About Us
The LSA SAF (Satellite Application Facility on Land Surface Analysis) is part of the distributed EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) Application Ground Segment. It is focused on the development and processing of satellite products that characterize the continental surfaces, such as radiation products, vegetation, evapotranspiration and wild fires.
All LSA SAF product are distributed according with EUMETSAT data policy and have been classified as essential and are distributed free of charge for users registered at this website.
The LSA SAF maintains an helpdesk service to answer to any question related to the LSA SAF services and products: helpdesk.landsaf@ipma.pt.
The LSA SAF, hosted by the Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) is a joint venture of the following NMHSs and Universities together with EUMETSAT:
| Logo | Country | Acronym | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
 |  | IPMA | Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera |
 |  | MF | Météo-France |
 |  | RMI | Royal Meteorological Institute |
 |  | KIT | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
 | | VITO | Flemish Institute for Technological Research |
 |  | UV | University of Valencia |
 | | IDL | Instituto Geofisico do Infante Dom Luiz |
 |  | KCL | King's College London |
 |  | ARSO | Slovenian Environment Agency |
 |  | NIMH | National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology |