[Satellite Today 07-04-08] Eumetsat (the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) will provide data and products for the European Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative, Eumetsat announced July 3.
    The agreement covers GMES pre-operational services from 2008 through 2010, during which all Eumetsat data and products will be made available free of charge to the five GMES Core Services, which consist of three fast-track and two pilot services. The three fast track services are the land core service, marine core service, emergency response support service, and the two pilot services are security and atmosphere monitoring.
    “This agreement probably covers more marine and atmosphere space data than the total until now available to GMES from any single source,” Lars Prahm, director general of Eumetsat, said in a statement.