Case studies

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

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Wednesday, 10 February 2021

25 December 2020 00:00 UTC-2 January 2021 09:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Ex-Tropical Storm Chalane crosses southern African subcontinent

Tropical Storm Chalane landfall in Madagascar and Mozambique in December 2020 then crossed the entire South African subcontinent.

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.

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, 1 January 2019

January–December 2018

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Image Library top ten for 2018

A look at our most popular case studies from 2018

Tuesday, 28 February 2017

March to June 2017

EUMETSAT Science Blog

South African algal blooms

Detection of harmful algal blooms in the southern Benguela, as seen by OLCI aboard Sentinel-3.

Tuesday, 9 January 2018

January–December 2017

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Image Library top ten for 2017

A look at our most popular case studies from 2017.

Monday, 4 April 2016

4 April 2016 08:40 UTC, 08:45 UTC and 09:12 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Observing river deltas

Observation of the deltas of the Danube and Nile rivers in April 2016.

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

02 July 2014 07:00–19:45 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Undular bore off Mauritania

Early on 2 July an undular bore developed on the coast of Mauritania (south of Nouakchott).

Friday, 23 September 2011

23 September 2011 15:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Undular Bore racing towards the Atlantic

Nightly thunderstorms in the border region of Mauritania and Senegal are at the origin of the undular bore (low-level outflow) that raced out into the Atlantic at the speed of close to 85 km/h.

Saturday, 11 December 2010

11 December 2010 12:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Mediterranean storms

The first major winter cyclone over the eastern Mediterranean Sea brings long expected rains to the Middle East, causing stormy seas along the Egyptian coastline and a large scale dust outbreak over Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.