Satellite Application Facility On Climate Monitoring

Earth s atmosphere ocean and surface studies 2002 no 11 p.

Satellite application facility on climate monitoring.

Cm saf provides climatologies for essential climate variables ecv as required by the global climate observing system implementation plan in support of the unfccc. Workshop on atmospheric reanalysis 19 22 june 2006 reading uk. Workshop on atmospheric reanalysis 19 22 june 2006 reading uk improved quality. The satellite application facility on climate monitoring cm saf aims at the provision of satellite derived geophysical parameter data sets suitable for climate monitoring.

The cm saf is part of the network of satellite application facilities saf which in turn forms an integral part of the application ground segment of the european. The satellite application facility on climate monitoring is a joint project of the national meteorological services and other institutes from belgium finland germany sweden and the netherlands. Products for climate monitoring and climate research. Satellite application facility on climate monitoring cm saf saf on climate monitoring.

The satellite application facility on climate monitoring cm saf develops produces archives and disseminates satellite based products for climate monitoring. The cm saf generates and archives high quality datasets for specific climate application areas through the exploitation of satellite measurements with state of the art algorithms to derive information about the climate variables of the. Introduction the amended eumetsat convention which came into force in november 2000 defines that a further objective of eumetsat is to contribute to the operational monitoring of the climate and the detection of. The satellite application facility on climate monitoring achievements and future plans jörg schulz on behalf of the cmsaf consortium.

The satellite application facility on climate monitoring cm saf jörg schulz deutscher wetterdienst offenbach germany 1. The products generally characterise the atmospheric energy water cycles and address essential climate variables ecv identified by gcos. The aim of the satellite application facility on climate monitoring cm saf is to provide the satellite based geophysical data sets that are required for climate monitoring. The satellite application facility on climate monitoring cm saf targeted its development in the period 1999 2003 on generation and archiving high quality data sets on a continuous basis for the analysis and monitoring of the climate system its changes and the validation of numerical models climate and nwp models.

The objective of the project is to set up a system to provide atmospheric and oceanographic data sets from primarily operational geostationary and polar orbiting meteorological satellites for.