Rządowy projekt ustawy o ratyfikacji Konwencji w sprawie ustanowienia Europejskiej Organizacji Eksploatacji Satelitów Meteorologicznych (EUMETSAT), sporządzonej w Genewie dnia 24 maja 1983 r.

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b)
A network of Satellite Application Facilities (SAF), located at national weather
services of EUMETSAT Member States or other agreed entities linked to a user
community, such as ECMWF, for the extraction of products outside the scope of
the MPEF. The nature of these products will be agreed by Council following
analysis of user requirements. The implementation of each SAF will be the
subject of a competitive Announcement of Opportunity and a subsequent contract
covering relevant research and development as well as the operational generation
of products according to agreed specifications. Nevertheless, Council may decide
for reasons of opportunity or necessity to entrust processing of some of these
products to the MPEF.



The further refinement of the list of the products to be extracted from MSG
images is an urgent activity during the detailed system definition phase (phase B),
as is the elaboration of the criteria and procedures for allocation to MPEF and
SAFs.

2.2.3 User Ground Segment


Receive-only ground stations will be operated by the users to acquire the data
disseminated through the MSG System:


a)
High Rate User Stations (HRUS), for the acquisition of data through the High
Rate Information Transmission (HRIT) scheme,


b)
Low Rate User Stations (LRUS), for the acquisition of data through the Low
Rate Information Transmission (LRIT) scheme.


The transmission of raw instrument data from the satellite towards the Earth is not part of
the MSG dissemination mission. However, if a Member State decides to procure a
station capable of receiving the raw image data, then the Member State shall have timely
access to the relevant image processing parameters derived at the central site, in
accordance with the provisions of the EUMETSAT Data Policy.

3 PROGRAMME
CONTENT


The MSG system will be implemented in co-operation with the European Space Agency.
The EUMETSAT MSG programme will include the following tasks:


a)
A fixed financial contribution to the ESA MSG Programme (with participation in
the detailed definition, design, development and demonstration of the MSG
prototype satellite MSG-1).


b)
Procurement of the launcher for the MSG prototype satellite MSG-1, ready for a
target launch date of mid-2000.


c)
Detailed definition of the gound segment, for a final decision by Council on the
ground facilities network configuration.
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d)
Development, procurement and test of the ground segment for the operations of
the MSG system.


e)
System commissioning following the launch of MSG-1.


f)
Provision and launch of two additional flight models:



i)
MSG-2 to be ready for launch within 18 months of the launch of MSG-1,



ii)
MSG-3, to be readz for launch at the nominal end of life of MSG-1,


g)
System operations for a period of 12 years after the commissioning of MSG-1.

4 IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN


The Programme will be implemented in two slices:


a)
The first slice, or MSG demonstration slice, includes the fixed financial
contribution to the ESA prototype development programme, the procurement of a
launcher for the prototype, the development and procurement of the ground
segment, and the system commissioning [items a) to e) under 3]. This slice will
start in 1993 and end in 2000.


b)
The second slice, or MSG operational slice, includes the procurement and launch
of two further satellites and systems operations for twelve years, from 2001 to
2012 [items f) and g) under 3].
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CHAPTER F


PREPARATORY PROGRAMME FOR A EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM

The EPS Preparatory Programme covers initial Space Segment Payload and Ground Segment
activities related to the development of a series of satellites to provide continuous meteorological
observations from morning Polar Orbit.

The activities are broken down into three separate areas:

i)
Mission



Detailed definition of the mission and payload, including climate monitoring
objectives, in cooperation with ESA and NOAA leading to the establishment of
cooperation agreements with both organisations.


ii)
Space Segment Payload



Covering the development and refinement of the specifications of the
Meteorological Communication Package and start of critical development
activities for the Microwave Humidity Sounder.

iii)
Ground
Segment



Covering the conduct of feasibility studies and subsequently the establishment of
detailed specifications of the Ground Segment.



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CHAPTER G


EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM PROGRAMME


SYSTEM DESCRIPTION AND PROGRAMME CONTENT

1 MISSIONS


The EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) will provide for the development and operation of
a system providing continuation and enhancement of observations from the morning
polar orbit. This system will be designed to provide continuous observations from the
end of the current service provided by the United States National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), from 2002 until 2016. The EPS programme is a
component of a Joint European/US Polar System comprising satellites with morning and
afternoon (equatorial crossing time) orbits. Accordingly, the following main missions
have been defined.


a)
Operational Meteorology and Climate Monitoring



Global Sounding
provides vertical profiles of temperature and


(incl. Advanced

humidity to support the numerical forecasting

Sounding):
models.



Global Imagery:
provides cloud imagery for forecasting applications.

Used
for
the
calculation
of
sea
surface
temperatures,
veg-
etation indices, ice and snow cover, atmospheric aerosol
content and radiation budget parameters. Also supports
the global sounding mission through the identification of
cloud free areas.



Data Collection/
supports, amongst other activities, World Weather


Location:

objectives by the reception and dissemination of in-situ
meteorological observations from ocean buoys and other
similar data collection platforms.



Wind

provides speed and direction of winds at the Ocean
Scatterometry:
surface.



Climate


provides inter alia information from Imagery and


Monitoring:
Sounding, Sea Ice coverage information, Ozone
Observations.


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b)
Further Mission Capabilities



Provide Data on Cloud Distribution, Earth Missions, Atmospheric Minor
Constituents, Stress at Ocean Surface.



These missions contribute to the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), the
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the International
Geosphere/Biosphere Programme (IGBP).

c) Data
Services



Global Data Access: supports global scale forecasting by providing global
data
to
users
within 2 ¼ hours of the instant of
observation.



Local
Data
Access: supports forecasting activities by the real-time
transmission of data to local reception stations (via the
LRPT and HRPT services).


d) Additional
Services
Space Environment
supports routine monitoring of the low earth orbit
Monitoring:
charged
particle
environment
by
a
Space
Environment
Monitoring instrument (SEM).



Humanitarian:
supports an international Search and Rescue service
(S&R).


2
THE EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM


2.1 Space
Segment



The space segment of the EUMETSAT Polar System is based on a series of three
METOP satellites embarking the following payload:


a)
Advanced Microwave Sounding
Microwave sounder with 15


Unit-A (AMSU-A):


channels in the range 23-90 GHz (will be
replaced by a Microwave Temperature
Sounder (NPOESS or MTS), if available
for METOP-3);


b)
Microwave Humidity Sounder
Microwave sounder with five


(MHS):



channels at 89,157 and around 183 GHz;
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