EUMETSAT Annual Report 2022

EUMETSAT ANNUAL REPORT 2022
Services to
data users
EUMETSAT makes considerable effort to ensure its data
are provided to those who require it in a way that meets
their needs, that is, quickly, reliably and efficiently. The aim
is to ensure member states and other data users reap
maximum benefit from EUMETSAT’s satellite fleets.
Significant achievements in enhancing data access
were realised in 2022.
EUMETSAT’s online data
access services
After becoming operational in 2021, the new
online access services that enable people to
search and download EUMETSAT data (EUMETSAT
Data Store), customise the data (EUMETSAT Data
Tailor) and view data (EUMETView), have gained
in popularity. These services have gone through
several releases, providing improved operational
stability and implementing enhanced features
based on user feedback.
One key enhancement was the introduction of the
EUMETSAT data access application programming
interface client (EUMDAC), which provides easy
programmatic interfaces to the Data Store and the
Data Tailor. EUMDAC simplifies the way data users
can discover, search, download, and customise
data contained in the Data Store. Instead of writing
lengthy code to download a particular product type
for a specific time range, the data user can do this
with one, or a few, simple commands. Respondents
to a 2022 survey of the online data access services
rated the client “very helpful”.
New releases of the Data Store included the
addition of Copernicus Sentinel-3 data and other
content enhancements. A fair use policy was
introduced to ensure fair usage of the Data Store
bandwidth and to protect the service in cases of
unusual high-traffic peaks.
On EUMETView, the need for a user login to visualise
all available layers was removed and a new “view
description” feature was added to allow people
to add their own text to a map. An “auto-update”
feature now allows for the most recent images to
be displayed and animated continuously. A selection
of new layers was introduced, including new
precipitation estimate products from EUMETSAT’s
Support to Operational Hydrology and Water
Management Satellite Application Facility.
Access to the Data Store more than doubled in
2022 to an average of 600 unique users per month
in the last quarter. For EUMETView, the number of
unique IP addresses – linked to one or more users
visualising imagery – rose to 3,000 per day on a
regular basis.
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