00:06We have now entered a new era of satellite meteorology.
00:12Europe's latest weather satellite, the Meteosat third generation imager,
00:17has just delivered its first image.
00:20But before we reveal it, what does this satellite do exactly?
00:24And what does this mean for weather forecasting?
00:28Weather, especially extreme weather, affects everything we do.
00:34Over the past 40 years, events like floods, heat waves and storms
00:40have caused close to 145,000 fatalities across Europe
00:44and economic losses of around 500 million euros.
00:50Monitoring weather is crucial not only in our day-to-day lives
00:54but also to determine future climate changes.
00:58In 1977, the first European weather satellite Meteosat took its place in orbit.
01:05Eleven satellites have since followed.
01:09From their vantage point 36,000 kilometers above the equator,
01:14they've been watching Earth non-stop for over four decades.
01:19These missions result from the long-standing cooperation between ESA and Umitsat.
01:24In December 2022, the latest Meteosat satellite lifted off,
01:29marking the next generation of weather forecasting.
01:35The Meteosat third generation imager, the first of six satellites,
01:40will monitor the weather from space like never before.
01:45With its groundbreaking instruments,
01:47the satellite will deliver Earth observations of unprecedented range, resolution and frequency.
01:55This will enable weather forecasts to monitor the evolution of rapidly developing severe weather more accurately.
02:04The satellite's flexible combined imager can scan the entire Earth disk in 10 minutes
02:10and deliver images over Europe in just 2.5 minutes.
02:16So, are you ready for the big reveal?
02:20This is the first image from the Meteosat third generation imager,
02:25showing Europe, Africa and the Atlantic in remarkable detail.
02:32Much of Northern and Western Europe, as well as Scandinavia,
02:36can be seen blanketed in clouds,
02:38with relatively clear skies over Italy and the Western Balkans.
02:45Details such as snow cover on the Alps,
02:47sediment in the water along the coast of Italy,
02:50and cloud vortices over the Canary Islands are visible.
02:56Crucially, for Nordic countries,
02:59the image also shows a greater level of detail of cloud structures at high latitudes.
03:07The Meteosat third generation imager is currently undergoing a commissioning phase,
03:12where its instruments are switched on,
03:13and the data they collect are calibrated.
03:18By the end of the year, the data will be distributed to meteorological services in Europe and beyond,
03:24and will soon be available on a screen, TV, or weather app near you.
03:45The location of the Earth is a very high resolution.
03:46The current andonnen there is the expansion of our planet in the Arctic region,
03:47The essence of our planet is a bigger control of the world.
03:47In the future, the meteorites are the main heart of that geol íĺ.
03:48The message of the Earth is now rising in the sky to the place of the Earth,
03:48the form of the Earth is now rising in the sky from the Earth.
03:51The cloud is the largest neutrality.
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