EUMETSAT and Africa
European meteorological satellites at the service of Africa
European meteorological satellites at the service of Africa
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The value of <strong>EUMETSAT</strong><br />
satellites for <strong>Africa</strong><br />
Climate change is a major threat to sustainable growth <strong>and</strong> development in <strong>Africa</strong><br />
Ensuring safety requires the ability to forecast rapidly developing severe weather events<br />
accurately. These very-short-range weather forecasts require fast access to high-quality<br />
data such as those from Europe’s Meteosat satellites. The Meteosat Second Generation<br />
(MSG) operational system, which comprises satellites over continental <strong>Africa</strong> <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Indian Ocean, ensures a regular flow of imagery every 15 minutes from geostationary orbit,<br />
36,000km above the equator.<br />
Left: Accumulated rainfall estimate<br />
anomaly in <strong>Africa</strong> for March 2021 derived<br />
from Meteosat thermal infrared imagery<br />
(Source: TAMSAT, University of Reading, UK)<br />
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