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 Weather Meteosat Atmospheric Composition Climate Land Ocean Metop Jason Tags MODIS AMSU ASCAT AVHRR Jason-2 Jason-3 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MHS MVIRI SEVIRI Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Africa IASI NOAA Metop-A Metop-B EPS Europe Asia S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP VIIRS ABI AHI Date 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 41 results Case study 24 September, 24 October 2019–8 November EUMETSAT Science Blog Active Indian Ocean tropical cyclone season 2019 saw a lot of cyclonic activity in the northern Indian Ocean, with five systems being generated. 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 18 December 2018 23:54 UTC–19 December 01:48 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Satellite images of bright meteor (bolide) east of Kamchatka On 18 December 2018 at 23:48:20 UTC a very bright meteor exploded above the Bering Sea, east of Kamchatka. 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 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 29 June 2018 18:02 UTC–30 June 06:02 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog GOES-16 'sees' supercell over South Dakota In June 2018 supercell thunderstorms brought tornadoes and large hailstones to South Dakota. 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. Case study 20 March 2018 03:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Sunglint during March equinox Satellite imagery during the Spring Equinox (Autumn in Southern Hemisphere) captured very obvious sunglint near the Equator. Load More
