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OSI SAF Global Sea Ice products – GRIB format to be discontinued
Thursday, 28 September 2017
The GRIB format of Global Sea Ice products from OSI SAF is planned to be discontinued on 5 April 2018.
Free course shows satellites’ role in monitoring oceans’ influence on weather, climate
Monday, 25 September 2017
The devastation wrought in America and the Caribbean by hurricanes, the health of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and the impact of sea surface temperature in the Pacific on weather in Europe might not seem to have much in common.
OSI SAF radiative fluxes products in netCDF4 soon on EUMETCast
Thursday, 21 September 2017
OSI SAF radiative fluxes products in netCDF4 format will be available on EUMETCast from 5 October.
OSI SAF netCDF Global Sea Ice Concentration product soon on EUMETCast
Thursday, 21 September 2017
The OSI SAF Level 3 Global Sea Ice Concentration product in netCDF format will be available on EUMETCast from 5 October.
EUMETSAT and Arianespace sign contract for the launch of the first Metop-SG satellites
Darmstadt, Germany
Monday, 11 September 2017
Today, EUMETSAT and Arianespace announced the signature of a contract entrusting Arianespace with the launch of the first two Metop-SG satellites of the EUMETSAT Polar System of Second Generation plus an option for the launch of a third satellite.
Long Term Statistics of CHIRPS Rainfall Estimate soon on EUMETCast
Thursday, 07 September 2017
Long Term Statistics of CHIRPS Rainfall Estimate generated by JRC will be available on EUMETCast from 20 September.
NOAA VIIRS Active Fire Product soon on EUMETCast
Thursday, 07 September 2017
The VIIRS Active Fire Product from NOAA will be available on EUMETCast from 20 September, and will replace the MODIS Fire Product.
New Oceansat-2 L2 winds Climate Data Records (CDR)
Thursday, 07 September 2017
First release of the Oceansat-2 Scatterometer L2 25 km and 50 km winds data records are now available to users.
Accessing Copernicus data in near real time via CODA and EUMETCast
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
On 28 August, EUMETSAT’s near-real-time dissemination service went to the next level when CODA, EUMETSAT’s Copernicus Online Data Access service, became operationally available to users via the new single-sign on option.
TOPEX/POSEIDON and Jason – 25 years of high precision ocean altimetry
Friday, 11 August 2017
With the Jason high precision ocean altimetry mission continuing to be a success story in space, it is worth remembering that yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of its origin: The launch of TOPEX/POSEIDON.
New Meteosat Meteorological Product Extraction Facility (MPEF) Release - New dates
Friday, 11 August 2017
Due to unforeseen issues during the deployment of the new MSG MPEF release, it has been rescheduled to 16 and 17 August.
EUMETView - An easy outlook on global oceans
Monday, 31 July 2017
On 5 July, EUMETSAT’s integrated marine data stream further increased in volume.
New MSG Indian Ocean Data Service RGB visualisations
Thursday, 06 July 2017
New MSG Indian Ocean Data Coverage (IODC) service RGB visualisations for Ash, Fog, Convection, Day Microphysics & Snow will be added to EUMETView and Real-time Image Gallery on 12 July.
Sentinel-3 OLCI and SLSTR Level 2 Products now fully operational
Tuesday, 04 July 2017
On 5 July, the stream of Copernicus Sentinel-3 data available from EUMETSAT will reach its full complement when the Level-2 products from the Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data from the Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR) became operationally available to all users.
Jason-2 moves to a new orbit to assume added role in mapping Earth’s mean sea surface elevation
Darmstadt, Germany
Friday, 30 June 2017
Jason-2, the European/US cooperative mission between EUMETSAT, the French Space Agency CNES, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will change orbit and take on an additional role next month.
Meteorological space agencies look to the future
Thursday, 29 June 2017
Operational and research and development-focused meteorological satellite agencies from around the world have taken another step toward ensuring global requirements for space-based observations of weather, environment and climate can be met in the future.