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 Metop Sentinel Tags Himawari ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific S America GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Date 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2011 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 48 results Monday, 12 April 2021 1-11 April 2021 EUMETSAT Science Blog Tropical cyclone Seroja undergoes Fujiwhara effect TC Seroja consumed an unnamed tropical storm in April 2021. Wednesday, 24 March 2021 11 March 16:30 UTC-15 March 2021 23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Major dust outbreaks - Africa, Middle East & China Meteosat-8 spots series of dust outbreaks in March 2021. Sunday, 21 June 2020 21 June 2020, 00:00–12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Annular solar eclipse on solstice During the 2020 June solstice the shadow of the Moon, travelling from west to east, appeared in the images of three geostationary satellites. Saturday, 20 June 2020 20 June 2020 EUMETSAT Science Blog Cancer solstice 2020 The Cancer solstice, with the Sun directly over the Tropic of Cancer, took place in 2020 on 20 June at 21:43 UTC. Monday, 18 May 2020 18 May 2020 05:00 UTC–20 May 10:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Super Tropical Cyclone Amphan in Bay of Bengal Low pressure area that formed on 13 May intensified into a Super Tropical Cyclone Amphan on 18 May, due to exceptionally warm waters in the Bay of Bengal. Sunday, 12 January 2020 12 January 2020 07:00 UTC–13 January 15:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Short but massive eruption of volcano Taal Volcano Taal, on Luzon Island in the Philippines, erupted for some hours on 12 and 13 January 2020. Tuesday, 8 October 2019 08 October 2019 00:16 UTC–12 October 12:00 UTC, 13 October EUMETSAT Science Blog Devastating Typhoon Hagibis Typhoon Hagibis was the worst storm to hit Japan for half a century, when it made landfall in mid-October 2019. Tuesday, 6 August 2019 06 August 2019 00:00 UTC–16 August 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Typhoon Krosa over Japan Typhoon Krosa weakened before crossing southern parts of Japan in August 2019. Sunday, 4 August 2019 4 August 2019 00:00 UTC–11 August 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Super Typhoon Lekima Super Typhoon Lekima scraped past Krosa, a concurrent typhoon, in the Western Pacific Ocean in August 2019. Friday, 21 June 2019 21 June 2019 17:50 UTC–5 July 23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Eruption of the Raikoke volcano A powerful, rare eruption from Raikoke volcano in the Kuril Islands on 21 June 2019, could be clearly seen on satellite imagery. Saturday, 1 June 2019 1 June 2019 02:00–5 June 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Extensive smoke from Canadian wildfires Smoke from widespread wildfires in Alberta, Canada travelled as far as parts of Europe and Russia in May and June 2019. Monday, 25 February 2019 25 February 2019 12:00 UTC and 26 February 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Record-breaking Typhoon Wutip In late February 2019 Typhoon Wutip became the strongest February typhoon on record in the Northwest Pacific basin. Load More
