# METimage meteorological imager
*sensor . products*

Visible and infrared imaging instrument on Metop-SG A satellites for clouds, aerosols, surface and ocean products, and high-latitude nowcasting support.

## Specifications
- **product status**: operational
- **manufacturer**: dlr
- **sensor**: {"measurement_principle":"passive","spec_disclosure":"undisclosed","instrument_family":"passive-optical"}
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **entity type**: sensor
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-16
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: dlr
- **attributes**: {"product_status":"operational","manufacturer":"dlr","sensor":"{\"measurement_principle\":\"passive\",\"spec_disclosure\":\"undisclosed\",\"instrument_family\":\"passive-optical\"}","kind":"sensor","deployment_context":"orbital","description":"Visible and infrared imaging instrument on Metop-SG A satellites for clouds, aerosols, surface and ocean products, and high-latitude nowcasting support."}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
METimage is a passive optical visible and infrared multispectral meteorological imager on Metop-SG A satellites, previously named the Visible and Infrared Imager (VII). [^wmo-metimage] The instrument provides 20 visible-to-infrared channels, with channel centres spanning 443 nm to 13.345 um, 500 m nadir resolution for all channels, and an approximately 2670 km swath. [^wmo-metimage] Its coverage pattern supports global observation twice per day for long-wave channels and once per day for short-wave channels. [^wmo-metimage] METimage has demonstrated sea-surface temperature retrieval and atmospheric-motion-vector production on Metop-SG A1, pairing broad visible and thermal imaging with meteorological cloud, aerosol, ocean and surface products. [^wmo-metimage] [^eumetsat-metimage-first-images] First METimage scenes were captured in September 2025, while commissioning and performance tuning still preceded operational data provision. [^eumetsat-metimage-first-images] The instrument sits in the Metop-SG imager role alongside the wider atmospheric sounding and microwave payload suite. [^eumetsat-metop-sg-instruments]

## Compositional position
- metop-sg-a1 (missions) --[mission_payloads]--> METimage meteorological imager

## Sources
- [wmo-metimage] | WMO OSCAR instrument record: METimage | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments/view/metimage | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-16
- [eumetsat-metimage-first-images] | METimage delivers spectacular first images, EUMETSAT | https://www.eumetsat.int/metimage-delivers-spectacular-first-images | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-16
- [eumetsat-metop-sg-instruments] | Metop-SG instruments overview, EUMETSAT | https://www.eumetsat.int/metop-sg-instruments | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-16

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