Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Data Atmospheric composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags MSG Sentinel-3 AMSU ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Jason-3 MFG MVIRI OLCI Poseidon SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Third Party MTG Sentinel-6 Africa Altimeters Copernicus IASI Metop-C NOAA IODC Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Climate Use Cases Ocean Decade Date 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2013 2012 2007 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 38 results Case study 5 February 2023 00:00 UTC-24 February 08:00 UTC Record-breaking Tropical Cyclone Freddy crosses Indian Ocean Record-breaking tropical cyclone Freddy traversed the whole Southern Indian Ocean in February 2023. Case study 5 February 2023 00:00 UTC-10 February 00:00 UTC Yellow mountain snow across Europe Widespread cold air advection brought cold, snowy conditions to Portugal in February 2023. Case study 21 January 2023 12:00 UTC-22 January 03:00 UTC Medicane in northern Adriatic First medicane of the 2023 season formed on 21 January over the Adriatic. Case study Summer 2022 Marine heatwave intensification threatens coral reef health Using satellite data to show how marine heatwave intensification threatens coral reef health. Case study 1-19 July 2022 Heatwaves across Western Europe Widespread heatwaves and wildfire outbreaks across west Europe and UK in mid-July 2022. Case study 15-22 March 2022 Widespread dust intrusion across Europe Continental-wide plume of Saharan dust across Europe in March 2022. Case study 1995-2015 More sunshine in Europe due to cleaner air How satellite-based climate data records support our understanding of the impact of cleaner air on the Earth's climate. Case study Spring flooding of north Italian rice fields In spring in northern Italy to aid rice cultivation, rice fields are flooded, which can be seen in satellite imagery. Case study 16-21 February 2022 Three named Atlantic storms in a week Three named Atlantic storms in five days in February 2022. Case study 13 January 2022 15:00-23:50 UTC and 14 January 04:51 UTC-17 January 04:30 UTC Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai major eruptions In January 2022 the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in the Pacific Ocean erupted a number of times. Case study 4 October 00:00 UTC-5 October 19:00 UTC Record-breaking rainfall in northern Italy Northwestern Italy had a record-breaking year's worth of rain in 24 hours on 4 October 2021. Case study 17 May 2021 02:30-13:00 UTC and 18 May 01:00 UTC Tropical Cyclone Tauktae Tropical Cyclone Tauktae made landfall in the Indian state of Gujarat on 17 May 2021. Load More
