Transcript CAP in EUMETSAT and the Disaster Charter Simon Elliott EUMETSAT [email protected] CAP Implementation Workshop WMO, Geneva April 2013

CAP in EUMETSAT and the Disaster Charter
Simon Elliott
EUMETSAT
[email protected]
CAP Implementation Workshop
WMO, Geneva
April 2013
Outline of the presentation
• EUMETSAT’s current use of CAP
• EUMETSAT’s use of OID arcs for identification
• CAP-EP, our CAP profile
• Possible role of CAP in the support of Disaster
Charter related activities
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Distribution of satellite products
EUMETSAT operates meteorological satellites
Satellite data are processed to derive a range
of products (images, radiance data, wind
information, soil moisture, fire detection, etc.)
Products are produced operationally in near
real time in a variety of formats
BUFR - GRIB - JPEG - ASCII - netCDF - HDF
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Distribution mechanisms
Several mechanisms are used to distribute satellite
products
Global Telecommunication System, GTS
Global network connecting NMHSs
Limited access, highly controlled, well established
EUMETCast/GEONETCast
Satellite DVB-S multi-cast service
Easy access, many users, almost global coverage
Website access
Archive access
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Volcanic Ash Detection
Infrared image data from METEOSAT are
processed to detect the presence of volcanic
ash
Products could be:
GRIB or BUFR encoded for NWP community
Graphically represented (e.g. JPEG) for Volcanic Ash
Advisory Centre (VAAC) or internet presentation
Described with a plain text bulletin or in XML
CAP can be used to encapsulate these formats
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Volcanic Ash on EUMETCast
Style sheet reference
Graphics
CAP
message
Text
CAP message contains
standard information
supplemented by hyperlinks
to associated information
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Active fire detection products in CAP
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<alert xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:cap:1.1">
<identifier>urn:oid:2.49.0.3.1.1.MET10</identifier>
<sender>urn:oid:2.49.0.2.1</sender>
<sent>2013-04-15T14:00:00-00:00</sent>
<status>Actual</status>
<msgType>Alert</msgType>
<scope>Public</scope>
<info>
<category>Geo</category>
<event>FIRE</event>
<responseType>Assess</responseType>
<responseType>Monitor</responseType>
<urgency>Immediate</urgency>
<severity>Moderate</severity>
<certainty>Likely</certainty>
<effective>2013-04-15T13:45:00-00:00</effective>
<expires>2013-04-15T14:15:00-00:00</expires>
<senderName>EUMETSAT</senderName>
<headline>Fire detection report</headline>
<description>Fire detection. This is a computer generated report and has not been reviewed by a
human.</description>
<web>http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/IPPS/html/MSG/PRODUCTS/FIR</web>
<area>
<areaDesc>List of detected fires (latitude, longitude, radius)</areaDesc>
<circle>-33.728,25.048 1.991</circle>
...
<circle>12.112,-12.554 1.572</circle>
</area>
</info>
<info>
<category>Geo</category>
<event>FIRE</event>
<responseType>Assess</responseType>
<responseType>Monitor</responseType>
<urgency>Immediate</urgency>
<severity>Moderate</severity>
<certainty>Possible</certainty>
<effective>2013-04-15T13:45:00-00:00</effective>
<expires>2013-04-15T14:15:00-00:00</expires>
<senderName>EUMETSAT</senderName>
<headline>Fire detection report</headline>
<description>Fire detection. This is a computer generated report and has not been reviewed by a
human.</description>
<web>http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/IPPS/html/MSG/PRODUCTS/FIR</web>
<area>
<areaDesc>List of detected fires: latitude, longitude, radius(km)</areaDesc>
<circle>-33.764,25.061 1.992</circle>
...
<circle>49.996,23.522 2.545</circle>
</area>
</info>
</alert>
Sample active fire detection CAP
message and display using Google’s
CAP validator
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Use of object identifiers (OIDs)
From http://oid-info.com/
An object identifier (OID) is an extensively used
identification mechanism jointly developed by ITU-T and
ISO/IEC for naming any type of object, concept or "thing"
with a globally unambiguous name ...
