Satellite Meteorology – MTO 506E Istanbul Technical University EUROPEAN METSAT SYSTEMS Dr. Ahmet Oztopol Satellite Meteorology – MTO 506E Istanbul Technical University

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

(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

First image from METEOSAT – 1 9 DECEMBER 1977

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

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

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

Imager has 12 channels: 2 Visible (0.6 µm and 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

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

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

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

IMAGER

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

Snow cover from METOP A (AVHRR, RGB 134)

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

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