EUMETSAT CM SAF
@cm-saf.eumetsat.int
We provide satellite-based Climate Data Records to support climate monitoring and adaptation. https://cm-saf.eumetsat.int
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@cm-saf.eumetsat.int
· Apr 25
📢 CM SAF is now on Bluesky! ☁️
We provide satellite-based climate data on key parameters of the Earth’s energy and water cycle – including:
☀️ radiation (surface & TOA), sunshine duration
☁️ cloud fraction
🌧️ precipitation, water vapour
🌎 surface albedo and more.
🔗 Explore our data: cm-saf.eumetsat.int
We provide satellite-based climate data on key parameters of the Earth’s energy and water cycle – including:
☀️ radiation (surface & TOA), sunshine duration
☁️ cloud fraction
🌧️ precipitation, water vapour
🌎 surface albedo and more.
🔗 Explore our data: cm-saf.eumetsat.int
The CM SAF R Toolbox has just been updated on CRAN! 🎉
Easily access, analyse, and visualise satellite-based Climate Data Records - no R coding needed!
The new cmsaf, cmsafvis, and cmsafops versions are now available:
👉 www.cmsaf.eu/R_toolbox
Easily access, analyse, and visualise satellite-based Climate Data Records - no R coding needed!
The new cmsaf, cmsafvis, and cmsafops versions are now available:
👉 www.cmsaf.eu/R_toolbox
CM SAF R TOOLBOX
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www.cmsaf.eu
October 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The CM SAF R Toolbox has just been updated on CRAN! 🎉
Easily access, analyse, and visualise satellite-based Climate Data Records - no R coding needed!
The new cmsaf, cmsafvis, and cmsafops versions are now available:
👉 www.cmsaf.eu/R_toolbox
Easily access, analyse, and visualise satellite-based Climate Data Records - no R coding needed!
The new cmsaf, cmsafvis, and cmsafops versions are now available:
👉 www.cmsaf.eu/R_toolbox
☀️ At the EUMETSAT Climate Symposium, @meteofrance.com showed how CM SAF SARAH sunshine duration data provide far more detailed national maps than ground-based networks alone. A great example of the added value of satellite-based climate data!
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
☀️ At the EUMETSAT Climate Symposium, @meteofrance.com showed how CM SAF SARAH sunshine duration data provide far more detailed national maps than ground-based networks alone. A great example of the added value of satellite-based climate data!
🌍 The EUMETSAT Climate Symposium 2025 starts today in Darmstadt!
Meet CM SAF experts at the Fair of Opportunities and explore how satellite-based climate data support energy, water, and climate services.
Meet CM SAF experts at the Fair of Opportunities and explore how satellite-based climate data support energy, water, and climate services.
October 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🌍 The EUMETSAT Climate Symposium 2025 starts today in Darmstadt!
Meet CM SAF experts at the Fair of Opportunities and explore how satellite-based climate data support energy, water, and climate services.
Meet CM SAF experts at the Fair of Opportunities and explore how satellite-based climate data support energy, water, and climate services.
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DYK the clouds above our oceans play a role in understanding climate? ☁️
Marine stratocumulus clouds, which reflect sunlight & help cool the oceans, are shrinking as sea temperatures rise.
Fewer clouds mean warmer oceans - learn how satellites can help track this critical change: bit.ly/497OPPZ
Marine stratocumulus clouds, which reflect sunlight & help cool the oceans, are shrinking as sea temperatures rise.
Fewer clouds mean warmer oceans - learn how satellites can help track this critical change: bit.ly/497OPPZ
October 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
DYK the clouds above our oceans play a role in understanding climate? ☁️
Marine stratocumulus clouds, which reflect sunlight & help cool the oceans, are shrinking as sea temperatures rise.
Fewer clouds mean warmer oceans - learn how satellites can help track this critical change: bit.ly/497OPPZ
Marine stratocumulus clouds, which reflect sunlight & help cool the oceans, are shrinking as sea temperatures rise.
