project full title:

M. De Mazière MACCII KO, Reading, 1/3/2012

Project full title: " Demonstration Network Of ground-based Remote Sensing Observations in support of the GMES Atmospheric Service "


Introduction• EU 7th Framework Programme R&D Project in

R&D to enhance future GMES applicationsin the Atmosphere area•Nov. 1, 2011 – July 31, 2014 (33 months)•9 NDACC partners, 1 GAW actor and 1 Dutch SME

Network for Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change:A research network of more than 70 monitoring stations worldwide, providing high-quality ground-based remote sensing data fordetecting changes in the atmospheric composition (stratosphere and troposphere) Supporting the validation of satellite experiments and numerical model developmentsSupporting process studiesEstablishing links between atmospheric composition and climate change


NDACC sites


http://www.ndacc.org

NDACC observational capabilitiesLidar, Microwave radiometer, FTIR, (MAX)DOAS, Dobson/Brewer, UV spectrometer


General Objectives• Perform the required research and developments to optimize the

NDACC data delivery and data products for the purpose of supporting the quality assessments of the future GAS (MACC-II as the prototype).

Ground-based remote-sensing column and profile data are a good complement to surface and satellite data

• target NORS data products • tropospheric and stratospheric ozone columns and vertical

profiles up to 70 km altitude;• tropospheric and stratospheric NO2 columns and profiles;• lower tropospheric profiles of NO2, HCHO, aerosol

extinction;• tropospheric and stratospheric columns of CO• tropospheric and stratospheric columns of CH4

• 4 NDACC techniques + in-situ surface monitoring: Lidar, MW, FTIR, UV-VIS DOAS + in-situ surface monitoring

• 4 NDACC pilot stations


NORS map


General Objectives• Apart from some MAXDOAS data, none of the NORS data

are already included in MACC-II VAL.

So NORS is complementary to validation included in MACC-II

NORS will aim at consistency with validation protocols and procedures defined in MACC-II (at management level and in VAL subproject)


PartnersParticipant no. *

Participant organisation name / Short name in the proposal Country

1 (Coordinator)

Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique/ BIRA-IASB BE

2 Eidgenoessische Materialpruefungs- und Forschungsanstalt / EMPA

CH

3 Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial / INTA

ES

4 Universitaet Bern / UBern

CH

5 Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie / KIT

DE

6 Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique / CNRS

FR

7 Universitaet Bremen / UBremen

DE

8 Université de Liège / ULg

BE

9 Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften / MPIC

DE

10 Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg / UH

DE

11 Science and Technology B.V. / S&T

NL


Steering BodiesThe Steering Committee:• the Project Management Team (coordinator and WP

leaders);• R. Engelen for MACC-II • a representative of ESA for the satellite data and the

GECA environment (T. Fehr);• Henrik Steen Andersen for EEA: coordination of the in-situ

component in the GMES Atmosphere area;• G. Braathen (WMO), as co-chairman for NDACC;• O. Tarasova, responsible at WMO for matters related to

Greenhouse gases, Reactive gases, GAW stations and QA/QC;

• J.C. Lambert (BIRA), as representative of CEOS WGCV


• to implement procedures for data delivery of NDACC data to GAS actors with a delay of maximum 1 month (WP 3);

• to provide an extensive characterisation (metadata) of targeted NDACC data and user documentation. The NDACC data will also be evaluated in comparison with satellite data that are assimilated in the GAS products, and against other network data like Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) surface data and the Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) data, in a comprehensive and coordinated way (WP 4);

• to investigate the integration of ground-based data products from various sources (ground-based in-situ surface and remote-sensing data, and satellite data), and to provide the integrated data products to GAS. Hereto, new scientific methodologies will be developed. (WP 5 & 6).For example:

integrated O3 profiles from sondes, lidar, microwave and FTIR data

NO2 profiles from surface data and remote-sensing data

Objectives (1/2)


Objectives (2/2)• to provide ground-based measurement time series back to

2003 in support of the re-analysis products of GAS. NORS will provide and archive quality-controlled long-term reference data sets for open access by GAS and GMES users, a need expressed in the GAS Implementation Group Final Report. (WP 7)

• to develop and implement a new GAS-compliant web-based application for operational validation of GAS products using the NORS data products. In this validation service, better methodologies (“best practices”) for validation will be included, based on the improved characterisation of the ground-based data. This service (based on GECA) will be user-oriented. (WP 8 & 9)

• Capacity building (WP 10): • To ‘export’ project achievements to whole NDACC

community• to support the extension of NDACC to stations outside

Western Europe, namely in the tropics, in China, Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe.


