African User Forum 2022
African User Forum 2022 - About 150 meteorologists and scientists from 54 African nations are gathering in Tanzania from today until Friday to prepare for the exploitation of data from Europe's next-generation satellite systems, to ensure their communities get maximum benefit from these new capabilities. EUMETSAT, the European meteorological satellite agency, will launch the first satellite in its Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) system later this year. MTG satellites fly in a geostationary orbit with a constant view of Europe and Africa. "EUMETSAT's Meteosat satellites are the only Earth observation satellites that have a constant view of Africa, 24/7," EUMETSAT Director-General Phil Evans said. "MTG will provide higher resolution images of Africa than is possible now and more frequently, that is, every 10 minutes. Because EUMETSAT makes this data available to Africa, this means an unprecedented amount of more precise information will become available to help save lives, infrastructure and economies on the continent and support sustainable agriculture. African User Forum 2022 - "MTG will improve predictions of fast developing, severe weather events, such as convective storms.
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