Fewer clouds mean warmer oceans - learn how satellites can help track this critical change: bit.ly/497OPPZ
🌍 Do low clouds accelerate global warming?
New research using CM SAF satellite data shows: ocean warming reduces stratocumulus cloud cover − less reflection, more heat.
A feedback loop that could intensify climate change.
🔗 [http://bit.ly/4oe0LEf](bit.ly/4oe0LEf)
New research using CM SAF satellite data shows: ocean warming reduces stratocumulus cloud cover − less reflection, more heat.
A feedback loop that could intensify climate change.
🔗 [http://bit.ly/4oe0LEf](bit.ly/4oe0LEf)
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🌍 Do low clouds accelerate global warming?
New research using CM SAF satellite data shows: ocean warming reduces stratocumulus cloud cover − less reflection, more heat.
A feedback loop that could intensify climate change.
🔗 [http://bit.ly/4oe0LEf](bit.ly/4oe0LEf)
New research using CM SAF satellite data shows: ocean warming reduces stratocumulus cloud cover − less reflection, more heat.
A feedback loop that could intensify climate change.
🔗 [http://bit.ly/4oe0LEf](bit.ly/4oe0LEf)
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As you know, next year's Meteorological Satellite Conference will be held in Darmstadt, Germany. 🛰️
Help us celebrate 40 years of EUMETSAT by submitting your proposals for panels, side events, and keynote talks. 🥳
Share your ideas by 10 October 2025 and be part of this milestone event! bit.ly/4mMOXrt
Help us celebrate 40 years of EUMETSAT by submitting your proposals for panels, side events, and keynote talks. 🥳
Share your ideas by 10 October 2025 and be part of this milestone event! bit.ly/4mMOXrt
October 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
As you know, next year's Meteorological Satellite Conference will be held in Darmstadt, Germany. 🛰️
Help us celebrate 40 years of EUMETSAT by submitting your proposals for panels, side events, and keynote talks. 🥳
Share your ideas by 10 October 2025 and be part of this milestone event! bit.ly/4mMOXrt
Help us celebrate 40 years of EUMETSAT by submitting your proposals for panels, side events, and keynote talks. 🥳
Share your ideas by 10 October 2025 and be part of this milestone event! bit.ly/4mMOXrt
🌍 From solar energy to drought, from heat to global climate monitoring – CM SAF will be there!
Join us at the EUMETSAT Climate Symposium (28-30 Oct, Darmstadt).
❗Registration closes tomorrow – don’t miss it!
Join us at the EUMETSAT Climate Symposium (28-30 Oct, Darmstadt).
❗Registration closes tomorrow – don’t miss it!
September 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🌍 From solar energy to drought, from heat to global climate monitoring – CM SAF will be there!
Join us at the EUMETSAT Climate Symposium (28-30 Oct, Darmstadt).
❗Registration closes tomorrow – don’t miss it!
Join us at the EUMETSAT Climate Symposium (28-30 Oct, Darmstadt).
❗Registration closes tomorrow – don’t miss it!
Reposted by EUMETSAT CM SAF
📣Calling policy & decision makers, & climate service providers!
Join the EUMETSAT Climate Symposium: 28–30 Oct, Darmstadt, Germany
Hear from:
🔹UNFCCC - advancing the Paris Agreement
🔹IPCC - satellite data
🔹DG CLIMA - supporting climate policy objectives
Register 👉 www.eventsforce.net/eumetsat/fro...
Join the EUMETSAT Climate Symposium: 28–30 Oct, Darmstadt, Germany
Hear from:
🔹UNFCCC - advancing the Paris Agreement
🔹IPCC - satellite data
🔹DG CLIMA - supporting climate policy objectives
Register 👉 www.eventsforce.net/eumetsat/fro...
September 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
📣Calling policy & decision makers, & climate service providers!
Join the EUMETSAT Climate Symposium: 28–30 Oct, Darmstadt, Germany
Hear from:
🔹UNFCCC - advancing the Paris Agreement
🔹IPCC - satellite data
🔹DG CLIMA - supporting climate policy objectives
Register 👉 www.eventsforce.net/eumetsat/fro...
Join the EUMETSAT Climate Symposium: 28–30 Oct, Darmstadt, Germany
Hear from:
🔹UNFCCC - advancing the Paris Agreement
🔹IPCC - satellite data
🔹DG CLIMA - supporting climate policy objectives
Register 👉 www.eventsforce.net/eumetsat/fro...
Last day of the EUMETSAT Conference in Lyon! Thanks to everyone who joined the discussions and visited CM SAF contributions. One final talk today: looking at long-term climate data to support the energy transition in Germany. #EMSC2025
September 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Last day of the EUMETSAT Conference in Lyon! Thanks to everyone who joined the discussions and visited CM SAF contributions. One final talk today: looking at long-term climate data to support the energy transition in Germany. #EMSC2025
📍 This week we’re at the #EMSC2025 in Lyon!
CM SAF contributes to several posters and talks on:
☁️ cloud detection
🌞 solar radiation
🌍 albedo
🌀 3D cloud effects
⚡ energy trends
Looking forward to a week full of exchange and ideas!
CM SAF contributes to several posters and talks on:
☁️ cloud detection
🌞 solar radiation
🌍 albedo
🌀 3D cloud effects
⚡ energy trends
Looking forward to a week full of exchange and ideas!
September 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
📍 This week we’re at the #EMSC2025 in Lyon!
CM SAF contributes to several posters and talks on:
☁️ cloud detection
🌞 solar radiation
🌍 albedo
🌀 3D cloud effects
⚡ energy trends
Looking forward to a week full of exchange and ideas!
CM SAF contributes to several posters and talks on:
☁️ cloud detection
🌞 solar radiation
🌍 albedo
🌀 3D cloud effects
⚡ energy trends
Looking forward to a week full of exchange and ideas!
🆕 More CM SAF climate data now available via the EUMETSAT Data Store!
You’ll find:
☁️ CLARA-A3 (subset)
🌧️ GIRAFE v1
💧 UTH v2
Explore and download directly - no registration needed.
🔗 www.cmsaf.eu/SharedDocs/K...
You’ll find:
☁️ CLARA-A3 (subset)
🌧️ GIRAFE v1
💧 UTH v2
Explore and download directly - no registration needed.
🔗 www.cmsaf.eu/SharedDocs/K...
News - Additional CM SAF data records now also available for download via EUMETSAT Data Store (Aug)
www.cmsaf.eu
September 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🆕 More CM SAF climate data now available via the EUMETSAT Data Store!
You’ll find:
☁️ CLARA-A3 (subset)
🌧️ GIRAFE v1
💧 UTH v2
Explore and download directly - no registration needed.
🔗 www.cmsaf.eu/SharedDocs/K...
You’ll find:
☁️ CLARA-A3 (subset)
🌧️ GIRAFE v1
💧 UTH v2
Explore and download directly - no registration needed.
🔗 www.cmsaf.eu/SharedDocs/K...
👋 Wrapping up #EMS25 in Ljubljana!
CM SAF satellite data featured in inspiring talks & posters - from solar radiation to energy analysis.
And we're not done yet: three more CM SAF-related talks still to come today!
Thanks to all who joined. Safe travels! 🌍
CM SAF satellite data featured in inspiring talks & posters - from solar radiation to energy analysis.
And we're not done yet: three more CM SAF-related talks still to come today!
Thanks to all who joined. Safe travels! 🌍
September 12, 2025 at 6:53 AM
👋 Wrapping up #EMS25 in Ljubljana!
CM SAF satellite data featured in inspiring talks & posters - from solar radiation to energy analysis.
And we're not done yet: three more CM SAF-related talks still to come today!
Thanks to all who joined. Safe travels! 🌍
CM SAF satellite data featured in inspiring talks & posters - from solar radiation to energy analysis.
And we're not done yet: three more CM SAF-related talks still to come today!
Thanks to all who joined. Safe travels! 🌍
📍 This week at #EMS25 in Ljubljana:
CM SAF satellite data are featured in several talks and a poster - from solar radiation and reanalysis for energy to “Dunkelflauten” and new high-res data records.
Great to see our climate data supporting Europe’s energy future!
www.ems2025.eu
CM SAF satellite data are featured in several talks and a poster - from solar radiation and reanalysis for energy to “Dunkelflauten” and new high-res data records.
Great to see our climate data supporting Europe’s energy future!
www.ems2025.eu
EMS2025 - Home
www.ems2025.eu
September 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
📍 This week at #EMS25 in Ljubljana:
CM SAF satellite data are featured in several talks and a poster - from solar radiation and reanalysis for energy to “Dunkelflauten” and new high-res data records.
Great to see our climate data supporting Europe’s energy future!
www.ems2025.eu
CM SAF satellite data are featured in several talks and a poster - from solar radiation and reanalysis for energy to “Dunkelflauten” and new high-res data records.
Great to see our climate data supporting Europe’s energy future!
www.ems2025.eu
📢 Big news from Offenbach!
Since 4 July 2025, the DWD CM SAF team works from the new DWD-Campus. The modern, CO₂-neutral building offers us a new base to continue generating high-quality satellite-based climate data for users worldwide.
Since 4 July 2025, the DWD CM SAF team works from the new DWD-Campus. The modern, CO₂-neutral building offers us a new base to continue generating high-quality satellite-based climate data for users worldwide.
August 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
📢 Big news from Offenbach!
Since 4 July 2025, the DWD CM SAF team works from the new DWD-Campus. The modern, CO₂-neutral building offers us a new base to continue generating high-quality satellite-based climate data for users worldwide.
Since 4 July 2025, the DWD CM SAF team works from the new DWD-Campus. The modern, CO₂-neutral building offers us a new base to continue generating high-quality satellite-based climate data for users worldwide.
🚀 Our new paper is published in Earth System Science Data.
Introducing GIRAFE v1 – a global satellite-based climate data record for precipitation (2002–2022) with daily sampling uncertainty.
Find the full paper at:
🔗 doi.org/10.5194/essd...
Introducing GIRAFE v1 – a global satellite-based climate data record for precipitation (2002–2022) with daily sampling uncertainty.
Find the full paper at:
🔗 doi.org/10.5194/essd...
August 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🚀 Our new paper is published in Earth System Science Data.
Introducing GIRAFE v1 – a global satellite-based climate data record for precipitation (2002–2022) with daily sampling uncertainty.
Find the full paper at:
🔗 doi.org/10.5194/essd...
Introducing GIRAFE v1 – a global satellite-based climate data record for precipitation (2002–2022) with daily sampling uncertainty.
Find the full paper at:
🔗 doi.org/10.5194/essd...
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The EUMETSAT Climate Symposium is from 28–30 October 2025.
The event will take place at darmstadtium Science and Congress Center in the heart of Darmstadt, Germany, 30km south of Frankfurt.
Register now to join us & celebrate 25 years of Climate@EUMETSAT: www.eventsforce.net/eumetsat/fro...
The event will take place at darmstadtium Science and Congress Center in the heart of Darmstadt, Germany, 30km south of Frankfurt.
Register now to join us & celebrate 25 years of Climate@EUMETSAT: www.eventsforce.net/eumetsat/fro...
July 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The EUMETSAT Climate Symposium is from 28–30 October 2025.
The event will take place at darmstadtium Science and Congress Center in the heart of Darmstadt, Germany, 30km south of Frankfurt.
Register now to join us & celebrate 25 years of Climate@EUMETSAT: www.eventsforce.net/eumetsat/fro...
The event will take place at darmstadtium Science and Congress Center in the heart of Darmstadt, Germany, 30km south of Frankfurt.
Register now to join us & celebrate 25 years of Climate@EUMETSAT: www.eventsforce.net/eumetsat/fro...
🎉 Celebrating 10 years of the CM SAF R Toolbox! Launched in summer 2015, it has been downloaded over 80,700 times. A big thank you to all users for your continued support and feedback! Here's to more years of data analysis and climate insights.
👉 www.cmsaf.eu/R_toolbox
👉 www.cmsaf.eu/R_toolbox
July 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🎉 Celebrating 10 years of the CM SAF R Toolbox! Launched in summer 2015, it has been downloaded over 80,700 times. A big thank you to all users for your continued support and feedback! Here's to more years of data analysis and climate insights.
👉 www.cmsaf.eu/R_toolbox
👉 www.cmsaf.eu/R_toolbox
Today at #LPS25:
CM SAF presents 25 years of sustained satellite Climate Data Records - from clouds to radiation, precipitation, humidity & more.
Supporting climate services with high-quality ECVs and near-real-time updates.
🕦 11:30 | Session A.05.02
📍 Room 1.31/1.32
CM SAF presents 25 years of sustained satellite Climate Data Records - from clouds to radiation, precipitation, humidity & more.
Supporting climate services with high-quality ECVs and near-real-time updates.
🕦 11:30 | Session A.05.02
📍 Room 1.31/1.32
June 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Today at #LPS25:
CM SAF presents 25 years of sustained satellite Climate Data Records - from clouds to radiation, precipitation, humidity & more.
Supporting climate services with high-quality ECVs and near-real-time updates.
🕦 11:30 | Session A.05.02
📍 Room 1.31/1.32
CM SAF presents 25 years of sustained satellite Climate Data Records - from clouds to radiation, precipitation, humidity & more.
Supporting climate services with high-quality ECVs and near-real-time updates.
🕦 11:30 | Session A.05.02
📍 Room 1.31/1.32
🌧️ Today at #LPS25:
We present GIRAFE v1 – a new global satellite-based precipitation climate data record with daily uncertainty estimates.
🕓 16:15 | Session A.07.08
📍 Room 1.15/1.16
Join us to learn more about the GIRAFE algorithm & validation!
We present GIRAFE v1 – a new global satellite-based precipitation climate data record with daily uncertainty estimates.
🕓 16:15 | Session A.07.08
📍 Room 1.15/1.16
Join us to learn more about the GIRAFE algorithm & validation!
June 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
🌧️ Today at #LPS25:
We present GIRAFE v1 – a new global satellite-based precipitation climate data record with daily uncertainty estimates.
🕓 16:15 | Session A.07.08
📍 Room 1.15/1.16
Join us to learn more about the GIRAFE algorithm & validation!
We present GIRAFE v1 – a new global satellite-based precipitation climate data record with daily uncertainty estimates.
🕓 16:15 | Session A.07.08
📍 Room 1.15/1.16
Join us to learn more about the GIRAFE algorithm & validation!
Today marks the start of the ESA Living Planet Symposium 2025 in Vienna - the world’s largest Earth observation conference! 🌍
CM SAF experts and users are here to present satellite-based climate data and applications.
📍Find us in Vienna! #LPS25
CM SAF experts and users are here to present satellite-based climate data and applications.
📍Find us in Vienna! #LPS25
June 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Today marks the start of the ESA Living Planet Symposium 2025 in Vienna - the world’s largest Earth observation conference! 🌍
CM SAF experts and users are here to present satellite-based climate data and applications.
📍Find us in Vienna! #LPS25
CM SAF experts and users are here to present satellite-based climate data and applications.
📍Find us in Vienna! #LPS25
Today is #ShowYourStripes day!
We’re joining in with two examples from CM SAF satellite data:
☁️ Cloud fraction over Spain
☀️ Sunshine duration over South Africa
Each stripe shows the anomaly of a year since 1983 – a visual reminder of our changing climate.
👉 www.cmsaf.eu
We’re joining in with two examples from CM SAF satellite data:
☁️ Cloud fraction over Spain
☀️ Sunshine duration over South Africa
Each stripe shows the anomaly of a year since 1983 – a visual reminder of our changing climate.
