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 Metop Sentinel Atmospheric Composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Tags ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Altimeters Copernicus IASI NOAA Ocean Colour Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Metop-A Metop-B EPS Europe Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean Himawari GOES SNPP VIIRS ABI Polar Atlantic Ocean Climate Use Cases Date 2020 2019 2017 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 9 results Case study 1 December 2020 00:00 UTC-3 December 16:24 UTC Upwelling in the Gulf of Tehuantepec Strong upwelling of cold ocean waters and an increase in phytoplankton growth in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Case study 25 September 2020 13:35 UTC Arctic sea ice minimum 2020 In September 2020 the Arctic sea ice extent shrunk to the second lowest in the 42-year satellite record. Case study 18 April 2020 00:00 UTC-22 April 23:00 UTC Extensive DIBS in the Deformation Zone In April 2020, pockmarked DIBS cloud, produced by a cyclone over the Mediterranean Sea, entered an elongated deformation zone. Case study Jan, Feb, March 2007-2020 Pollution levels drop during COVID-19 lockdown The COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020 had a visible effect on pollution. Case study January–December 2020 Top ten case studies for 2020 A look at our most popular case studies from 2020. Case study 2 September 2019 02:53 UTC–3 September 15:29 UTC Multiple perspectives on Hurricane Dorian Data from a combination of EUMETSAT-operated satellites contributed to monitoring of the record-breaking Hurricane Dorian during September 2019 Case study 15 July–18 August 2019 Huge fires in the Arctic and Siberia Huge fires in the Arctic and Siberia during summer 2019, were seen by the Sentinel-3 and Metop satellites. Case study June and July 2019 European heatwaves in summer 2019 Maximum temperature records were broken in many parts of Europe in June and July 2019, due to a series of heatwaves. Case study 8 March 2017 06:31 UTC and 10 March 06:34 UTC Oil spill over Arabian Gulf On 8 March 2017 an oil spill occurred in the Arabian Gulf off the west coast of UAE and reached the Al-Fujairah coast.