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 Atmospheric composition Land Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags Africa ASCAT AVHRR Jason-2 MSG OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Sentinel-3 NOAA Metop-A Europe Asia SW Pacific Terra/Aqua MODIS Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Date 2022 2020 2019 2017 2016 2014 2012 2011 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 15 results 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 25 December 2020 00:00 UTC-2 January 2021 09:00 UTC Chalane crosses southern African subcontinent Tropical Storm Chalane landfall in Madagascar and Mozambique, then the entire South African subcontinent. Case study 4 November–2 December 2019 Meanders in the Mediterranean Instabilities in ocean currents can be identified through synergistic use of data from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites. Case study March to June 2017 South African algal blooms Detection of harmful algal blooms in the southern Benguela, as seen by OLCI aboard Sentinel-3. Case study 4 April 2016 08:40 UTC, 08:45 UTC and 09:12 UTC Observing river deltas Observation of the deltas of the Danube and Nile rivers in April 2016. Case study 2 July 2014 07:00–19:45 UTC Undular bore off Mauritania Early on 2 July an undular bore developed on the coast of Mauritania (south of Nouakchott). Case study 6 February 2012 03:00 UTC Rapid cyclogenesis over Ionian Sea Rapid cyclogenesis over Ionian Sea in early February 2012. Case study 5 November 2011 00:00 UTC El Hierro submarine eruption The 2011 El Hierro submarine eruption seen in MSG and Metop images. Case study 23 September 2011 15:00 UTC 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. Case study 20 April 2009 00:00 UTC Zambezi floods The 2009 Zambezi floods. Case study 9 September 2008 00:00 UTC South African coastal lows, busters & gravity waves South African coastal lows, busters and atmospheric gravity waves. Case study 18 March 2007 00:00 UTC Storm surge along the east coast of South Africa Semi-stationary cut-off low (COL) brought 60kt wind speeds to Durban. Load More
