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 Weather Data Meteosat Metop Tags Africa Asia AMSU ASCAT AVHRR Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) SEVIRI Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) NOAA EPS Europe SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP VIIRS AHI Date 2020 2019 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2004 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 16 results 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 23 March 2020 04:00 UTC–27 March 18:00 UTC Aralkum Desert dust pollutes air in south-east Europe High values of particulate matter (PM10) were recorded in the air in many places across South-East Europe on 27 March 2020. Case study Various MISR 3D images of convective storms Convective storms using 3D imagery from the MISR instrument on the Terra satellite. Case study 30 May 2017 00:00 UTC–4 June 12:00 UTC Dust outbreak in the Middle East and Africa In late May/early June 2017, for the first time since it moved to its new IODC position Meteosat-8 spotted a significant dust event. Case study 12 April 2016 00:00 UTC–18 April 13:30 UTC Tropical Cyclone Fantala Tropical Cyclone Fantala showed a very clearly defined eye as the storm reached Category 5 level in mid-April. Case study 01 April 2015 23:00 UTC Spectrum of dust colours over Arabian Peninsula A dust storm formed rapidly over the Arabian peninsula on 1 April. Case study 10 February 2015 06:00 UTC–13 February 12:00 UTC Large sandstorm covers swathes of the Middle East A sandstorm, with winds reaching 100 km/h, caused widespread disruption across the Middle East in early February. Case study 26 January 2015 03:30–08:00 UTC Early morning sunglint over the Indian Ocean Meteosat-10 captured sunglint along the line of the Intertropical Convergence Zone, in January. Case study January–December 2015 Image Library top ten for 2015 A look at our most popular case studies from 2015. Case study 1978–2014 World Cup weather from space As the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ kicked-off in Brazil, we took a look at the weather at some of the previous tournaments. Case study Jan–December 2014 Image Library top ten for 2014 A look at our most popular images and case studies from 2014. Case study 11 April 2013 05:00 UTC Dust spreads over the Arabian Sea After heavy dust has been passing over the Emirates and Oman, a dust veil (pinkish colour) has spread over the northern parts of the Arabian Sea. Load More
