EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 2024

Würzburg, Germany, 30 September - 4 October 2024

The 2024 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference will take place in Würzburg, Germany

The 2024 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference will take place in Würzburg, Germany from 30 September to 4 October. EUMETSAT will be joined in the organisation and hosting of the event by the Deutsche Wetterdienst (DWD), the national provider for weather, water and climate services in Germany.

Last Updated

15 September 2023

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15 September 2023

Over the years, the EUMETSAT user conference has become a key annual event for the meteorological and scientific communities where participants from around the world can meet to share their experience and knowledge during plenary, poster and workshop sessions.

Further information about the scientific content will be made available with the first announcement in January 2024.

First announcement and Call for Papers: January 2024

Venue

The venue for our conference is the Congress Centrum Würzburg, offering modern conference facilities and generous exhibition and foyer spaces. It is located right on the banks of the Main River, and offers a pleasant view of the surrounding vineyards and the Marienburg fortress. It is also within easy walking distance of the town.

Würzburg itself is a classic and beautiful old German university town. It is known for its lively atmosphere, its mix of architecture (from medieval to baroque and rococo) and of course its wine heritage. Rolling vineyards surround the town and there are many opportunities to sample the local wines in rustic restaurants and wine cellars. No visit to Würzburg is complete without seeing the Residenz Palace, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, which will host one of our networking events.

Sponsors

EUMETSAT offers interesting sponsorship options. If your institution is interested in sponsoring the conference, please contact @email for details.

The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites is an intergovernmental organisation based in Darmstadt, Germany, currently with 30 Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

EUMETSAT operates the geostationary satellites Meteosat-10 and -11 over Europe and Africa, and Meteosat-9 over the Indian Ocean. EUMETSAT also operates two Metop polar-orbiting satellites as part of the Initial Joint Polar System (IJPS) shared with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

In addition, EUMETSAT is a partner in the cooperative high precision ocean altimetry Jason missions involving Europe and the United States (Jason-3 and Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich).

The data and products from EUMETSAT’s satellites are vital to weather forecasting and make a significant contribution to the monitoring of environment and climate change. The European Union has entrusted EUMETSAT with exploiting the four Sentinel missions (Sentinel-3, -4, -5 and -6) of the Copernicus space component dedicated to the monitoring of atmosphere, ocean and climate on its behalf. EUMETSAT will carry out these tasks in cooperation with ESA. EUMETSAT has established cooperation with operators of Earth observation satellites from Europe and China, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States.

The DWD, founded in 1952, is the national meteorological service of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its core task is providing services for the protection of life and property in the form of weather and climate information as well as issuing weather warnings. Established as an executive agency of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport. , the DWD provides meteorological information to ensure the safety of aviation and maritime shipping, traffic routes and vital infrastructures, in particular those needed for energy supply and communication systems. One of the most important tasks is to issue warnings of meteorological events that could become a danger to public safety and order and have a high potential to cause damage.

Reliable high-quality measurements and observations are essential for weather forecasting, and for the climate and environmental services of DWD. Satellite measurements, with good coverage worldwide, high spatial resolution and high temporal repeat cycles are a key ingredient of all operationally used observations.

DWD develops and runs a suite of own complex numerical prediction models on its supercomputer system. There are numerical models for global and regional weather prediction, as well as special applications like sea state and the dispersion of radioactive particles, volcanic ash and mineral dust.

DWD is involved in activities of the EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs). It leads the Climate Monitoring SAF (CM SAF) on behalf of the EUMETSAT Member States and is a member of the Numerical Weather Prediction SAF (NWP SAF) and the Atmospheric Composition SAF (AC SAF).

In addition, DWD is also becoming increasingly involved in the implementation of operational services in the context of the EU Copernicus programme.