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Meteosat Third Generation Resources
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See below the list of resources available online for the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG).
Contents
Mission Requirements
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MTG Reports from EUMETSAT Scientific studies and workshops
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 Geostationary Satellite Observations for Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Chemistry Applications (PDF, 2 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/02/1013/SAT |
Surface pressure from geostationary satellite observations in the O2 A-band (PDF, 7 MB) |
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Cloud Top Pressure from Geo-stationary Satellite Observations in the Oxygen A-Band (PDF, 2 MB) |
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| EUM/COL/LET/02/1562 |
Lightning Imagery from Geostationary Satellite Observations for Operational Meteorological Applications (PDF, 6 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/02/1016/SAT |
Detect and Locate Lightning Events from Geostationary Satellite Observations, Part 1 (PDF, 1.5 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/02/1016/SAT |
Detect and Locate Lightning Events from Geostationary Satellite Observations, Part 2 (PDF, 309 KB) |
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| EUM/MTG/REP/02/0030 |
Imagery Channels Selection for Post-MSG Imagery Missions (PDF, 676 KB) |
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| EUM/CO/03/1150/SAT |
Feasibility of trace gas measurements from geostationary orbit using VIS/UV radiances (CSIRO Study) (PDF, 6 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/03/1166/SAT |
Capabilities of a UV-Vis Instrument in geostationary Orbit to meet user requirements for Atmospheric Composition and Operational Chemistry Applications (University of Bremen) (PDF, 6 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/O3/1127/SAT |
Capabilities of Infrared Sounding for Monitoring for Atmospheric Composition and Chemistry Applications (Université de Paris) (PDF, 7 MB) |
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Impact of Resolution on the quality of Cloud products (PDF, 18 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/04/1317/SAT |
Review of MTG UVS mission requirements for air quality and atmospheric chemistry applications (PDF, 5.5 MB) |
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Review of MTG FDHSI Mission Requirements Regarding Fire Applications (PDF, 1 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/04/1285/RST |
MTG IR Sounder water vapour retrieval: Assessment of the performance using sounder bands IRS-5 and IRS-6, versus IRS-5 or IRS-6 (PDF, 1 MB) |
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Technical Memorandum No.13: Detection of cloud-free areas as a function of Sensor Resolution and Time Sampling (PDF, 1.5 MB) |
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Feasibility of measuring tropospheric CO from geostationary orbit using high resolution SWIR radiances (PDF, 2 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/04/1296/SAT |
CO measurements from MTG IRS and UVS missions (PDF, 3 MB) |
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| EUM/PPS/SOW/04/0090 |
Justification Study for a Built-in Imager for the MTG IR Sounding Mission (PDF, 3.5 MB) |
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| EUM/PPS/SOW/04/0089 |
Potential of Meteosat Third Generation to Detect Water Vapour Convergence Linked to Severe Convection (PDF, 1 MB) |
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Simulation study of Precipitating Clouds from Geostationary Orbits with Passive Microwaves (PDF, 6.5 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/04/1293/RSt |
MTG imaging channels in the solar domain and 3.7 microns for retrieval of cloud and aerosol microphysical properties (PDF, 2.5 MB) |
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| RfQ 04/828 |
Spatial Inhomogeneities in Relation to Diffraction Limited Spectral Uniformity of the IR Sounder Point Spread Function (PDF, 22 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/04/1386/KJG |
Temperature and humidity sounding from GEO by millimetre-submillimetre wave radiometry (PDF, 810 KB) |
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| EUM/CO/04/1386/KJG |
Precipitation retrieval from GEO by millimetre-submillimetre wave radiometry (PDF, 3 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/04/1386/KJG |
Resolution enhancement of millimetre-submillimetre wave images from geostationary orbit (PDF, 22 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/04/1386/KJG |
Convection characterisation by IR and lightning imagery from GEO (PDF, 3 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/05/1466/SAT |
Final Report on the Assessment of the Temperature and water vapour retrieval capability and performance of the MTG Infrared Sounding Mission under different noise and spectral coverage scenarios (PDF, 2 MB) |
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MTG Infrared Sounder: Sensitivity to measurement noise and spectral resolution in a non-linear variational retrieval framework (PDF, 254 KB) |
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| NOV-3357-NT-3115 |
Assessment of the MTG IR Sounding Mission Spectral Calibration Algorithm. Part 1: Instrument input analysis and candidate algorithm design (PDF, 2 MB) |
