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Regional ATOVS Retransmission Services (RARS)

The top level objective of the RARS project is to deliver ATOVS data (Level 1c) from at least 90% of the globe within no more than 30 minutes from acquisition.

RARS data from 34 stations are now available over the GTS in an harmonized format which represents 70% of the Globe surface coverage. 45 stations (81%) are planned at end of 2010. Three main networks are available : the EUMETSAT ATOVS Retransmission service (EARS), the ASIA-Pacific and the South-America networks. The progress made by the global RARS network is an important step towards WMO objectives of data standardization, integration and enhanced availability.

Dissemination of data from advances sounder (IASI, CrIs) are planned.

For more information on RARS, see: http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/sat/RARS.html. A page of the site (http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/sat/RARS-access.html) explains how to access the data via the GTS service. It is also possible to access the data of the EARS network through the EUMETCast service.