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Your Guide toEUMETCast
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This guide is for the benefit of amateur and educational users who wish to register for the EUMETCast downlink in order to receive MSG data from Meteosat-9, and AVHRR data from NOAA and MetOp satellites.
Information concerning the hardware and software required to receive weather satellite imagery via EUMETCast can be found by visiting EUMETSAT's Reception Station Set-up page.
If you are ready to register, click this link to proceed straight to the EUMETCast Registration Form.
If you require advice on how to complete this form, read on below ...
Screen 1 - Registration Type
At the foot of the first screen you must select the appropriate type of registration.
Notes:
The 'New user' is for completely new users, who do not yet take a EUMETCast service.
If you already have EUMETCast services, but have not registered electronically before, select 'Existing user requiring additional services' and tick all the services you already take ...
... then click the Next link to continue.
Screen 2 - User Details and Customer Organisation
Complete the relevant fields as illustrated below.
Do be sure to include your e-mail address. EUMETSAT use e-mail a lot for communication—this is how you will be advised of your user passsword, for example. The e-mail address will not be used for spamming.
... then click Next.
Screen 3 - Data Usage and Field of Application
In the first section Tick only the relevant box. If you are a home user (as most are) then tick the 'Personal Use' box.
Please note that here, 'Educational Use' refers specifically to schools, colleges, etc. (EUMETSAT now wish to differentiate these two groups, even though they are treated the same in terms of data access).
In the second section, select one or more options, as appropriate.
In the final section, most private users should select 'No', but if you intend to 'publish' images on your website, via SSTV or in print please tick 'Yes' and inform EUMETSAT of your intended use. They will contact you regarding this. In most cases - use of 'essential data' and 'non timely' licensed data will not invalidate your licence.
Click Next when you have done all this.
Screen 4 - EUMETCast Reception Mode and Band
Make sure you check the top option, EUMETCast.
Select your region (Europe, Africa, Americas).
As before, click Next to continue.
Screen 5 - Service Type (recommendations)
| • | First and foremost, you will almost certainly wish to apply for the ¼-hourly Meteosat transmissions as these are required for creating animations. When you tick this box, the following 8 data items are automatically auto-completed. |
| • | If you wish a complete geostationary view of the Earth you can also select the ½-hourly HRI 'Indian Ocean Data' and the 'Third Party' GOES and MT-SAT options. |
| • | If you tick the 'EARS-AVHRR' Regional Data Service, this will bring you near-real-time NOAA-17 and NOAA-18 (and later MetOp) high-resolution data from the local European stations. |
| • | For the one-orbit-delayed, world-wide, high resolution data from the MetOp satellite you need to check the MetOp AVHRR box in the Global Data Service (Level 1 data) section. |
The form lists much additional data, very little of which is of interest to the amateur. You are strongly advised not to tick boxes 'just for the sake of it'. If you are an inexperienced user and do not fully understand how to manage such large quantities of data, you will almost certainly run your computer to a standstill!
You are recommended to select the options shown below—you can always add additional services in the future, should you require them.
Click Next to continue.
You can read details about the various MetOp services listed above here
Screen 6 - EUMETCast Requirements
If you are a first-time user you must order at least
• one EUMETCast Client Software Licence Package, and
• one EUMETCast Key Unit
by entering '1' in each of the boxes at the top of the page.
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Note
• The TelliCast software is required (if you have not already purchased a copy), and
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If the Delivery Address is the same address you entered earlier, just leave the fields in that section blank.
If the Delivery Address is different then select the Other address option and
complete the appropriate details in the fields that follow.
If the Invoice Address is the same address you entered earlier, just leave the fields in that section blank.
If the Invoice Address is different then select the appropriate option and
enter the new details in the subsequent pane before clicking Next to continue.
Screen 7 - Payment Method (for Software and Key Unit)
Just check the method you wish to use then click Next to continue.
Screen 8 - Confirmation
Below appears just part of a lengthy confirmation screen which lists all the categories from the previous screens, and the selections that you have made from them
Should you discover errors in your selections, now is the time to click Previous and correct them.
When you are certain that everything is correct, click Confirm at the foot of the page.
Terms and Conditions
Please read the Terms and Conditions of EUMETCast licensing as they are important and detail your responsibilities and acceptance as a licensed user—particularly No. 3 and No. 4 in the first section and No. 1 in the Clauses specific to Meteosat data section, before ticking the boxes.
Final Screen
You have now successfully completed your registration.
