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WMO Activities and Plans for Geostationary and

Highly Elliptical Orbit Satellites

Jérôme LafeuilleSpace Programme

World Meteorological Organization

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The space-based Global Observing SystemVision for 2025

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Satellite missions in the Vision for the GOS in 2025

Transition from R&D to operational status

New missionsfor WMO

GEO: imager, HS IR sounder, lightning Sun-synchronous: imager, IR/MW sounders

Ocean surface topography constellation Radio-Occultation Sounding constellation Ocean Surface Wind constellation Global Precipitation constellation Earth Radiation Budget (incl. GEO) Atmospheric Composition (incl. GEO) Ocean colour and vegetation imaging Dual-angle view IR imagery

Land Surface Imaging Synthetic Aperture Radar Space Weather instruments

VIS/IR imagers in HEO Doppler wind lidar, Low-frequency MW GEO MW High-resolution narrow-band imagers Gravimetric sensors

Heritage operational missions

Operational pathfinders and demonstrators

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• Rapidly evolving weather patterns– Convection /severe storms / hurricanes – Targeted observation

• Wind– Clouds and water vapour motion tracking

• Event detection – Lightning, wild fires– Volcanic ash clouds

• Diurnal variation– LST, SST, Radiation– Peak values (air quality)

• Maximize cloud-free pixels

Permanent watch from GEO orbit

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High-latitude coverage by HEO satellites

• Supplementing the GEO coverage above 60/70 deg Winds and clouds (rapidly developing polar lows) Sea ice and sea surface temperature Volcanic ash plumes(For NWP, synoptic weather forecasting, aeronautical

meteorology, marine meteorology, climate monitoring, Global Cryosphere Watch)

• Recommended demonstration (operational pathfinder)• Compare cost/benefit with LEO constellation

• Synergy with other missions in HEO (telecom)

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Challenges and opportunities• Geostationary operational missions

– IR hyperspectral sounding on every operational GEO Near-global lightning detection (GOES, Meteosat, FY-4)

GEO microwave imager/sounder for precipitation rate

• Operational pathfinders in HEO Scientific and operational cooperation– Sustainability to be confirmed

• Integration of GEO, LEO (and HEO) observations– Intercalibration– Data standardization– Composite products

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