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2014
2013
How EUMETSAT satellite data is supporting wildfire management across Europe and beyond
Dr Rob Roebeling discusses the importance of satellites in detecting marine heatwaves
Utilising specialist expertise from the Member States, Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs) are dedicated centres of excellence for processing satellite data.
Using remote sensing data to improve understanding of floods, droughts and climate change.
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The LSA SAF exploits remotely-sensed data on land, land-atmosphere interactions and biosphere applications.
Nowcasting is a weather forecast for the next few hours, based on current information.
The OSI SAF provides comprehensive information on the ocean-atmosphere interface.
The AC SAF processes satellite data on ozone, other trace gases, aerosols and ultraviolet data.
The ROM SAF generates and archives high-quality GNSS Radio Occultation (RO) data for NWP.
Head of MeteoSwiss Regional Centre South talks about new satellite ground station.