Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Meteosat Sentinel Atmospheric composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Metop Jason Tags SLSTR Sentinel-3 ASCAT AVHRR MSG OLCI SEVIRI SRAL Third Party MTG Africa Altimeters NOAA Metop Europe Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Atlantic Ocean Climate Use Cases Ocean Decade Date 2022 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 11 results Case study Summer 2022 Marine heatwave intensification threatens coral reef health Using satellite data to show how marine heatwave intensification threatens coral reef health. Case study 1-19 July 2022 Heatwaves across Western Europe Widespread heatwaves and wildfire outbreaks across west Europe and UK in mid-July 2022. Case study 20 January 2020 10:00 UTC–21 January 14:00 UTC. 26 and 27 January 10:00 UTC Storm Gloria batters Spain and France Storm Gloria brought significant wind and rain to parts of Spain and France. Case study 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, were devastated by two large wildfires. Case study 29 January 2019, 06:00 UTC–31 January 16:00 UTC. US big freeze as seen from space Features of the 'Big Freeze' which affected parts of North America in January 2019. Case study 19 October 2018 03:00–14:00 UTC Isolated convective complex over upper Persian Gulf On 19 October 2018 a convective complex developed over open waters in the upper Persian Gulf. Case study 25 April 2018 00:00–23:00 UTC Sea-ice melt water spills into Labrador Current Ice melt along the Labrador coast resulted in freshwater water spill over the Labrador Current in April 2018. Case study 20 March 2018 12:00 UTC–26 March 12:00 UTC Long-range dust outbreak over Africa and Greece In late March 2018 a cold outbreak drove Saharan dust from the Atlas mountains down to the south-west coast of Africa and on to Greece. Case study 7 March 2018 02:00–13:00 UTC Sentinel-3 'sees' black smoke from ship fire In early March 2018 Sentinel-3 'saw' black smoke from a container ship fire, thanks to sunglint from the ocean surface. Case study August and September 2017 Record-breaking 2017 hurricane season The North Atlantic hurricane season on 2017 has proved to be both devastating and record-breaking so far. Case study 21 November 04:00 UTC–22 November 2016 19:00 UTC Dust over the Sea of Oman A large area of dust was seen by both Meteosat and Sentinel-3A as it travelled across parts of the Middle East in November 2016.
