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Upgrade of EUMETCast Europe 2nd Transponder to the full capacity
Thursday, 22 June 2017
On 3 July, the full C10 transponder will become available for EUMETCast for the first time.
Operational release of value-added Sentinel-3A Corrected Sea Surface Height products
Thursday, 22 June 2017
New Sentinel-3A Corrected Sea Surface Height products will be available on EUMETCast from 27 June.
Electro-L N2 data soon on EUMETCast
Thursday, 22 June 2017
Electro-L N2 data from ROSHYDROMET will be available on EUMETCast from 27 June.
Long Term Statistics of NDVI soon on EUMETCast
Thursday, 22 June 2017
Long Term Statistics of NDVI generated by JRC will be available on EUMETCast from 28 June.
Korea Meteorological Administration hosts 45th CGMS meeting
Darmstadt, Germany
Tuesday, 13 June 2017
From 12 to 16 June, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) is hosting the 45th plenary session of the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea
Metop and GRAS Predictions
Monday, 12 June 2017
GRAS occultation predictions and predictions for Metop sub-satellite positions are now available as a prototype product.
Copernicus Marine Hackathon Coding Event @EUMETSAT
Darmstadt, Germany
Friday, 09 June 2017
Under the motto “Explore an ocean of data without getting your feet wet” a three-day Dataviz Hackathon coding event launches at EUMETSAT’s headquarters tonight. Computer programmers, software developers, data experts and data miners together with marine scientists and engineers from EUMETSAT and Plymouth Marine Laboratory will use Copernicus marine data to develop a range of innovative applications.
Release of IASI Level 2 PPF (Product Processing Facility) Version 6.3
Thursday, 08 June 2017
The release of IASI Level 2 PPF Version 6.3 is planned for 20 June.
SMAP Level-1c data from NASA soon on EUMETCast
Wednesday, 07 June 2017
Level-1c data from NASA's SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive) mission will be available on EUMETCast-Europe from 13 June.
First release of the ERS Scatterometer L2 25 km winds data record
Thursday, 01 June 2017
The OSI SAF ERS Scatterometer L2 25 km winds data record is now available to users
Minecrafters show out-of-this-world creativity
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Enthusiasts of the Minecraft game pulled out all stops to produce some amazingly creative entries in the EUMETSAT Minecraft Competition, with the theme of monitoring the oceans from space.
Updates to Global Sea Ice products from OSI SAF
Thursday, 18 May 2017
The Global Sea Ice Edge and Global Sea Ice Type products will be updated on 30 May.
Two new SAF products on EUMETCast soon
Thursday, 18 May 2017
The LSA SAF EPS Daily Land Surface Temperature and H SAF EPS Daily Snow Cover products will be available on EUMETCast from 1 June.
EUMETSAT to host information day on crucial data access procurement on 1 June
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) will hold an information day for European industry on the procurement process for a key data access element of the EU’s Copernicus environment monitoring programme, at its Darmstadt headquarters on 1 June.
The International Ocean Colour Science meeting advances new capabilities for global ocean colour observations in the Copernicus era
Darmstadt, Germany
Monday, 15 May 2017
The third international ocean colour science meeting convened by the International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG) in partnership with EUMETSAT, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission opened today in Lisbon, Portugal.
Copernicus Sentinel-3 OLCI data on EUMETView
Friday, 12 May 2017
From today (12 May) it is possible to view OLCI imagery on EUMETView.