Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Filter by Categories Satellites Atmospheric Composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Sentinel Metop Tags ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Africa IASI NOAA Metop-B EPS Europe Asia S America GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Sentinel-3 Date 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 10 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort Monday, 12 April 2021 9-12 April 2021 EUMETSAT Science Blog Major eruption of La Soufrière volcano Major eruption of the Caribbean volcano La Soufrière in early April 2021. Friday, 25 September 2020 25 September 2020 13:35 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Arctic Sea Ice Minimum 2020 In September 2020 the Arctic sea ice extent shrunk to the second lowest in the 42-year satellite record. Saturday, 18 April 2020 18 April 2020 00:00 UTC-22 April 23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Extensive DIBS in the Deformation Zone In April 2020, pockmarked DIBS cloud, produced by a cyclone over the Mediterranean Sea, entered an elongated deformation zone - stretching from France to Turkey. Monday, 15 July 2019 15 July–18 August 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog Huge fires in the Arctic and Siberia Huge fires in the Arctic and Siberia during Summer 2019, were seen by the Sentinel-3 and Metop satellites. Saturday, 1 June 2019 June and July 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog European heatwaves in Summer 2019 Maximum temperature records were broken in many parts of Europe in June and July 2019, due to a series of heatwaves. 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. Tuesday, 1 January 2019 January–December 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2018 A look at our most popular case studies from 2018 Wednesday, 8 March 2017 8 March 2017 06:31 UTC and 10 March 06:34 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Oil spill over Arabian Gulf On 8 March 2017 an oil spill occurred in the Arabian Gulf off the west coast of UAE and reached the Al-Fujairah coast. Friday, 1 May 2020 Jan, Feb, March 2007-2020 EUMETSAT Science Blog Pollution levels drop during COVID-19 lockdown The COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020 had a visible effect on pollution. Sunday, 6 May 2018 6-15 May 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog Transport of African-Arabian dust to Pakistan and North India In May 2018 dust clouds from Africa and the Arabian peninsula travelled as far as India.
