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The alerting system provides an early warning when adverse temperatures are likely to impact on the health and wellbeing of the population.
Maritime weather and tide conditions - navigation equipment, radios and emergency beacons, register a 406 beacon
HM Coastguard regularly broadcasts Maritime Safety Information (MSI) by…
Weather information at sea Find information about conditions at sea from…
You can get navigational information by radio from: navigational warnings,…
Safe navigation is particularly important in adverse weather and sea…
A voyage data recorder (VDR), often known as the ship’s ‘black box’,…
The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is a maritime…
A 406 megahertz (MHz) beacon can send a distress signal via satellites to…
Small commercial ships should keep a listening watch on VHF channel 16 for…
This project improved the accuracy of Met Office data on where and how much heavy rain will fall to make forecasting floods easier.
Information on how the The Met Office delivers space weather services.
The UK Space Agency has announced its largest investment into an early-stage technology programme to enhance the UK’s Earth observation technologies, to improve how space is used to understand and protect the planet.
Plan for climate change impacts to and from your site. How to integrate climate change adaptation into your management system under an environmental permit.
Space Minister Andrew Griffith was in Brussels today (22 May 2024), where he witnessed the signing of a major industrial contract that will see Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage building Europe’s flagship space weather mission, Vigil.
Improving the accuracy and reliability of the radar network to fully exploit and bring into operation the latest technology.
A mission to better understand the role of clouds and aerosols in regulating Earth’s climate.
Earth Observation is the collection, analysis and presentation of information about planet Earth’s physical, chemical and biological systems via remote sensing technologies.
Information for industry on how to engage and keep up to date with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Robust Global Navigation System (R-GNS) Project.
Dstl ensures the UK can develop and exploit new sensor technologies for our defence and security, to find and assess potential threats and give information to decision-makers.
Guidance to help organisations choose a monitoring approach for stack emissions to air that meets Environment Agency and MCERTS requirements (formerly part of M2).
How the UK Space Agency and the UK space sector are involved in the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, UK.
Engage with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) on SKYNET Enduring Capability (SKEC), the next generation of solutions for future satellite communication programmes.
This guidance specifies the standards for the continuous monitoring and sampling of stack emissions.
Guidance on the choice of recommended coordinate reference system (CRS) in the UK Geospatial Data Standards Register for exchanging geospatial information
Satellite precipitation products are useful to complement rain gauge networks in regions where these are too sparse to capture patterns
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