Satellites play a key role in climate monitoring and EUMETSAT’s Meteosat geostationary weather satellites have been providing data for climate monitoring over Europe and Africa since 1978, building up in the process one of the longest time-series of climate data collected by satellite in the world.
Closer to Earth, the Metop satellites, in operation since 2006, carry eight main instruments that provide more detailed, global data to monitor the atmosphere, oceans and land surfaces as well as the cryosphere.
In addition, ocean monitoring satellites such as the Jason series and Copernicus Sentinel-6 monitor global mean sea level rise due to climate change, while the Sentinel-3 satellites collect other essential ocean observations.
Find out more about EUMETSAT’s role in climate monitoring.
European State of the Climate 2024
The European State of the Climate 2024 report highlights that 2024 was the warmest year on record for Europe with record temperatures in central, eastern and southeastern regions.
The report is produced by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and involves around 100 scientific contributors providing insights into Europe’s climate.
