Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Satellites Atmospheric Composition Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Sentinel Jason Tags NOAA Terra/Aqua AMSU AVHRR Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MHS MVIRI SEVIRI Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa Europe Asia SW Pacific GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS Date 2021 2018 2012 2011 2008 2004 2002 2001 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 12 results Case study 16-28 February and 2-11 March 2021 Mount Etna very active in February & March 2021 Regular Etna eruptions observed in February and March 2021. Case study 8 January 2021 09:00 UTC-11 January 13:00 UTC Heavy snow in parts of Spain Parts of central Spain saw their heaviest snowfalls in decades in January 2021. Case study 18 December 2018 23:54 UTC–19 December 01:48 UTC Satellite images of bright meteor (bolide) east of Kamchatka On 18 December 2018 at 23:48:20 UTC a very bright meteor exploded above the Bering Sea, east of Kamchatka. Case study 23 July 2018 12:00–18:00 UTC and 24 July 00:05 UTC and 00:55 UTC Devastating wildfires near Athens In late July 2018 wildfires ripped through coastal areas in Greece, causing thousands to flee and a number of fatalities. Case study 27 December 2012 00:00 UTC Record-breaking snow in Moscow and Montreal Record-breaking snow in Moscow and Montreal in 2012 — a tale of two cities Case study 21 January 2011 00:00 UTC Pollution causes cloud-free gaps in clouds Elongated cloud-free gaps in stratus clouds caused by industrial air pollution. Case study 27 January 2008 00:00 UTC Waves in lee of Ore mountains On 27 January 2008, a strong northwesterly flow formed well-developed, low-level waves to the lee of the Ore mountains Case study 26 December 2004 00:00 UTC Satellite observations of the Indian Ocean tsunami Satellite observations of the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004. Case study 2 November 2004 00:00 UTC Eruption of Grimsvötn volcano Eruption of Grimsvötn volcano in early November 2004. Case study 30 October 2002 00:00 UTC Volcanic eruptions from Mount Etna in 2002 Early in the morning of 27 October 2002, a new flank eruption began at Mount Etna. Case study 23 July 2001 00:00 UTC Volcanic eruptions from Mount Etna in 2001 On 17 July, the latest in a series of violent eruptions from the south-east crater of Mount Etna (3315 m) led to a very spectacular eruption. Case study 26 April 2001 00:00 UTC Detection of flooded rice fields in Italy Meteosat-7 visible images show flooded rice fields in northern Italy in April 2001.
