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Storm Xynthia developed over the North Atlantic in late February 2010. The ASCAT sensor of EUMETSAT MetOp-A satellite tracked its evolution and provided…

Icing still represents a major threat to aviation. This CAL module focuses on the occurrence of icing in stratiform clouds. A method to detect icing…

The invention of weather satellites has opened a new area in weather forecasting. This presentation will give you an introduction from the early starts to…

Geostationary satellites operate in a height of 36000 km and provide high temporal resolution. In contrast polar satellites are found closer to the surface…

Lecture by Marianne Koenig (EUMETSAT) on the phyiscal principles of radiative transfer and remote sensing.

Lecture by Andreas Wirth on data aquisition and data processing to obtain rich and useful satellite images.

Satellite instruments measure at various wavelenghts. Since atmospheric gases reveal different proporties when being measured at different wavelengths, this…

Geostationary satellites enable to closely monitor the weather development at selected locations. This is particularly important for nowcasting convection…