Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Satellites Meteosat Atmospheric Composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Metop Sentinel Tags SEVIRI Europe Terra/Aqua MODIS ASCAT AVHRR Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SLSTR Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA Metop-A Metop-B EPS Asia SNPP VIIRS Date 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2011 2009 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 22 results Case study 23 October 2021-2 November EUMETSAT Science Blog Multiple severe rain events in western Med & N Africa Between 23 Oct and 2 Nov 2021, a series of upper-level lows caused disturbances in the Mediterranean/northern Africa area. Case study 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, were devastated by two large wildfires. Case study 10 August 2019 06:00–20:45 UTC and 11 August 06:00–13:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Wildfires in Greece The Greek island of Elafonisos in the Pelaponessus region suffered from major wildfires in August 2019. Case study 22 April 2019 12:00 UTC, 23 April 06:00–12:30 UTC, 24 April 06:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust over Europe Two dust clouds, one from northern Africa and one from Central Europe, travelled north towards Iceland and Greenland in late April 2019. Case study 24 March 2019 00:00 UTC–25 March 00:00 UTC, 31 March 03:00–08:00 UTC, 8 April 2019 04:00–13:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Widespread flooding in the Middle East Parts of the Middle East were left devastated after severe floods in late March and early April 2019. Case study 15 November 2018 07:00–15:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Contrail shadows over the stratus Unusually shaped shadow contours of high contrail clouds, casted over the wide stratus field, were explored through various VIIRS (i.e. FCI proxy) and SEVIRI products. Case study 27 October 2018 00:00 UTC–02 November 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Intense Mediterranean cyclone's alpine crossing A cyclone that intensified over Mediterranean waters took a very direct path over the Alps. Case study 23 July 2018 12:00–18:00 UTC and 24 July 00:05 UTC and 00:55 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Devastating wildfires near Athens In late July 2018 wildfires ripped through coastal areas in Greece, causing thousands to flee and a number of fatalities. Case study 30 June 2018 00:00–23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Sharp moisture boundary seen by SEVIRI and MODIS A sharp low level moisture boundary that stretched over the central Europe in June 2018, was well observed by both the SEVIRI Dust RGB product and MODIS 0.935 µm channel. Case study May–September 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog A summer of heatwaves and drought for many Summer 2018 in much of Europe was characterised by prolonged heatwaves, leading to droughts in some areas. Case study 25 April 2018 06:00 UTC–26 April 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Severe flash floods in parts of Israel A series of flash floods occurred in parts of Israel, throughout April 2018. Case study 27 March 2018–6 April 12:12 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Ice melting in the Baltic Sea After a dark Nordic winter, the Meteosat Natural Colour RGB provides a view of day time ice through the combination of 0.8 µm, 1.6 µm and 3.9 µm — optimal to separate land, ice or cloud. Load More
