CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- Metop-C
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Full Name
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Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - C aka Metop-3
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Status
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Operational (nominal)
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Mission Agencies
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EUMETSAT , CNES , ESA , NOAA
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Launch Date
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07 Nov 2018
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Mission Links
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mission site | data access portal
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EOL Date
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Dec 2027
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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43689 (TLE)
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International Designator
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2018-087A
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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101.4 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Descending
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Orbit Inclination
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98.7 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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824 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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9:30
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Repeat Cycle
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29 days
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Objectives and Applications
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Meteorology, climatology.
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Mission Measurements
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Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
Atmosphere | Aerosols | AVHRR/3, GOME-2, IASI |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | AMSU-A, GOME-2, GRAS, IASI, MHS |
| Atmospheric Winds | IASI |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | AMSU-A, AVHRR/3, GOME-2, IASI, MHS |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | AMSU-A, MHS |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | AMSU-A, AVHRR/3, MHS |
| Ozone | GOME-2, IASI |
| Radiation budget | AMSU-A, AVHRR/3, GOME-2, IASI |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | IASI |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | AMSU-A, GRAS, IASI |
Land | Albedo and reflectance | AVHRR/3 |
| Soil moisture | AMSU-A, ASCAT |
| Vegetation | AVHRR/3 |
| Surface temperature (land) | AMSU-A, AVHRR/3, IASI |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | AVHRR/3 |
Ocean | Ocean surface winds | AMSU-A, ASCAT |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | AVHRR/3, 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 |
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Mission Instruments
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Featured Datasets More Datasets
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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 
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OpenSearch Datasets
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Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 29 ) GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Temperature v2.0 from the AVHRR on the MetOp-C satellite produced ...  GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Temperature v2.0 from the AVHRR on the MetOp-C satellite produced ...  GHRSST NOAA/STAR ACSPO v2.80 0.02 degree L3S Dataset from mid-Morning LEO Satellites (GDS v2)  GHRSST NOAA/STAR ACSPO v2.81 0.02 degree L3S Daily Dataset from LEO Satellites  GHRSST NOAA/STAR Metop-C AVHRR FRAC ACSPO v2.80 0.02 L3U Dataset (GDS v2)  GHRSST NOAA/STAR Metop-C AVHRR FRAC ACSPO v2.80 0.02 L3U Dataset (GDS version 2)  GHRSST NOAA/STAR Metop-C AVHRR FRAC ACSPO v2.80 1km L2P Dataset (GDS v2)  GHRSST NOAA/STAR Metop-C AVHRR FRAC ACSPO v2.80 1km L2P Dataset (GDS version 2)  Global Surface Emissivity Spectral Atlas (GSESA) V01  Global Vegetation Greenness (NDVI) from AVHRR GIMMS-3G+, 1981-2022 
Selected FedEO OpenSearch Results (view all 38 results: browser , table ) METOP GOME-2 - Water Vapour (H2O) - Global  METOP GOME-2 - Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) - Global  METOP GOME-2 - Cloud Top Pressure (CTP) - Global  METOP GOME-2 - Ozone (O3) - Global  METOP GOME-2 - Tropospheric Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) - Global  METOP GOME-2 - Cloud Fraction (CF) - Global  CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: PATMOS-x AVHRR supports: NCEI AVHRR Aerosol TCDR, Climate analysis, Climate mo...  CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: global cloud climatologies climate research (monitoring and modelling), NMHSs ...  CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: global cloud climatologies climate research (monitoring and modelling), NMHSs ...  CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: - Cryospheric applications involving the monitoring of snow and sea ice albedo... 
Want to explore more? Read about FedEO by ESA or click here to search FedEO or CMR OpenSearch by NASA 
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