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| NOV-3357-NT-3281 |
Assessment of the MTG IR Sounding Mission Spectral Calibration Algorithm. Part 2: Radiometric sensitivity to algorithm and instrument parameters (PDF, 1 MB) |
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| NOV-3357-NT-3544 |
Assessment of the MTG IR Sounding Mission Spectral Calibration Algorithm. Part 3: Overall performance analysis (PDF, 1 MB) |
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| EUM/MTG/SOW/05/0028 |
Characterising the Lightning Source for the MTG Lightning Imager Mission (PDF, 863 KB) |
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Study to Consolidate the UVS Mission Requirements for the Oxygen A-band — Executive Summary (PDF, 1.5 MB) |
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Study to Consolidate the UVS Mission Requirements for the Oxygen A-band — Final Report (PDF, 20 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/06/1584/KJG |
Study on the Present Status and Future Capabilities of Ground-Based Lightning Location Networks (PDF, 2 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/06/4600000362/SAT |
The added value of satellite observations of aerosol optical depth for operational air quality forecasts |
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Final Report (PDF, 16 MB) |
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Introduction (PDF, 448 KB) |
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Nature run (PDF, 1 MB) |
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Synthetic retrievals theory (PDF, 2 MB) |
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Validition nature run (PDF, 446 KB) |
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Data assimilation theory (PDF, 511 KB) |
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Results assimilation ground based data (PDF, 2 MB) |
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Validation assimilation (PDF, 1 MB) |
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Variability analysis (PDF, 1 MB) |
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Results assimilation FCI observations (PDF, 4 MB) |
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Results assimilation UVS observations (PDF, 5 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/05/1484/SAT |
Capabilities of IRS-MTG to sound ozone, CO and methane using ESA pre-phase A specifications (PDF, 3 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/07/4600000405/JKG |
Satellite-based Convective Initiation Nowcasting System Improvements Expected from the MTG FCI Meteosat Third Generation Capability (PDF, 4 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/06/4600000339/SAT |
Benefit of the MTG candidate Infra-Red sounding mission to regional forecast (PDF, 8 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/08/4600000492/SAT |
MTG-IRS Simulation Project (PDF, 6 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/07/4600000447/SAT |
The potential of MTG-IRS and S4-TIR to detect high pollution events at urban and regional scales (PDF, 6 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/09/4600000633/SAT |
Consolidation of Scientific Baseline for MTG-IRS Processing: Effect of Trace Gases — Executive summary (PDF, 341 KB) |
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Consolidation of Scientific Baseline for MTG-IRS Processing: Effect of Trace Gases — Final Document (PDF, 3 MB) |
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| EUM/CO/10/4600000746/SAT |
Evaluating atmospheric instability from high spectral resolution IR satellite observations (PDF, 11 MB) |
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Flow-dependent, geographically varying background error covariances for 1D-VAR applications in MTG-IRS L2 Processing (PDF, 1 KB) |
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| EUM/CO/10/4600000847/XC |
Final report on the role of PC compression in the MTG-IRS L2 processing - Part 1 (PDF, 6 MB)
Final report on the role of PC compression in the MTG-IRS L2 processing - Part 2 (PDF, 3.2 MB)
Final report on the role of PC compression in the MTG-IRS L2 processing - Part 3 (PDF, 6 MB)
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MTG Reports from EUMETSAT Technical Studies and Workshops
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Terms of reference for the application expert group
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Geophysical Parameters
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MTG Position Papers
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MOF Information Day
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MTG Ground Stations Information Day
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Combined MTG Industry Briefing and Media Day Documentation
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Requirement Reference Scenes
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MTG specifications regarding the minimum and maximum signal levels to be detected by the Infrared Sounder (IRS) instrument: |
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| EUM/MTG/DEF/10/0611 |
Solar Spectrum Spreadsheet (XLS, 264 KB)) |
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| EUM/MTG/DEF/10/0611 |
Solar Spectrum Spreadsheet (PDF, 290 KB) |
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| EUM/MTG/DEF/11/0244 |
IRS Reference Spectra (Distribution note only) (PDF, 149 KB) |
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| EUM/MTG/DEF/11/0244 |
