Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Filter by Categories Satellites Atmospheric Composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Africa Copernicus IASI NOAA EPS Asia S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Sentinel-3 Europe Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 28 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort Friday, 25 September 2020 25 September 2020 13:35 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Arctic Sea Ice Minimum 2020 In September 2020 the Arctic sea ice extent shrunk to the second lowest in the 42-year satellite record. Saturday, 18 April 2020 18 April 2020 00:00 UTC-22 April 23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Extensive DIBS in the Deformation Zone In April 2020, pockmarked DIBS cloud, produced by a cyclone over the Mediterranean Sea, entered an elongated deformation zone - stretching from France to Turkey. Tuesday, 2 February 2021 13 April 2020 12:00 UTC-15 April 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Retour d’est or extended Bora flow along Po Valley Retour d’est along Po Valley in satellite imagery in April 2020. Monday, 20 January 2020 20 January 2020 10:00 UTC–21 January 14:00 UTC. 26 and 27 January 10:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Storm Gloria batters Spain and France Storm Gloria brought significant wind and rain to parts of Spain and France on 20 and 21 January 2020. Sunday, 3 November 2019 4 November–2 December 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog Meanders in the Mediterranean Instabilities in ocean currents can be identified through synergistic use of data from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites. Thursday, 26 September 2019 26 Sept 2019 15:30 UTC–27 Sept 15:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Record-breaking Hurricane Lorenzo Hurricane Lorenzo was the strongest hurricane on record to go so far north and east in the Atlantic Ocean, when it reached Category 5 status in September 2019. Wednesday, 25 September 2019 25 and 26 September 2019 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Mount Pico in the Azores shrouded in orographically-induced clouds In late-September 2019 Mount Pico in the Azores was shrouded in clouds formed by the orographic effect. Saturday, 17 August 2019 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, were devastated by two large wildfires. Friday, 9 August 2019 9 August 2019 09:25 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Swirls of cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea Blooms of blue-green algae were visible across the Baltic Sea in Sentinel-3 imagery during August 2019. Monday, 15 July 2019 15 July 2019 14:50 UTC and 12 August 14:50 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Wildfires in Greenland seen by Sentinel-3 Wildfires in Greenland were observed by Sentinel-3 on 15 July 2019. Thursday, 27 June 2019 27 June–15 July 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog Big blooms of coccolithophores along UK south coast Sentinel-3 data provided perspective on big blooms of coccolithophores that formed off the southern coast of the UK in late June/early July 2019. Friday, 21 June 2019 21 June 2019 05:00 UTC and 12:12 UTC and 27 June 11:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog June solstice 2019 The June solstice is the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. It took place at 15:54 UTC on 21 June. Load More
