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 Meteosat Sentinel Tags ABI Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA S America GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS Date 2020 Date February March June September December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 6 results 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 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 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 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. Case study 22-27 February 2020, Various times EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust over the Canaries Record dense dust over the Canary Islands originates near the African coast.
