Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Atmospheric composition Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags Europe ASCAT AVHRR MSG OLCI SEVIRI Sentinel-3 Africa Metop-A Metop Asia Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS Date 2016 Date January February March April May July August November December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 19 results Case study 20 December 2016 00:00–10:45 UTC Snow over Jordan and northern parts of Saudi Arabia Overnight on 19-20 December 2016 there were heavy snowfalls in Jordan and in Turaif city in Saudi Arabia. Case study 4 December 2016 12:12 UTC Flooding in southern Spain Tropical air trapped in Gulf of Cadiz caused severe flooding in southern Spain in December 2016. Case study 29 November 2016 11:16 UTC and 12:53 UTC VIIRS double view of snowy Alps On 29 November 2016 the VIIRS instrument on Suomi-NPP covered the Alps in two consecutive day orbits. Case study 22 November 2016 12:00 UTC–25 November 12:00 UTC Heavy rain & flooding in Piedmont, Italy In November 2016 Piedmont region of Italy had intense multi-day precipitation. Case study 19 November 13:00 UTC–21 November 2016 13:00 UTC Storm Angus Storm Angus, the first named UK storm of Autumn 2016, brought high winds and flooding to southern parts of the country. Case study 8 August 2016 15:30 UTC and 10 August 08:30 UTC Smoke from wildfires in Portugal Smoke from widespread wildfires which ravaged parts of Portugal in early August 2016, seen by Meteosat-10. Case study 6 August 2016 12:00–23:00 UTC Torrential rain over Skopje The area of Skopje, in the Republic of Macedonia, had 100 mm of rain in two hours on 6 August 2016. Case study 20 July 2016 03:00 UTC Blooms in the Baltic Sea An image of algal blooms and ocean eddies were captured by Sentinel-3A in July 2016. Case study 10 July 2016 10:45–11:05 UTC and 18:00 UTC Low cloud vortices off coast of Morocco On 10 July a low cloud vortex was spotted off the northwest coast of Morocco. Case study 25 May 2016 09:25 UTC Bow wave over the Baltic Sea Upstream wave developed in shallow fog due to an island blocking the fog's advection over the Baltic Sea. Case study 20 April 2016 05:00–17:00 UTC Tracing cold air channelling Cold air that moved north of the synoptic ridge was channelling between the Alps and the Western Carpathians. Case study 4 April 2016 08:40 UTC, 08:45 UTC and 09:12 UTC Observing river deltas Observation of the deltas of the Danube and Nile rivers in April 2016. Load More
