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EUMETSAT selects Phil Evans as its new Director General
We are very pleased to share the news that former Met Office Operations Director, Phil Evans, has been appointed as the new Director General of EUMETSAT. EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated … Continue reading
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Tagged EUMETSAT, Met Office, satellite, satellite observations, UK science leadership
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The impact of coronavirus on Met Office observations
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis continues to affect the activities of society as a whole, and the weather observing network is no exception. The pandemic has led to a sharp fall in the number of flights around the world and therefore a loss of aircraft-based observations, including … Continue reading
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Tagged EUMETSAT, European Space Agency, Met Office, numerical weather models, numerical weather prediction, satellite, satellite observations, Weather Observations, Weather satellite
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New eye in the sky to help UK weather forecasts
A new weather satellite is circling the earth. The JPSS-1 satellite, launched this weekend (18 November 2017) will provide a huge array of observational, near real-time, data which will be shared with US national and international partners including the Met … Continue reading
Sentinel-3: A new window on the changing state of our oceans
Climate change is much discussed, says Dr Simon Keogh of the Met Office, and to inform the conversation the Met Office uses historical scientific data including sea-surface temperature records, based on data from the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) series … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, climate change, climate science, EUMETSAT, Met Office, Satellite image, Weather satellite
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Keep your eyes peeled for eyes in the sky
On a clear night, when looking up at the heavens, it may be tempting to imagine that those little lights in the night sky are just stars, planets or aircraft, says Dr Simon Keogh, in the latest of a series … Continue reading
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Tagged EUMETSAT, International Space Station, Met Office, meteorological satellites, Weather satellite
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A man-made constellation in the night sky
Thanks to a ring of satellites operated by Europe, USA, Japan, China, India, Russia and South Korea we now have large-scale coverage of the Earth and an insight into how our complex weather patterns are changing hour-by-hour, day-by-day and year-by-year, … Continue reading
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ESA hands over control of the Metop-B weather satellite to EUMETSAT
Yesterday, at 18:30 local time EUMETSAT took control of Metop-B operations, following the three-day Launch and Early Orbit Phase conducted. The handover follows the launch of Metop-B on 17 September. Since the launch all of Metop-B’s systems have been deployed and checked. This has … Continue reading
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Tagged Darmstadt, EUMETSAT, EUMETSAT Polar System, European Space Agency, metop, Metop-B, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Weather satellite set for launch
Metop-B, the second of the EUMETSAT Polar orbiting satellites, which provide data for use by meteorologists and climate scientists at the Met Office and around the world, will be launched today. Metop-B is scheduled to be launched by a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, EUMETSAT, forecasting, Forecasts, Met Office, meteorolgy, meteorological satellites, metop, Metop-B, satellites, science, space, weather
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Metop-B weather satellite launch Twitter interview
To celebrate the impending launch of weather satellite Metop-B, we held a twitterview – an interview conducted on Twitter, with EUMETSAT. Metop-B, due for launch on 17 September 2012, is the second of the EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) satellites, which provide data for … Continue reading
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Tagged EUMETSAT, Met Office, Meteosat, Metop-B, Twitter, Weather satellite
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Latest weather satellite goes into orbit
The latest weather satellite in Europe’s highly successful Meteosat second-generation series has just gone into orbit after lifting off on an Ariane space rocket yesterday evening. It is now being moved into its precise position before it can provide continuous observations of … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, EUMETSAT, Met Office, MSG-3, satellite, weather, Weather satellite
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