MSG disc 

and Arctic 

MSG disc 

and Arctic 

MSG disc 

and Arctic 

01 May 2007 till 

today 

01 May 2008 - 

22 Oct 2009* 

23 Oct 2009/ 

1 Nov 2009 till 

today* 

See Table 14 

Implementation of new 

radiance definition at 

EUMETSAT 

Change in input data 

(GERB processing) 

* Change took place on 23 rd Oct 2009 for daily mean products, new version number for 

monthly mean and monthly mean diurnal cycle products valid from 1 Nov 2009 onwards 

The following table gives the status of the CM-SAF products depending on the quality of 

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Table 22: Current status of CM-SAF products 

Products 

Fractional cloud cover (CFC) 

Cloud type (CTY) 

• Low clouds 

• Middle level clouds 

• High opaque 

• High semitransparent 

Cloud top temperature (CTT) 

Cloud top height (CTH) 

Cloud top pressure (CTP) 

Cloud optical thickness (COT) 

Cloud phase (CPH) 

• Ice 

• Water 

• Mixed phase 

Cloud water path (CWP) 

Surface incoming short-wave radiation (SIS) 

Surface albedo (SAL) 

Surface net short-wave radiation (SNS) 

Surface outgoing long-wave radiation (SOL) 

Surface downward long-wave radiation (SDL) 

Surface net long-wave radiation (SNL) 

Surface radiation budget (SRB 

AVHRR Arctic 

All other 

Status* 

OP 

OP 

OP 

OP 

OP 

PO 

PO 

PO 

OP 

PO 

OP 

OP 

OP 

OP 

OP 

OP 

Incoming solar radiative flux at the top of the atmosphere (TIS) 

Reflected solar radiative flux at the top of the atmosphere (TRS) 

Emitted thermal radiative flux at the top of the atmosphere (TET) 

Vertical integrated water vapour information (HTW) 

OP 

OP 

OP 

OP 

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Products 

Layered vertically integrated water vapour and layer mean temperature and relative 

humidity for 5 layers (HLW) 

Temperature and mixing ratio at 6 pressure levels (HSH) 

Status* 

OP 

OP 

* Definition of status 

PO: PRE-OPERATIONAL 

Products that are able to satisfy the majority of applicable requirements and/or 

have been considered by the relevant Steering Group suitable for distribution to users with 

documented limitations 

OP: OPERATIONAL 

Products that largely satisfy the requirements applicable and/or have been 

considered by the relevant Steering Group mature enough for distribution to users with documented 

non-relevant limitations 

12 Future updates and plans 

A number of updates and changes is planned for the near future. 

Changes concerning CTY product 

As described in section 6 the introduced change in the processing of the cloud type did not 

work out as envisaged. The following approach is planned: SEVIRI CTY products will be 

processed using the updated remapping table from January 2010 onwards. The products will 

be provided with a new version number. A re-processing of the data is not planned at the 

current stage. For AVHRR, the remapping table was corrected (back to the originally used 

and correct table). The data from January 2009 onwards will be re-processed and the 

products will be replaced in the database. As the data will be exchanged in the database, no 

new version number is required for these products. Users ordering the data are informed 

about the exchange of products. 

Improvement of Web User Interface 

An update of the CM-SAF Web User interface (WUI) is planned to become operational in 

March/April 2010 and will include the following improvements: 

• The last update included a version independent ordering of the CM-SAF products. 

However, the user had to be aware of the change from Meteosat-8 to Meteosat-9 for 

SEVIRI-based and corresponding merged products. This will be simplified in the 

coming update and the user does not need to take care of the change in satellite 

anymore. 

• CM-SAF products are generated in two different modes from operational products 

being available with only rather short delay to off-line generated releases of long time 

series. These two different types of products will be better distinguishable in the 

updated version of the WUI. 

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Figure 8 Screenshot of new WUI design allowing a selection of sub-regions and reprojection 

to latitude/longitude grid 

• Another new feature will include the possibility to order data transformed from the 

original output format to netcdf-format. 

• A selection of sub-regions of the original coverage will be possible. For most of the 

products an option to re-project data to a latitude/longitude-grid of an adjustable 

resolution will be provided. A screenshot of this new feature is shown in Figure 8. 

• The data amount of the ordered product will be shown on the webpage allowing the 

user to get information on required disk space. This is only possible when data are 

ordered in HDF5-format. 

