Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Land Atmospheric composition Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags S America AVHRR GOME-2 MSG SEVIRI MTG Sentinel-3 Metop-A Metop-B Metop GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Date 2019 2017 2015 2014 2013 2012 2010 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 19 results Case study 19 August 2019 23:02 UTC–21 August 01:02 UTC The chemical fingerprint of Amazonian fires Observations of formaldehyde Metop-B GOME-2 instrument on 19-20 August 2019. Case study 9–19 June 2019, Various times Torrential rain and floods in Uruguay Torrential rain hit central Uruguay in June 2019, causing serious flooding. Case study January to August 2018 Monitoring drought in Brazil using Meteosat data Using Meteosat-10 data from January-August 2018 to monitoring drought in northeast Brazil. Case study 4 April 15:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, 16 April 14:56 UTC Floods in South America Due to reinforcing of El Niño large areas of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru were severely affected by weeks of almost continuous rain. Case study 25 January 2017 19:00 UTC Wildfires in Chile in January 2017 Parts of Chile had their most devastating wildfires in the country's history. Case study 22 December 2015 00:00 UTC–23 December 14:00 UTC Flooding in Uruguay and Paraguay In December heavy rain led to flooding in Paraguay and Uruguay. Case study 26 March 2015 13:30 UTC Rains over Atacama desert On Thursday 26th March 2015, an unusual rain event brought almost an inch of precipitation to the Atacama, Antofagasta and Coquimbo regions. Case study 7 June 2014 00:15 UTC–10 June 00:15 UTC Severe floods in Brazil Between 7 and 10 June heavy rains over the Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and Paraná, caused severe flooding. Case study 13 April 2014 01:55 UTC Large wildfire in Chile A forest fire ravaged urban areas of Valparaiso, Chile, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least 16. Case study 10 September 2013 10:30–21:30 UTC Smoke & dust streamers over Argentina seen by Meteosat-10 Strong winds, high temperatures, and months of drought fuelled an outbreak of wildfire in northern Argentina in September 2013. Case study 1 April 2013 00:00 UTC Flash floods in Argentina One of the heaviest storms on record caused flash floods in Argentina between 1–3 April. Case study 4 January 2012 00:00 UTC Assess ground humidity with Meteosat Using Meteosat channel 04 (IR3.9) to assess ground humidity in South America. Load More
