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 S America Himawari GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Sentinel-3 Polar Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 6 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. Monday, 15 July 2019 15 July–18 August 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog Huge fires in the Arctic and Siberia Huge fires in the Arctic and Siberia during Summer 2019, were seen by the Sentinel-3 and Metop satellites. 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. Friday, 21 December 2018 21 December 2018 03:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog December solstice near the southern polar circle December solstice occurred in 2018 at 22:23 UTC on 21 December and could be 'seen' in satellite imagery. Wednesday, 1 March 2017 2 March 2017, 28 April, 7 May, 16 July, 30 July, 11 August and 21 August 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog Phytoplankton Blooms spotted by Sentinel-3 Sentinel-3A has captured a number of images of the variety of species of phytoplankton that bloom in the world’s oceans and lakes. 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.