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 Atmospheric composition Land Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags S America GOES ASCAT AVHRR MFG MSG OLCI SEVIRI Third Party MTG Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA Metop-A Metop-B Europe Asia Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Pacific Ocean Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2012 2010 2009 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 18 results Case study 7 December 2020 12:50-23:00 UTC Pacific cirrus above stratocumulus New NIR1.3 channel on GOES ABI helps to detect thin cirrus clouds above low-level clouds. Case study 2 April 2020 15:50 UTC and 29 April 13:20 UTC Cyclogenesis off Uruguay and southern Brazil Explosive cyclogenesis off the Uruguay coast and near southern Brazil in early April could be seen in satellite imagery. Case study 7 and 8 March 2020 Dust from a dry Patagonian lake reaches Atlantic Dust that lifted from a dry Patagonian lake, reached the Atlantic, Case study 20-21 November 2019 Andes weather in November Andes mountain waves are frequent in November, as was the case in 2019. Case study 9–19 June 2019, Various times Torrential rain and floods in Uruguay Torrential rain hit central Uruguay in June 2019, causing serious flooding. Case study 2 June 2019 09:00 UTC–5 June 08:00 UTC The Fujiwhara effect on extratropical cyclones Extratropical cyclones in the south-east Pacific underwent the Fujiwhara effect. Case study 24 March 2019 11:00 UTC–25 March 10:00 UTC Rare tropical storm in the southern Atlantic In late March 2019 a rare tropical storm formed in the south Atlantic basin. Case study 4 March 2019 00:00–10:00 UTC Night-time thunderstorms over Argentina GOES-16 ABI Night Microphysics RGB saw convective outflow boundaries from thunderstorms. Case study 23 March 2018 16:00 UTC–25 March 20:45 UTC Thunderstorms over La Plata river In late March 2018 severe thunderstorms hit parts of South America. Case study 16 February 2018 11:00–23:15 UTC Intense thunderstorms in Argentina and Uruguay Intense thunderstorms in Argentina and Uruguay, with hail and rain, helped extinguish fires in February 2018. Case study 4 April 15:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, 16 April 14:56 UTC Floods in South America Due to reinforcing of El Niño large areas of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru were severely affected by weeks of almost continuous rain. Case study 12 September 2016 00:38 UTC–15 September 10:38 UTC Explosive cyclogenesis in Atlantic & Río de la Plata Rapid development of a cyclogenesis caused strong winds and 11 m waves in the Atlantic Ocean. Load More
