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 Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags Europe SNPP ASCAT Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa EPS S America GOES Terra/Aqua MODIS VIIRS Date 2017 Date March April July October November December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 7 results Tuesday, 1 January 2019 January–December 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2018 A look at our most popular case studies from 2018 Wednesday, 15 November 2017 15 November 2017 12:00 UTC–19 November 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Medicane Numa over the Ionian Sea Numa was a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone, or Medicane, with the properties of a subtropical cyclone. Sunday, 15 October 2017 15 October 2017 12:53 UTC–18 October 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Widespread wildfires in Portugal and Spain Smoke and flames from extensive wildfires in Portugal and Spain in mid-October 2017 could be clearly seen on satellite imagery. Monday, 17 July 2017 17 July 2017 03:00 UTC–18 July 00:59 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Fires in Croatia and Montenegro Fires raged along the Adriatic coast for days in mid-July 2017, causing major destruction in Croatia and Montenegro. Tuesday, 11 July 2017 11 July 2017 04:30 UTC–12 July 17:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Smoke plumes near Vesuvius On 11 July 2017 both Meteosat-10 and Suomi-NPP saw impressive smoke displays from the wildfires on the flanks of Vesuvius in Italy. Friday, 7 April 2017 07 April 2017 00:00 UTC– 23:45 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Wave clouds along the south side of the Alps Orographic or wave clouds occurred in the lee of the Alps on 7 April 2017, under northerly winds. Wednesday, 15 March 2017 15 March 2017 03:00 UTC–17 March 04:45 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Etna volcanic eruption Etna woke up again in the evening of 15 March 2017, spewing ash and SO2, and forming a nice looking plume.
