MSG: Visible imagery over the tropics

The Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellites, operated by EUMETSAT (The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites), provide almost continuous imagery to meteorologists and researchers in Europe and around the world. These include visible, infra-red, water vapour, High Resolution Visible (HRV) images and derived cloud top height, cloud top temperature, fog, snow detection and volcanic ash products. These images are available for a range of geographical areas.

This dataset visible images from MSG satellites over the tropics. Imagery available from March 2005 onwards at a frequency of 15 minutes (some are hourly) and are at least 24 hours old.

The geographic extent for images within this datasets is available via the linked documentation 'MSG satellite imagery product geographic area details'. Each MSG imagery product area can be referenced from the third and fourth character of the image product name giving in the filename. E.g. for EEAO11 the corresponding geographic details can be found under the entry for area code 'AO' (i.e West Africa).

Identification info

Metadata Language: English (en)

Dataset Reference Date (): 2007-02-20T11:59:25

Dataset Reference Date (): 2007-02-20T11:59:25

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/98ac83cb5ab24a5ebe487e41a476273a

Identifier: NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis / 98ac83cb5ab24a5ebe487e41a476273a

Met Office - author

Met Office , FitzRoy Road , Exeter , EX1 3PB ,

0370 900 0100

EUMETSAT - author

NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - custodian

RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

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NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - distributor

RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

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NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - point_of_contact

RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

01235446432

NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - publisher

RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

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Maintenance and update frequency: daily

Update scope: dataset

Keywords

MSG
visible
Satellites
Tropics

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

atmospheric conditions

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Other constraints: Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.

Use constraints: otherRestrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/msg.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under academic use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: grid

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

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Begin date: 2005-03-11T13:00:00

Code: WGS 84

Distribution Information

Data format

Images are PNG formatted ()

Resource Locator: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Resource Locator: Meteosat Second Generation
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Resource Locator: MSG satellite imagery geographic area codes and bounding box information.
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Resource Locator: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Resource Locator: MSG satellite imagery geographic area codes and bounding box information.
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Quality Scope: dataset

Report

Dataset Reference Date (): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data obtained by satellite from March 2005, prepared by the Met Office and stored in the BADC archive.

Metadata

File identifier: 98ac83cb5ab24a5ebe487e41a476273a XML

Metadata Language: English (en)

Character set: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646

Parent identifier: Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Geostationnary Satellites: Visible, Infra-Red and Water Vapour Images and Derived Data Products over the world 5fa2529b973e47ae38ab3557f2018ef4

Resource type: dataset

Metadata Date: 2024-09-02T23:12:15

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis

RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

01235446432

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