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 Metop Sentinel Tags ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Africa Copernicus IASI NOAA Metop-B EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Sentinel-3 Date 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 58 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. Wednesday, 3 March 2021 16-28 February and 2-11 March 2021 EUMETSAT Science Blog Mount Etna very active in February & March 2021 Regular Etna eruptions observed in February 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. Tuesday, 2 February 2021 13 April 2020 12:00 UTC-15 April 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Retour d’est or extended Bora flow along Po Valley Retour d’est along Po Valley in satellite imagery in April 2020. Friday, 6 March 2020 7 and 8 March 2020 EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust lifted from a dry Patagonian lake reaches the South Atlantic Dust that lifted from a dry Patagonian lake and reached the Atlantic could be seen on various satellite images in March 2020. Friday, 21 February 2020 22-27 February 2020, Various times EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust over the Canaries Record dense dust over the Canary Islands originates near the African coast. 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. Sunday, 12 January 2020 12 January 2020 07:00 UTC–13 January 15:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Short but massive eruption of volcano Taal Volcano Taal, on Luzon Island in the Philippines, erupted for some hours on 12 and 13 January 2020. Sunday, 3 November 2019 4 November–2 December 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog Meanders in the Mediterranean Instabilities in ocean currents can be identified through synergistic use of data from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites. Tuesday, 8 October 2019 08 October 2019 00:16 UTC–12 October 12:00 UTC, 13 October EUMETSAT Science Blog Devastating Typhoon Hagibis Typhoon Hagibis was the worst storm to hit Japan for half a century, when it made landfall in mid-October 2019. Thursday, 26 September 2019 26 Sept 2019 15:30 UTC–27 Sept 15:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Record-breaking Hurricane Lorenzo Hurricane Lorenzo was the strongest hurricane on record to go so far north and east in the Atlantic Ocean, when it reached Category 5 status in September 2019. Load More
