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 Satellites Atmospheric Composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Jason Tags OLCI SLSTR ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Satellite Applications Facility (SAF) SEVIRI SRAL Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa Altimeters Copernicus NOAA Ocean Colour Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Metop-A Metop-B EPS Europe Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean S America GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Climate Use Cases Date 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 15 results Case study 30 December 2021 07:27 UTC Hydrogen sulphide plumes off the Namibian coast Plumes of hydrogen sulphide could be seen off the coast of Namibia in December 2021. Case study 1-31 August 2019 Winds drive deep water formation in Gulf of Lion Effects of Mistral and Tramontana winds on the Gulf of Lion circulation. Case study 2021 State of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice in 2021 Rising temperatures has led to a marked decrease in the Arctic sea ice area and thickness which could be clearly seen in 2021. Case study 8 August 2021 08:25-10:25 UTC Smoke and burned areas from Greek fires Smoke and burned area scars from the Greek wildfires in Aug 2021 seen in satellite imagery. Case study 26 July-2 August 2021 Widespread smoke from Turkish fires In summer 2021 parts of the Mediterranean Sea were shrouded in smoke from wildfires along Turkey's coast. Case study 1 December 2020 00:00 UTC-3 December 16:24 UTC Upwelling in the Gulf of Tehuantepec Strong upwelling of cold ocean waters and an increase in phytoplankton growth in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Case study 20 January 2020 10:00 UTC–21 January 14:00 UTC. 26 and 27 January 10:00 UTC 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. Case study January-December 2020 Phytoplankton dynamics in east Arabian Sea Sea surface temperatures impact net primary productivity along east Arabian Sea. Case study 4 November–2 December 2019 Meanders in the Mediterranean Instabilities in ocean currents can be identified through synergistic use of data from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites. Case study 2 September 2019 02:53 UTC–3 September 15:29 UTC 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 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, were devastated by two large wildfires. Case study 29 January 2019, 06:00 UTC–31 January 16:00 UTC. US big freeze as seen from space Features of the 'Big Freeze' which affected parts of North America in January 2019 could be seen in satellite imagery. Load More
