Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Weather Meteosat Atmospheric composition Land Data Metop Sentinel Tags MSG Europe ASCAT AVHRR OLCI SEVIRI Sentinel-3 Africa Metop-A Metop Asia Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS Date 2016 Date January February March April July August November December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 13 results Case study 20 December 2016 00:00–10:45 UTC Snow over Jordan and northern parts of Saudi Arabia Overnight on 19-20 December 2016 there were heavy snowfalls in Jordan and in Turaif city in Saudi Arabia. Case study 4 December 2016 12:12 UTC Flooding in southern Spain Tropical air trapped in Gulf of Cadiz caused severe flooding in southern Spain in December 2016. Case study 22 November 2016 12:00 UTC–25 November 12:00 UTC Heavy rain & flooding in Piedmont, Italy In November 2016 Piedmont region of Italy had intense multi-day precipitation. Case study 19 November 13:00 UTC–21 November 2016 13:00 UTC Storm Angus Storm Angus, the first named UK storm of Autumn 2016, brought high winds and flooding to southern parts of the country. Case study 6 August 2016 12:00–23:00 UTC Torrential rain over Skopje The area of Skopje, in the Republic of Macedonia, had 100 mm of rain in two hours on 6 August 2016. Case study 10 July 2016 10:45–11:05 UTC and 18:00 UTC Low cloud vortices off coast of Morocco On 10 July a low cloud vortex was spotted off the northwest coast of Morocco. Case study 1 and 2 April 2016 12:00 UTC and 01:50 UTC Saharan dust causes temperature drop Some areas of Europe saw a significant drop in temperatures on 1 April 2016 due to a large cloud of Saharan dust. Case study 22 March 2016 00:00 UTC–24 March 06:00 UTC Cyclone Ivan brings massive dust storm Cyclone Ivan brought an impressive low that carried huge amounts of dust to parts of Europe at the end of March. Case study 18 March 2016 09:50 UTC Example of using Sentinel-3 data for meteorology An early look at data from the Ocean and Land Colour Instrument on Sentinel-3. Case study 15 March 2016 12:00 UTC–16 March 12:00 UTC Upper-Level Low (ULL) over northern Europe Westward travelling ULL induced rapid reversal of a pressure gradient across the Alps in mid-March 2016. Case study 18 February 2016 12:00 UTC–22 February 00:00 UTC Unusual heavy snowfalls in the Canary Islands The snow started to fall on 18 February and continued to fall on 19 and 20 February. Case study 1 February 2016 00:00–23:59 UTC Storm Henry In February 2016 Storm Henry brought strong winds and highs seas. Load More
