Current/Future Weather Satellite Programs Template

Institute name: India Meteorological Department

Web Site: http:///www.imd.ernet.in

TOPIC	Information, Web sites, Contact Persons …
Satellite name: § operational, research …	http:///www.imd.ernet.in Kalpana-1,Insat-3A,NOAA-15,16 and 17 Operationally used
Launch date:	September,2002 and April 2003
Instrument(s): § specifications, accuracy … § applications (i.e., NWP, climate..) § status/health	VIS,IR and WV CMV,OLR,QPE,profiles are used as first guess in NWP Model run operationally at IMD, New Delhi
Products § level-0, § level-1 § level-2 …	Raw data Radiance/Brightness temperatures Products as said above
Product Dissemination: § global, direct broadcast § retransmission service on which area (e.g. EARS) § real-time constraints … § access: ftp, direct acquisition, dedicated bandwidths, EARS …	Through GTS products are disseminated.
Processing Packages: § available packages (for I/O, pre-processing, products …) § documentation and formats	For NOAA-K,L and M IAPP,ICI and also Neural Network Package
Archive: § time period § formats § available processing packages § time delay	For NOAA 2000 onwards TeraScan Data Format(TDF) For NOAA-K,L and M IAPP,ICI and also Neural Network Package
Available Validation Datasets (including collocated radiosonde, NWP, other satellites, prelaunch …)	Ecmwf analysis and collocated radiosonde data
Other