Tag: Satellites
Aviation weather consultation onboard the RV Polarstern
In the final blog of the series, the students discuss aviation weather reporting for the safety of the helicopter crews coming and going on the mission.
Discussing Iceland’s severe winter weather
Earlier this year, we had the pleasure of hosting Elín Björk Jónasdóttir, meteorologist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO).
Weather conditions in the Arctic
The MOSAiC expedition continues and the students following the mission’s progress have delivered blog number five.
Taking care of a satellite – what does it involve?
Meet one of the staff members responsible for making sure the Sentinel-3 satellites run smoothly.
Metop operations – working as a Spacecraft Engineer at EUMETSAT
As part of our "Inside EUMETSAT" series, we sat down to have a chat with Richard Dyer!
Sea surface temperature – climate data record generation with SLSTR
Sea Surface Temperature data set from 1982 to 2016 now available.
Mission control engineering at EUMETSAT
Elena sat down with us to explain her responsibilities as a Mission Control Engineer for our "Inside EUMETSAT" series.
Inspiring ocean projects developed at Copernicus hackathon weekend
From 22-24 November, 10 teams from across Europe and beyond participated in the Copernicus "OceanHack challenge" in Tallinn, Estonia.
Arctic sea ice minimum 2019 – how did it fare this year?
The Arctic sea ice minimum is an annual occurrence that usually takes place in the month of September, when the area/volume of Arctic ice has reached its smallest after the “summer melt season”.