All Related Apply Refine results Type Article News Blog Post Features General Categories Weather Metop Satellites Atmospheric composition Ocean Science Features - All Tags ASCAT EARS Metop-SG IASI Metop-C Features Metop-A Metop-B Metop MODIS Press Release Date 2021 2020 2018 SHOW ALL 7 results News 30 November 2021 Europe’s first polar-orbiting weather satellite successfully deorbited Metop-A has been providing meteorological data to global users for fifteen years. News 15 November 2021 Europe’s first meteorological satellite in polar orbit ends its run Metop-A has been providing meteorological data to global users for fifteen years. Science Preliminary assimilation of IASI L2 profiles in NWP Studying assimilating forecast-independent temperature and humidity retrievals from hyperspectral sounders in NWP models. Science Characterisation of ocean surface roughness in NWP This study aims to investigate how alternative scatterometer observations to the currently used wind vectors can be assimilated in NWP. Science Mesoscale Improved Data Assimilations of Scatterometer winds (MIDAS) MIDAS studies scatterometer wind data within mesoscale NWP models. Features Metop-C – what happens after lift-off Launching a spacecraft into orbit is something that ignites the public’s imagination. Science EPS/ASCAT ocean wind assessment Assessment of the impact and further development of the assimilation strategy of Metop ASCAT products at ECMWF.