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GEONETCast Implementation Group
GEONETCast: Delivery global data and observations
Presented by:Sally Wannop – EUMETSATEU’s Speaker Corner at GEO-X, Geneva, Jan 2014
What is GEONETCast?
• GEONETCast is a distribution system for environmental satellite data and products using commercial TV satellites and low cost, off-the-shelf reception technology
• GEONETCast is a part of GEO Task – IN-04: GEOSS Communication Networks
GEONETCast Partners
• Services operated by & data exchanged via 3 GEONETCast Network Centres (GNCs):
CMA (CMACast, covers Asia and parts of the Pacific)
EUMETSAT (EUMETCast, covers Europe, Africa, and the Americas)
NOAA (GEONETCast Americas, covers the Americas and Caribbean)
• International GEONETCast Implementation Group– Bi-weekly teleconferences– Coordinate cooperative efforts, outreach and share
information• NOAA/NESDIS
• CMA
• EUMETSAT
• WMO
• VITO on behalf of EC
GEONETCast Implementation Group
Reception Station Equipment
DVB PCI Card
EKU
Antenna PC(s)
Software
DVB USB
DVB Router
Supporting SBAs• Established delivery of data in support
of Societal Benefit Areas (SBAs) in particular:– Weather (228 data collections)– Water (80 data collections)– Agriculture (162 data collections)– Climate (135 data collections)
• Full list of products via the Product Navigator
Product Navigator
Key Features:
Metadata descriptions, data provider and data access information;
Includes all GEONETCast products;
Uses open standards (e.g. OGC, Inspire) for catalogue interoperability with other organisations;
Interoperable with the GEO Web Portal.
http://navigator.eumetsat.int
Data Provider Engagement– Each GNC works directly with its regional data
providers:• Satellite data from, e.g. NASA, INPE, ESA, CNES, JAXA,
JMA, ISRO, …etc• Products from regional projects & agencies, e.g. SERVIR,
US EPA, RANET, MESA, AGRICAB, Copernicus Global Land, WMO community, ….etc
– A central GEONETCast Feedback Form is the starting point for all new data requests
– Each GNC has its own process for the inclusion of new data streams on GEONETCast
Global User Community
2562 users
229 users
2957 users
120 users
User Engagement– Each GNC works directly with its regional
Users (a user base of over 5800), e.g.• WMO provides guidance and coordination of
meteorological user requests• Ocean application community (e.g. Copernicus
MyOcean)• Wider environmental data community (e.g. Global
Forest Observation Initiative (GFOI))• Agricultural applications (e.g. VITO, Belgium)• R&D community (e.g. ITC, Netherlands, SAGEO,
Americas)
GEONETCast & GCI• Data discovery is provided by the Product Navigator
which interfaces with the GCI:- A Portal which is fully compliant with:
- ISO Metadata standards & OGC Catalogue Services- INSPIRE- WMO core profile
- GEOSS DataCore entries are being identified
• GEONETCast and the Product Navigator are GEOSS registered components and services
• Prototyping a dissemination service for the GEO-DAB
GEONETCast & Capacity Building
Training Channel• Improve access to training
material - especially where Internet connectivity is limited
• Place training material with the data
• GEONETCast Training Channels are open to all data providers
• For EUMETCast: • Pilot service for
EUMETCast-Africa started mid-2013
• Plans to use it for AGRICAB & MESA projects in Africa
• Expand to Europe and Americas after successful pilot
Recent Accomplishments
• New stations deployed throughout the system (around 20 per month)
• Shared user management between EUMETCast & CMACast for users of exchanged data
• GEONETCast broadcast bandwidth increased in Europe to accommodate new satellites & products
• New links with the International Charter ‘Space & Major Disasters’
• Start of Training Channel services
An International agreement among participating Space Agencies to provide space-based data and information in support of relief efforts during emergencies caused by major disasters
Disaster Charter Side Event
Challenges for the future
• Increased data volumes arising form new satellite programmes and increased user demands for EO data
• Enhance participation in EU projects to improve GEONETCast exposure in the environmental R&D community
• Enhance coverage to regions without access to GEONETCast (work with US AID/UCAR RAPIDCast Pilot Program, over the Pacific Ocean)
GNC-A - Contacts and Links
• CMACast – [email protected]
http://wisportal.cma.gov.cn/wis/jsp/cmacast.jsp
• EUMETCast – [email protected]
http://www.eumetsat.int
• GEONETCast-Americas [email protected]
http://www.geonetcastamericas.noaa.gov/
• GEO - http://www. geonetcast.com