Tag: EUMETSAT
The last leg of the Polarstern’s journey
The students following the Polarstern have provided us with one final report on what the vessel encountered on the way to its final destination: Cape Town.
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Thar she blows – Polarstern blog number five
Blog number five has landed and this week the hot topic is... wind!
First interferogram from Metop-C’s IASI instrument
On 14:19 on 10 December 2018, the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer on board Metop-C performed its first measurement.
Getting to know the weather a little better with the Polarstern
It's week four of the Polarstern's voyage and you know what that means - a brand-new blog post from the students following its path.
Industrial and agricultural ammonia point sources exposed
The Atmospheric Spectroscopy Group at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) have been using the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) onboard Metop satellites to identify global ammonia hotspots, and they have kindly shared their findings with us.
An update on the Polarstern’s progress
It's the second week aboard the Polarstern and the third blog post recording the adventure!
Metop-C – where is it now?
EUMETSAT’s polar-orbiting satellite Metop-C is now flying in its final operating orbit, in a tri-star constellation with Metop-A and –B, after a recent series of manoeuvres.
The Polarstern logbook
Week two from the Polarstern logbook - students from group FH38 describe what can be found on-board the vessel and what they witnessed during the first days of their virtual mission to Cape Town from Bremerhaven.