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

2. 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

3. (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

4. First image from METEOSAT – 1
9 DECEMBER 1977

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

6. METEOSAT FIRST GENERATION SATELLITES
METEOSAT ESA
METEOSAT ESA
METEOSAT ESA
METEOSAT EUMETSAT
METEOSAT EUMETSAT
METEOSAT EUMETSAT
METEOSAT EUMETSAT

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

8. 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, µm,
13.4 µm)
1 High resolution visible

9. METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION – MSG SATELLITES
METEOSAT 8 or MSG EUMETSAT
METEOSAT 9 or MSG EUMETSAT
METEOSAT 10 or MSG EUMETSAT
METEOSAT 11 or MSG EUMETSAT

10. METEOSAT THIRD GENERATION – MTG SATELLITES
METEOSAT 12 or MTG-I EUMETSAT
METEOSAT 13 or MTG-S EUMETSAT
METEOSAT 14 or MTG-I EUMETSAT
METEOSAT 15 or MTG-I EUMETSAT
METEOSAT 16 or MTG-S EUMETSAT
METEOSAT 17 or MTG-I EUMETSAT

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

12. IMAGER

13. METEOP SATELLITES METEOP A - 2006 - EUMETSAT
METEOP B EUMETSAT
METEOP C EUMETSAT

14. Snow cover from METOP A (AVHRR, RGB 134)

15. 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

17. Web pages for details