Dataset
MSG: Volcanic ash product imagery over the Mediterranean
Abstract
The Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellites, operated by EUMETSAT (The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites), provide almost continuous imagery to meteorologists and researchers in Europe and around the world. These include visible, infra-red, water vapour, High Resolution Visible (HRV) images and derived cloud top height, cloud top temperature, fog, snow detection and volcanic ash products. These images are available for a range of geographical areas.
This dataset contains volcanic ash product images from MSG satellites over the Mediterranean. Imagery available from March 2005 onwards at a frequency of 15 minutes (some are hourly) and are at least 24 hours old.
The geographic extent for images within this datasets is available via the linked documentation 'MSG satellite imagery product geographic area details'. Each MSG imagery product area can be referenced from the third and fourth character of the image product name giving in the filename. E.g. for EEAO11 the corresponding geographic details can be found under the entry for area code 'AO' (i.e West Africa).
Details
Previous Info: |
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No related previous identifiers.
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Access rules: |
Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/msg.pdf When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
Data lineage: |
Data obtained by satellite from March 2005, prepared by the Met Office and stored in the BADC archive. |
Data Quality: |
Operational satellite data.
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File Format: |
Images are GIF formatted
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Process overview
Instrument/Platform pairings
Mobile platform operations
Mobile Platform Operation 1 | Mobile Platform Operation for: Meteosat Second Generation 2 (MSG-2) or METEOSAT-9 |
Computation Element: 1
Title | Volcanic Ash Product Meteosat Second Generation 2 (MSG-2) or METEOSAT-9 |
Abstract | Volcanic Ash Product derived from Meteosat Second Generation 2 (MSG-2) or METEOSAT-9. |
Input Description | None |
Output Description | None |
Software Reference | None |
Output Description | None |
- long_name: Brightness Temperature
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0104
- gcmd_keyword: Brightness Temperature
- names: Brightness Temperature, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0104
- long_name: Volcanic Ash
- names: Volcanic Ash
Co-ordinate Variables
Temporal Range
2005-03-11T13:00:00
Ongoing
Geographic Extent
43.5000° |
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-2.0000° |
40.4657° |
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28.3299° |