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An Introduction to Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2002 · Vol. 83(7) · pp. 977–992

Johannes Schmetz✉(European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)Paolo Pili(European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)Stephen Tjemkes(European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)Dieter Just(European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)Jochen Kerkmann(European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)Sergio Rota(European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)Alain Ratier(European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)

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Abstract

Meteosat Second Generation (MSG), the new generation of European geostationary meteorological satellites, has greatly enhanced capabilities, especially for observing rapidly changing weather phenomena and for the derivation of quantitative products.

Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Planetary Science and ExplorationGeostationary orbitNadirRemote sensingEnvironmental scienceSatelliteChannel (broadcasting)Sampling (signal processing)MeteorologyImage resolutionGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite