METEOSAT  INDOEX   INDOEX Web site. 
 
Meteosat-5 has been relocated to a position of  63°E. ( au "dessus" de l'Océan Indien ) The re-location lasted from 14 January until 18 May 1998. The routine INDOEX mission started in July 1998.
High resolution image formats are disseminated directly on channel A1.
 
 
EUMETSAT's Contribution to INDOEX Voir INDOEX le 3 mai 1999 Infra-Rouge 
 The Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) is an international field experiment with participation from United Kingdom, France, Germany, India, The Netherlands, Sweden, and the USA. The three main objectives are: Long-term observations started in January 1998 along with the first intensive field phase took place between January and April of 1999. For more details please check the INDOEX Web site.

Since 18 May 1998 Meteosat-5 has been operating at 63°E .

EUMETSAT received the request to support the INDOEX experiment by providing Meteosat imagery for the Indian Ocean area. This request was agreed by EUMETSAT's Council and the service started in 1998.

In support of this international experiment Meteosat-5 was relocated to a position of 63°E. The relocation was initiated on 14 January and finished on 18 May 1998. The operational suppport from this position started on 1 July 1998.

   Regularly updated 3-hourly image data are available on our Web server.

You can see the changing view of the earth in the images taken during Meteosat-5's drift phase.



 

Images taken by Meteosat-5 are disseminated directly from Meteosat-5 on channel A1 primarily as digital formats, according to the dissemination schedule S9904I01.

On the operational service at 0° Longitude, INDOEX images are disseminated as X-formats according to the dissemination schedule S9904M01. The infrared channel and the visible channel (during daytime only) are disseminated on an hourly basis, while the water vapour channel is disseminated on a 3-hourly basis.

The dissemination schedules are available in the following formats:
 
 
  Text Format Format 
   Primary Service schedule    
   INDOEX Service schedule     

  EUMETSAT's Data Policy for INDOEX products is explained below.


Below is a brief set of facts describing EUMETSAT's support to INDOEX:



 

Data Policy for INDOEX

Below is a brief description of EUMETSAT's Data Policy for INDOEX. In view of the short term experimental nature of this activity, this deviates from EUMETSAT's standard Data Policy.



 

Meteosat-5 image taken on 20 May 1998 at 8.00 UTC from its final position at: 63.0°E
 
 
 
Voir nouvelle position orbitale
Dérive orbitale jusqu'à 63°E 
To see an animated sequence  just click on the image. 

Previous images taken during the drift phase:

Position at: 60.4°E -  15 May 1998 at 8.30 UTC 
Position at: 56.0°E -  7 May 1998 at 8.30 UTC 
Position at: 51.6°E - 30 April 1998 at 9.30 UTC 
Position at: 47.0°E - 23 April 1998 at 9.00 UTC 
Position at: 43.2°E - 16 April 1998 at 9.00 UTC 
Position at: 39.0°E - 9 April 1998 at  9.30 UTC 
Position at: 34.8°E - 2 April 1998 at 10.00 UTC 
Position at: 33.2°E - 31 March 1998 at 10.30 UTC 
Position at: 30.5°E - 26 March 1998 at  10.30 UTC 
Position at: 26.3°E - 20 March 1998 at  9.30 UTC 
Position at: 22.5°E - 13 March 1998 at 12.00 UTC 
Position at: 18.5°E - 6 March 1998 at 12.00 UTC 
Position at: 14.0°E - 26 February 1998 at 10.30 UTC 
Position at: 10.6°E - 20 February 1998 at 11.00 UTC 
Position at: 6.8°E - 13 February 1998 at 12.00 UTC 
Position at: 3.0°E - 6 February 1998 at 13.00 UTC 
Position at: 5.0°W - 22 January 1998 at 12.00 UTC 
Position at: 8.2°W - 16 January 1998 at 12.00 UTC 
Position at: 9.3°W - 14 November 1997 at 9.00 UTC


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