Test dissemination of Himawari-8 image via the HimawariCast

Source:
http://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/himawari89/himawari_cast/himawari_cast.html#TestDissemination

follow-up: DWD's change on data policy: sfc & 700hPa are essential upto 72h fcst

(This post is a follow-up of my previous one http://toyoda-eizi.blogspot.jp/2015/03/wmo-op-news-germany-seemingly.html )

 

I’ve spent a bit more time comparing 2004 and 2015 versions of Germany’s letter regarding designation of their “additional data” with respect to Resolution 40 (Cg-XII).

 

1.     SYNOP – little changed

 

The key change between 2004 and 2015 is addition of BUFR version of surface station observation.  I’m not surprised that several stations appeared and disappeared during the decade, since we have seen many notifications of that kind.

 

2.     CLIMAT – no additional bulletins anymore

 

The 2004 version included several additional CLIMAT reports: CSDL45-48 EDZW, which is no longer disseminated from Offenbach.  Some of the stations in the report are available in other headings now.

 

3.     GRIB – resolution changed; surface and 700 hPa are essential until 72 h forecast

 

The key change is increased horizontal resolution from 1.5 degree to 0.25 degree, as I mentioned before.  Also it is notable that the data on the surface and 700 hPa level are declared essential upto 72 hour forecast.

 

(1)   2004 version – 1.5 degree resolution

 

a. Essential up to 72 h, and Additional up to 168 h

 

-       Sea level (89): pressure (P)

-       850 & 500 hPa: geopotential height (H), temperature (T), U and V winds

-       300 hPa: H, U, V

-       700 hPa: relative humidity (R)

 

b. Additonal for analysis and all forecast times

 

-       Surface(98): T, U, V, precipitation (E, no analysis)

-       Land surface(88): T

-       850 hPa: R, equivalent potential temperature (Q)

-       700 hPa: H, T, U, V, vertical velocity (O)

-       500 hPa: R, O

-       300 hPa: T

-       250, 200, 100, 50 hPa: H, T, U, V

-       Entire atmosphere(00): stability KX index (X)

 

(2)   2015 version – 0.25 degree resolution

 

a. Essential up to 72 h, and Additional up to 168 h

 

-       Sea level: P

-       Surface: T, U, V, E, cloudiness (B)

-       850, 700, 500, 300 hPa: H, T, U, V

-       700 hPa: R

 

b. Additonal for analysis and all forecast times

 

-       600, 400, 250, 200, 100, 50 hPa: H, T, U, V

-       850 hPa: R, Q

-       700 hPa: O

-       500 hPa: R, O

 

 

[WMO Op News] US-NOAA starts BUOY BUFR for TAO array

The WMO Operational Newsletter updated Friday 6th
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/ois/Operational_Information/Newsletters/current_news_en.html
says that the US NOAA started to disseminate BUOY BUFR effective 2nd
March 2015.

I'm not an expert of oceanography, but if I understand right
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/
explains what kind of data it is.

By the way American announcement seems to have wrong URL for their
notice page -
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm
seems to be the correct one.

[WMO Op News] Germany (seemingly) declassified some "additional" GRIBs

The WMO operational newsletter says Germany sent a new notification of their data policy.  The new notification contains fewer list of additional data, so some GRIB products (0.25 degree resolution forecasts) are probably declassified as "essential" data policy. 

p.s. update posted.

[WMO Op Newsletter] ESA/ESRIN gets CCCC=EUSR, EC/JRC gets CCCC=EJRC

The secretariat of WMO (World Meteorological Organization) posted a notice dated 18 February 2015 telling that two location indicator (CCCC) codes are allocated for European research institutes.  For description on CCCC, please see my previous post.  It is great thing to see expanding network of WMO Information System, although I’m not quite sure about which member state is responsible for their activities….

 

http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/ois/Operational_Information/Newsletters/current_news_en.html :

Allocation of data designators CCCC for use in abbreviated headings of meteorological messages

Effective immediately delete identifier LIJR and include the following new designator CCCC for use in the abbreviated heading T1T2A1A2ii CCCC:

 

Location indicator (CCCC): EUSR

Location Name: European Space Research Institute (Frascati)

Country Name: Italy

 

Location indicator (CCCC): EJRC

Location Name: Joint Research Centre (Ispra)

Country Name: Italy

Published: 18 February 2015

 

Jan15 SMM preanalysis result of RTH Tokyo published at ECMWF's TDCF information wiki

https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/TCBUF/Monitoring+results+at+Tokyo

[METNO C] Norwegian TEMP SHIP and German SYNOP

Today’s METNO C (ftp://ftp.wmo.int/wmo-ddbs/OperationalInfo/VolumeC1/From_WMO/METNO/2015/MC0615.txt) says:

 

l  Norwegian TEMP SHIP for LGKI has stopped on Jan 23, and the report is given in BUFR IU[KS]D52 ENMI

l  German SYNOP SXDL2[12] and SXDL4[4-9] EDZW has stopped on Jan 27.