On 7 August 2014, there were four tropical cyclones active in the Pacific Ocean. It was the first time for 12 years that four storms were active in the Pacific at the same time - and of course only in the satellite era c ...
Read MoreChristian Jakob's mother hoped he would become a weather presenter on television. But he took a different path, and now works in climate science at Monash University in Australia. He says that he wanted to use maths for ...
Read MoreThe Meteosat satellites in geostationary orbit are important for nowcasting – where forecasters predict what will happen over the next few hours. The satellites help meteorologists to spot strong and severe thunderstorms ...
Read MorePlants convert the Sun's energy into chemical energy through the process of photosynthesis. The amount of photosynthesis taking place can be a good indicator of how healthy a plant and its environment are. During the ...
Read MoreSatellites travel around the Earth all day and all night making images, but a few dedicated photographers make their own images of the satellites from the ground. The solar panels on the Metop satellites can catch the ...
Read MoreDuring a volcanic eruption, large amounts of ash and gases, especially sulphur dioxide (SO2), are ejected into the atmosphere. Because eruptions can happen at any time, it's vital to have an uninterrupted global monit ...
Read MoreData from satellites like Meteosat can be used for climate monitoring stretching back a few decades. But newer satellites are being designed to answer specific questions about climate. Once such satellite is the NASA ...
Read MoreSatellites can help us understand large-scale features high up in the atmosphere and all over the world. The transport of dust from the Sahara Desert across the Atlantic Ocean has a broad range of effects, many of whi ...
Read MoreSatellites can carry out multiple jobs by carrying different instruments and transponders on board. Metop is one of a range of polar-orbiting satellites used by the Argos system to relay radio signals that can help study ...
Read MoreEUMETSAT has been running a fleet of meteorological satellites, providing weather and climate data, for more than 25 years. The satellites are operated in two main orbits: Metop has a polar orbit 817km above the Earth, a ...
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