Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Metop Satellites Atmospheric Composition Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Sentinel Tags ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Altimeters Copernicus Metop-C NOAA Metop-A Metop-B EPS Europe Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Date 2019 Date March April June July August September SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 10 results Case study 24 September, 24 October 2019–8 November EUMETSAT Science Blog Active Indian Ocean tropical cyclone season 2019 saw a lot of cyclonic activity in the northern Indian Ocean, with five systems being generated. Case study 2 September 2019 02:53 UTC–3 September 15:29 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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 19 August 2019 23:02 UTC–21 August 01:02 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog The chemical fingerprint of Amazonian fires Observations of formaldehyde from the GOME-2 instrument onboard Metop-B on 19-20 August 2019. Case study 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. Case study 21 June 2019 17:50 UTC–5 July 23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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 10 June 2019 12:00 UTC–12 June 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Damaging storms over Central Europe Strong convective episodes occurred, at the boundary of a synoptic ridge, over a two day period in early June 2019, causing widespread damage in parts of Central Europe. Case study 08 June 2019 00:00–23:45 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Triple views of thunderstorms in Finland Thunderstorms across eastern and Northern Finland on 8 June 2019 could be easily tracked using all three Metop satellites that are now in orbit. Case study 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. Case study 15 April 2019 16:00–23:15 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Devastating fire at Notre-Dame Heat signatures from the fire that destroyed part of the historic Parisian cathedral Notre-Dame in April 2019 could be seen on satellite imagery. Case study 24 March 2019 00:00 UTC–25 March 00:00 UTC, 31 March 03:00–08:00 UTC, 8 April 2019 04:00–13:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Widespread flooding in the Middle East Parts of the Middle East were left devastated after severe floods in late March and early April 2019.