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N. 08-99 - Paris, 11 February 1999
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Better opportunities for scientific research with Meteosat Second Gen
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At the beginning of February the European Space Agency (ESA) and the
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological
Satellites (EUMETSAT) jointly opened a Research Announcement of
Opportunity (RAO) for the scientific use of data from the Meteosat
Second Generation satellite system.
Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) is a meteorological geostationary
satellite system developed by ESA and EUMETSAT, the latter
representing the European operational meteorological user community.
The MSG programme foresees a series of three satellites providing
observations over a period of at least 12 years, after the launch of
the first satellite, MSG-1, by an Ariane launcher, planned for
October 2000.
The main instrument of MSG, the SEVIRI imager, will provide about ten
times more information than current Meteosat satellites. It will
offer new and, in some cases, unique capabilities to characterise
clouds, surfaces and the stability of the lower atmosphere, with
improved thermal infra-red calibration and radiometric performances.
MSG will also carry a Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB)
instrument that will observe the radiative fluxes reflected and
emitted by the Earth.
The objective of the joint Research Announcement of Opportunity is to
demonstrate the capability of the Meteosat Second Generation
satellite system to foster innovative research in areas such as
hydrology and land surface processes, atmospheric, oceanographic and
climate research. This announcement will also trigger the
demonstration of innovative MSG products beyond traditional imagery
and weather forecasts, by European and African users, and will
contribute to improved calibration and validation.
The MSG system has primarily been designed to satisfy the needs of
the operational meteorological community but it also offers great
potential for utilisation beyond the operational exploitation, and
operational users will in the, long-term benefit from research with
the data. Scientific investigations will be supported through this
announcement by the provision of MSG data to the research community
at no cost, whereas the funding of the actual research work will be
under the responsibility of the investigators. It is also foreseen to
grant access to complementary data from ESA Earth Observation
satellites where this is necessary.
The selected investigators will be invited to present their results
in workshops or conferences jointly organised by EUMETSAT and ESA.
The first workshop will take place in mid 2000, i.e. before the
launch of the first satellite, in order to present the research plans
and coordinate the work.
The Research Announcement of Opportunity is coordinated entirely
through electronic means. Proposals for research will be collected
via an Internet server operated by ESA under the web address
http://msg.esa-ao.org.
Proposals will be evaluated by a team of scientists who will access
the proposals and submit their evaluation electronically.
Background information on the MSG system and its products and
services is equally available to researchers and the general public,
through the two web addresses:
http://www.eumetsat.de
http://www.esa.int/msg
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