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 Satellites Atmospheric Composition Land Ocean Data Metop Sentinel Tags Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) ASCAT AVHRR Meteosat First Generation (MFG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa Metop-A Metop-B EPS Europe Asia S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Date 2016 Date January February March April May June July August September October November December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 41 results Case study January–December 2017 Image Library top ten for 2017 A look at our most popular case studies from 2017. Case study 24 December 2016 03:00 UTC–4 January 2017 03:00 UTC Lingering fog over the Arabian Peninsula From 24 December and for more than 10 days, a thick fog invaded the Arabian Gulf countries resulting in limited night-morning visibility. 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 08 December 2016 00:00 UTC–19 December 06:00 UTC Tropical Cyclone Vardah Using Meteosat-8 imagery it was possible to track the full lifetime of Tropical Cyclone Vardah. Case study 06 December 2016 00:00 UTC–09 December 23:45 UTC Night-time fog over India Meteosat-8 and Himawari-8 observe night-time fog formation in northern India in early December 2016. 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 21 November 04:00 UTC–22 November 2016 19:00 UTC Dust over the Sea of Oman A large area of dust was seen by both Meteosat and Sentinel-3A as it travelled across parts of the Middle East in November 2016. 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 26 October 2016 21:00 UTC–31 October 15:00 UTC Medicane over the Mediterranean Sea In late October 2016 both Meteosat-10 and Metop 'saw' a Medicane that formed over the Ionian Sea. Case study 22 September 2016 06:00 and 14:27 UTC Sunglint during September equinox In 2016, 22 September was the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere. Case study 1 September 2016 07:30–09:15 UTC Rare ring-of-fire eclipse over Africa On 1 September 2016 a rare 'ring-of-fire' double eclipse occurred over Africa. Load More
