Meteosat Third Generation

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geostationary satellite program meteorological satellite system

Meteosat Third Generation is a new generation of European geostationary weather satellites designed to provide highly detailed, rapid-update observations for improved weather forecasting and climate monitoring.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Meteosat Third Generation satellites	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geostationary satellite program ⓘ meteorological satellite system ⓘ
application	atmospheric composition monitoring ⓘ climate data records ⓘ numerical weather prediction ⓘ short-range weather forecasting ⓘ
country	Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
dataFormat	satellite meteorology products ⓘ
dataUser	global weather prediction centers ⓘ national meteorological services in Europe ⓘ
developer	European Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Meteosat Second Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ
improvesUpon	spatial resolution of Meteosat Second Generation ⓘ spectral coverage of Meteosat Second Generation ⓘ temporal resolution of Meteosat Second Generation ⓘ
launchSite	Guiana Space Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchVehicle	Ariane 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ariane 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	EUMETSAT NERFINISHED ⓘ
orbits	geostationary orbit ⓘ
partOf	Meteosat programme NERFINISHED ⓘ
plannedMTG-ICount	4 ⓘ
plannedMTG-SCount	2 ⓘ
plannedSpacecraftCount	6 ⓘ
primaryInstrument	Flexible Combined Imager NERFINISHED ⓘ Infrared Sounder NERFINISHED ⓘ Lightning Imager NERFINISHED ⓘ Ultraviolet Visible Near-infrared Sounder NERFINISHED ⓘ
provides	UV–visible sounding ⓘ high spatial resolution imagery ⓘ hyperspectral infrared sounding ⓘ lightning detection data ⓘ rapid-refresh observations ⓘ
purpose	climate monitoring ⓘ nowcasting ⓘ severe weather detection ⓘ weather forecasting ⓘ
regionOfCoverage	Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ adjacent Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
spacecraftType	MTG-I NERFINISHED ⓘ MTG-S NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports	aviation meteorology ⓘ early warning of severe storms ⓘ hydrology applications ⓘ marine meteorology ⓘ renewable energy resource assessment ⓘ

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European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites → hasProgramme → Meteosat Third Generation ⓘ

Sentinel satellites → hostPlatform → Meteosat Third Generation ⓘ

subject surface form: Sentinel-4

this entity surface form: Meteosat Third Generation satellites