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 Meteosat Atmospheric Composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Metop Sentinel Tags Africa ASCAT AVHRR Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Metop-A EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2005 2004 1968 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 86 results Case study 25 December 2020 00:00 UTC-2 January 2021 09:00 UTC Chalane crosses southern African subcontinent Tropical Storm Chalane landfall in Madagascar and Mozambique in December 2020 then crossed the entire South African subcontinent. Case study 21 June 2020, 00:00–12:00 UTC 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. Case study 5 June 2020 00:00 UTC–26 June 21:00 UTC Exceptional Saharan dust transport over the Atlantic In June 2020 large amounts of Saharan dust travelled all the way to the Caribbean and the US. Case study 23 March 2020 04:00 UTC–27 March 18:00 UTC Aralkum Desert dust pollutes air in south-east Europe High values of particulate matter (PM10) were recorded in the air in many places across South-East Europe on 27 March 2020. Case study 22-27 February 2020, Various times Dust over the Canaries Record dense dust over the Canary Islands originates near the African coast. Case study 18 December 2019 00:00 UTC Gravity waves off the Atlas Mountains Interesting orographic cloud waves formed over the Atlas Mountains, and wider, in mid-December. Case study 26 Sept 2019 15:30 UTC–27 Sept 15:30 UTC Record-breaking Hurricane Lorenzo Hurricane Lorenzo was the strongest hurricane on record to go so far north and east in the Atlantic Ocean, when it reached Category 5 status in September 2019. Case study 26 August 2019 16:12 UTC Thunderstorms and flooding in Spain On 26 August 2019 widespread thunderstorms caused severe flooding in parts of Spain. Case study 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, were devastated by two large wildfires. Case study 22 April 2019 12:00 UTC, 23 April 06:00–12:30 UTC, 24 April 06:00 UTC Dust over Europe Two dust clouds, one from northern Africa and one from Central Europe, travelled north towards Iceland and Greenland in late April 2019. Case study 19– 22 April 2019, 12:00 UTC Severe floods in South Africa On the Easter weekend of 19-22 April 2019, a cut-off low (COL) weather system caused severe floods in southern parts of South Africa. Case study 10 March 2019 00:00 UTC–11 March 09:00 UTC Large dust fan (Spanish Dancer) over west Africa Synoptic scale dust outbreak over west Africa in March 2019. Load More
