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 Tags MODIS ASCAT MSG SEVIRI Africa Metop-A Metop-B Europe Asia S America GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP VIIRS Date 2016 Date April May June July September October SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 7 results Case study 26 October 2016 21:00 UTC–31 October 15:00 UTC Medicane over the Mediterranean Sea In late October 2016 both Meteosat-10 and Metop 'saw' a Medicane that formed over the Ionian Sea. Case study 12 September 2016 00:38 UTC–15 September 10:38 UTC Explosive cyclogenesis in Atlantic & Río de la Plata Rapid development of a cyclogenesis caused strong winds and 11 m waves in the Atlantic Ocean. 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 26 June 2016 03:00 UTC Gravity waves over the South Atlantic Interplay of atmospheric gravity waves over the South Atlantic off the African coast. Case study 8 May 2016 16:45 UTC and 9 May 11:30 UTC Canadian smoke moves towards North Atlantic The smoke from the devastating wild fires in Alberta, Canada, could be seen moving towards the North Atlantic on 9 May. Case study 10 April 2016 04:55 UTC Sunglint column over Bay of Bengal On 10 April 2016 the MODIS instrument registered an almost perfect sunglint column over the Bay of Bengal. 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.