Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Sentinel Atmospheric composition Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Tags Sentinel-3 Asia GOME-2 MSG OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL MTG Africa Altimeters Copernicus IASI NOAA Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe Himawari SNPP VIIRS AHI Polar Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 11 results Case study Jan, Feb, March 2007-2020 Pollution levels drop during COVID-19 lockdown The COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020 had a visible effect on pollution. Case study 8 October 2019 00:16 UTC–12 October 12:00 UTC, 13 October Devastating Typhoon Hagibis Typhoon Hagibis was the worst storm to hit Japan for half a century. Case study 5 and 6 January 2019 03:00–13:00 UTC Outflow of winter smog over north Indian Ocean On 6 January 2019 Indian winter smog spread over the north Indian Ocean. Case study 5 January 2019 Tackling issues of underwater imaging using Sentinel-3 Ocean colour satellites can be used to measure light attenuation in the water column. Case study 19 October 2018 03:00–14:00 UTC Isolated convective complex over upper Persian Gulf On 19 October 2018 a convective complex developed over open waters in the upper Persian Gulf. Case study 6 October 2018 06:00 UTC–14 October 18:00 UTC Lifecycle of Tropical Cyclone Luban Life cycle of tropical storm over the Arabian Sea in October 2018. Case study 26 July 2018 04:00 UTC to 3 August 06:00 UTC Dense dust outbreak across Arabian peninsula Summer Shamal pushed dense dust across the Arabian peninsula and over the Arabian Sea in late summer 2018. Case study 6-15 May 2018 Transport of African-Arabian dust to Pakistan & north India In May 2018 dust clouds from Africa and the Arabian peninsula travelled as far as India. Case study 7 March 2018 02:00–13:00 UTC 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. Case study 2 March 2017, 28 April, 7 May, 16 July, 30 July, 11 August and 21 August 2018 Phytoplankton blooms spotted by Sentinel-3 Images of the variety of species of phytoplankton that bloom in the world’s oceans and lakes in 2017 & 2018. Case study 21 November 04:00 UTC–22 November 2016 19:00 UTC 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.
