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    EUMETSAT Council gives authorisation to proceed with limited EPS-Sterna activities

    EUMETSAT Council gives go-ahead to commence limited activities on EPS-Sterna

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    EUMETSAT and Mercator Ocean International strengthen cooperation

    EUMETSAT and Mercator Ocean International strengthen partnership.

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    Observing the life cycle of a storm

    Meteosat Third Generation satellites improve the nowcasting of storms
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    Finding a way forward

    Giordano Bruni explains his role as the EPS-SG Instrument Systems Manager.
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    Tracking lightning's unpredictable path

    How forecasters at the Polish Institute of Meteorology and Water Management use EUMETSAT satellite data to support predictions of extreme weather events. 

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    Europe’s hottest year signals deepening climate crisis

    European State of the Climate report details Europe’s hottest year

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    Putting the elements together

    EPS-SG’s Fran Martínez Fadrique explains his role as Programme Manager.

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    Beyond boundaries

    EPS-SG’s Davide Castellazzi explains his role as system manager.

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    Preparing the users

    EPS-SG’s Dr Sreerekha Thonipparambil gets people ready to use this mission’s data.

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    Europe’s first carbon monitoring mission prepares for launch 

    Europe’s first carbon monitoring mission prepares for launch.

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    In the know

    Through the EUMeTrain project, forecasters learn how to best use satellite data

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    First dissemination of operational data from Meteosat Third Generation

    A big day for EUMETSAT’s newest satellite as first operational data released.

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    A fix for the Meteosat Third Generation – Imager 1 satellite

    A new approach has been implemented to calibrate the Flexible Combined Imager

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    Register now for the Destination Earth User eXchange

    Register before 30 September to attend the DestinE User eXchange

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    Igniting Africa’s satellite data potential

    How training initiatives in Africa support specialists to harness the power of EUMETSAT data.

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    A virtual Earth

    Destination Earth has been launched today

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    European State of the Climate 2023

    European State of the Climate 2023 details unwelcome records for heatwaves and extreme weather events

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    The European Weather Cloud needs you!

    Research and development call currently open

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    EUMETSAT Council approves next phase involvement in Destination Earth

    EUMETSAT to bring data lake’s services to 24/7 operations

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    Cutting through the noise

    Shin Koyamatsu homes in on the most meaningful infrared sounder data

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    Behind the data: detecting marine heatwaves

    Dr Rob Roebeling discusses the importance of satellites in detecting marine heatwaves

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    A record-breaking year for the climate

    The State of the Climate in 2022 reveals a record-breaking year.

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    EUMETSAT and the ECMWF launch the European Weather Cloud

    The European Weather Cloud provides seamless access to online data, functions, and services.

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    Catching the Sun

    Supporting UV forecasts with data from EUMETSAT’s Meteosat programme

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    Learning in the extreme

    Using new machine learning methods to further the potential of EUMETSAT data

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    Breaking through the clouds

    How EUMETSAT’s new satellite help understand and predict cloud development

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    Fighting wildfires with satellite data in Tanzania

    Satellite data help Tanzanian communities improve fire management strategies.

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    Eye of the Tiger

    CGMS celebrates five decades of collaborative initiatives.
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    50 remarkable years of cooperation

    Impactful cooperation initiatives under the framework of the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites.

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    Sentinel-6 reveals clues about the climate hidden in the ocean

    How an ocean prediction centre uses Sentinel-6 data to monitor ocean and climate change.

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    Meteosat Third Generation: The eyes on a storm

    Météo-France’s Sylvain Le Moal on preparations for Meteosat Third Generation.
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    The wind watchman

    Bringing data together for better wind observations and weather forecasts.

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    Rescuing and restoring satellite data to respond to the climate crisis

    EUMETSAT’s Jörg Schulz reflects on the importance of restoring data from past satellite missions

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    How satellite data are used in Romania

    How satellite data are used in Romania to deliver essential services.

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    Data in Action: Innovative platform to access complex marine data

    The Marine Analyst makes it easy to access a vast amount of marine environmental data.

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    Copernicus Data User Uptake 2020 report published

    Uptake of Copernicus data provided by EUMETSAT continues to grow.

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    A new era of Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs)

    Lothar Schüller, SAF Network Manager at EUMETSAT, talks about the SAF’s upcoming five-year plan.

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    Inside EUMETSAT: meet Gareth and Andrea

    Inside EUMETSAT interviews Gareth Williams and Andrea Di Giovanni.

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    Sentinel-6 radio occultation mission

    Today we’d like to introduce you to one more member of the EUMETSAT Sentinel-6 mission team, Axel von Engeln, who is a Remote Sensing Scientist for Radio Occultation.

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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.

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    User workshop on Satellite Atmospheric Composition

    An interactive user workshop on Satellite Atmospheric Composition, organised by EUMETSAT

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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!

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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.

    When an umbrella is not enough – discussing severe storms with Tomáš Púčik
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    COVID-19 - Latest status of services for users

    In these very special times, we continue to work to the best of our ability to ensure that our operational services are delivered without interruption or delay.

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    HY-2 data acquisition service with FMI-ARC Sodankylä kicks off

    EUMETSAT representatives visited the Finnish Meteorological Institute-Arctic Space Centre (FMI-ARC) in Sodankylä, Finland last week to kick off the Haiyang (HY-2) reception service for Near-Real-Time (NRT) data processing.

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    A closer look at Satellite Application Facilities

    With SAF Network Manager, Lothar Schüller.

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    Exploring the data archive with Lothar Wolf at EUMETSAT

    Lothar Wolf has been working as Data Service Competence Area Manager at EUMETSAT for over 15 years.

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    Using satellites for climate research

    Getting satellite data to do the talking.

    Using satellites for climate research