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 Atmospheric Composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags Metop-A GOES ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Altimeters Copernicus Metop-B EPS North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS ABI AHI Atlantic Ocean Date 2020 2019 2018 2016 2015 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 6 results 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 21 June 2019 17:50 UTC–5 July 23:00 UTC Eruption of the Raikoke volcano A powerful, rare eruption from Raikoke volcano in the Kuril Islands on 21 June 2019, could be clearly seen on satellite imagery. Case study 30 August 2018 12:00 UTC–17 September 23:00 UTC Hurricane Florence Hurricane Florence was the first major hurricane of the 2018 North Atlantic hurricane season and caused major devastation when it hit the US east coast in mid-September. 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. Case study 26 March 2015 13:30 UTC Rains over Atacama desert On Thursday 26th March 2015, an unusual rain event brought almost an inch of precipitation to the Atacama, Antofagasta and Coquimbo regions.