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 Weather Atmospheric Composition Climate Land Ocean Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags AMSU ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Jason-2 Jason-3 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MHS MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa Altimeters Copernicus 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 ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Climate Use Cases Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2008 2007 2005 2004 2002 1968 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 342 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 18 December 2020 21:00 UTC-19 December 23:00 UTC Early summer convection in Argentina & Uruguay Severe convection in central Argentina in December 2020. Case study 7 December 2020 12:50-23:00 UTC 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 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 Distrails form over Michigan Distrails formed over Michigan in late November 2020. Case study 1 June-30 November 2020 End of a busy 2020 Atlantic hurricane season The 2020 North Atlantic hurricane season was record-breaking, with 30 named tropical storms. Case study 01 October 2020 06:00 UTC-04 October 06:00 UTC Storms hit France in early October Europe was battered during the first October weekend in 2020, with extensive storms, extreme rainfall and flooding. Case study 16 September 2020 10:00–15:00 UTC Smoky hurricane A large smoke cloud was sucked into Hurricane Paulette, changing microphysical properties of associated cloud bands. Case study 23 July 2020 20:00 UTC–25 July 00:00 UTC Urban flash flood in Zagreb Extreme rainfall on the evening of 24 July 2020 left the Croatia capital Zagreb under water. 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 20 June 2020 Cancer solstice 2020 The Cancer solstice, with the Sun directly over the Tropic of Cancer, took place in 2020 on 20 June at 21:43 UTC. Case study 8 June 2020, 22:31 UTC-9 June 2020 03:56 UTC Stereoscopic views of severe convection over Nebraska GOES mesoscale domain areas focus on convective development over Nebraska. Load More