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Metop-C weather satellite launched successfully | |
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2018-11-07 | |
发布年 | 2018 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 欧洲 |
领域 | 地球科学 ; 气候变化 |
正文(英文) | ![]() The Metop-C weather satellite was successfully launched from Europe’s space port in Kourou, French Guiana, on 7 November 2018. The satellite will help to ensure the continuous supply of crucial data to help initialise numerical weather prediction models for years to come. Metop-C lifted off on a Soyuz rocket at 00:47 GMT. Speaking ahead of the launch, ECMWF Director-General Florence Rabier emphasised that a single Metop satellite makes a bigger contribution to improving forecast quality than any other weather satellite. “What our data assimilation systems are good at is combining data from different satellites,” she added in a video published by EUMETSAT. “In 2012, when Metop-B was introduced, we could prove that it added to forecast quality, and that’s what we expect with Metop-C as well.” Metop-C completes the EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) of three polar-orbiting satellites that started with the launch of Metop-A in 2006.
Metop satellites make a vital contribution to numerical weather prediction. (Image: EUMETSAT) The satellite carries the same set of advanced weather observation instruments as Metop-A and Metop-B. The Metop satellites are a collaborative undertaking between ESA and EUMETSAT: ESA is responsible for building them and placing them into orbit, while EUMETSAT operates them once in orbit, and processes and distributes the data. The three Metop-satellites will circle Earth in the same orbit. (Video: EUMETSAT) Further informationFor more details on how ECMWF’s forecasts will benefit from Metop-C data, read our article on how Metop-C will boost resilience and innovation in weather forecasting. More information on the Metop series of satellites is available on the EUMETSAT website. |
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来源平台 | European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts |
文献类型 | 新闻 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/103448 |
专题 | 地球科学 气候变化 |
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