Metop satellites

E729839

infrared atmospheric sounding interferometer meteorological satellite polar-orbiting satellites radiometer scatterometer series of meteorological satellites

Metop satellites are a series of European polar-orbiting meteorological spacecraft that provide long-term data for weather forecasting and climate monitoring.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Metop-A	0
Metop-B	0
Metop-C	0
ASCAT	0
AVHRR	0
IASI	0

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	infrared atmospheric sounding interferometer ⓘ meteorological satellite ⓘ polar-orbiting satellites ⓘ radiometer ⓘ scatterometer ⓘ series of meteorological satellites ⓘ
carriesInstrument	AMSU-A NERFINISHED ⓘ ASCAT NERFINISHED ⓘ AVHRR NERFINISHED ⓘ GOME-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ GRAS NERFINISHED ⓘ IASI NERFINISHED ⓘ MHS NERFINISHED ⓘ SEM NERFINISHED ⓘ
cooperationWith	European Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ NOAA NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOperator	European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ
dataType	cloud imagery ⓘ humidity profiles ⓘ ozone concentration ⓘ sea surface temperature ⓘ temperature profiles ⓘ wind vectors over ocean ⓘ
dataUsedBy	climate reanalysis projects ⓘ numerical weather prediction models ⓘ
hasPart	Metop-A NERFINISHED ⓘ Metop-B NERFINISHED ⓘ Metop-C NERFINISHED ⓘ
inclination	approximately 98.7 degrees ⓘ
launchDate	2006-10-19 ⓘ 2012-09-17 ⓘ 2018-11-07 ⓘ
launchSite	Baikonur Cosmodrome NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchVehicle	Soyuz-2 rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ
localTimeOfDescendingNode	09:30 ⓘ
operator	EUMETSAT NERFINISHED ⓘ EUMETSAT NERFINISHED ⓘ EUMETSAT NERFINISHED ⓘ EUMETSAT NERFINISHED ⓘ
orbitRegime	Low Earth orbit ⓘ
orbitType	Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
program	EUMETSAT Polar System NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	atmospheric sounding ⓘ climate monitoring ⓘ environmental monitoring ⓘ weather forecasting ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ operational ⓘ retired ⓘ
temporalCoverage	from 2006 onward ⓘ

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European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites → operates → Metop satellites ⓘ