EARS system

Regional Data Service/EARS

 

Providing high timeliness regional data from polar orbiting satellites

EARS system
EARS system

The Regional Data Services are provided by the EUMETSAT Advanced Retransmission Service (EARS), a network of Advanced High Resolution Picture Transmission (AHRPT) reception stations.

Last Updated

29 June 2022

Published on

28 April 2020

EARS comprises 11 separate data services that aim to provide users with high timeliness regional data from polar orbiting meteorological satellites, in support of numerical weather prediction (NWP) and nowcasting (NWC) applications.

This is achieved through a network of direct broadcast stations receiving and processing data and redistribution of products to users in near-real time.

An overview of the stations and satellites supporting each regional service is provided in the tables below.

Five core EARS European stations

 
Service/
DB Station
EARS ATOVS EARS AVHRR EARS ASCAT EARS IASI EARS NWC EARS ATMS EARS CrIS EARS VIIRS EARS VASS EARS MERSI EARS MWRI
SVA MetB N19
N18
MetC
MetB
N19
MetC
MetB
MetC
MetB
MetC
MetB
MetC
N19
SNPP
N20
SNPP
N20
SNPP
N20
FY-3D FY-3D FY-3D
MAS MetB N19
N18
MetC
MetB
N19
MetC
MetB
MetC
MetB
MetC
MetB
MetC
N19
SNPP
N20
SNPP
N20
SNPP
N20
FY-3D FY-3D FY-3D
KAN MetB N19 N18
MetC
MetB
N19
MetC
MetB
MetC
MetB
MetC
MetB
MetC
N19
SNPP
N20
SNPP
N20
SNPP
N20
FY-3D FY-3D FY-3D
ATH MetB N19
N18
MetC
MetB
N19
MetC
MetB
MetC
MetB
MetC
MetB
MetC
N19
SNPP
N20
SNPP
N20
SNPP
N20
FY-3D FY-3D FY-3D
LAN MetB N19
N18
MetC
MetB
N19
MetC
MetB
MetC
MetB
MetC
MetB
MetC
N19
 
SNPP
N20
SNPP
N20
SNPP
N20
FY-3D FY-3D FY-3D

Contributing EARS stations

 
Service/
DB Station
EARS ATOVS EARS AVHRR EARS ASCAT EARS IASI EARS NWC EARS ATMS EARS CrIS EARS VIIRS EARS VASS
GAN MetB N19 N18 MetB N19 MetB MetB MetB N19        
EDM MetB N19 N18     MetB          
STD MetB MetC
N19 N18
  MetB
MetC

MetB
MetC

  N20
SNPP
N20
SNPP
   
MUS MetB N19 N18   MetB            

Satellites and instruments supported by EARS

Each of the EARS services re-transmits observations from an instrument, or an instrument group, and aims to provide a homogeneous service across the NOAA, Metop and FY3 polar orbiting satellite platforms.

The satellites and instruments supported by EARS are as follows:

 
EARS Service Satellite Series and Instruments
    NOAA NN’:
NOAA18 & 19
Metop:
Metop-B
Metop:
Metop-C
NOAA JPSS:
Suomi-NPP & NOAA-20
FY-3:
FY-3D
EARS-ATOVS   HIRS/4
AMSU-A
MHS
AMSU-A
MHS
AMSU-A
MHS
- -
EARS-AVHRR   AVHRR/3 AVHRR/3 AVHRR/3 - -
EARS-ASCAT   - ASCAT ASCAT - -
EARS-IASI   - IASI - - -
EARS-NWC   AVHRR/3 AVHRR/3 AVHRR/3 - -
EARS-ATMS   - - - ATMS -
EARS-CrIS   - - - CrIS -
EARS-VIIRS   - - - VIIRS -
EARS-VASS   - - - - MWHS-II
MWTS-II
EARS-MERSI   - - - - MERSI-II
EARS-MWRI   - - - - MWRI

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