EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, held its 70th Council meeting in Rome, Italy, on 21-22 June 2010

Following the recent eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjälla volcano that spewed huge amounts of ash and grounded numerous flights across Europe, more than 50 experts from around the world came together at a workshop hosted by ESA and EUMETSAT to take stock of what has been learned and to identify future opportunities for volcanic ash detection, monitoring and prediction.

EUMETCast, EUMETSAT’s broadcast system for meteorological and environmental data, is now disseminating RETIM data for Météo-France on a fully operational basis, replacing the RETIM2000 system

The EUMETSAT Special Council meeting in Darmstadt, Germany, on 26 March voted in favour of the Programme Proposal and Programme Resolution for Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) with two Member States reserving their vote which is expected no later than 30 June

The transatlantic Jason-3 Programme has now been approved by EUMETSAT Member States thus ensuring a continuation of the series of measurements made by the Jason-2 satellite and its predecessors in support of meteorology, operational oceanography and in particular the monitoring of the sea level trend, a key indicator of climate change

EUMETSAT is participating in the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP-15)

EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, held its 68th Council meeting in Darmstadt, Germany, on 1-2 December

Serbia has become EUMETSAT’s latest Cooperating State following the completion of the ratification procedures