geo-netcast introduction and live demonstration richard fulton geo-netcast co-lead national oceanic...

GEO-NETCast Introduction and Live

Demonstration

Richard FultonGEO-NETCast Co-Lead

National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSatellite and Information Service

Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

GEO Architecture and Data Committee MeetingSeattle, Washington July 20, 2006

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What Is GEO-NETCast?

GEO-NETCast is a real-time data dissemination system -- in support of the GEO societal benefit areas -- by which environmental satellite and in situ data, products, and services are transmitted to users through communications satellites and received on affordable receive stations.

It is one component of the overall GEOSS architecture.

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Typical Receiver Station Configuration- Dedicated personal computer (~ $1000)

Data analysis and processing should be done on separate computer(s)

- Satellite antenna dish (1-3 m) (~ $300-1200)

- DTH receiver card or box (~ $200)

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Temporary 1.2m Satellite Dish Installation for this Meeting

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Current GEO-NETCast Data Flow to Seattle

Usingen, Germany

Uplink

Hotbird-6 Satellite

Paris, France

Turnaround

NSS-806 Satellite

Virginia, USA

Turnaround

AMC-3 Satellite

Seattle,USA

NOAA + EUMETSAT

Demo Products

Ku

FTP

C Ku

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EUMETCast South AmericaNSS 806, C-band,

EUMETCast HB-6, Ku-band

NOAAAMC-3, Ku-band

Current Satellite Infrastructure and Coverage Supporting the GEO-NETCast Demonstration

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Satellite Coverage Footprint Supporting our Live Seattle Demonstration – Ku band

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Sample of GEO-NETCast Demonstration Products from NOAA and EUMETSAT

• Global Normalized Differential Vegetation Index• Global Instability Index• Ocean surface wind speed• Chlorophyll concentration• Cloud Analysis and Cloud Mask• Soil moisture• Land surface type, albedo, temperature, and radiation fluxes• Volcanic ash imagery and advisories• Fire and smoke analysis• Snow cover, depth, and water content

Will be adding in-situ products + products from all GEO societal benefit areas

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Major GEO-NETCast Participants

GEOSS DataProviders

DisseminationService Manager

SatelliteService

Providers

End Users

From Nine GEO Societal Benefit Areas

NOAA

EUMETSAT

WMOTelecomm Vendors

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Today’s Live GEO-NETCast Demonstration:Two Objectives:

• End User demo:– Demonstrate the real-time reception of GEO-NETCast demo

products using the 1.2m satellite dish here at the Boeing facility and our portable receiver station

• Data provider demo:– Demonstrate the ad-hoc transmission using internet FTP of a

sample product from Seattle to the satellite uplink facility in Germany, through 3 commercial satellites for broadcast and reception back here by our receive station