Satellite & Radar Providers
Satellite Providers
meteoblue uses real time satellite data from different providers and merges them to a global composite, that is available within our weather maps plugin and the tile API. Furthermore, the data is used for cloud nowcasting.
The data comes from geostationary satellites, that are operated by the following providers:
| Country | Satellite | Provider | Attribution URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA | GOES | NOAA | https://www.noaa.gov/ |
| Germany | METEOSAT | EUMETSAT | https://www.eumetsat.int/ |
| Japan | HIMAWARI | JMA | https://www.jma.go.jp/ |
Radar Providers
meteoblue uses radar data from different providers and merges them to regional composites, that are available within our weather maps plugin and the tile API. Furthermore, the data is used for precipitation nowcasting.
There are 3 different composites available:
| Coverage | Time resolution | Animation | Spatial Resolution | Forecast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global | 15 min | 1 min | 5 km | no |
| Europe | 15 min | 1 min | 3 km | +2h |
| US & Canada | 12 Min | 1 min | 2 km | +2h |
The original data is coming from the following providers:
| Country | Provider | Attribution URL |
|---|---|---|
| USA | NOAA | https://www.noaa.gov/ |
| Germany | DWD | https://www.dwd.de/ |
| Switzerland | MeteoSchweiz | https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/ |
| Canada | MSC | https://weather.gc.ca/canada_e.html |
| UK | UK Met Office | https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ |
| Sweden | SMHI | https://www.smhi.se/ |
| Israel | IMS | https://ims.gov.il/ |
| Iceland | IMO | https://en.vedur.is/ |
| Denmark | DMI | https://www.dmi.dk/ |
| Slovenia | SHMU | http://www.shmu.sk/ |
| Hungary | OMS | https://www.met.hu/ |
| Saudi Arabia | PME | http://www.pme.gov.sa/ |
| Belgium | RMI | https://www.meteo.be/ |
| Netherlands | KNMI | https://www.knmi.nl/ |
| Japan | JMA | https://www.jma.go.jp/ |
| Spain | AEMET | http://www.aemet.es/ |
| Australia | BOM | http://www.bom.gov.au/ |
| France | Météo-France | https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/ |