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 Weather Climate Ocean Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags AMSU AVHRR Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA Metop-A Metop-B EPS Europe Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Date 2020 Date January February March April June September November December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 14 results Case study 25 December 2020 00:00 UTC-2 January 2021 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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 18 December 2020 21:00 UTC-19 December 23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Early summer convection in Argentina & Uruguay Severe convection in central Argentina in December 2020. Case study 7 December 2020 12:50-23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Pacific cirrus above stratocumulus New NIR1.3 channel on GOES ABI helps to detect thin cirrus clouds above low-level clouds. Case study 4 December 2020 00:00 UTC-10 December 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Nearly-record snowfall in the western Alps Winter 2020 started with more than 2 m snow in the Alps and an extreme amount of rain. Case study 20 November 2020 15:00-17:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Distrails form over Michigan Distrails formed over Michigan in late November 2020. Case study 16 September 2020 10:00–15:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Smoky hurricane A large smoke cloud was sucked into Hurricane Paulette, changing microphysical properties of associated cloud bands. Case study 8 June 2020, 22:31 UTC-9 June 2020 03:56 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Stereoscopic views of severe convection over Nebraska GOES mesoscale domain areas focus on convective development over Nebraska. Case study 5 June 2020 00:00 UTC–26 June 21:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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 18 April 2020 00:00 UTC-22 April 23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Extensive DIBS in the Deformation Zone In April 2020, pockmarked DIBS cloud, produced by a cyclone over the Mediterranean Sea, entered an elongated deformation zone. Case study 23 March 2020 04:00 UTC–27 March 18:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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 7 and 8 March 2020 EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust from a dry Patagonian lake reaches Atlantic Dust that lifted from a dry Patagonian lake and reached the Atlantic could be seen on various satellite images in March 2020. Case study 24 Feb 2020 15:00 UTC and 25 Feb 13:00–23:45 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dusty Dry Conveyor Belt The Dry Conveyor Belt (DCB) is usually free of clouds in the mid and higher levels, so barely traceable on solar imagery, except in February 2020. Load More
