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) AHI ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Third Party Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA Metop-A EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Polar Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 35 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 20 June 2020 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 18 May 2020 05:00 UTC–20 May 10:00 UTC Super Tropical Cyclone Amphan in Bay of Bengal Low pressure area that formed on 13 May 2020 intensified into a Super Tropical Cyclone Amphan on 18 May. Case study 21 June 2019 17:50 UTC–5 July 23:00 UTC Eruption of the Raikoke volcano A powerful, rare eruption from Raikoke volcano in the Kuril Islands on 21 June 2019, could be clearly seen on satellite imagery. Case study 1 June 2019 02:00–5 June 12:00 UTC Extensive smoke from Canadian wildfires Smoke from widespread wildfires in Alberta, Canada travelled as far as parts of Europe and Russia in May and June 2019. Case study 25 February 2019 12:00 UTC and 26 February 00:00 UTC Record-breaking Typhoon Wutip In late February 2019 Typhoon Wutip became the strongest February typhoon on record in the Northwest Pacific basin. Case study January–December 2019 Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 2019. Case study 22 September 2018 04:00 UTC–26 September 05:00 UTC Eruption of Krakatoa viewed under clear skies On 22-26 September 2018 there was a rare opportunity to see an eruption from the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa under clear skies. Case study 02 May 2018 00:00–23:00 UTC Deadly storms in Northern India A very intense Mesoscale Convective System (MCS), with induced dust, was responsible for many casualties in the Uttar Pradesh province of Northern India in early May. Case study 22 January 2018 00:00 UTC–24 January 06:00 UTC Eruption of Mount Mayon The ongoing eruption of Mount Mayon in the Philippines, during January 2018 could be seen on satellite imagery. Case study 22 September 2017 17:00–25 September 06:30 UTC and 1 October 19:00–21:00 UTC Eruption of volcano Aoba (Ambae) in Vanuatu archipelago Vanuatu erupted in the days from 22 September 2017 onward. Case study 12 August 2017 17:45 UTC—20 August 04:45 UTC Record-breaking smoke from Canadian fires seen over Europe High level smoke from Canadian wildfires, which started raging in early July 2017, could be seen as far as the Alps in August. Load More
