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EUMETSAT coordinates 47th CGMS plenary session
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
Preceded by a series of working groups, the 47th Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) plenary session will take place in Sochi, Russian Federation, on 23-24 May.
Sentinel-3 SRAL Level 2 Marine products in BUFR format available soon
Thursday, 16 May 2019
SRAL Level 2 Marine products in BUFR will be distributed on EUMETCast and on the GTS from 23 May.
EUMETSAT, Japanese space agency to cooperate on greenhouse gas monitoring
Tuesday, 14 May 2019
EUMETSAT and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) today signed an agreement which will result in the agencies working closely together to monitor greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere.
UPDATE: Change to Meteosat 0° Geostationary Nowcasting cloud products
Monday, 13 May 2019
The Meteosat 0° Geostationary Nowcasting cloud products, distributed on EUMETCast Europe, will be changed on 18 June.
25 years of Nordic meteorological training
Tuesday, 07 May 2019
This May NOMEK (NOrdisk MEteorologisk Kompetensutveckling/Nordic Meteorological Competency Training) celebrated its 25th anniversary.
EUMETSAT Director-General visits Turkey
Thursday, 18 April 2019
EUMETSAT Director-General Alain Ratier met with two Ministers from the Government of Turkey during a visit to Ankara today.
Copernicus DIAS/WEkEO Service kicks off
Thursday, 18 April 2019
16 April saw the successful kick-off for the Copernicus DIAS/WEkEO Services and Operations contract.
FY-4A Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder (GIIRS) data to be available soon
Thursday, 11 April 2019
FY-4A GIIRS Level 1 data will be available on EUMETCast Terrestrial from 24 April.
EUMETSAT Information Day takes place in Nur-Sultan
EUMETSAT Information Day takes place in Nur-Sultan
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
On 10-11 April 2019, EUMETSAT is holding an information day for the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) of the Eastern European, Caucasus and Central Asian regions in Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana), Kazakhstan.
EUMETSAT control room wins Prolight + Sound Award for SWiCA
Thursday, 04 April 2019
EUMETSAT always knew its new control room for its geostationary satellites was a winner – but now it’s official.
IASI Level 2 BUFR products to be upgraded
Thursday, 04 April 2019
IASI Level 2 BUFR products to be upgraded to use WMO descriptors in May.
The evolution of the EUMETSAT Web Imagery service is starting
Wednesday, 03 April 2019
In preparation of significant improvements to our web imagery service, we are making changes to our legacy services.
Public release of Metop-C AVHRR and ATOVS Level 1B data
Monday, 01 April 2019
Metop-C AVHRR and ATOVS (MHS and AMSU-A) Level 1B data will be available on EUMETCast from 2 April.
Change to some Suomi-NPP products distributed on EUMETCast
Thursday, 28 March 2019
The products to be changed are OMPS Total Column Ozone, OMPS Ozone Nadir Profile and VIIRS Aerosol Optical Thickness, which are distributed on EUMETCast as part of the Copernicus Third Party Data Service.
Public release of NOAA-20 EARS regional data
Thursday, 28 March 2019
EARS-ATMS, EARS-CrIS and EARS-VIIRS data from the NOAA-20 satellite will be available on EUMETCast from 9 April.
Imminent start of Mode 6 operations for NOAA’s GOES-East and GOES-West satellites
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
NOAA is planning to transition the operations mode of its GOES-East and GOES-West satellites to Mode 6 (Full Disk scan every 10 minutes) on 2 April.