• Users will also be able to save preference settings (on e.g. preferred products, 

selection of sub-regions, etc) in their profile for their next session or to place standing 

orders allowing a continuous delivery of products. 

Climate data operators (CDO) 

The CDO tool can currently only be run on Unix/Linux platforms. A version running under 

Windows systems will be available for download in the near future. 

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GAC Reprocessing 

A data set of global cloud and surface radiation products based on AVHRR GAC data from 

1982 onwards will be processed during the CM-SAF CDOP. The technical implementation is 

currently ongoing. The first processing of the cloud products will be based on an updated 

NWP PPS SW version similar to the official PPS 2010 version (which will be released later in 

2010) with full GAC capability. Adapted algorithms for cloud physical products and surface 

radiation products as well as a new software version for SAL will be implemented in the 

processing. ERA 40 and ERA-interim data will be used as NWP background in the 

processing of this time series. The corresponding interfaces are currently under 

development. 

SEVIRI Reprocessing 

As a preparation of the planned reprocessing of MSG SEVIRI data and in order to improve 

the performance of the currently operational processing environment a technical re-design of 

the processing routines is ongoing and is planned to become operational in the near future. 

The main improvement will take place in the performance of the averaging processes. 

CM SAF User Workshop 

The planning of the next project phase, CDOP II, for the time frame 2012-2017 has started 

and preparations for the next project phase will continue during the next months. From 06-08 

September 2010 the 3 rd CM-SAF User Workshop will take place in Rostock, Germany. This 

workshop will provide a forum for the users to present and discuss their experiences and 

requirements with respect to satellite based climate monitoring products and services. 

Another topic of this workshop will be the presentation and discussion of the products and 

services of CM-SAF in the next project phase. Further information on the CM-SAF workshop 

can be found on the CM-SAF webpage (http://www.cmsaf.eu/workshop). 

CM SAF Training Workshop 

A one-week training workshop will take place from 30 August to 3 September 2010 in 

Rostock, Germany. The goal of this workshop is to support the use of CM-SAF data for 

operational climate monitoring and fundamental research. The workshop will focus on 

practical classes and is approaching participants from national weather services as well as 

from research institutions. The CM-SAF webpage gives more details on the training 

workshop (http://www.cmsaf.eu/workshop) 

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Annex 1: List of abbreviations 

Abbreviation 

AAPP 

A.D. 

AIX 

AMSU 

ANH 

AS CR 

ATBD 

ATOVS 

avg 

AVHRR 

BAFG 

BTU 

CDF 

CDO 

CDOP 

CERES 

CF 

CFC 

CHMI 

Cld 

CM 

CM-SAF 

CMP 

CNES 

COT 

CPH 

CRASTE-LF 

CTH 

CTP 

CTT 

CTY 

CWP 

DLR 

DRI 

DWD 

EADS 

EARS 

ECMWF 

ENEA 

EPS 

ERSE 

ETHZ 

EUMETCast 

Meaning 

ATOVS and AVHRR Pre-processing Package 

Applicable Documents 

Advanced Interactive eXecutive, operating system 

Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit 

Azerbaijan National Hydrometeorological 

Institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the Centre of Research 

Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document 

Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder 

average 

Advanced Very High Resolution Receiver 

Federal Institute of Hydrology (Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde / BfG, 

Koblenz) 

Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus 

Common Data Format 

Climate Data Operators 

Continuous Development and Operations Phase 

Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System 

Central Facility 

Fractional Cloud Cover 

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute 

Clouds products 

Climate Monitoring 

Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring 

Centre for Monitoring and Prognostication 

Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales 

Cloud Optical Thickness 

Cloud (Thermodynamic) Phase 

Le Centre Régional Africain des Sciences et Technologies de l'Espace en 

Langue Français 

Cloud Top Height 

Cloud top pressure 

Cloud Top Temperature 

Cloud Type 

Cloud (Liquid) Water Path 

(German Aerospace Centre) 

Delivery Readiness Inspection 

Deutscher Wetterdienst (German MetService) 

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company 

EUMETSAT Advanced Retransmission Service 

European Centre for Medium Range Forecast 

Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable 

Economic Development 

European Polar System 

Research on the Electrical System (ENEA) 

