Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Filter by Categories Satellites Atmospheric Composition Land Ocean Weather Meteosat Metop Tags ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI SEVIRI Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Africa IASI NOAA Metop-A Metop-B EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS AHI Polar Date 2014 Date January February March April May June July August September October November December 105 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort Friday, 1 January 2016 January–December 2015 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2015 A look at our most popular case studies from 2015. Thursday, 18 December 2014 18 December 2014 02:40 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog First images from Himawari-8 At 02:40 UTC on 18 December 2014, the first images from all 16 bands were captured by JMA's Himawari-8. Monday, 15 December 2014 15 December 2014 15:00 UTC–18 December 14:45 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Broad Azores high A clearly visible anticyclonic motion or broad Azores high was seen by Meteosat-10 in December. Monday, 15 December 2014 15 December 2014 01:00–15:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Contrails over the Persian Gulf Contrails over the Persian Gulf were seen by both Meteosat-10 and Metop-A in mid-December. Tuesday, 9 December 2014 9 December 2014 16:00 UTC–10 December 06:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Severe Atlantic storm batters Ireland and UK A very deep area of low pressure resulted in a North Atlantic cyclone (named Alexandra) which caused massive ocean surges and brought strong winds to parts of Ireland and the UK. Thursday, 4 December 2014 04 December 2014 01:00 UTC–05 December 01:03 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Typhoon Hagupit Typhoon Hagupit seen by Metop-B on 4 December. Tuesday, 2 December 2014 02 December 2014 06:00 UTC–03 December 14:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Medicane over Italy A swirling area of low pressure over Lazio on 3 December showed a clear eye - indicating a medicane. Sunday, 23 November 2014 23 November 2014 10:00 UTC–30 November 23:45 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Eruption of Pico do Fogo volcano, Cape Verde In November 2014 Pico do Fogo erupted for the first time in 20 years. Friday, 14 November 2014 14 November 2014 03:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Tropical cyclone Adjali South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season in 2014 began with the severe tropical storm Adjali. Monday, 10 November 2014 10 November 2014 14:15–23:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Sudden freeze brings dust storm to Colorado A cold front brought a dramatic temperature drop of 17 °C and a dust haboob to Colorado on 10 November. Saturday, 8 November 2014 08 November 2014 03:00–13:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Severe rain, hail and dust storms hit Oman A very deep trough that formed a cut-off low brought thunderstorms, hail and dust to parts of Oman on 8 November. Friday, 7 November 2014 07 November 2014 03:00 UTC– 08 November 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Medicane Qendresa hits Malta and Sicily A Medicane (MEDIterranean hurriCANE) or Tropical-Like Cyclone (TLC) brought severe weather to parts of the Mediterranean in early November. Load More
