Welcome to the Aerosols thematic component of
METIS, the EUMETSAT Monitoring and Evaluation of Thematic Information from Space!
METIS Aerosols is the reference quality monitoring platform providing up-to-date diagnostics of the L2 Near Real Time (NRT) Aerosol product derived from Copernicus Sentinel-3 (CS3) operationally generated in less than 2.5 h!
This product is directly generated by the operational processor: Optimized Simultaneous Surface Aerosol Retrieval from Copernicus Sentinel-3 (OSSAR-CS3). OSSAR-CS3 is implemented, maintained, incrementaly evolved and lead autonomously by EUMETSAT, entrusted by the European Commission (EC) and the Copernicus programme.
Current Satellite L2 NRT Sentinel-3 Aerosol Products are from: Sentinel-3 SLSTR-A and -B. Further details are described on the EUMETSAT Operational Algorithm Web page - Copernicus Sentinel-3 NRT Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) Air quality, long-range transport & threat monitoring of suspended air particles
All analyses are stratified into 27 Regions of interest (ROI).
Latest evolution, Collection 3.1, was released on 5th July 2024.
OSSAR-CS3 is one of the EUMETSAT operational processors contributing to the Copernicus Sentinel-3 NRT Atmosphere portfolio (including Fires, Clouds, Water Vapour). More details available on the EUMETSAT NRT Sentinel-3 Atmospheric Composition Webpage.
For a quick 1-page summary of the latest day result available, click on Quick Dashboard latest day.
Latest available Sentinel-3 A+B SLSTR NRT AOT(550 nm) Lands / Oceans Best Quality :
Sentinel-3 A+B SLSTR NRT AOD(550 nm) (click on image to enlarge) - Spectral Color. For more maps, .
Sentinel-3 A+B SLSTR NRT AOD(550 nm) (click on image to enlarge) - Yellow Red Color. For more maps, .
