Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Atmospheric Composition Satellites Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Science Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags Metop-B AMSU ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI Third Party Sentinel-3 Sentinel-6 Africa Altimeters Atmosphere Copernicus IASI Metop-C NOAA Metop-A EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Pacific Ocean Date 2022 2021 2020 2016 2014 2012 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 18 results Case study 21-26 April and 4-5 May 2022 Springtime dust outbreaks During late April and early May 2022 numerous dust outbreaks affected the Mediterranean basin area. Case study 13 January 2022 15:00-23:50 UTC and 14 January 04:51 UTC-17 January 04:30 UTC Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai major eruptions In January 2022 the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in the Pacific Ocean erupted a number of times. Case study 29 December 2021-4 January 2022 Persistent fog/low cloud over Mediterranean Sea Large area of the Mediterranean Sea covered by fog/low clouds for several days in winter 2021/22. Case study 28-29 July 2021 Large smoke plume from wildfires in Russia In summer 2021 Russia saw unprecedented widespread wildfires ravage large swathes of Siberia. Case study 10-17 July 2021 Devastating floods in western Europe Catastrophic floods hit Germany, Belgium and parts of West Europe mid July 2021. Case study 9-12 April 2021 Major eruption of La Soufrière volcano Major eruption of the Caribbean volcano La Soufrière in early April 2021. Case study 23 February 2021 14:00 UTC-24 February 00:00 UTC Spotting Etesian winds in solar imagery using moonglint Etesian winds spotted in the solar spectrum in Feb 2021. Case study 4 December 2020 00:00 UTC-10 December 09:00 UTC Nearly-record snowfall in the western Alps Winter 2020 started with more than 2 m snow in the Alps and an extreme amount of rain. Case study 15 August-22 September 2020 Impact of California 2020 fires on atmospheric composition Data from multiple satellites used to investigate the atmospheric impact of the extensive 2020 California fires. Case study January–December 2020 Top ten case studies for 2020 A look at our most popular case studies from 2020. 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 13 September 2016 Measuring ozone from space Looking at using satellites to measure ozone on the UN’s International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. Load More
