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 Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags ASCAT Europe AVHRR GOME-2 Jason-2 Jason-3 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa Metop-C NOAA Metop-A Metop-B EPS Asia SW Pacific S America GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Climate Use Cases Date 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2008 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 33 results Case study 1-31 August 2019 Winds drive deep water formation in Gulf of Lion Effects of Mistral and Tramontana winds on the Gulf of Lion circulation. Case study 26 January 2021 00:00 UTC-29 January 10:00 UTC Storm Justine hits the Azores At the end of January 2021 a series of storms formed in North Atlantic, one of them moving close to the Azores. Case study 01 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 in the 42-year satellite 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 in June and July 2019, due to a series of heatwaves. Case study January–December 2019 Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 2019. 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 January–December 2018 Image Library top ten for 2018 A look at our most popular case studies from 2018 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. Storm Aileen brought strong winds of up to 112 km/h (70 mph). Case study Period June–July 2016 and 2017 Drought brings water shortage to parts of Italy Following an extremely dry spring causing a drought, parts of Italy suffered from water shortages in 2017. Case study 18 March 2017 09:30 UTC–19 March 12:12 UTC Clear skies over the Mediterranean Satellite images of the Mediterranean sea are informative even on clear days, as is shown in this case from March 2017. Load More
