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 Atmospheric Composition Land Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags S America ASCAT AVHRR Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA Metop-A Metop-B Europe Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Polar Pacific Ocean Date 2020 2019 2018 2016 2015 2014 2013 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 23 results Case study 7 December 2020 12:50-23:00 UTC Pacific cirrus above stratocumulus New NIR1.3 channel on GOES ABI helps to detect thin cirrus clouds above low-level clouds. Case study 7 and 8 March 2020 Dust from a dry Patagonian lake reaches Atlantic Dust that lifted from a dry Patagonian lake and reached the Atlantic could be seen on various satellite images in March 2020. Case study 18 December 2019 and 25 February 2000, 14:30 UTC 20th anniversary of NASA's Terra satellite On 18 December 2019, NASA’s EOS Terra satellite celebrated 20 years in orbit. Case study 20-21 November 2019 Andes weather in November Andes mountain waves are frequent in November, as was the case in 2019. Case study 21 July 1969 Convective storms - an Apollo 9 view Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing with views of Earth from satellite and Apollo missions. Case study 9–19 June 2019, Various times Torrential rain and floods in Uruguay Torrential rain hit central Uruguay in June 2019, causing serious flooding. Case study 2 June 2019 09:00 UTC–5 June 08:00 UTC The Fujiwhara effect on extratropical cyclones Extratropical cyclones in the south-east Pacific underwent the Fujiwhara effect in June 2019. Case study 24 March 2019 11:00 UTC–25 March 10:00 UTC Rare tropical storm in the southern Atlantic In late March 2019 a rare tropical storm formed in the south Atlantic basin. Case study 04 March 2019 00:00–10:00 UTC Night-time thunderstorms over Argentina The GOES-16 ABI Night Microphysics RGB monitored convective outflow boundaries from major thunderstorms in Argentina in early March 2019. Case study 23 March 2018 16:00 UTC–25 March 20:45 UTC Thunderstorms over La Plata river In late March 2018 severe thunderstorms hit parts of South America. Case study 16 February 2018 11:00–23:15 UTC Intense thunderstorms in Argentina and Uruguay Intense thunderstorms in Argentina and Uruguay, with hail and rain, helped extinguish fires in February 2018. Case study 12 September 2016 00:38 UTC–15 September 10:38 UTC Explosive cyclogenesis in Río de la Plata & Atlantic Ocean Rapid development of a cyclogenesis caused strong winds and 11 m waves in the Atlantic Ocean. The coastal cities of Buenos Aires and Uruguay suffered severe damage. Load More
