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 Satellites Atmospheric Composition Land Ocean Weather Metop Jason Tags SLSTR Sentinel-3 ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI SRAL Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Africa Altimeters NOAA EPS Europe Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean S America GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 10 results Monday, 20 January 2020 20 January 2020 10:00 UTC–21 January 14:00 UTC. 26 and 27 January 10:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Storm Gloria batters Spain and France Storm Gloria brought significant wind and rain to parts of Spain and France on 20 and 21 January 2020. Saturday, 17 August 2019 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, were devastated by two large wildfires. Monday, 28 January 2019 29 January 2019, 06:00 UTC–31 January 16:00 UTC. EUMETSAT Science Blog US big freeze as seen from space Features of the 'Big Freeze' which affected parts of North America in January 2019 could be seen in satellite imagery. Wednesday, 1 January 2020 January–December 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 2019. Friday, 19 October 2018 19 October 2018 03:00–14:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Isolated convective complex over the upper Persian/Arabian Gulf On 19 October 2018 a convective complex developed over open waters in the upper Persian/Arabian Gulf. Wednesday, 25 April 2018 25 April 2018 00:00–23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Sea-ice melt resulted in cold water spill over the Labrador Current Ice melt along the Labrador coast resulted in freshwater water spill over the Labrador Current in April 2018. Tuesday, 20 March 2018 20 March 2018 12:00 UTC–26 March 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Wednesday, 7 March 2018 07 March 2018 02:00–13:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Tuesday, 1 August 2017 August and September 2017 EUMETSAT Science Blog Record-breaking 2017 hurricane season The North Atlantic hurricane season on 2017 has proved to be both devastating and record-breaking so far. Monday, 21 November 2016 21 November 04:00 UTC–22 November 2016 19:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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.
