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 Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Africa NOAA EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Sentinel-3 Date 2018 Date February March April May July October November December 14 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort 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. 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. Friday, 19 October 2018 19 October 2018 03:00–14:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Isolated convective complex over the upper Persian/Arabian Gulf On 19 October 2018 a convective complex developed over open waters in the upper Persian/Arabian Gulf. Saturday, 6 October 2018 06 October 2018 06:00 UTC–14 October 18:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Assessing the sea state in the Arabian Sea during Tropical Cyclone Luban Luban went through the life cycle of a tropical storm over the Arabian Sea between 6 October and 14 October 2018. Thursday, 26 July 2018 26 July 2018 04:00 UTC to 3 August 06:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dense dust outbreak across the Arabian peninsula Summer Shamal pushed dense dust across the Arabian peninsula to its south coast and out over the Arabian Sea in late July/early August 2018. Tuesday, 8 May 2018 08 May 2018 09:33 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog First images from Sentinel-3B This case looks at some first images from the new Sentinel-3B. 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. Monday, 23 April 2018 Various dates from July–Dec 2017, 07:00–08:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Using Sentinel-3 to monitor chlorophyll concentrations in the Black Sea Using Sentinel-3 ocean colour data to investigate the question 'Does a light breeze influence the distribution of chlorophyll concentrations in the Black Sea?'. Tuesday, 20 March 2018 20 March 2018 12:00 UTC–26 March 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Long-range dust outbreak over Africa and Greece In late March 2018 a cold outbreak drove Saharan dust from the Atlas mountains down to the south-west coast of Africa and on to Greece. Friday, 9 March 2018 09 March 2018 18:22 UTC and 10 March 19:22 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Herring spawn seen from space Optical sensors on two of the Sentinel satellites spotted a herring spawning event near Vancouver Island in March 2018. Wednesday, 7 March 2018 07 March 2018 02:00–13:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Sentinel-3 'sees' black smoke from ship fire In early March 2018 Sentinel-3 'saw' black smoke from a container ship fire, thanks to sunglint from the ocean surface. Load More