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Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites.

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Friday, 25 September 2020

25 September 2020 13:35 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Arctic Sea Ice Minimum 2020

In September 2020 the Arctic sea ice extent shrunk to the second lowest in the 42-year satellite record.

Sunday, 3 November 2019

4 November–2 December 2019

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Meanders in the Mediterranean

Instabilities in ocean currents can be identified through synergistic use of data from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites.

Friday, 9 August 2019

9 August 2019 09:25 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Swirls of cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea

Blooms of blue-green algae were visible across the Baltic Sea in Sentinel-3 imagery during August 2019.

Wednesday, 3 July 2019

3 July 2019 14:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Sentinel-3 spots Sargassum seaweed

In early July 2019, Sentinel-3 captured images showing blooms of Sargassum seaweed.

Thursday, 27 June 2019

27 June–15 July 2019

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Big blooms of coccolithophores along UK south coast

Sentinel-3 data provided perspective on big blooms of coccolithophores that formed off the southern coast of the UK in late June/early July 2019.

Friday, 21 June 2019

21 June 2019 05:00 UTC and 12:12 UTC and 27 June 11:00 UTC

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June solstice 2019

The June solstice is the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. It took place at 15:54 UTC on 21 June.

Wednesday, 29 May 2019

29 May 2019

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Anticyclonic eddy in the Mediterranean Sea

In May 2019, an anticyclonic eddy formed between the islands of Mallorca and Sardinia.

Monday, 14 January 2019

15 January 2019

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Indications of deep water formation in the Gulf of Lion from Sentinel-3 multi-sensor synergy

Combining data from both sea surface temperature radiometry and altimetry provides clues about the occurrence of complex physical oceanographic processes across the ocean depths.

Saturday, 5 January 2019

05 January 2019

EUMETSAT Science Blog

How Sentinel-3 products are helping tackle the issues of underwater imaging

Ocean colour satellites can be used to measure light attenuation in the water column – a crucial factor when processing images.

Wednesday, 1 January 2020

January–December 2019

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Image Library top ten for 2019

A look at our most popular case studies from 2019.

Tuesday, 8 May 2018

08 May 2018 09:33 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

First images from Sentinel-3B

This case looks at some first images from the new Sentinel-3B.

Wednesday, 25 April 2018

25 April 2018 00:00–23:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Sea-ice melt resulted in cold water spill over the Labrador Current

Ice melt along the Labrador coast resulted in freshwater water spill over the Labrador Current, showing some very steep gradients in temperature and chlorophyll concentration fields while meeting the warm Gulf current around Newfoundland.

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