EUMETSAT Annual Report 2022
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<strong>EUMETSAT</strong> ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2022</strong><br />
Responding<br />
to disasters<br />
<strong>EUMETSAT</strong> is one of 17<br />
agencies from around the<br />
world that have committed to<br />
the International Charter on<br />
Space and Major Disasters.<br />
Meteosat-8 IR10.8 image of Cyclone Batsirai<br />
over Madagascar, 5 February <strong>2022</strong>. Cloud top<br />
temperatures are coloured, from -36°C (blue)<br />
to -80°C (dark red).<br />
The charter is a system for providing satellite data<br />
quickly and reliably to authorised users, for example,<br />
aid agencies, to respond to natural and human-induced<br />
disasters. The data is made available free of charge<br />
and the aim is to help mitigate impacts on lives and<br />
property by providing information that is not available<br />
to disaster management agencies on the ground.<br />
<strong>EUMETSAT</strong> responded to activations of the charter<br />
in <strong>2022</strong> related to tropical storms and associated<br />
disasters in Africa and Asia. <strong>EUMETSAT</strong> supports<br />
the secretariat and management activities of the<br />
charter. It also provides access to its satellite imagery<br />
via its EUMETView data service and redistributes<br />
products from other charter members, in particular,<br />
post-disaster maps, via the EUMETCast data<br />
dissemination system.<br />
Leadership of the charter rotates between members<br />
every six months. <strong>EUMETSAT</strong> and the Canadian<br />
Space Agency will take on the role of co-chairs in<br />
October 2023.<br />
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