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12 May 2020
Today, EUMETSAT started to make novel observations about the vertical distribution of wind available to national meteorological services for use in weather forecasting.
MIDAS studies scatterometer wind data within mesoscale NWP models.
Comparing data from ISS-LIS with various ground-based lightning detection systems.
Utilising specialist expertise from the Member States, Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs) are dedicated centres of excellence for processing satellite data.
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https://www-cdn.eumetsat.int/files/2020-06/pdf_mtg_li_mag_9_iss_lis_comp.pdf
It’s an exciting time to be working at EUMETSAT
MTG - one of the most innovative geostationary meteorological satellite systems ever built.
EUMETSAT is the European operational satellite agency for monitoring weather, climate and the environment.
The Central Facility is responsible for the generation of level 1 data and level 2 products.
Historical geostationary satellite data from 1977 to 2017.
The EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) ground station is located on Spitsbergen, Svalbard.
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.
Dedicated Copernicus satellite mission delivering a variety of high-quality ocean measurements.
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich radar altimeter mission provides high-precision measurements of global sea-level.
SEDOS is developing a prototype processor for generation of snow extent products from Metop-SG/METimage.
The Sentinel-3 ground segment comprises of a number of interconnected sites with different responsibilities.
A new era in weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
The EUMETSAT Mission Control Centres (MCC) are responsible for the safe operations of all our satellites.
The EPS-SG ground segment will support the ground functions required to meet the EPS-SG missions objectives.
Providing simulations of geostationary top of atmosphere (TOA) radiances to EUMETSAT at high spectral resolution.
The MSG spacecraft have a number of support sub-systems.
Primary Ground Stations (PGS) supporting the MSG satellites.
Study examined the Met Office lightning location network (ATDnet) with requirements for MTG Lightning Imager.
Ground-based infrastructure necessary to support the operation of our satellites.