👉 www.cmsaf.eu
June 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Today is #ShowYourStripes day!
We’re joining in with two examples from CM SAF satellite data:
☁️ Cloud fraction over Spain
☀️ Sunshine duration over South Africa
Each stripe shows the anomaly of a year since 1983 – a visual reminder of our changing climate.
👉 www.cmsaf.eu
We’re joining in with two examples from CM SAF satellite data:
☁️ Cloud fraction over Spain
☀️ Sunshine duration over South Africa
Each stripe shows the anomaly of a year since 1983 – a visual reminder of our changing climate.
👉 www.cmsaf.eu
Next week: the D·A·CH Meteorology Conference 2025 in Bern 🇨🇭
Experts from weather & climate meet to exchange ideas – incl. CM SAF users sharing how satellite-based climate data support their work.
Looking forward to inspiring talks!
👉 dach2025.oeschger.unibe.ch
Experts from weather & climate meet to exchange ideas – incl. CM SAF users sharing how satellite-based climate data support their work.
Looking forward to inspiring talks!
👉 dach2025.oeschger.unibe.ch
D·A·CH 2025 Conference
dach2025.oeschger.unibe.ch
June 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Next week: the D·A·CH Meteorology Conference 2025 in Bern 🇨🇭
Experts from weather & climate meet to exchange ideas – incl. CM SAF users sharing how satellite-based climate data support their work.
Looking forward to inspiring talks!
👉 dach2025.oeschger.unibe.ch
Experts from weather & climate meet to exchange ideas – incl. CM SAF users sharing how satellite-based climate data support their work.
Looking forward to inspiring talks!
👉 dach2025.oeschger.unibe.ch
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Wherever you live in the world, your climate is getting warmer.
21st June is #ShowYourStripes day when we encourage everyone to use the warming stripes graphics to talk about climate change and how we are all already experiencing the consequences.
Download your stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info
21st June is #ShowYourStripes day when we encourage everyone to use the warming stripes graphics to talk about climate change and how we are all already experiencing the consequences.
Download your stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info
June 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Wherever you live in the world, your climate is getting warmer.
21st June is #ShowYourStripes day when we encourage everyone to use the warming stripes graphics to talk about climate change and how we are all already experiencing the consequences.
Download your stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info
21st June is #ShowYourStripes day when we encourage everyone to use the warming stripes graphics to talk about climate change and how we are all already experiencing the consequences.
Download your stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info
Reposted by EUMETSAT CM SAF
The agenda is now online for Climate@EUMETSAT!
28–30 October 2025
Darmstadtium in Darmstadt, Germany.
Sessions will cover topics including climate policy, the future design of satellite climate products, & data access & utilisation.
Details & registration at: www.eventsforce.net/eumetsat/fro...
28–30 October 2025
Darmstadtium in Darmstadt, Germany.
Sessions will cover topics including climate policy, the future design of satellite climate products, & data access & utilisation.
Details & registration at: www.eventsforce.net/eumetsat/fro...
May 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The agenda is now online for Climate@EUMETSAT!
28–30 October 2025
Darmstadtium in Darmstadt, Germany.
Sessions will cover topics including climate policy, the future design of satellite climate products, & data access & utilisation.
Details & registration at: www.eventsforce.net/eumetsat/fro...
28–30 October 2025
Darmstadtium in Darmstadt, Germany.
Sessions will cover topics including climate policy, the future design of satellite climate products, & data access & utilisation.
Details & registration at: www.eventsforce.net/eumetsat/fro...
This week we are joining the workshop on “global precipitation monitoring in a joint European effort” hosted by Institut Pierre Simon Laplace @ipsl.bsky.social in Paris and look forward to discussing requirements, production and use cases of precipitation datasets for climate analysis and services.
May 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This week we are joining the workshop on “global precipitation monitoring in a joint European effort” hosted by Institut Pierre Simon Laplace @ipsl.bsky.social in Paris and look forward to discussing requirements, production and use cases of precipitation datasets for climate analysis and services.