MSG: Dust imagery in the RGB channels over the full disc at 45.5 degrees East (LEDF41, from 1st June 2022)

The Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellites, operated by EUMETSAT (The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites), provide almost continuous imagery to meteorologists and researchers in Europe and around the world. These include visible, infra-red, water vapour, High Resolution Visible (HRV) images and derived cloud top height, cloud top temperature, fog, snow detection and volcanic ash products. These images are available for a range of geographical areas.

This dataset contains RGB dust images from MSG satellites over the full disc at 45.5 degrees East. Imagery available from 1000 UTC 1st June 2022 onwards at a frequency of 15 minutes (some are hourly) and are at least 24 hours old.

NOTE - this dataset differs from the previous LEDF41 product produced using imagery from Meteosat-8 located at 41.5E. These new data are from Meteosat-9 which was drifted from previous operations over 3.5 E to 45.5 E between 1st February 2022 to 20th April 2022 to take over as the prime IODC (Indian Ocean Data Coverage) satellite by 1st June 2022. See linked EUMETNET web page regarding this change in operation. The Met Office switched to providing this LEDF41 product from this new satellite at 0915 UTC on 1st June 2022, this dataset. See linked datasets for previous data. These are treated as two distinct datasets due to the shift in locational coverage.

The geographic extent for images within this datasets is available via the linked documentation 'MSG satellite imagery product geographic area details'. Each MSG imagery product area can be referenced from the third and fourth character of the image product name giving in the filename. E.g. for EEAO11 the corresponding geographic details can be found under the entry for area code 'AO' (i.e West Africa).

Date (Publication): 2022-06-06T10:23:52

Date (Creation): 2022-06-06T10:23:52

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/906f6d3957f9439c98dfb662cda8a769

Citation identifier: NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis / 906f6d3957f9439c98dfb662cda8a769

Point of contact

Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
Met Office	enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk	Author
EUMETSAT	unknown	Author
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis	support@ceda.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis	support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
unknown	unknown	Principal investigator
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis	support@ceda.ac.uk	pointofContact
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis	support@ceda.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Daily

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

MSG
dust
rbd
Satellites
full disc

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/msg.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under academic use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2022-06-01T10:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Name	Version
Images are PNG formatted.

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/906f6d3957f9439c98dfb662cda8a769	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/msg/data/hritimages/LEDF41_45E	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/msg/MetOffice_SatImagery_AreaCodes_CEDA_v2.pdf	MSG satellite imagery geographic area codes and bounding box information.

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Meteosat_Second_Generation/How_MSG_works	Meteosat Second Generation

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://www.eumetsat.int/meteosat-9-takes-over-IODC-service	EUMETSAT page detailing changes in satellite providing Indian Ocean Data Coverage

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data obtained by satellite from May 2022, prepared by the Met Office and stored in the CEDA Archive. This is a switch in the source satellite imagery for the LEDF41 product produced by the Met Office. See linked note regarding the switch in satellite providing the coverage for this region of the globe.

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File identifier: 906f6d3957f9439c98dfb662cda8a769 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Geostationnary Satellites: Visible, Infra-Red and Water Vapour Images and Derived Data Products over the world
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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-03-11T03:24:54

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	Point of contact

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