IRS Reference Spectra (Distribution note and datafiles) (TAR, 119 MB) |
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Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents
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| EUM/MTG/DOC/10/0381 |
MTG-FCI: ATBD for Global Instability Indices Product(PDF, 848 KB) |
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| EUM/MTG/DOC/10/0542 |
MTG-FCI: ATBD for Cloud Mask and Cloud Analysis Product (PDF, 551 KB) |
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| EUM/MTG/DOC/10/0613 |
MTG-FCI: ATBD for Active Fire Monitoring Product (PDF, 446 KB) |
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| EUM/MTG/DOC/10/0382 |
MTG-FCI: ATBD for Radiative Transfer Model (PDF, 219 KB) |
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| EUM/MTG/DOC/10/0559 |
MTG-FCI: ATBD for Clear Sky Reflectance Map Product (PDF, 155 KB) |
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| EUM/MTG/DOC/11/0034 |
MTG-FCI: ATBD for GSICS Corrections (PDF, 104 KB) |
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| EUM/MTG/DOC/10/0527 |
MTG-FCI: ATBD for Outgoing Longwave Radiation Product (PDF, 179 KB) |
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| EUM/MTG/DOC/10/0560 |
MTG-FCI: ATBD for Volcanic Ash Product (PDF, 434 KB) |
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| EUM/MTG/DOC/11/0654 |
MTG-FCI: ATBD for Optimal Cloud Analysis Product (PDF, 2 MB) |
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| EUM/MTG/DOC/10/0532 |
MTG-FCI: ATBD for Atmospheric Motion Vector Product (PDF, 724 KB) |
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| EUM/MTG/DOC/10/0612 |
MTG-FCI: ATBD for All Sky Radiance Product (PDF, 134 KB) |
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| EUM/MTG/DOC/11/0188 |
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for Level 2 Processing of the MTG Infra-Red Sounder Data (PDF, 2 MB) |
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| EUM/MTG/DOC/11/0155 |
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) for L2 processing of the MTG Lightning Imager data (PDF, 2 MB) |
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| EUM/MTG/DOC/11/0723 |
MTG-FCI: Meteorological Product Requirements (PDF, 2.5 MB) |
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MTG Phase B IDPF Study Technical Documentation
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| MTG-IDPF-PHB2-SD.0A |
MTG IDPF Phase 2 Applicable & Reference Documents (PDF, 3 MB) |
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| MTG-IDPF-PHB2-SD.05 |
Analysis, Design and Modelling Report Part 1 - System (PDF, 33 MB) |
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| MTG-IDPF-PHB2-SD.06 |
Analysis, Design and Modelling Report Part 2 Algorithms (PDF, 43 MB) |
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| MTG-IDPF-PHB2-SD.7 |
Design Justification Report (PDF, 11 MB) |
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| MTG-IDPF-PHB2-SD.8 |
Engineering Budget Report (PDF, 10 MB) |
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| MTG-IDPF-PHB2-SD.11 |
IDP Facility Internal Interfaces Definitions (PDF, 16 MB) |
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| MTG-IDPF-PHB2-SD.12 |
IDP Facility Inputs to External Interfaces Definitions (PDF, 15 MB) |
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| MTG-IDPF-PHB2-SD.13 |
Prototyping Activities Report (PDF, 28 MB) |
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| MTG-IDPF-PHB2-SD.14A |
IRS Processing Chain Prototyping Activities Main Algorithms Analysis (PDF, 17 MB) |
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| MTG-IDPF-PHB2-SD.14B |
IRS Processing Chain Prototyping — Software Preliminary Design (PDF, 817 KB) |
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| MTG-IDPF-PHB2-SD14C |
IRS Processing Chain Prototyping — Software Definition (PDF, 335 KB) |
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| MTG-IDPF-PHB2-SD.14d |
IRS Processing Chain Prototype User Manual (PDF, 383 KB) |
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| MTG-IDPF-PHB2-SD.14E |
IRS Processing Chain Prototype Results Report (PDF, 393 KB) |
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| MTG-IDPF-PHB2-SD.19 |
IDPF Requirement Traceability Matrix (PDF, 2 MB) |
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Expert Meetings
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UVS candidate mission
Contribution of Operational Geostationary Satellites to Climate Monitoring: Lessons learnt and future perspective
Geostationary Satellite Observations for Operational Chemical Applications and Air Quality monitoring
The Outcome of External Studies in Support of Defining the Post-MSG Era Differential Oxygen A-band Absorption
Microwave Sub-mm Imagery: Current status and future perspective
Lightning Detection and Location from Geostationary Satellite Observations
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MTG Mission Team
First MTG Mission Team Meeting
Second MTG Mission Team Meeting
Third MTG Mission Team Meeting
Fourth MTG Mission Team Meeting
Fifth MTG Mission Team Meeting
Sixth MTG Mission Team Meeting
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Workshop on DCPs
Workshop on DCPs for requirements consolidation
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User Consultation Workshops
First MTG User Consultation Workshop
Second MTG User Consultation Workshop
Third MTG User Consultation Workshop
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