The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) has had its headquarters in Darmstadt since 1986. From here, a system of meteorological satellites is operated, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In addition to the data needed for our daily weather forecasts, they provide information used in measuring climate change and global warming.

A look into the past?

The image viewer of EUMETSAT enables the visualisation of more than 35 years of Meteosat Imagery. Starting from 17 Aug 1981, one image of the earth as seen from Meteosat per day can be selected.

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