A MAJOR COOPERATION BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE US
IN THE MARGINS OF THE G7, EUROPE AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO SHARE THE BURDEN OF THE METEOROLOGICAL POLAR SERVICE WITH THE USA
INITIAL JOINT POLAR SYSTEM (IJPS) TO BE IMPLEMENTED
- IN THE CONTEXT OF THE US CONVERGENCE
- UNDER A NOAA-EUMETSAT COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED IN NOVEMBER 1998
- THROUGH INTEGRATION & COORDINATION OF THE NOAA POES AND THE EUMETSAT EPS (EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM) PROGRAMMES
SCOPE OF COOPERATION
- AFTERNOON & EARLY MORNING ORBITS COVERED BY THE US (POES & DMSP SATELLITES)
- MORNING ORBIT COVERED BY EUROPE (METOP SATELLITES)
- EXCHANGE OF INSTRUMENTS AND DATA, COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS