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EUMETSAT is an intergovernmental organisation created through an international convention agreed by a current total of 20 European Member States: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. These States fund the EUMETSAT programs and are the principal users of the systems. EUMETSAT also has 10 Cooperating States. Cooperation agreements with the Czech Republic, Iceland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Romania and Estonia have entered into force. EUMETSAT was established in 1983. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
 EUMETSAT members, with those in light blue being Co-operating States EUMETSAT's primary objective is to establish, maintain and exploit European systems of operational meteorological satellites. EUMETSAT is responsible for the launch and operation of the satellites and for delivering satellite data to end-users as well as contributing to the operational monitoring of climate and the detection of global climate changes. Image File history File links Eumetsat-members-map2. ...
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Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. ...
An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ...
The term climate change is used to refer to changes in the Earths climate. ...
The activities of EUMETSAT contribute to a global meteorological satellite observing system coordinated with other space-faring nations.
Satellite observations are an essential input to numerical weather prediction systems and also assist the human forecaster in the diagnosis of potentially hazardous weather developments. Of growing importance is the capacity of weather satellites to gather long term measurements from space in support of climate change studies.
EUMETSAT is not part of the European Union.
Satellite programmes
Geostationary satellites See Meteosat. This article needs cleanup. ...
Polar satellites
EUMETSAT Polar System - See the MetOp article for the satellites.
 Headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany While geostationary satellites provide a continuous view of the earth disc from an apparently stationary position in space, the instruments on polar orbiting satellites, flying at a much lower altitude, provide more precise details about atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles, although with a less frequent global coverage. This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...
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A geosynchronous satellite is a satellite whose orbital speed equals the Earths rotational speed. ...
The lack of observational coverage in certain parts of the globe, particularly the Pacific Ocean and continents of the southern hemisphere, has led to the increasingly important role for polar orbiting satellite data in numerical weather prediction and climate monitoring.
From 2006, the continuous view of the Earth provided by Meteosat-8 is expected to be complemented by data from the first operational European meteorological satellite flying in the lower orbit — MetOp. This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...
Positioned at approximately 850 km above the Earth, special instruments on board this spacecraft will be able to deliver far more precise details about atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles than a geostationary satellite. Earth, also known as the Earth or Terra, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ...
EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) satellites will also ensure that the more remote regions of the globe, particularly in Northern Europe as well as the oceans of the Southern hemisphere, will be fully covered. ...
The three MetOp satellites form the space segment of EPS. The first satellite, MetOp A (also called Metop-2, because it was the second satellite to enter production, but not to be completed), was successfully launched by a Russian Soyuz rocket from Baikonur on October 19, 2006, at 22:28 Baikonur time (16:28 UTC). This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ...
The Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakh: Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, Bayqoñır ÄŸarış aylağı; Russian: КоÑмодром Байконур, Kosmodrom Baykonur), also called Tyuratam, is the worlds oldest and largest working space launch facility. ...
October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The satellite was initially controlled by ESOC for the LEOP phase immediately following launch, with control handed over to Eumetsat around 72 hours after liftoff. Eumetsat's first commands to the satellite were sent at 14:04 UTC on October 22nd, 2006. The European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) is responsible for controlling ESA satellites and space probes. ...
In Spacecraft Operations, The Launch and Early Orbit Phase is one of the most critical phases of a mission. ...
Construction on the second satellite, MetOp B, has been completed. Launch is scheduled for 2010, with MetOp C launching sometime in 2014.
 Model of a MetOp satellite. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2100x1400, 643 KB) METOP model, Darmstadt, Germany, at the front of the EUMETSAT building. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2100x1400, 643 KB) METOP model, Darmstadt, Germany, at the front of the EUMETSAT building. ...
Instruments on MetOp Argos is a satellite-based system which collects, processes and disseminates environmental data from fixed and mobile platforms worldwide. ...
The Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) is derived from the Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) which began service in 1978 on TIROS-N and continued on the NOAA 6 through 14 satellites. ...
A radar scatterometer is designed to determine the normalized radar cross section (sigma-0) of the surface. ...
The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) is a space-borne sensor embarked on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of polar orbiting platforms. ...
Ozone (O3) is a triatomic molecule, consisting of three oxygen atoms. ...
GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite System In 1994 in a meeting of the ECAC, a satellite strategy was approved, with as targets: - firstly developing items for an European supplement on the current satellite systems, now called GNSS-1 - secondly designing and defining future satellite systems for civil use (called GNSS-2...
Image of two girls in mid-infrared (thermal) light (false color) Infrared (IR) radiation is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than that of visible light, but shorter than that of radio waves. ...
Interferometry is the applied science of combining two or more input points of a particular data type, such as optical measurements, to form a greater picture based on the combination of the two sources. ...
Microwaves are electromagnetic waves with wavelengths longer than those of terahertz (THz) wavelengths, but relatively short for radio waves. ...
Humidity is the concentration of water vapor in the air. ...
Jason The Jason mission is in a planning stage and will eventually measure the altimetry of the global ocean surface. An altimeter is an active instrument used to measure the altitude of an object above a fixed level. ...
Jason-2 is planned to fly at an altitude of around 1300 km. The main instruments on board are a radar altimeter, a microwave radiometer, and orbit determination systems. The aim is to measure the global sea surface height to an accuracy of a few cm every 10 days, for determining ocean circulation, climate change and sea level rise. A Radar Altimeter measures altitude above the terrain presently beneath the aircraft. ...
The Microwave Radiometer (MWR) is an instrument that measures energy emitted by the atmosphere at very low energy levels (wavelengths much longer than red light also known as microwaves). ...
Orbit determination is a branch of astronomy specialised in calculating, and hence predicting, the orbits of objects, primarily around the Earth. ...
An ocean current is any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of ocean water that flows in one of the Earths oceans. ...
Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400,000 years Climate change refers to the variation in the Earths global climate or in regional climates over time. ...
Sea level measurements from 23 long tide gauge records in geologically stable environments Changes in sea level since the end of the last glacial episode Sea level rise is an increase in sea level. ...
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External links - EUMETSAT's Website.
- Press release: "MetOp to be launched in October"
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