NERC Data Catalogue Service
Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Geostationnary Satellites: Visible, Infra-Red and Water Vapour Images and Derived Data Products over the world
Meteosat Second Generation is operated by EUMETSAT and provides almost continuous images to meteorologists and researchers in Europe and around the world. It incorporates significant enhancements in frequency and resolution to the previous generation of Meteosat. MSG measures in 12 spectral channels (compared to only 3 on the previous Meteosat) and records data in a 15 minute cycle (30 minutes on the previous Meteosat). The resolution of the high-resolution visible light channel measures 1 km at the sub-satellite point (compared to 2.5 km on the previous Meteosat).
This dataset collection includes visible, infra-red, water vapour, High Resolution Visible (HRV) images and the derived cloud top height, cloud top temperature, fog, snow detection, and volcanic ash products. These images are available for a range of geographical areas. Images are available from March 2005 onwards at a frequency of 15 minutes (some are hourly) and are at least 24 hours old.
The different geographic extents for images within this dataset collection are available via the linked documentation 'MSG satellite imagery product geographic area details'. Each MSG imagery product area can be referenced from the third and fourth character of the image product name giving in the filename. E.g. for EEAO11 the corresponding geographic details can be found under the entry for area code 'AO' (i.e West Africa).
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2006-12-10T02:34:02
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2006-12-10T02:34:02
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 5fa2529b973e47ae38ab3557f2018ef4
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown
- Update scope
- series
- Keywords
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- MSG
- Visible
- Infra-Red
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Access to data within this collection is restricted. Please see the individual datasets within this collection for further access details.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Usage limitations for the data within this collection is set at the individual dataset level. Please refer to the licence details of each underlying dataset.
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 2004-02-14T00:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Contact data centre for format details.
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Contact data centre for format details.
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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MSG satellite imagery product geographic area details
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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EUMETSAT website
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: MSG products and coverage
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: MSG Documentation
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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MSG satellite imagery product geographic area details
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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EUMETSAT website
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: MSG products and coverage
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: MSG Documentation
No further details.
- Quality Scope
- series
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 5fa2529b973e47ae38ab3557f2018ef4 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
- series
- Hierarchy level name
- series
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-01T01:03:13
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
