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Watching the

weather

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space

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Monitoring

the

atmosphere

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Keeping

an eye on

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oceans

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Climate

monitoring

from

space

The place to learn about monitoring the weather and climate from space

  • Spacecraft

    Find out all about Europe's fleet of weather satellites

  • Weather

    Everything you need to know about watching the weather from space, plus see a real-time view of the Earth from 36,000 km

  • Atmosphere

    Whether it's monitoring air quality, fires, dust storms or the ozone layer, satellites are involved...

  • Oceans

    Above and below the waves - discover how satellites are helping to monitor the world's oceans

  • Climate

    Weather satellites play a big role in monitoring climate change - find out more...

Featured Posts

Global Ocean Colour - 2017
18 July 2018 With 0 Comments

This fascinating video, narrated by Hayley Evers-King (Marine Earth Observation Scientist at Plymouth Marine Lab) highlights a year of ocean ...

 

Sentinel-3B launch recap
18 July 2018 With 0 Comments

Remember the Sentinel-3B satellite launch? This fine piece of machinery has been up in orbit for more than two months now! It joined its twi ...

 

Year of Weather 2017
23 February 2018 With 0 Comments

On Monday 19 February we published our annual Year of Weather animation, showing all of the major weather events across the globe in 2017 as ...

Latest Posts

Student gets two weeks of hands-on experience at EUMETSAT
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Student gets two weeks of hands-on experience at EUMETSAT
29 March 2019 With 0 Comments

For the past two weeks, 16 year-old Chiara Lima Caldas has been doing her Praktikum (work experience) at EUMETSAT.   Chiara i ...

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Happy birthday Nicolaus Copernicus
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Happy birthday Nicolaus Copernicus
19 February 2019 With 0 Comments

19 February 1473 marks the birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus. He was a famous and, during his time, controversial scientist and astronomer ...

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2019
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2019
11 February 2019 With 0 Comments

In celebration of this year’s “International Day of Women and Girls in Science” we thought it would be nice to bring together a collection o ...

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A trip down memory lane...
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A trip down memory lane...
3 January 2019 With 0 Comments

It's the beginning of a new year and whilst some might already be busy with starting new resolutions, planning trips and thinking about the ...

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