6th RARS IG-Meeting

25th - 26th,Oct/2012(EXETER - UK)

INPE/INMET

Brazilian Institute for Space ResearchNational Institute of Meteorology

Sérgio de Paula Pereira (INPE)

Receiving Sites in Brazil

• - Cachoeira Paulista (INPE) NOAA 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 METOp ready

• - Cuiabá (INPE) NOAA 15, 17, 18, and 19 METOp: processing system in transit

• - Brasília (INMET) NOAA 17, 18, and 19

• - Natal (INPE) NOAA 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19) New NOAA/METOp Station packed for shipping

• - Fortaleza (Funceme) NOAA 15, 17, 18, and 19 (Station failed since end-2010) no definite date yet to resume operation

HRPT StationsOperational

since:

Expected/planned tart-up

Satellite

INPE - Cach. PaulistaINPE - CuiabáINMET - BrasíliaINPE - (Natal)FUNCEME – Fortaleza

SIVAM – Manaus…

INPE - Boa Vista ……

CHM (Navy) – Natal…

2006Sept - 2007Oct – 2007

Jan-2011 Oct-2010

early 2012

Failed since end-2010

2012/2013

suspended

suspended

NOAA-15, 16,17,18,19NOAA- 15, 17,18,19

NOAA- 17,18,19NOAA-15, 16,17,18,19

NOAA- 15, 17,18,19

Negotiation pending

Station METOP Readiness

X-RARS (IASI)

NPP Readiness

Cachoeira Paulista

METOp ready 2012 2013 (third quarter)

CuiabaMETOp ready

(station in transit)2012 /

early 2013 2013 (second

quarter)

Brasilia(planned for early

2013)-

(No plans yet)

Fortaleza (No plans yet) (No plans yet)

Natal/INPE(Station

purchased)2013 (first quarter)

(No plans yet)

Manaus ( negotiation pending)

METOp hardware in place

pending software module

(tbd)

NPP hardware in place

pending software module

Boa Vista (suspended)

SOUTH AMERICA RARS – BRAZIL (Exeter IG Meeting – Oct-2012)

TIMELINESS (Set-Oct-2012)• Level-1c BUFR files generated by INPE/Cachoeira Paulista Proc.Center

(data coming from INPE-Cuiaba, INMET-Brasilia, CPTEC-Cachoeira Paulista; and INPE-NATAL).

From Cach. Paulista:

92% within 30 min (25% within 20 min; 75% above)

8% above 30 min

From Cuiaba:

90% within 30 min (10% within 20 min; 90% above)

10 % above 30 Min

From INMET:

(Processing system being updated in Cachoeira Paulista)

From NATAL:

90% within 30 min (10% within 20 min; 90% above)

10 % above 30 Min

AAPP VERSION

• Cuiaba - INPE: 7.3 (latest)

• Cachoeira Paulista - INPE: 7.3 (latest)

• Brasilia-INMET: 7.3 (latest) - processing computer being shipped from INPE

• NATAL – INPE : 7.3 (latest)

• FUNCEME: 6.8

Present efforts (7.3):

OPS-LRS; XERCES, IFFTW libraries being installed for subsequent testing

RARS data on GTS Washington Node

• GTS FOCAL Point: INMET - Brasília

• Responsible person: Mr. Jose Mauro Rezende

• Since Oct,10th, 2008 standard RARS files being sent to final destination node in Washington (RTH KWBC)

THANK YOU

Extension of the South American RARS to Central America

• Venezuela thought as a possible alternative:

• Image Processing Center (CPDI) of the “Instituto de Ingenieria in Caracas

• Mr. Freddy Flores, Chief of CPDI

• INPE would like to count on help from the WMO Space Program in contacting data provider in Venezuela

RARS EXTENSION TO ADVANCED SOUNDING

MISSIONS

• INPE Preliminary Tests with AIRS High-spectral sounding data:

(version 1.1 downloaded; not tested yet) 

RT-STPS: version 4.1

IMAPP- AIRS: version 5.2.1

AIRS_TO_BUFR: version 1.0 (installed and tested in jul-2009)

(version 1.1 downloaded; not tested yet)

CADU Files>>RT-STPS package>> pds Level 0 Files >>>>>

IMAPP-AIRS package>>> Level 1b Files>>> AIRS_To_BUFR package