Monitoring weather and climate from space

Technical and Scientific Documentation

Technical and scientific documentation is related to satellites, instruments, and the collection and processing of data.

[Internal link]Technical Descriptions describe the major components of the systems for satellite data collection and retransmission, extraction of meteorological products from raw data, dissemination and archiving.

[Internal link]Technical Notes is a collection of more specific technical documents with various subjects such as algorithms for extracting meteorological products, calibration techniques, correction schemes etc.

[Internal link]Format Guides contain a description of the formats of Meteosat meteorological products.

[Internal link]EPS Product Guides are user guides for the EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) meteorological products extracted from the Metop satellite data.

[Internal link]Technical Memoranda is a selection of scientific studies and reports on various topics related to Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) and EPS.

[Internal link]Reception Station Design Documentation describes the design of the Low Rate User Stations (LRUS) for receiving MSG data, and stations for receiving Advanced High Resolution Picture Transmissions (AHRPT) and Low Resolution Picture Transmissions (LRPT) from Metop.



  

 
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