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 Meteosat Metop Atmospheric Composition Climate Land Ocean Sentinel Jason Tags Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) AMSU ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Jason-2 Jason-3 MHS OLCI SEVIRI Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa IASI NOAA Metop-A Metop-B EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific North America, Central America & Caribbean Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Atlantic Ocean Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 43 results 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 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 18 April 2020 00:00 UTC-22 April 23:00 UTC 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 9 March 2020 00:00 UTC–10 March 23:00 UTC Cross-Atlantic moisture transport Moisture transport from sub-tropical Atlantic brought precipitation to the UK and parts of western Europe on 9 and 10 March 2020. Case study January–December 2020 Top ten case studies for 2020 A look at our most popular case studies from 2020. Case study 24 September, 24 October 2019–8 November Active Indian Ocean tropical cyclone season 2019 saw a lot of cyclonic activity in the northern Indian Ocean, with five systems being generated. Case study 10 June 2019 12:00 UTC–12 June 12:00 UTC Damaging storms over Central Europe Strong convective episodes occurred, at the boundary of a synoptic ridge, over a two day period in early June 2019, causing widespread damage in parts of Central Europe. Case study 08 June 2019 00:00–23:45 UTC Triple views of thunderstorms in Finland Thunderstorms across eastern and Northern Finland on 8 June 2019 could be easily tracked using all three Metop satellites that are now in orbit. Case study June and July 2019 European heatwaves in summer 2019 Maximum temperature records were broken in many parts of Europe in June and July 2019, due to a series of heatwaves. Case study 24 March 2019 00:00 UTC–25 March 00:00 UTC, 31 March 03:00–08:00 UTC, 8 April 2019 04:00–13:00 UTC Widespread flooding in the Middle East Parts of the Middle East were left devastated after severe floods in late March and early April 2019. Case study 09 October 2018 09:55 UTC–10 October 02:40 UTC Severe flash floods in Mallorca Overnight 9/10 October 2018 severe storms caused devastating flash floods on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Case study 30 August 2018 12:00 UTC–17 September 23:00 UTC Hurricane Florence Hurricane Florence was the first major hurricane of the 2018 North Atlantic hurricane season and caused major devastation when it hit the US east coast in mid-September. Load More