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich 

EUMETSAT’s Broadcast System for Environmental Data 

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Abbreviation 

Meaning 

EUMETSAT European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites 

FADQ La Financière agricole du Québec 

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions 

Fed.Uni.Tec Federal University of Akore, Nigeria 

FTP File Transfer Protocol 

FU 

Freie Universität 

GERB Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget 

GMIT Galway Majo Institute of Technology 

GRIB GRIdded Binary 

HDF Hierarchical Data Format 

HIRS High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder 

HLW Layered water vapour in 5 layers 

HNMS Hellenic National Meteorological Service 

HPC High Performance Computing 

HQ 

headquarters 

HSH Specific humidity and temperature at 6 pressure levels 

HTW Vertical integrated water vapour information 

IAPP International ATOVS Processing Package 

IBM 

International Business Machines 

i.e. 

that is 

IFM-Geomar The Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of Kiel 

IMGW Institute of Meteorology and Water Management 

INM 

(National Institute for Meteorology; Spanish MetService) 

IRB 

Institut Ruder Boskovic 

KNMI Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute 

KU Leuven Katholic University in Leuven (Belgium) 

LHMB Lithuanian Board for Hydrometeorology 

LMD Laboratoire Météorologie Dynamique 

Met Eiriann Meteorological Service Ireland 

METEOSAT Meteorological Satellite 

MetOp Meteorological Operational satellite 

MGO Main Geophysical Observatory 

MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer 

MPI 

Max-Planck-Institue 

MS 

Meteorological Service 

MSG Meteorological Satellite Second Generation 

n/a 

Not applicable 

NCR Non Conformance Report 

NERC ESSC Natural Environment Research Council 

Environmental Systems Science Centre 

NIMH The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (of Romania) 

NMHS National Meteorological and Hydrological Service 

NMS National Meteorological Service 

NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration 

NWC-SAF SAF in Support to Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting 

NWP Numerical weather Prediction 

OMSZ Meteorological Service of Hungary 

OP 

Operational 

OpsRep Operations Report 

OR 

Operation Reviews 

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Abbreviation 

ORR 

OSI-SAF 

PA 

PC 

PCR 

PO 

PPS 

PRD 

PUM 

Rad 

R.D. 

RMIB 

RT 

SAF 

SAL 

SAWS 

SCOPE-CM 

SCR 

SDL 

SeSp 

SEVIRI 

SHMI 

SIS 

SMHI 

SMR 

SNL 

SNS 

SOL 

SP 

SPR 

SRB 

SSEC 

SSM/I 

STG-OPS 

SW 

SZA 

TET 

TIS 

TOA 

TRS 

TU 

UCLM 

UHD 

UHMI 

UK Met 

Office 

UMP 

UPR 

USGS 

Meaning 

Operational Readiness Review 

Ocean and Sea ice Satellite Application Facility 

Product Availability 

Product Completeness 

Products Consolidation Review 

Pre-operational 

Polar Platform System 

Product Requirement Document 

Product User Manual 

Radiation products 

Reference Documents 

Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium 

Response Time 

Satellite Application Facility 

Surface Albedo 

South African Weather Service 

Sustained, Coordinated Processing of Environmental Satellite Data for 

Climate Monitoring 

System Change Reports 

Surface Downward Long-Wave Radiation 

Service Specification 

Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager 

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute 

Solar Incoming Surface Radiation 

Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute 

Software Modification Report 

Surface Net Long-Wave Radiation 

Surface Net Short-Wave Radiation 

Surface Outgoing Long-Wave radiation 

Science Plan 

Software Problem Reports 

Surface Radiation Budget 

Space Science and Engineering Center 

Special Sensor Microwave Imager 

Steering Group Operations 

Software 

Sun Zenith Angle 

Emitted Thermal Radioactive Flux at the Top of the Atmosphere 

Incoming Solar Radioactive Flux at the Top of the Atmosphere 

Top of the Atmosphere 

Reflected Solar Radioactive Flux at the Top of the Atmosphere 

Technische Universität 

Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha 

User Help Desk 

Ukraine Research Hydrometeorological Institute 

United Kingdom Meteorological Office 

User Manual Products 

User Problem Report 

U.S: Geological Survey 

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Abbreviation 

UTC 

VAL 

Wap 

WMO 

WUI 

WWW 

ZAMG 

Meaning 

Universal Time Coordinated 

Validation Report 

Water Vapour and temperature products 

World Meteorology Organisation 

Web User Interface 

World Wide Web / World Weather Watch (WMO) 

Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (Austrian MetService) 

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