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EUMETSAT and CNES have signed an agreement that increases the volume of data available on the Copernicus WEkEO platform and provides new sources of information to users. . hq interior The signing of an agreement between the French Space Agency (CNES) and EUMETSAT means that CNES is now part of the WEkEO federation, which provides a platform that pools data and information from Copernicus Services and the European Sentinel satellites (wekeo.eu) WEkEO is jointly operated by the Copernicus entrusted entities: EUMETSAT, ECMWF, the European Environment Agency (EEA) and Mercator Ocean International. The WEkEO platform will now expand to include about 30 petabytes (pb) of data gathered by satellite missions operated by CNES. It will then provide users with free, easy access to no less than 80pb of Earth observation data collected from space. "We are delighted to have signed this agreement, which significantly expands the volume of data available on WEkEO," EUMETSAT Director-General Phil Evans said. "This new data will not only bring new users to the platform, but will also allow data users to develop more innovative applications." - hq interior - Twenty-six of the 50 climate variables that are essential for assessing the current state of our planet and monitoring the impact of climate change can only be measured accurately from space.
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