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 Ocean Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags GOES Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA Metop-A Metop-B North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Date 2020 Date January February March May June September October November December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 13 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 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 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 1 June-30 November 2020 EUMETSAT Science Blog End of a busy 2020 Atlantic hurricane season The 2020 North Atlantic hurricane season was record-breaking, with 30 named tropical storms. 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 20 June 2020 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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 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 7 May 2020, 21:00 UTC-8 May 01:07 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Hail from supercell thunderstorm in Texas Monitoring severe convective storms in Texas in May 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. 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. Load More
