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 Land Ocean Weather Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags ASCAT GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Africa NOAA EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS AHI Polar Sentinel-3 ABI Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 11 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort Friday, 6 March 2020 7 and 8 March 2020 EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust lifted from a dry Patagonian lake reaches the South Atlantic Dust that lifted from a dry Patagonian lake and reached the Atlantic could be seen on various satellite images in March 2020. Friday, 21 February 2020 22-27 February 2020, Various times EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust over the Canaries Record dense dust over the Canary Islands originates near the African coast. 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. 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. Monday, 28 January 2019 29 January 2019, 06:00 UTC–31 January 16:00 UTC. EUMETSAT Science Blog US big freeze as seen from space Features of the 'Big Freeze' which affected parts of North America in January 2019 could be seen in satellite imagery. Wednesday, 1 January 2020 January–December 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 2019. Saturday, 10 November 2018 11 November 2018 18:22 UTC and 23:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Smoke from California wildfires Smoke from devastating, widespread wildfires in California in November 2018, was seen by Sentinel-3. Wednesday, 25 April 2018 25 April 2018 00:00–23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Sea-ice melt resulted in cold water spill over the Labrador Current Ice melt along the Labrador coast resulted in freshwater water spill over the Labrador Current, showing some very steep gradients in temperature and chlorophyll concentration fields while meeting the warm Gulf current around Newfoundland. Sunday, 18 February 2018 19 February 2018 00:00–19:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Violent blast from Sinabung volcano Ash plumes from the eruption of the Indonesian volcano Sinabung could be seen in satellite imagery on 19 February 2018. Tuesday, 4 April 2017 04 April 15:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, 16 April 14:56 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Floods in South America Due to reinforcing of El Niño along the western coast of South America, large areas of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru were severely affected by weeks of almost continuous rain in March and April 2017. Tuesday, 9 January 2018 January–December 2017 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2017 A look at our most popular case studies from 2017.
