EUMETSAT Science Blog

Welcome to the 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 April 2021

Published on

04 June 2020

Monday, 19 April 2021

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Inside EUMETSAT: meet Ruth and Hannes

Inside EUMETSAT interviews Ruth Britton and Hannes Langeder.

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Monday, 19 April 2021

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Inside EUMETSAT: meet Ruth and Hannes

Inside EUMETSAT interviews Ruth Britton and Hannes Langeder.

Tuesday, 6 April 2021

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Inside EUMETSAT: meet Stefania and Paolo

Inside EUMETSAT interviews Stefania Tarquini and Paolo Ruti.

Friday, 26 March 2021

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Inside EUMETSAT: meet Gareth and Andrea

Inside EUMETSAT interviews Gareth Williams and Andrea Di Giovanni.

Monday, 22 March 2021

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Inside EUMETSAT: meet Yves and Anke

Inside EUMETSAT interviews Yves Buhler and Anke Mayer

Monday, 15 March 2021

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Inside EUMETSAT: meet Phil and Sonia

Inside EUMETSAT interviews Phil Evans and Sonia Misuri.

Monday, 8 March 2021

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Inside EUMETSAT: meet Julia and Dominika

Inside EUMETSAT interviews Julia Figa Saldana and Dominika Czyżewska.

All Science Blog Articles

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

From 22-24 November, 10 teams from across Europe and beyond participated in the Copernicus “OceanHack challenge” in Tallinn, Estonia.

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

Meet one of the staff members responsible for making sure the Sentinel-3 satellites run smoothly.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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

If you’ve been looking for something different to listen to then our new podcast series might be just the thing.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Online Learning Opportunities

If you’re in need of new learning materials for yourself or for your family, we’ve outlined some of the online training opportunities offered by EUMETSAT.

All Ocean Articles

Atmosphere

Tuesday, 16 February 2021

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An exceptional year for stratospheric ozone

2020 brought prolonged atmospheric vortexes, 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

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

If you’ve been looking for something different to listen to then our new podcast series might be just the thing.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Online Learning Opportunities

If you’re in need of new learning materials for yourself or for your family, we’ve outlined some of the online training opportunities offered by EUMETSAT.

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

Part three of the Polarstern diaries has landed – read on to hear all about life as an on-board weather technician in the latest blog instalment!

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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MOSAiC – the international Arctic drift expedition

Read the latest summary from the students tracking the expedition.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Looking back over a year of weather

We’ve just published our annual “Year of Weather” video for 2019 and once again, many significant weather events took place across the globe.

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

The MOSAiC expedition continues and the students following the mission’s progress have delivered blog number five.

All Weather Articles

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

We've published several posts about the MOSAiC expedition over the last six months, featuring the reports of a group of meteorology students tracking its progress.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

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Introducing the Alfred Wegener Institute and MOSAiC Expedition

Right now, the largest polar expedition in history is taking place and a group of students from Germany want to make sure you don’t miss out on any of the Arctic action.