Overall strategy of the workplan


Connections to MACC-II• Established links with MACC-II Val subproject• Coordinate with OBS/in-situ and EEA GISC project

• In progress :• Development of NORS Validation Server User

Requirementswill be iterated with MACC-II representatives

(By end of April 2012)

• Development of NORS Validation Server Design DocumentsEstablishment of direct links between MACC-II

products and NORS products (NDACC database) Connection between NORS Validation Server and

MACC-II website (By end of June 2012)


Connections to NDACC• Export NORS achievements to additional NDACC sites,

and new, potential NDACC stations

• Expand to additional NDACC products

task for WG co-chairmen

• NORS data will be available from NDACC database (@ NOAA)

• NORS data will be compliant with GEOMS HDF format (tools will be available to transpose to GEOMS compliant netCDF)

Connections to CEOS


http://nors.aeronomie.be


Let’s work together


Extension beyond W-EuropeObservatory Country Instrument NORS partner

involvedLocal partner

Xianghe Integrated Observatory

China MAXDOAS BIRA-IASB Institute for Atmospheric Physics / Chinese Academy of Sciences

Beijing China Mini-MAXDOAS MPIC Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences

Kourovka Russia FTIR UBremen Univ. of Yekaterinburg

Tomsk Russia FTIR KIT Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics

Paramaribo Suriname FTIR UBremen Anton de Kom University

Paramaribo Suriname MAXDOAS UH Meteorological Service of Suriname

Mexico City Mexico FTIR KIT UNAM

Rio Gallegos Argentina O3 Lidar CNRS CEILAP-CONICET

Bujumbura Burundi MAXDOAS BIRA-IASB Univ. of Bujumbura

Addis Ababa Ethiopia FTIR KIT Addis Ababa University

Belgrano Antarctica MAXDOAS INTA Instituto Antártico Argentino (IAA)

Seoul Korea ozone radiometer IAP/UBern Sookmyung University


Capacity Building - WP10• Export NORS achievements to additional NDACC sites and

candidate NDACC stations task for WG co-chairmen Task for JCL in CEOS WGCV Task for individual partners according to TableDeliverables = status reports (M33)

Already achieved (NDACC SC meeting): NORS data server = NDACC DHFReq’ment: distinctive metadata. Option: DATA_QUALITY ?

• Ensure integration of NORS in in-situ component for GMES coordinated by EEA data policies ? Metadata standards ? Deliverable = report (M33)


Aim of KO meetingMost important goals to be achieved:

1. Clarify interaction with MACC-II: what are its needs, avoid overlap with activities already undertaken in MACC-II;

complementarities ? Contact persons ? 2. Clarify role of EEA and interaction between NORS and EEA

3. Start individual activities

4. Clarify collaborations within WPs/ Tasks Who takes the lead ? Identify contributions from partners and timing

5. Be aware of administrative and financial rules


Reviewers ?• H. Kelder• P. Levelt / P. Veefkind• Erik Liljas• G. Brasseur• Y. Goovaerts


Extension beyond W-EuropeObservatory Country Instrument NORS partner

involvedLocal partner

Xianghe Integrated Observatory

China MAXDOAS BIRA-IASB Institute for Atmospheric Physics / Chinese Academy of Sciences

Beijing China Mini-MAXDOAS MPIC Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences

Kourovka Russia FTIR UBremen Univ. of Yekaterinburg

Tomsk Russia FTIR KIT Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics

Paramaribo Suriname FTIR UBremen Anton de Kom University

Paramaribo Suriname MAXDOAS UH Meteorological Service of Suriname

Mexico City Mexico FTIR KIT UNAM

Rio Gallegos Argentina O3 Lidar CNRS CEILAP-CONICET

Bujumbura Burundi MAXDOAS BIRA-IASB Univ. of Bujumbura

Addis Ababa Ethiopia FTIR KIT Addis Ababa University

Belgrano Antarctica MAXDOAS INTA Instituto Antártico Argentino (IAA)

Seoul, Korea, ozone radiometer, IAP/UBern, Sookmyung University


Context• European Initiative

Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) 6 thematic areas- land- ocean- security - emergencies- climate- atmosphere

EU FP7 call in Nov. 2010 asking for Continuation of prototype Service MACC-II R&D projects for improving GAS in the future NORS

MACC, Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate, is the current pre-operational atmospheric service of the European GMES programme. MACC provides data records on atmospheric composition for recent years, data for monitoring present conditions and forecasts of the distribution of key constituents for a few days ahead. MACC combines state-of-the-art atmospheric modelling with Earth observation data to provide information services covering European Air Quality, Global Atmospheric Composition, Climate, and UV and Solar Energy.


Remaining questions• Access to satellite data ? • Access to GECA• Access to MACC-II analyses ?


NORS pilot stations

3 out of 4 are also TCCON sites