Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Meteosat Satellites Atmospheric Composition Land Ocean Weather Data Metop Sentinel Tags Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) SNPP MODIS ASCAT Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA EPS Europe Asia S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua VIIRS AHI Date 2018 2017 2016 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 6 results 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 January–December 2018 Image Library top ten for 2018 A look at our most popular case studies from 2018 Case study 19 March 2016 00:00–09:00 UTC and 22 April 05:42 UTC Frozen Lake Baikal Lake Baikal, the world's oldest and deepest freshwater lake, was still almost completely frozen in Spring 2016.