OIDs are hierarchical and allocated by a Registration
Authority (for EUMETSAT CAP messages this is WMO)
As per 2009 discussions, OIDs can be used in CAP for
elements <identifier> and <sender>
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Allocation of OIDs for EUMETSAT
In July 2011, via DWD, EUMESAT was allocated OIDs:
urn.oid.2.49.0.2.1 (used for the <sender> element)
2 = Joint ISO and ITU
0 = WMO
1 = EUMETSAT
49 = Alerts and alerting agencies
2 = Organizations other than countries
urn.oid.2.49.0.3.1 (used for the <identifier> element)
2 = Joint ISO and ITU
0 = WMO
1 = EUMETSAT
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49 = Alerts and alerting agencies
3 = Alerting messages of other orgns
Status of EUMETSAT and its CAP messages
As EUMETSAT is supporting its Member States and is
itself not an Alerting Authority, it is not listed in the
WMO Registry of Alerting Authorities.
CAP messages from EUMETSAT have
<responseType>Assess</responseType>
“Evaluate the information in this message. (This value
SHOULD NOT be used in public warning applications.)”
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CAP-EP: EUMETSAT's profile on the Common
Alerting Protocol
The CAP standard caters for the representation of all
types of alert messages and as such is open to some
degree of flexibility and interpretation.
EUMETSAT has defined a profile [CAP-EP] which can be
applied to the standard in order to define the types of
CAP message which EUMETSAT produces.
Corresponding CAP profiles have been defined by
•the German Weather Service, DWD [CAP-DWD Profil],
•the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA [IPAWS Profile],
and
•the Canadian Association for Public Alerting and Notification [CAP-CP]
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International Charter “Space and Major
Disasters”
An International agreement
among participating Space
Agencies to provide spacebased data and information
in support of relief efforts
during emergencies caused
by major disasters.
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International
and Major
Activations
by Charter
disaster “Space
type
Disasters” - I
Fire is identified as a disaster type by
the Charter. Observations from
space contribute to the monitoring of
ongoing fires and the analysis of the
extent of burnt areas
Oil Spill Others
1%
4%
Fire
7%
Earthquake
11%
Hurricane
16%
Landslide
4%
Flood/Ocean
wave
50%
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For 368 activations
Volcano
6%
Ice/Snow
hazard
1%
EUMETSAT offers to the Charter
Special Imagery/Products for use by the Charter
In the event of specific Charter activations, namely:
“Cyclones”, “Ocean Storms”, “Fire” and “Flooding”
EUMETSAT would make available imagery/data files
available via the Charter ftp site:
•
Cyclone imagery
•
Active fire monitoring product
Files can be used to support the development of value
added products and/or for inclusion in the product set
provided to the Authorised/End User.
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Special Imagery/Products
Cyclone imagery – graphic files
depicting the cyclone (Hurricane,
Typhoon, Tropical Storm, etc.)
over the region of interest.
These may be in the form of
single image files (e.g. GIFF)
derived from Metop AVHRR or
image animation loops (e.g.
MPEG) derived from Meteosat
SEVIRI or MVIRI visual (VIS) or
infra-red (IR) channels.
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Special Imagery/Products
Active Fire Monitoring - fire
detection product indicating the
presence of fire within a pixel.
The SEVIRI channel IR3.9 is
sensitive to hot spots which are
caused by fires. The algorithm
distinguishes between potential
fire and active fire. This product is
available in CAP (Common Alert
Protocol) format and is generated
every 15-minutes. CAP is an XML
format constrained by a simple
schema readily be converted to
KML for use with Google Earth.
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Conclusions
•EUMETSAT is using CAP for fire detection and
volcanic ash messages in support of alerting
authorities
•OIDs are being used to uniquely identify
EUMETSAT and its messages
•A profile has been developed detailing the
constrained use of the CAP standard by EUMETSAT
•The potential role of CAP in the support of the
International Charter "Space and Major Disasters"is
being evaluated.
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