Did you notice any hazy skies this week? 🌆
A massive smoke plume (grey layer moving over France and Mediterranean) from the Canadian
#wildfires
reached Europe, seen here by
#MTGI1
on 19 August between 06:00 - 18:00 UTC.
More info from
@CopernicusECMWF
:
I am running out of words to describe how absurd August 2024 was in Svalbard.
Reaching an average temperature of 11°C in August would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. This is totally bonkers.
Until this heatwave... Sweden 🇸🇪 and Norway 🇳🇴 had never hit > 30 °C in September. New national records have been set and by huge margin.
Extraordinary weather pattern in Europe right now.
THREAD
#EUEyesOnCoasts
As sea levels continue to rise, coastal areas such as the Venice Lagoon 🇮🇹 are particularly vulnerable to changes in ocean dynamics 🌊
#CopernicusMarine
data helps monitor sea level rise & storm surges to prevent damage & support emergency response
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has released its monthly Climate Bulletin! It highlights that August 2024 was the joint-warmest August globally (together with August 2023), with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of 16.82°C, 0.71°C above the 1991-2020 average.
To coincide with tomorrow's Intl. Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, we tried this interesting air quality stripes tool shared by
@ed_hawkins
. 📊
Here are the stripes for
#Berlin
, Germany, the country where our HQ is located.
Check out your city:
A new satellite is now in space: welcome to the team
@copernicusEU
#Sentinel2
C!
This new satellite will guarantee continuity of data for land monitoring and many other applications over the years:
📸ESA – S. Corvaja
Delighted to see
#Sentinel2C
in orbit and talking to the ground stations. Perfect start to the mission!
Thanks
@Arianespace
,
@ESA_transport
and partners.🚀
Now the hard work of getting the satellite ready for use, led by
@esaoperations
. 📡🛰️
#CopernicusAtmosphere
aerosol alerts for 5 September showing atmospheric/
#airquality
impacts of the multiple intense fires burning across South America with high AOD & surface PM2.5 concentrations relative to climatology extending from Pacific to Atlantic
The annual
#ozonehole
over the
#Antarctic
is developing again. If you want to keep track, visit our website for all the latest charts and details:
There you will also find the daily updated 3D rendering of the ozone hole evolution in 2024.
🌍 Climate change and air quality are interconnected and must be addressed together. Addressing them hand-in-hand is a win-win for the health of our planet, its people, and our economies.
📄
Leaving Toulouse after a successful meeting of the
@eumetsat
@LSA_SAF
Steering Group at
@meteofrance
. On the agenda: improved Evapotranspiration products, all Europe fire risk map, celebrating 25 years of LSA SAF and looking to the next phase to come.
As summer comes to an end, we want to share some of our favourite seaside spots🏖️
First up is Myrtos Beach in
#Kefalonia
🇬🇷, where the sea surface temperature is 28°C
Comment with your favourite beach by 5 Sept., and we’ll send you a 🛰️ postcard with the SST for the area
📢 Join us at the
#MarineUserDays
in
#Lisbon
🇵🇹, 5-6 November!
Take part in discussing the applications of
#Copernicus
#OpenData
for advancing the marine sector 🌊 in Europe through:
🎙️Plenary sessions
✏️Workshops
🤝Networking opportunities
Register at👇
Tomorrow! 🚨
Enhance your
#weather
forecasting skills with our short course to learn more about
#MTGI1
's Lightning Imager! ⚡️
Gain insights into data retrieval and real-world applications in thunderstorm detection.
Sign up now:
⏰ One week left until our next EWC webinar!
This session will help you better understand the role of a tenant administrator. ☁️
Learn from experts Uroosa Farooq (
@eumetsat
) & Roberto Cuccu (
@ECMWF
).
Register here:
🌍 Africa bears an increasingly heavy burden from climate change and disproportionately high costs for essential climate adaptation, according to the latest
#StateOfClimate
in Africa report.
📢 Press Release:
Space for Early Warning in Africa - on 16-20 Sept it’s 16th EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa in Cotonou, Benin. As the first MTG 🛰️ data are being broadcast to Africa via EUMETCast, the forum will discuss how the data can enhance early warnings for extreme weather
#16UFA
#EOAFRICA
Just one month left to register for the upcoming 3rd Destination Earth User eXchange ⏰
🗓️ 15-16 October 2024
📍 Darmstadtium Congress Centre, Darmstadt, Germany & Online
🔗
Updated programme now available - take a look and register at the link! 🌍🌐
It's not too late! Standard registration is closing tomorrow but you can still sign up until the event begins on 30 Sep (and on site) in Würzburg. 📅
Check out our interactive programme to see what sessions are on offer! 🛰️
Visit:
#EMSC2024