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 Climate Land Ocean Weather Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Terra/Aqua ASCAT AVHRR Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA Metop-A EPS Europe Asia Himawari GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Date 2019 2018 2016 2015 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 18 results Case study 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, were devastated by two large wildfires. Case study 22 April 2019 12:00 UTC, 23 April 06:00–12:30 UTC, 24 April 06:00 UTC Dust over Europe Two dust clouds, one from northern Africa and one from Central Europe, travelled north towards Iceland and Greenland in late April 2019. 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 18 December 2018 23:54 UTC–19 December 01:48 UTC Satellite images of bright meteor (bolide) east of Kamchatka On 18 December 2018 at 23:48:20 UTC a very bright meteor exploded above the Bering Sea, east of Kamchatka. Case study 15 November 2018 07:00–15:00 UTC Contrail shadows over the stratus Unusually shaped shadow contours of high contrail clouds, casted over the wide stratus field, were explored through various VIIRS (i.e. FCI proxy) and SEVIRI products. Case study 27 October 2018 00:00 UTC–02 November 00:00 UTC Intense Mediterranean cyclone's alpine crossing A cyclone that intensified over Mediterranean waters took a very direct path over the Alps. Case study 23 July 2018 12:00–18:00 UTC and 24 July 00:05 UTC and 00:55 UTC Devastating wildfires near Athens In late July 2018 wildfires ripped through coastal areas in Greece, causing thousands to flee and a number of fatalities. Case study 30 June 2018 00:00–23:00 UTC Sharp moisture boundary seen by SEVIRI and MODIS A sharp low level moisture boundary that stretched over the central Europe in June 2018, was well observed by both the SEVIRI Dust RGB product and MODIS 0.935 µm channel. Case study 29 June 2018 18:02 UTC–30 June 06:02 UTC GOES-16 'sees' supercell over South Dakota In June 2018 supercell thunderstorms brought tornadoes and large hailstones to South Dakota. Case study 03 June 2018 12:00 UTC–23:45 UTC Devastating eruptions of volcano Fuego near Guatemala City In June 2018 eruptions from volcano Fuego, 40 km west-southwest of Guatemala City, brought disaster and many deaths to its surrounding area. Case study May–September 2018 A summer of heatwaves and drought for many Summer 2018 in much of Europe was characterised by prolonged heatwaves, leading to droughts in some areas. Case study 25 April 2018 06:00 UTC–26 April 12:00 UTC Severe flash floods in parts of Israel A series of flash floods occurred in parts of Israel, throughout April 2018. Load More
