Helping to predict the weather is the most mature application of Earth Observation. Over the last four decades satellites have radically improved the accuracy of weather forecasts, in particular in data sparse areas such as the tropics and Southern Hemisphere. Near-real time meteorological satellite images are at the heart of the daily weather bulletins watched by millions across Europe and the world.
7 July 2009 Using radiation measurements obtained by the MetOp satellite, scientists have produced the first complete map of global ammonia emissions – a pollutant of key environmental concern. The map, based on observations throughout 2008, shows inaccuracies in current ammonia inventories and identifies new hotspots.
7 December 2007 ESA’s Director of Earth Observation Programmes, Dr Volker Liebig, and EUMETSAT Director General, Dr Lars Prahm, have exchanged letters to document the understanding achieved between the two organisations on cooperation and coordination regarding the approval process of the respective Meteosat Third Generation programmes.
Meteosat Second Generation
EUMETSAT
