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Third Party Services enhanced with the deployment of ATOVS and AVHRR Pre-Processing Package (AAPP) version 8.3
Thursday, 24 January 2019
The AAPP has been improved in order to synchronise products from FengYun-3 (FY-3) with those disseminated by the China Meteorological Administration (CMA).
ScatSat-1 Wind products from OSI SAF on EUMETCast soon
Thursday, 24 January 2019
ScatSat-1 Wind products from OSI SAF will be available on EUMETCast from 7 February.
Extension of Delegation Agreement with the European Union for the Copernicus Programme
Tuesday, 22 January 2019
The signing of an updated Delegation Agreement between the European Union, represented by the European Commission (EC), and EUMETSAT took place today in Brussels.
Continued high precision measurement of Earth’s sea level is assured
Thursday, 17 January 2019
The most accurate source of measurements of the Earth’s rising sea levels – the Jason-3 satellite mission – will continue for at least two more years from today after the extension of its mission.
New products added to EUMETView
Tuesday, 15 January 2019
Two new RGB products have been added to our web visualisation service, EUMETView, today (15 Jan).
EUMETSAT streamlines its data and service policy to make more data free of charge
Tuesday, 15 January 2019
As it prepares for opening advanced web services in the near future, EUMETSAT has revised its data policy to facilitate online access to its data and products based on simplified licencing conditions, and to offer more data free of charge or at a lower price.
Preparing for Metop-C data
Monday, 17 December 2018
Metop-C was successfully launched on 7 November 2018. Here is updated information to help users plan and prepare for when data becomes available.
Metop-C’s IASI instrument delivers first spectrum
Darmstadt, Germany
Thursday, 13 December 2018
A critical element of polar-orbiting meteorological satellite Metop-C’s payload – the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) – delivered its first spectrum today.
Upcoming Meteosat-11 SEVIRI decontamination
Thursday, 13 December 2018
A Meteosat-11 SEVIRI decontamination will be performed from 21 to 28 January 2019.
Current GOES-15 data service to end and new GOES-15 data in netCDF to be available soon
Thursday, 06 December 2018
The current GOES-15 data in LRIT format will stop being distributed on EUMETCast on 1 January 2019 and new GOES-15 data in netCDF format will be available from 17 December 2018.
Removal of Packet Identifier (PID) 509 from EUMETCast Basic Service
Thursday, 06 December 2018
On 13 December, PID 509 will be removed from EUMETCast Basic Service.
Release of Sentinel-3B Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) Level-1 products
Thursday, 06 December 2018
From 12 December 2018, Sentinel-3B OLCI Level-1 Products will be available at Near Real Time (NRT) and Non Time Critical (NTC) timeliness.
Release of Sentinel-3B STM Level-1 and Marine Level 2 Products
Monday, 03 December 2018
From 6 December 2018, Sentinel-3B STM Level-1 and Marine Level-2 Products will be available at Near Real Time (NRT), Short Time Critical (STC) and Non Time Critical (NTC) timeliness.
European satellite control centre of the future unveiled in Darmstadt
Friday, 30 November 2018
Europe’s most modern satellite control centre has been unveiled at the Darmstadt headquarters of EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites.
European Union’s Copernicus programme is planning a monitoring capacity for anthropogenic CO2 emissions
Thursday, 29 November 2018
Helping countries verify their CO2 emission reductions
Update to AC SAF IASI SO2 BUFR product
Thursday, 29 November 2018
The IASI Sulphur Dioxide BUFR product from AC SAF will be updated on 14 January 2019.