EUROBIRD 9a Ku-band coverage (Click to enlarge)

EUMETCast is EUMETSAT’s primary dissemination mechanism for the near real-time delivery of satellite data and products generated by the EUMETSAT Application Ground Segment. EUMETCast also delivers a range of third-party products.

EUMETCast is a multi-service dissemination system based on standard Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) technology.  It uses commercial telecommunication geostationary satellites to multicast files (data and products) to a wide user community.  Further, EUMETCast is the EUMETSAT contribution to GEONETCast.

EUMETCast Features

• Secure delivery allows multicasts to be targeted to a specific user or group of users, thus supporting any required data policy.
• Handling of any file format, allowing the dissemination of a broad range of products.
• Use of DVB turnarounds allows the easy extension of geographical coverage.
• One-stop-shop delivery mechanism allows users to receive many data streams via one reception station.
• An installed user base of more than 1,700 user stations.
• Use of off-the-shelf, commercially available, DVB reception equipment.
• Highly scalable system architecture.

Services available at EUMETSAT

Atlantic Bird 3 C-band coverage for Europe, Africa, Middle East and North Atlantic (Click to enlarge)

• Space-based observations from the Meteosat, Metop, Jason-2, GOES, MT-SAT and FY2 satellites. At their most frequent, these data are delivered to users within five minutes of processing
• MODIS level 1 and 2 products covering selective geographical regions.
• Numerical weather forecasts.
• In-situ observational data.
• Land application products covering Europe, Africa and South America.
• Global and regional marine meteorological and ocean surface products.
• Atmospheric chemistry products.
  

EUMETCast and Global Monitoring

EUMETCast is now available for use by Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS); the European Global Monitoring for Environmental and Security (GMES) initiatives, and other environmental data providers.

EUMETCast is also a EUMETSAT contribution to the Integrated Global Data Dissemination Service (IGDDS), a component of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) information service.

Access to EUMETCast data

Users can gain access to, and manage, subscriptions to EUMETSAT data, products and services after registering on the Earth Observation Portal (EOP).

For a detailed catalogue of all our products, please use the Product Navigator.

NSS-806 C-band coverage over the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe (Click to enlarge)