UW-Madison research scientists from the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)/Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) participated in the 2026 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference (EUMETSAT 40^th Anniversary), which included oral/poster presentations and conference session chairing duties.  The conference was held 21-25 September 2026 in Darmstadt, Germany. Sessions included New Frontiers of Earth Observations, Satellite Nowcasting/Decision Support/Prediction, AI/ML “Toolbox” Research Exploration, and Extreme Weather Events, among others. One of the conference highlights was the new geostationary Meteosat Third Generation InfraRed Sounder (MTG-IRS) arriving on orbit and the exciting science challenges to come. MTG-IRS will provide real-time operational geostationary hyperspectral infrared data for planning and testing future GeoXO GXS algorithms and capabilities. Side meetings occurred with EUMETSAT colleagues discussing collaborative cross cutting meteorological satellite training, calibration/validation, application science endeavors between SSEC/CIMSS and EU/International scientists.

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  Figure: EUMETSAT Conference 2026 - A Celebration of a 40th Anniversary

The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite Blog was updated with the following posts: “Late September Nor’easter” (Sept. 27), “Satellite signatures of the SpaceX Starship Flight 14 launch” (Sept. 28), “Pacific Hurricane Nolo Rapidly Strengthens to Near Category 5, But Soon Weakens After” (Sept. 29) and “Hurricane Rachel reaches Category 3 intensity over the East Pacific” (Oct. 1).

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  Figure: RCM-3 SAR image of Hurricane Nolo at 1634 UTC on September 27, 2026.
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  Figure: GOES-19 True Color RGB image of the strong Nor'easter at 1616 UTC on September 26, 2026.