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 Land Ocean Weather Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Africa IASI NOAA EPS Europe S America Himawari SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Sentinel-3 Asia Date 2019 2018 2017 2016 14 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort 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. 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, 5 January 2019 05 and 06 January 2019 03:00–13:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Outflow of Indian winter smog over North Indian Ocean On 6 January 2019 Indian winter smog spread over the North Indian Ocean. Saturday, 5 January 2019 05 January 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog How Sentinel-3 products are helping tackle the issues of underwater imaging Ocean colour satellites can be used to measure light attenuation in the water column – a crucial factor when processing images. 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. Friday, 19 October 2018 19 October 2018 03:00–14:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Isolated convective complex over the upper Persian/Arabian Gulf On 19 October 2018 a convective complex developed over open waters in the upper Persian/Arabian Gulf. Saturday, 6 October 2018 06 October 2018 06:00 UTC–14 October 18:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Assessing the sea state in the Arabian Sea during Tropical Cyclone Luban Luban went through the life cycle of a tropical storm over the Arabian Sea between 6 October and 14 October 2018. Thursday, 26 July 2018 26 July 2018 04:00 UTC to 3 August 06:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dense dust outbreak across the Arabian peninsula Summer Shamal pushed dense dust across the Arabian peninsula to its south coast and out over the Arabian Sea in late July/early August 2018. Wednesday, 7 March 2018 07 March 2018 02:00–13:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. 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. Wednesday, 1 March 2017 2 March 2017, 28 April, 7 May, 16 July, 30 July, 11 August and 21 August 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog Phytoplankton Blooms spotted by Sentinel-3 Sentinel-3A has captured a number of images of the variety of species of phytoplankton that bloom in the world’s oceans and lakes. Monday, 21 November 2016 21 November 04:00 UTC–22 November 2016 19:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Load More
