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In response to the recommendations of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), EUMETSAT supports these challenges as far as is possible through data exchange, scientific cooperation, provision of training on the use of our satellite data, in order to secure benefits to EUMETSAT’s member states, international partners, and the global user community at large.
The Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) is a major international group, the so-called backbone of institutional space agencies (operational and research and development), that secures a maintained, funded and long-term continuity of observations, for weather, ocean, space weather and climate monitoring. The CGMS members seek to coordinate their activities to secure continuity of data delivered, share data through a free and open data policy, and support end users to make the best use of the data. EUMETSAT joined the CGMS in 1987 and has since been its permanent Secretariat.
The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) is recognised as another major international forum for the coordination of Earth observation satellite programmes and for the interaction of these programmes with users of satellite data worldwide. EUMETSAT has been a member of CEOS since 1989. CEOS is generally driven through a research and development focus.
The Global Climate Observing System’s (GCOS) vision is that all users have access to the climate observations, data records and information they require to address pressing climate-related concerns. EUMETSAT supports GCOS activities with the production of accurately calibrated and homogenised observations (fundamental climate data records).
The Group on Earth Observation (GEO) is a voluntary partnership of governments and international organisations. GEO provides a framework within which these entities can coordinate to develop new projects and work towards the key objective of the group: global access to affordable Earth observation data. Since the outset, EUMETSAT has contributed with its Earth observation data to this initiative.
