EUMETSAT
Am
Kavalleriesand 31
D-64295 Darmstadt
Germany
tel: +49 6151 807
366
fax: +49 6151 807 304
email: ops@eumetsat.de
url:
http://www.eumetsat.int
Lars Prahm: Director
General
The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological
Satellites, is an intergovernmental organisation that establishes and maintains
operational meteorological satellites for 19 European States (Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
the United Kingdom). EUMETSAT has signed 11 Cooperating State Agreements. Those
with Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovenia
and the Czech Republic have entered into force whereas the Agreements with
Serbia and Montenegro and Iceland are to be ratified in the near
future.
EUMETSAT is currently operating Meteosat-6, -7 and -8 over
Europe and Africa, and Meteosat-5 over the Indian Ocean.
The data,
product and services from EUMETSAT’s satellites make a significant
contribution to weather forecasting and to the monitoring of the global
climate.
