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 Atmospheric composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Metop Sentinel Jason Tags MSG SEVIRI Sentinel-3 ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 OLCI SLSTR SRAL Third Party MTG Africa Altimeters Copernicus Metop-C NOAA IODC Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Climate Use Cases Ocean Decade Date 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 27 results Case study 21 January 2023 12:00 UTC-22 January 03:00 UTC Medicane in northern Adriatic First medicane of the 2023 season formed on 21 January over the Adriatic. 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 15-22 March 2022 Widespread dust intrusion across Europe Continental-wide plume of Saharan dust across Europe in March 2022. Case study Spring flooding of north Italian rice fields In spring in northern Italy to aid rice cultivation, rice fields are flooded, which can be seen in satellite imagery. Case study 17 May 2021 02:30-13:00 UTC and 18 May 01:00 UTC Tropical Cyclone Tauktae Tropical Cyclone Tauktae made landfall in the Indian state of Gujarat on 17 May 2021. Case study 18 April 2020 00:00 UTC-22 April 23:00 UTC Extensive DIBS in the Deformation Zone Pockmarked DIBS cloud, produced by a cyclone, entered an elongated deformation zone. Case study 13 April 2020 12:00 UTC-15 April 12:00 UTC Retour d’est or extended Bora flow along Po Valley Retour d’est along Po Valley in satellite imagery in April 2020. Case study 22-27 February 2020, Various times Dust over the Canaries Record dense dust over the Canary Islands originates near the African coast. 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 26 September 2019 15:30 UTC–27 September 15:30 UTC Record-breaking Hurricane Lorenzo Hurricane Lorenzo was the strongest hurricane to go so far north and east in the Atlantic. 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. Load More
