Meteosat

Meteosat collections

The Meteosat series of satellites are geostationary meteorological satellites operated by EUMETSAT under the Meteosat Transition Programme (MTP) and the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) program. Meteosat sends images to Earth every half hour in the visible and infrared wavelength range and thus enables continuous monitoring from about 60 degrees north to 60 degrees south and from 60 degrees west to 60 degrees east (almost all of Europe and the North Atlantic as well as all of Africa).

METEOSAT Second Generation (MSG-1 - MSG-4)

Instrument: SEVIRI (Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-Red Imager) and GERB (Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget)

Acquisition Date: 2002 - present

Geographical Coverage: 90°N - 90°S

Spatial Resolution: 1 - 5 km

Spectral Range: 0.45- 12.5 µm

Data Source: EUMETSAT

Link: https://www.eumetsat.int/meteosat-second-generation

Mission description: https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/documents/20142/37627/Meteosat-Second-Generation-The-Satellite-Development.pdf

Citation: Aminou, Donny & Luhmann, H. & Hanson, Christopher & Pili, P. & Jacquet, B. & Bianchi, S. & Coste, P. & Pasternak, F. & Faure, F. (2004). Meteosat Second Generation.

terrabyte Catalog: Data Science Storage

terrabyte Availability: MSG.SEVIRI.L15_DISC, MSG.SEVIRI.L15_HRV, MSG.SEVIRI.L15_VISIR

METEOSAT Third Generation (MTG-I1 - MTG-I4)

Instrument: Flexible Combined Imager (FCI), Lightning Imager (LI), IRS (Hyperspectral Infrared Sounder), and Copernicus Sentinel-4 UVN (Ultra-violet, Visible and Near-Infrared Sounder)

Acquisition Date: 2022 - present

Geographical Coverage: 90°N - 90°S

Spatial Resolution: 500 m (Europe), 1 km (Europe and Africa)

Spectral Range: 0.45- 12.5 µm

Data Source: EUMETSAT

Link: https://www.eumetsat.int/meteosat-third-generation

Data and Products: https://www.eumetsat.int/mtg-data

Documentation: https://user.eumetsat.int/resources/user-guides/mtg-in-operations#ID-Related-resources