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Change to the distribution of SNPP Environmental Data Records (EDRs)
Thursday, 29 August 2019
The distribution of SNPP EDRs on EUMETCast will change from the Basic Service to the Transponder 2 High Volume Service.
Changes to EUMETCast Daily Logs
Thursday, 29 August 2019
EUMETCast Daily Logs will be changed on 12 September.
NOAA-20 VIIRS Active Fires product on EUMETCast soon
Thursday, 29 August 2019
The NOAA-20 VIIRS Active Fires Environmental Data Record (EDR) will be available on EUMETCast from 5 September.
Metop-C EARS regional data to be available soon
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Metop-C EARS regional data will start being distributed from 29 August.
New Meteosat Meteorological Product Extraction Facility (MPEF) Release
Thursday, 01 August 2019
The new MSG Meteosat Meteorological Product Extraction Facility (MPEF) release 2.8 will be deployed on 7 and 8 August.
New Disaster Charter Products now available on EUMETCast
Thursday, 25 July 2019
New International Charter Space & Major Disasters Value Added Products are now available on EUMETCast Europe and Africa and Terrestrial.
New Processing Baseline for Sentinel-3 OLCI Level 1 data
Thursday, 25 July 2019
A new Processing Baseline for OLCI Level 1 data will be released on 30 July.
Extension of the regional FY-3 Atmospheric Sounding Service
Thursday, 25 July 2019
The regional FY-3 Atmospheric Sounding Service will be extended on 1 August to include data from the FY-3D satellite.
Sentinel-3 Land Products for Africa – Change of timeliness
Thursday, 25 July 2019
The SYNERGY products, part of the Sentinel-3 Land Products for Africa distributed on EUMETCast, will change timeliness from 1 August.
New accumulated Copernicus products in EUMETView
Thursday, 25 July 2019
Three new accumulated Sentinel-3A products were added to our web visualisation service, EUMETView, on 24 July.
Delay to update of Meteosat Active Fire Monitoring (FIR) product
Thursday, 18 July 2019
Changes to the Meteosat Active Fire Monitoring (FIR) product are now due to take place in August (previously end of July).
EUMETSAT will open pilot big data services to all users in Autumn 2019
Tuesday, 02 July 2019
The EUMETSAT Council has agreed to open four pilot 'big data' services to all users of the organisation’s meteorological and climate data in Autumn 2019.
Release of proxy MTG FCI Level 1C datasets
Thursday, 27 June 2019
Proxy Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) Level 1C datasets are now available for user familiarisation.
Metop-C global products: filename change and start of distribution on the GTS/RMDCN
Thursday, 27 June 2019
With Metop-C transitioning to ‘secondary operational’ status on 3 July, product filenames will change and the distribution on the GTS will start.
Public release of Metop-C GOME-2 Level 1B data
Tuesday, 25 June 2019
Metop-C GOME-2 Level 1B data will be available on EUMETCast from 1 July.
Public release of Metop-C IASI Level 1 data
Monday, 24 June 2019
Metop-C IASI Level 1 data will be available on EUMETCast from 1 July.