Meteosat-12 promises a step-change in forecasting imminent, extreme weather conditions.
The spacecraft, which sits 36,000km above the equator, wasWhen Meteosat-12's data is finally released to meteorological agencies, it's expected to bring about a step-change in forecasting skill.This is something called "nowcasting" - the ability to say with greater confidence that violent winds, lightning, hail or heavy downpours are about to strike a particular area.
"We can now see very fine structures," said Jochen Grandell from Eumetsat, the intergovernmental agency that manages Europe's weather satellites. Meteosat-12 sits in a "stationary" position, keeping a permanent eye on Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The additional bands of light allow for true colour images. In other words, the pictures are much closer to what the human eye might perceive if looking down from the same vantage point.
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