February 2019
European system for global weather forecasting and climate change detection
... performance of NWP forecasts is more than the sum of the respective impact of EUMETSAT and NOAA satellites. EUMETSAT Polar System The EPS programme is operated by EUMETSAT and has been developed, procured and implemented in partnership with ESA, the...
14 November 2019
Met services prepare for next-generation satellite systems
...Director-General Alain Ratier said the organisation's two next-generation meteorological satellite systems, Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) and EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation (EPS-SG), will help forecasters and climate scientists meet some...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... during day- and night-time hours, as well as under cloudy conditions. The follow-on EUMETSAT Polar System is now under way to replace the current satellite system in the 2020 timeframe and to contribute to the IJPS. Started in 2005 under the...
