Objectives and Applications
Meteorology, climatology. Due to a hardware problem on the Metop-B satellite, the A-DCS3 instrument is only supporting an ARGOS-2 service.
Full Name
Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - B
aka Metop-1
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
17 Sep 2012
Mission Links
EOL Date
Nov 2027
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101.4 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.7 deg
Orbit Altitude
824 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
9:30
Repeat Cycle
29 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
A-DCS3 - Argos Advanced Data Collection System3 |
| AMSU-A - Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A |
| ASCAT - Advanced Scatterometer |
AVHRR/3 - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/3  |
| GOME-2 - Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment - 2 |
| GRAS - Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Receiver for Atmospheric Sounding |
| HIRS/4 - High Resolution Infra-red Sounder/4 |
| IASI - Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer |
| MHS - Microwave Humidity Sounder |
| S&R (NOAA) - Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking |
| SEM (POES) - Space Environment Monitor |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | AVHRR/3, GOME-2, IASI |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | AMSU-A, GOME-2, GRAS, HIRS/4, IASI, MHS |
| Atmospheric Winds | IASI |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | AMSU-A, AVHRR/3, GOME-2, HIRS/4, IASI, MHS |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | AMSU-A, MHS |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | AMSU-A, AVHRR/3, MHS |
| Ozone | GOME-2, HIRS/4, IASI |
| Radiation budget | AMSU-A, AVHRR/3, GOME-2, HIRS/4, IASI |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | HIRS/4, IASI |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | AMSU-A, GRAS, HIRS/4, IASI |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | AVHRR/3 |
| Soil moisture | AMSU-A, ASCAT |
| Vegetation | AVHRR/3 |
| Surface temperature (land) | AMSU-A, AVHRR/3, HIRS/4, IASI |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | AVHRR/3 |
| Ocean | Ocean surface winds | AMSU-A, ASCAT |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | AVHRR/3, HIRS/4, IASI |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | AVHRR/3 |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | AMSU-A, AVHRR/3 |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | AMSU-A, ASCAT, AVHRR/3 |
NOAA POES and METOP Local Area Coverage Imagery
Jan-2019 | This collection is composed of AVHRR Level 1B products (1.1 km) reprocessed
from the NOAA POES and Metop AVHRR sensors data acquired at the University of
Dundee and University of Bern ground stations and from the ESA and University
of Bern data historical archive. The data collection covers Europe and the neighbouring regions in the period of
1 January 1981 to 31 December 2019. Access is provided through the ESA TPM scheme. Read more |
AVHRR 1989-1997 1km out of Europe
Sep-1987 | This collection is composed of AVHRR L1B products (1.1 km) reprocessed from the NOAA POES and Metop AVHRR sensors data acquired at the University of Dundee and University of Bern ground stations and from the ESA and University of Bern data historical archive. Read more |
AVHRR L1B 1981-2020 European Collection
Sep-1987 | This collection is composed of AVHRR L1B products (1.1 km) reprocessed from the NOAA POES and Metop AVHRR sensors data acquired at the University of Dundee and University of Bern ground stations and from the ESA and University of Bern data historical archive. Read more |
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