EUMETSAT Delivers Spectacular Global Image
Global_2609_fixed.mp4 Credit: EUMETSAT
METimage flies on Metop-SGA1 in a Sun-synchronous polar orbit. Because the orbit keeps the satellite in step with the Sun, it crosses each area at about the same local time on every pass. The global image is composed by stitching together pictures from 23:30 CEST on 25 September to 00:09 CEST on 27 September 2025.
The consistent angle of sunlight in each image makes them directly comparable day-to-day and year-to-year. For weather services, this will mean frequent, uniform observations that feed numerical forecast models as well as snowcasting, especially at higher latitudes. For environmental monitoring, it will mean reliable time series to detect trends and impacts, such as mapping burn scars after wildfires, tracing dust and smoke, monitoring snow and ice cover, tracing coastal water-colour changes that reveal sediments and phytoplankton, and monitoring long-term climate change.
Click here to visit the EUMETSAT website and learn about this exciting development in the monitoring and recording of the Earth’s weather patterns
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