EUMETSAT Data Store and EUMETView

Kept by incident.meteorology@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 11:36 UTC

Open data and APIs

Left: what points at it. Right: what it points at. Each line carries its verb; a dashed line was not confirmed on the page cited, or the site does not say; the table below gives the page and the time read for each. From data-eumetsat.json

Where a forecast comes from · Open data and APIs · id data-eumetsat · as data

EUMETSAT's products: imagery as WMS/WMTS map layers and the data as files through an API.

Address: https://data.eumetsat.int/ (leaves this site)

What it is connected to, and who says so

The same thing elsewhere on this site: source:eumetsat in the register of sources (a join we state, not a match by address).

This	Verb	That	The page that says so	Read	Check
EUMETSAT Data Store and EUMETView	published by	EUMETSAT	data.eumetsat.int: "EUMETSAT - Data Store You are using an unsupported browser. We can not guarantee, that the product navigator is working properly in this environment. Please use a newer browser."	11:29 UTC, 11 Nov	stated on the page

Licence: what we may do with it

EUMETSAT "Core" data and products: CC BY 4.0, without charge (user.eumetsat.int, read 11:36 UTC, 11 Nov, stated on the page).

Read	Store	Show	Transform	Attribution
yes, after registering in its user portal	yes	yes, with attribution	yes, with attribution	"[Contains modified] EUMETSAT [Meteosat/Metop] [data/product] [year]"

What it offers for Lisbon and Madeira this week

Meteosat imagery as map layers that can be asked for any box and time: cloud mask, cloud top height, infrared, natural colour; the storm seen from space every 5 to 15 minutes.

Endpoint: https://view.eumetsat.int/geoserver/wms?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
Key: none for map images; a free account for the Data Store API
Format: WMS/WMTS map images (PNG, JPEG); the data as NetCDF or native files through the Data Store
Size: the capabilities document is 28 KB and lists 117 layer entries (our probe); one image tile is tens to hundreds of KB
Cadence: Meteosat full disc every 10 minutes (third generation), rapid scan every 5
This week (probe read 02:29 UTC, 11 Nov): Read 02:29 UTC: the service answered. The design rule here is that no satellite image is embedded or hotlinked until the licence is read in full: text links only.
How to read it: GetMap with layers=<name>&bbox=…&time=…
Limits: Images are binaries: never in git. Three licences apply by product and age (Core: CC BY 4.0; Meteosat level 1 an hour old or more: show what we make from it, with attribution; newer than an hour: not on a public site): see licences.

Not a warning service: this page explains where data comes from. For warnings follow IPMA and ANEPC.