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European MetSat Systems - Satellite Meteorology MTO 506E

This presentation provides an overview of meteorological satellites, including Meteosat (first, second, and third generation), Meteorological Operational Satellite (MetOp), and Environment Satellite (Envisat). It covers their features, channels, and launch dates.

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European MetSat Systems - Satellite Meteorology MTO 506E

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  1. EUROPEAN METSAT SYSTEMS Dr. AhmetOztopol Satellite Meteorology – MTO 506E Istanbul Technical University

  2. MAIN STEPS OF PRESENTATION 1) METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE – METEOSAT - METEOSAT FIRST GENERATION - MFG - METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION - MSG - METEOSAT THIRD GENERATION – MTG 2) METEOROLOGICAL OPERATIONAL SATELLITE – METOP - METOP A - METOP B - METOP C 3) ENVIRONMENT SATELLITE - ENVISAT

  3. METEOSAT – 1 (1977) (METEOSAT FIRST GENERATION) Europe’s first meteorological satellite ESA’s first earth observation satellite Geostationary orbit 36,000 km in height 0 degree longitude European Space Agency - ESA

  4. First image from METEOSAT – 1 9 DECEMBER 1977

  5. Infrared channel Water vapour channel Visible channel Imager has 3 channels

  6. METEOSAT FIRST GENERATION SATELLITES METEOSAT 1 - 1977 - ESA METEOSAT 2 - 1981 - ESA METEOSAT 3 - 1988 - ESA METEOSAT 4 - 1989 - EUMETSAT METEOSAT 5 - 1991 - EUMETSAT METEOSAT 6 - 1993 - EUMETSAT METEOSAT 7 - 1997 - EUMETSAT http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/meteosat-1.htm

  7. METEOSAT – 8 or MSG 1 (2002) (METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION - MSG) Geostationary orbit 36,000 km in height 0 degree longitude

  8. Imager has 12 channels: 2 Visible (0.6 µmand 0.8 µm) 1 Near Infrared (1.6 µm) 2 Water vapour (6.2 µm and 7.3 µm) 6 Infrared (3.9 µm, 8.7 µm, 9.7 µm, 10.8 µm, 12.0 µm, 13.4 µm) 1 High resolution visible

  9. METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION – MSG SATELLITES METEOSAT 8 or MSG 1 - 2002 - EUMETSAT METEOSAT 9 or MSG 2 - 2005 - EUMETSAT METEOSAT 10 or MSG 3 - 2012 - EUMETSAT METEOSAT 11 or MSG 4 - 2013 - EUMETSAT http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/msg-1.htm

  10. METEOSAT THIRD GENERATION – MTG SATELLITES METEOSAT 12 or MTG-I 1 - 2016 - EUMETSAT METEOSAT 13 or MTG-S 1 - 2018 - EUMETSAT METEOSAT 14 or MTG-I 2 - 2021 - EUMETSAT METEOSAT 15 or MTG-I 3 - 2025 - EUMETSAT METEOSAT 16 or MTG-S 2 - 2026 - EUMETSAT METEOSAT 17 or MTG-I 4 - 2029 - EUMETSAT http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/mtg-i.htm http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/mtg-s.htm

  11. METOP – A (2006) (METEOROLOGICAL OPERATIONAL SATELLITE) Europe’s first polar-orbiting operational meteorological satellite EUMETSAT

  12. IMAGER

  13. METEOP SATELLITES METEOP A - 2006 - EUMETSAT METEOP B - 2012 - EUMETSAT METEOP C - 2016 - EUMETSAT

  14. Snow cover from METOP A (AVHRR, RGB 134)

  15. ENVISAT – 1 (2002) (ENVIRONMENT SATELLITE) Europe’s advanced polar-orbiting earth observation satellite Atmosphere, ocean, land and ice Monitoring of the evolution of environmental and climatic changes ESA http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/envisat.htm

  16. Web pages for details http://www.eumetsat.int http://www.esa.int http://space.skyrocket.de

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