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 Climate Land Ocean Data Metop Sentinel Tags ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 MFG MSG MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR MTG Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA Metop-A Metop Europe Asia S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Climate Use Cases Date 2018 Date January February March April May June July August September October November December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 33 results Case study 18 December 2018 23:54 UTC–19 December 01:48 UTC Satellite images of bright meteor (bolide) east of Kamchatka On 18 December 2018 at 23:48:20 UTC a very bright meteor exploded above the Bering Sea, east of Kamchatka. Case study 15 November 2018 07:00–15:00 UTC Contrail shadows over the stratus Unusually shaped shadow contours of high contrail clouds, cast over a wide stratus field. Case study 27 October 2018 00:00 UTC–2 November 00:00 UTC Intense Mediterranean cyclone's alpine crossing A cyclone that intensified over Mediterranean waters took a very direct path over the Alps. Case study 19 October 2018 03:00–14:00 UTC Isolated convective complex over upper Persian Gulf On 19 October 2018 a convective complex developed over open waters in the upper Persian Gulf. Case study 9 October 2018 09:55 UTC–10 October 02:40 UTC Severe flash floods in Mallorca Severe storms caused devastating flash floods on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Case study 24 September 2018 13:12–16:52 UTC Crisscross cloud patterns over American Midwest The GOES-16 satellite observed multiple intertwined wave patterns in the cloud field in September 2018, at the advanced resolution of 500 m. Case study 18 September 2018 00:00–21 September 00:00 UTC Synoptic dipole over Europe A vivid cyclone-anticyclone duo dominated the synoptic situation over Europe on 18-20 September 2018. Case study 11 September 2018 12:46 UTC and 27 August 12:30 UTC Hot and dry in the Alps After a break of a few days and snowfall in late August, heatwave conditions returned to the Alps in mid-September. Case study 27 August 2018 08:00 UTC August snowfall in the Alps Fresh summer snow appeared over high Alpine areas after the end of a warm spell over much of Europe. Case study 26 July 2018 04:00 UTC to 3 August 06:00 UTC Dense dust outbreak across Arabian peninsula Summer Shamal pushed dense dust across the Arabian peninsula and over the Arabian Sea in late summer 2018. Case study 30 June 2018 00:00–23:00 UTC Sharp moisture boundary seen by SEVIRI and MODIS A sharp low level moisture boundary that stretched over the central Europe in June 2018, was well observed by both the SEVIRI Dust RGB product and MODIS 0.935 µm channel. Case study 29 June 2018 18:02 UTC–30 June 06:02 UTC GOES-16 'sees' supercell over South Dakota In June 2018 supercell thunderstorms brought tornadoes and large hailstones to South Dakota. Load More
