Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags ASCAT Metop Europe AVHRR MSG OLCI SEVIRI MTG Sentinel-3 Metop-C NOAA Metop-A Metop-B Terra/Aqua MODIS Polar Climate Use Cases Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2015 2014 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 8 results Case study 1 October 2020 06:00 UTC-04 October 06:00 UTC Storms hit France in early October Europe was battered during the first October weekend in 2020, with extensive storms, extreme rainfall and flooding. Case study 25 September 2020 13:35 UTC Arctic sea ice minimum 2020 In September 2020 the Arctic sea ice extent shrunk to the second lowest on record. Case study 16 September 2020 00:00 UTC–18 September 21:00 UTC Medicane causes storms in Italy & Greece Tropical storm-like cyclone causing storms, severe wind and high seas over Ionian Sea, September 2020. Case study June and July 2019 European heatwaves in summer 2019 Maximum temperature records were broken in many parts of Europe, due to heatwaves. Case study May–September 2018 A summer of heatwaves and drought for many Summer 2018 in much of Europe was characterised by prolonged heatwaves, leading to droughts in some areas. Case study 12 September 2017 06:00 UTC–13 September 12:00 UTC Storm Aileen Overnight 12-13 Sept the first of the UK/Ireland named storms of the 2016/2017 season crossed the British Isles. Case study 19 and 20 November 2015 Polar low off the coast of northern Norway Two polar lows, which appeared off the coast of Norway, could be identified using ASCAT winds and satellite imagery. Case study 9 December 2014 16:00 UTC–10 December 06:00 UTC Severe Atlantic storm batters Ireland and UK A very deep area of low pressure resulted in a North Atlantic cyclone in December 2014.
