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 Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Jason Tags OLCI ASCAT AVHRR Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa Altimeters EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Date 2017 Date February March April June August September December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 9 results Case study January–December 2018 Image Library top ten for 2018 A look at our most popular case studies from 2018 Case study 22 September 2017 17:00–25 September 06:30 UTC and 1 October 19:00–21:00 UTC Eruption of volcano Aoba (Ambae) in Vanuatu archipelago Vanuatu erupted in the days from 22 September 2017 onward. Case study August and September 2017 Record-breaking 2017 hurricane season The North Atlantic hurricane season on 2017 has proved to be both devastating and record-breaking so far. Case study 18 June 2017 06:00–19:00 UTC and 19 June 06:00 UTC Devastating wildfires in Portugal Hot spots and smoke from a deadly, widespread forest fire in central Portugal could be seen by Meteosat, Sentinel-3 and Suomi-NPP on 18, 19 & 20 June 2017 Case study 5 April 00:00 UTC–14 April 00:00 UTC Another phase of eruptions from volcano Aoba (Vanuatu) Since September 2017 volcano Aoba, in the archipelago of Vanuatu, had been showing intermittent activity. Between 5 and 14 April 2018 there was further increased activity. Case study 26 March 2017 10:20 UTC and 12:00 UTC Clear skies for start of British Summer Time The first day of official British Summer Time brought blue skies and above average, warm temperatures to Britain and the UK on 26 March 2017. Case study 18 March 2017 09:30 UTC–19 March 12:12 UTC Clear skies over the Mediterranean Satellite images of the Mediterranean sea are informative even on clear days, as is shown in this case from March 2017. 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 March to June 2017 South African algal blooms Detection of harmful algal blooms in the southern Benguela, as seen by OLCI aboard Sentinel-3.
