Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Ocean Sentinel Atmospheric composition Climate Land Weather Data Meteosat Metop Jason Tags SLSTR ASCAT AVHRR MSG OLCI Poseidon Satellite Applications Facility (SAF) SEVIRI SRAL Third Party MTG Sentinel-3 Africa Altimeters Copernicus NOAA Ocean Colour Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe North America, Central America & Caribbean GOES SNPP VIIRS ABI Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Climate Use Cases Ocean Decade Date 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 13 results Case study 5 February 2023 00:00 UTC-15 March 21:00 UTC Record-breaking Tropical Cyclone Freddy crosses Indian Ocean Record-breaking tropical cyclone Freddy traversed the whole Southern Indian Ocean in February and March 2023. Case study Summer 2022 Marine heatwave intensification threatens coral reef health How satellite data shows how marine heatwave intensification threatens coral reef health. 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 have led to a marked decrease in Arctic sea ice area & thickness. Case study 26 July-2 August 2021 Widespread smoke from Turkish fires Parts of the Mediterranean Sea shrouded in smoke from Turkish wildfires, in summer 2021. Case study 1 December 2020 00:00 UTC-3 December 16:24 UTC Upwelling in the Gulf of Tehuantepec Upwelling of cold ocean waters & increase in phytoplankton growth in Gulf of Tehuantepec. 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 data from Sentinel-3 satellites. Case study 2 September 2019 02:53 UTC–3 September 15:29 UTC Multiple perspectives on Hurricane Dorian Monitoring of the record-breaking Hurricane Dorian during September 2019. Case study 29 May 2019 Anticyclonic eddy in the Mediterranean Sea In May 2019, an anticyclonic eddy formed between the islands of Mallorca and Sardinia. Case study 25 April 2018 00:00–23:00 UTC Sea-ice melt water spills into Labrador Current Ice melt along the coast resulted in freshwater water spill over the Labrador Current. Load More
