Current/Future Weather Satellite Programs Template

Institute name: EUMETSAT

Web Site: www.eumetsat.de

TOPIC	Information, Web sites, Contact Persons …
Satellite name: § operational, research …	Meteosat-5 Operational Geostationary, located at 63^oE
Launch date:	2 March 1991
Instrument(s): § specifications, accuracy … § applications (i.e., NWP, climate..) § status/health	MVIRI 3 channel radiometer 1 VIS, 1 IR, 1 WV resolution 5 km (VIS 2.5 km) at SSP 30 min image frequency
Products § level-0, § level-1 § level-2 …	Rectified image data (level 1.5) Meteorological products e.g. Clear Sky Radiances and Atmospheric Motion Vectors (details see WEB site)
Product Dissemination: § global, direct broadcast § retransmission service on which area (e.g. EARS) § real-time constraints … § access: ftp, direct acquisition, dedicated bandwidths, EARS …	Image and products via EUMETCast Products also over GTS Near real time
Processing Packages: § available packages (for I/O, pre-processing, products …) § documentation and formats	Documentation and formats see WEB site
Archive: § time period § formats § available processing packages § time delay	EUMETSAT U-MARF Since 1991 Various formats see WEB site
Available Validation Datasets (including collocated radiosonde, NWP, other satellites, prelaunch …)	None
Other

TOPIC	Information, Web sites, Contact Persons …
Satellite name: § operational, research …	Meteosat-6 Operational Geostationary, located at 10^oE
Launch date:	20 November 1993
Instrument(s): § specifications, accuracy … § applications (i.e., NWP, climate..) § status/health	MVIRI 3 channel radiometer 1 VIS, 1 IR, 1 WV resolution 5 km (VIS 2.5 km) at SSP 10 min image frequency
Products § level-0, § level-1 § level-2 …	Rectified image data (level 1.5) Meteorological products e.g. Clear Sky Radiances and Atmospheric Motion Vectors (details see WEB site)
Product Dissemination: § global, direct broadcast § retransmission service on which area (e.g. EARS) § real-time constraints … § access: ftp, direct acquisition, dedicated bandwidths, EARS …	Image via EUMETCast or ftp Products also over GTS Near real time
Processing Packages: § available packages (for I/O, pre-processing, products …) § documentation and formats	Documentation and formats see WEB site
Archive: § time period § formats § available processing packages § time delay	EUMETSAT U-MARF Since 1993 Various formats see WEB site
Available Validation Datasets (including collocated radiosonde, NWP, other satellites, prelaunch …)	None
Other

TOPIC	Information, Web sites, Contact Persons …
Satellite name: § operational, research …	Meteosat-7 Operational Geostationary, located at 0^oE
Launch date:	2 September 1997
Instrument(s): § specifications, accuracy … § applications (i.e., NWP, climate..) § status/health	MVIRI 3 channel radiometer 1 VIS, 1 IR, 1 WV resolution 5 km (VIS 2.5 km) at SSP 30 min image frequency
Products § level-0, § level-1 § level-2 …	Rectified image data (level 1.5) Meteorological products e.g. Clear Sky Radiances and Atmospheric Motion Vectors (details see WEB site)
Product Dissemination: § global, direct broadcast § retransmission service on which area (e.g. EARS) § real-time constraints … § access: ftp, direct acquisition, dedicated bandwidths, EARS …	Image and products via direct dissemination Products also over GTS Near real time
Processing Packages: § available packages (for I/O, pre-processing, products …) § documentation and formats	Documentation and formats see WEB site
Archive: § time period § formats § available processing packages § time delay	EUMETSAT U-MARF Since 1991 Various formats see WEB site
Available Validation Datasets (including collocated radiosonde, NWP, other satellites, prelaunch …)	None
Other

TOPIC	Information, Web sites, Contact Persons …
Satellite name: § operational, research …	Meteosat-8 Operational Geostationary, Located at 3.3^oW
Launch date:	28 August 2002
Instrument(s): § specifications, accuracy … § applications (i.e., NWP, climate..) § status/health	SEVIRI 12 channel radiometer 3 VIS, 9 IR (including 1 ozone channel and 2 WV channels WV sampling distance 3 km (HRVIS 1 km) at SSP 15 min image frequency
Products § level-0, § level-1 § level-2 …	Rectified image data (level 1.5) Meteorological products e.g. Clear Sky Radiances and Atmospheric Motion Vectors (details see WEB site)
Product Dissemination: § global, direct broadcast § retransmission service on which area (e.g. EARS) § real-time constraints … § access: ftp, direct acquisition, dedicated bandwidths, EARS …	Image and products via EUMETCast Products also over GTS Near real time
Processing Packages: § available packages (for I/O, pre-processing, products …) § documentation and formats	Documentation and formats see WEB site
Archive: § time period § formats § available processing packages § time delay	EUMETSAT U-MARF Since 1991 Various formats see WEB site
Available Validation Datasets (including collocated radiosonde, NWP, other satellites, prelaunch …)	None
Other

TOPIC	Information, Web sites, Contact Persons …
Satellite name: § operational, research …	Metop-1 Operational Polar orbiting
Launch date:	Planned for April 2006
Instrument(s): § specifications, accuracy … § applications (i.e., NWP, climate..) § status/health	ATOVS, IASI, GRAS, GOME-2 ASCAT
Products § level-0, § level-1 § level-2 …	Level 0 and 1 derived and distributed by EUMETSAT including IASI and ATOVS level-2. Further level 2 products are derived by the Satellite Application Facilities (see EUMETSAT WEB site).
Product Dissemination: § global, direct broadcast § retransmission service on which area (e.g. EARS) § real-time constraints … § access: ftp, direct acquisition, dedicated bandwidths, EARS …	Level 0 via Near-Real Terminal Level 1 and 2 via EUMETCast Near real time Level 1 within 2h15m, level 2 within 3 hours.
Processing Packages: § available packages (for I/O, pre-processing, products …) § documentation and formats	Documentation and formats see WEB site
Archive: § time period § formats § available processing packages § time delay	EUMETSAT U-MARF Various formats see WEB site Test data and test tool available via the EUMETSAT WEB-site
Available Validation Datasets (including collocated radiosonde, NWP, other satellites, prelaunch …)	None
Other