EUMETSAT Science Blog

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Science Blog - Atmosphere

Science Blog - Ocean

Science Blog - Climate

Science Blog - Weather

Science Blog - Satellites

Science Blog - Learning

This blog has been set up by EUMETSAT to provide news and information about the use of satellite data for weather, ocean, atmosphere and climate monitoring.

Last Updated

19 February 2021

Published on

04 June 2020

Tuesday, 16 February 2021

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An exceptional year for stratospheric ozone

2020 brought prolonged atmospheric vortexes to both poles of the Earth, fuelling the largest sustained ozone holes in years.

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Wednesday, 23 September 2020

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Monitoring the ocean and fisheries using Earth observation data

In our Day to Day series of podcasts, we discuss how Earth observation data benefits our lives in different ways.

Tuesday, 22 September 2020

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Exploring data services at EUMETSAT

We talked (part remotely/part at HQ) with Joana Miguens about her interesting role, continuing our Inside EUMETSAT series.

Monday, 15 June 2020

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Insight into Jasmin Vural’s life as a fellow

Delving further into our continuing series on fellowships, we talked to Jasmin Vural, who is almost done with hers.

Wednesday, 29 April 2020

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Interning at EUMETSAT

A new episode of our Inside EUMETSAT series – get to know us a little better by finding out what everybody does here.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Mission control engineering at EUMETSAT

A challenging yet enjoyable role, Elena started out as a junior engineer within our Early Career Employment Program and has since then continued along a steady learning curve.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Metop operations - working as a Spacecraft Engineer at EUMETSAT

Richard is a Spacecraft Operations Engineer on the polar-orbiting Metop satellites.

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Oceans

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Sailors drop off ocean-monitoring buoys during trans-Atlantic race

An innovative partnership between ocean scientists and sailors.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Inspiring ocean projects developed at Copernicus hackathon weekend

The event received many applications and 10 teams made it to the final cut.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Sea surface temperature – climate data record generation with SLSTR

Sea Surface Temperature data set from 1982 to 2016 now available.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Taking care of a satellite - what does it involve

Ed Trollope is one of the Spacecraft Operations Engineers at EUMETSAT and has been looking after our satellites for around six years.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Introducing Day to Day, EUMETSAT’s first podcast series!

Day to Day is an exciting new way for us to bring you interesting discussions around the topic of Copernicus Earth observation data.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Online Learning Opportunities

There is a wealth of online resources out there, however, if you're interested in learning more about Earth observation and satellite data, EUMETSAT has a range of material available to help you un

All Ocean Articles

Atmosphere

Tuesday, 16 February 2021

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An exceptional year for stratospheric ozone

2020 brought prolonged atmospheric vortexes to both poles of the Earth, fuelling the largest sustained ozone holes in years.

Wednesday, 23 September 2020

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Smoke from exceptional California wildfires reaches Europe

Satellite observations monitor the transport of emissions.

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

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Keeping an eye on air turbulence from space

For many travellers, air turbulence is often a cause of much concern and in some cases, fear.

Thursday, 4 June 2020

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Vasileios Barlakas shares his experience as a fellow with us

Continuing our series on fellowships we talked to Vasileios, who is currently halfway through his.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Introducing Day to Day, EUMETSAT’s first podcast series!

Day to Day is an exciting new way for us to bring you interesting discussions around the topic of Copernicus Earth observation data.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Online Learning Opportunities

There is a wealth of online resources out there, however, if you're interested in learning more about Earth observation and satellite data, EUMETSAT has a range of material available to help you un

All Atmosphere Articles

Weather

Thursday, 4 June 2020

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Vasileios Barlakas shares his experience as a fellow with us

Continuing our series on fellowships we talked to Vasileios, who is currently halfway through his.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Life as a weather technician on board the Polarstern

Blog three Keeping an eye on the weather

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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MOSAiC – the international Arctic drift expedition

Blog number four is here and summarises what's happened to the Polarstern since it left Norway to reach its resting position on the ice floe.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Looking back over a year of weather

This visualisation rounds up a whole year in one 20-minute video and illustrates how some of the more severe events that took place last year looked from space. You can clearly see the storm formation and activity.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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When an umbrella is not enough - discussing severe storms

Tomáš Púčik spent some time with us on a recent visit to EUMETSAT to discuss his passion for thunderstorms.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Weather conditions in the Arctic

Read on to hear all about the weather conditions in the Arctic during October 2019.

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Climate

Wednesday, 23 September 2020

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Tracking desert locusts with satellite services

This year brought a locust crisis to eastern Africa, threatening food supplies in an already troubled time.

Friday, 29 May 2020

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The role of MOSAiC in EUMETSAT OSI SAF development

Dr Rasmus Tonboe talks us through the data collected throughout the mission and its use within the EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF).

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Introducing the Alfred Wegener Institute and MOSAiC Expedition

This year, a new group of students will be featured as they track the "MOSAiC expedition", recording the Polarstern's

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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MOSAiC – the international Arctic drift expedition

Blog number four is here and summarises what's happened to the Polarstern since it left Norway to reach its resting position on the ice floe.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Weather conditions in the Arctic

Read on to hear all about the weather conditions in the Arctic during October 2019.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Discussing Iceland’s severe winter weather

Elín visited our HQ in Darmstadt to discuss how satellite data impacts the work of herself and her colleagues, we also got some insight into just how windy Iceland can be!

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Satellites

Wednesday, 18 November 2020

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Ready to launch this weekend: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich

The satellite is scheduled for launch on 21 November 2020.

Wednesday, 11 November 2020

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Branching out into the world of strategy and international relations at EUMETSAT

Rachel, an astrophysics student currently in her third year of university, interned with us over the last few months.

Wednesday, 23 September 2020

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Smoke from exceptional California wildfires reaches Europe

Satellite observations monitor the transport of emissions.

Wednesday, 23 September 2020

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Monitoring the ocean and fisheries using Earth observation data

In our Day to Day series of podcasts, we discuss how Earth observation data benefits our lives in different ways.

Monday, 15 June 2020

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Insight into Jasmin Vural’s life as a fellow

Delving further into our continuing series on fellowships, we talked to Jasmin Vural, who is almost done with hers.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Mission control engineering at EUMETSAT

A challenging yet enjoyable role, Elena started out as a junior engineer within our Early Career Employment Program and has since then continued along a steady learning curve.

All Satellite Articles

Learning

Wednesday, 11 November 2020

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Branching out into the world of strategy and international relations at EUMETSAT

Rachel, an astrophysics student currently in her third year of university, interned with us over the last few months.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Introducing Day to Day, EUMETSAT’s first podcast series!

Day to Day is an exciting new way for us to bring you interesting discussions around the topic of Copernicus Earth observation data.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Celebrating International Women’s Day with a special Inside EUMETSAT edition!

Hayley Evers-King, resident Marine Applications Expert at EUMETSAT, sat down with us to discuss both her interesting role and this year’s theme: #EachforEqual.

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